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Dear property owners and
friends of Valle Escondido,
Another month has passed and, as usual, I am behind on my
monthly update. But this time with an even better
reason than usual -- Carnaval.
Carnaval
The first week of February was Carnaval -- Mardi Gras
Panama style, a national holiday throughout the
country -- and the whole town of Boquete was packed with tourists. Virtually
no work gets done that week because of the many parties long into the night. I noticed that
it was two days before
the men returned to
working at their full capacities.
Our sales office was open and doing a
brisk business over the holidays. Many Panamanians
who came to see what everyone is talking about in this part of
Panama purchased new homes. Now we have 15 different countries
represented with Panama being the largest country group.
Single Level
Duplexes Are SOLD
OUT
We have nearly completed the
second single level duplex along the ridge. We will have fourteen units in all, and they have all been sold. We
have our work cut out for us
in order to get them completed in a timely fashion. The two
level units are also well under way. The first buyers came back for a visit last week
and were amazed at how fast we are progressing each
day. We also began the construction of the first
single family home along the ridge last week, and soon another will be under
way. There are about 20 homes in this area that need to
be built during the next two years or
so.
Pueblo Ready For
Business
The Pueblo is looking more like a real
town every day. The
church walls are
going up this week. Most of the
shops in the first phase are finished and need
only to have the old tile
roofs, windows and doors installed. The clay brick walkways are
going in now, and they are really beautiful. The
gardeners have planted all of the seeds for the flower beds, and we should see some sprouting
soon. Take a good look at the progress photo below, because in next month's
update you are going to see the world of difference that the
brick walkways and flowers will
make.
Architect Now On Site For Your Customized Home
Designs
We have moved almost all of our
administration offices into the Pueblo now. The engineering
department, finish show room, purchasing department, accounting
department and project management are all in separate buildings that
will one day become shops. The valley sales staff should be moving
into their new offices in a few weeks. A
new architect and civil engineer now join our
staff. This
allows us to work more closely with our clients on their custom and
semi-custom home designs. We
are all looking forward to April when the construction crews should
be finished in the Pueblo
and we can move
on to building homes in
other areas of the valley.
Get Ready For Park
Sculptures
Now that we are in the finishing
stages of the Pueblo, we can put in all of the artistic
details that will bring the place to life. We have a great artist on
staff who made
the scale model of the
valley (see the cover of the November
issue in our new back issues Archive) and who drew all of the renderings that you
see on this website. He will be joined
next week by a sculptor who will be working full time to make the
various statues and other art pieces that will adorn the parks and
other areas of the valley. The church will have a
beautiful mural as a
backdrop to the domed pulpit area. I really have a hard time
sleeping at night imagining all of the things they will be able to
create to enhance the
incredible beauty of this
valley.
Electrifying Underground
News
We have begun installing the underground utilities for the
valley. It took some time to get the local electric
company to get the needed
power up to our front
gate even though the electric poles were only a few hundred meters
from the entrance. We are now running the primary and secondary
underground cabling to the Pueblo and the duplex area. It will be a relief
to be off of the generators, both for the noise and the expense
of the diesel fuel.
As usual, there is much more being done than
I have the time to write about and photograph. I have
hit just some of the highlights, and the accompanying photos will
give you a far better
idea of our progress than my words ever can.
Until next month,
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Boquete is bustling during February
Carnaval -- and so are Valle Escondido sales
