e30cabrio

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My wife is having the kitchen/bathroom/backyard and several internal patios renovated.

By 2026 we will be moving back to Mexico and will have a house built so I'll post that when it happens (I'd be doing it now if it were up to me) I'm pushing for sooner than later.

Sorry, most of these first pictures of the house were really pictures of cars.

The front of the house picture is a week before it was painted about 2004, it has been painted again since then. Most quality constructed houses in Mexico are poured concrete and need to be painted every 10 years.












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The patios had messed up 30 year old tile, the rest are in progress.















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Going through Mexico pics, I found this. We mistreat our dogs so horribly.


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The empty lot is here.


There was a tub, it's gone. The toilet had "saloon doors" I always hated, it's getting (I believe) fogged glass as is the shower. That's over 1k.

Roof needed to be recoated, & light fixtures in. Something is going to happen to the .bathroom countertop & walls, I'm not sure what, wife is dealing with it.








Waiting for the doors to be made.







Bathroom in the garage/patio area downstairs.

SamDoe1

Where in MX is this? Are these finishes and designs pretty representative of what you find down there with all the open concrete and such?

1StGenCL

This is awesome, can't wait to see more pics.

e30cabrio

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It's Morelia, the capital of Michoacán. It's about 700 miles south of Laredo, Tx.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morelia

Most houses are poured concrete like this one.

The first picture is where this house is, second the wide view, third the vacant lot.

SamDoe1

That's awesome man. Looks like there's a Costco close by too so you're all set.

I was asking more about the interior finishes, it looks like almost everything is pour concrete with very little use of wood or plywood or whatever other natural materials. Is that common?

Mexico is such a beautiful country outside of the shit parts at the border. I wish they could get their security/safety crap together so I (and many many others) could see more of it outside of the resort towns.

e30cabrio

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There is no plywood anywhere I am aware of, the only wood is doors & doorframes (look at the shepherd & Bichon picture), the hardwood door is on a hardwood frame, the bathroom under construction had "saloon doors" I always hated,m you can see the mounts that were on.

The floors are all tile and the roof is also all noncombustible material.

It is a very nice country outside those pesky cartels.

Sams Club is even cloder lol

e30cabrio

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This in PHX about 2008.

CCColtsicehockey

Very cool. Love the bathroom renovation with so much natural light.

civicdrivr

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That's a cool house. I want to poop there.

e30cabrio

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Thanks, this dome is over the shower.




The glass at the back of this picture is over the sink in the main bathroom, the rest are allowing natural light throughout the house. The grating is over one of the patios, there are two more that are similar.

I also forgot there is a living room above the driveway with a parquet wood floor and a dining room with a hardwood floor, I'm looking for pictures.

imj0257

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Very cool.

My wife's parent's have a place on the coast outside of Merida. Beautiful place indeed. One thing I noticed there (and every time I have been to Mexico) is that any construction takes a LONG time. What would take a week in America seems to take 2 months in Mexico. How are all your changes moving along?

e30cabrio

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Very fast. That took about a week. All that is left is the glass for the shower and toilet doors.

CCColtsicehockey

Wow the dome is over the shower. I would not have guessed the biggest skylight being over the shower area. That is really cool.

e30cabrio

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Glass people are en route to install the doors, wife is very happy.

Also, we have a huge cistern in the garage that feeds a tank on the roof via a pump, damn motor died last week. That was another project. Guess that rent free deal the kids have is being paid by all this administration.

lol

e30cabrio

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Doors are in.

e30cabrio

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Also, you can see the inside of the dome here:

civicdrivr

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Baller.

e30cabrio

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Thanks, painter is coming next week to fix the. walls.

e30cabrio

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Small movement, under sink cabinets & "garden" Painter and kitchen have been delayed.

F-C

Wow, interesting project. Never been to Mexico, but this looks great. Are you redoing the interior kitchen?

CLtotheTL32

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Very very cool. That bathroom looks amazing with the natural light!

e30cabrio

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Yes, the kitchen is taking longer, I'll post it's pictures when I get them.
Thanks!

BreezyTL

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This is pretty sweet. That shower is HUGE!

CCColtsicehockey

That is a spa level bathroom right there. Very nice.

dallison

That home is awesome.

e30cabrio

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Kitchen overhaul in full swing...

Mr. Maker

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You could fuck a lot of midgets in that shower. Congrats

e30cabrio

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Guess I'll add that to the list of things I could do but would never have thought of.


lol

e30cabrio

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Kitchen looks great! No oven?

00TL-P3.2

Looks great!

e30cabrio

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Wife decided to do away with it, said the one she wants is 2500.00 and is used 2x a year. (I think she did it as an excuse to force her Brothers to host holidays)