Design
Good tropical design is not a style. It is a set of decisions about orientation, ventilation, shading, and materials that determine whether your house works with the climate or fights it every day.
Construction
You can find an architect in Costa Rica who will do your plans for $5,000. You can also find one who will charge $150,000. The difference in what those drawings produce is enormous.
Investment
The difference between a rental that earns $55,000 a year and one that earns $35,000 is rarely the location. It is the layout, the spec, and a dozen decisions locked in before the first block was laid.
Construction
A Costa Rican contractor with 12 years on the Pacific coast explains how construction scams work, what red flags to watch for, and what a good builder actually looks like.
Investment
The build-or-buy decision in Costa Rica is not mostly about price. It is about what you can verify in a finished home, and what the climate does to whatever got cut on the way up.
Design
An architect's honest guide to prefab homes in Costa Rica — real costs, permit reality, and why the 'prefab is cheaper' myth does not survive contact with scope.
Construction
The real cost of building a home in Costa Rica in 2026 — from $850 to $5,000 per square meter, with a full breakdown of what the construction quote covers, what it does not, and how costs layer from raw materials to move-in ready.