A Beautiful old Banana Plantation home, Clear Title. Built in the 1940's for the upper management of United Fruit Company. Carefully restored to maintain it's classic elegance and charm. The House is built on stilts 3,000 total square footage. 1500 sq ft of upstairs living space: Kitchen 13X14, Master 15X13, 2nd Bedroom15X10, Office 9X9 Dining and Living in "L" shape with 465sqft. A Large kitchen featuring a hand carved teak island with breakfast bar. The Living space feels very large and open to the outdoors with 6 foot tall exotic wood shutter windows covering most exterior walls framed out well by the 10ft ceilings. Tropical hardwood floors throughout, and tile in the kitchen and bath. Downstairs mostly open lounge area and a great place to hang hammocks. Also downstairs; a laundry room, storage room, and old maids quarters (with half bath). A 300 gallon reserve water tank with pressurized pump system, on demand hot water through the house. Phone, DSL, satellite T.V. are all easy and available to access. The Property is Titled 2800sq ft (about 3/4 of an acre) . On the property are many fruit tree's: Guanabana, Orange, Lemon, Coconut, Banana, Cashew.
The House was built to accentuate the natural climate. A typical day will start out fresh in the upper 70's and warm up until noon when it is the warmest(90-95), then a refreshing cool ocean breeze sweeps through the house. Wake up in the morning to the sun peeping over the tallest tree's and thousands of parrots flocking to go out for the day, they will return with the twilight in the evening to roost in the palms of "Las Palmas" the name given to our little neighborhood.
If it is to warm for you, the master bedroom has a split unit air conditioner. Or you can cool off in our local pool just a minutes walk from the house. Membership to the Club includes access to the beautiful golf course (complete 18holes), tennis courts, A large and clean pool, and a clubhouse (a bit rundown).
Puerto Armuelles is not in most guidebooks, you would expect that to mean it is remote or undesirable or that you wouldn't want to visit, but this little Gem simply has no commercialized tourism. 35 minutes from the Costa Rican Border or an hour and a half from David on a straight smooth new road, brings you to Puerto Armuelles a town of aprox. 20,000 people. Sitting on the edge of the Pacific you have access to beaches, surfing, sports fishing (google: Hooked on Panama) Hiking, Horseback, Golf.
This house is a bargain! The other houses in the neighborhood where all built around the same time with the same quality, and similar designs. Only a handful have been updated and remodeled. This is the only one for sale that is a finished product. The going rate for a house in this neighborhood in need of repair is $90,000 without title which currently costs $16,000. Re-construction costs for this level of craftsmanship is $60,000+ and the prices of materials are on the rise, contractors can no longer guarantee a bid because of it. Don't miss out, this is a one of a kind opportunity, once this is gone its gone...
