About Rancho Silencio:
Beautiful Costa Rica Real Estate
At An Affordable Price!
Hi, my name is Mike and I created Rancho Silencio for people who want to have their own little piece of Paradise at an affordable price!
When you are dealing with "Rancho Silencio"
you are dealing essentially with me and my expert advisors
and attorneys at "Costa
Rica Expertise", one of the most honest and experienced
pro-consumer legal teams in Costa Rica. When you deal with
us you can rest assured that you are getting a deal that is
completely on the up and up and that everything will be spelled
out in writing by people who speak English. When you deal
with the people at "Costa Rica Expertise" (who handle all of Rancho Silencio's legal matters) you are
dealing with people who do things the right way, all the i's
will be dotted and all the t's will be crossed, and that's
important no matter where you buy, but especially in Costa
Rica!
History Of Rancho Silencio
I first came to Costa Rica in 1992 and fell
in love with the country.
Finally I began looking for some Costa Rica
real estate for sale and I spent three years looking for "the
perfect piece of land". Why did it take so long?
I was specifically looking for something "tranquilo"
or quiet and tranquil. While many sellers will tell
you that their property is quiet and peaceful, when you go
there to look at it you often find a noisy street or highway
nearby, noisy roosters or dogs or children, and so on. On
the other end of the extreme, I looked at many places that
were beautiful, but they were located 40-45 minutes away from
a very small town, out "in the sticks".
I wanted a place with lots of nature - trees,
birds, water, wildlife.
I wanted a place that felt like "my own nature reserve",
but also not completely "off the grid". Rancho Silencio
is just that.
You want your own little "retreat" away from the rat race, yet not too far from the city? This is it!
I also was very concerned about the climate.
I did not want to live at too low of an altitude with sweltering
heat and humidity. (I've lived at the beach before and it's
just plain too hot and humid there!) On the other hand I did
not want to live so high up that I would have to wear a heavy
jacket after the sun went down. (Yes, even in Costa Rica,
once you get above 3200 feet or so it can get cold in the
evening especially if there is rain and fog.) I finally settled
at 2800 feet because I consider that the perfect elevation
- not so high as to get cold at night and not so low as to
be too hot during the day. Additionally I was concerned about
rainfall. Though it rains a lot almost everywhere in Costa
Rica, this is an area of relatively modest rainfall, by comparison. Also important to us was that it be near a town
that had everything, including a good hospital, plenty of
doctors, banks, stores, cinemas and so on. San Ramon has everything
you need.
So, this property - only 20-25 minutes from
San Ramon and only about 15 minutes from a U.S. style mall -
fits the bill in that respect, as well. Also it is only 45
minutes from the San Jose international airport and just a
little further to many large U.S. style "super stores". And if you just need some milk, or bread, the little town of San Francisco is just a half mile away!
It is only about an hour and fifteen minutes
to some fantastic beaches on the Pacific Coast and is only
an hour and a half from Arenal
Volcano - one of Costa Rica's most popular tourist destinations
complete with beautiful views of the volcano, Lake Arenal, waterfalls and hot springs, and 40 minutes to
one of the most beautiful cloud
forests in the world.
After checking out several different areas of
Costa RIca - from San Isidro in the south, to Puriscal and
some of those Central Valley places you've heard about (that
now have too many gringos and land prices through the roof)
- I chose the area near San
Ramon, "the city of poets and politicians".
The Tico Times newspaper said this about San Ramon:
"Really, it's not so hard to imagine the hills of San Ramon
as the Tuscany or Provence of Central America" (April
11, 2005) Yes, it's that beautiful!
So after looking for 3 years and looking at
literally hundreds of Costa Rica properties for sale, I finally
came across this one and I knew it was what I wanted as soon
as I saw it. In fact, 15 minutes after I saw it, even though
I had more scheduled to look at, I said "I'll take it!"
Future Goals
Our future goal is to move to Costa Rica, begin to build our home and live "the good life" we've always wanted.
We plan to get involved in the local community
and do what we can to contribute to the educational system,
the environment and other issues. We hope to make friends
not just with our immediate neighbors here at Rancho Silencio
but also our Tico neighbors down the road in the nearby pueblo
of San Francisco, as well as in San Ramon.
We look forward to meeting our new neighbors
and creating an ambiance of friendliness and cooperation,
but with respect for each other's privacy and quiet.
Please
contact us here for more info!
Or write me at:
Michael White
9725 Charnock Ave. Apt. 22
Los Angeles, CA 90034
USA
310-845-9065
ranchosilencio@yahoo.com
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