by Kathleen Peddicord

Nicaragua is an awfully nice place to call home, full-time or part of the year. And more and more people who come to visit decide they’d like to be able to return regularly and with their friends and families. They buy building lots…and then reality settles in. They’re faced with the proposition of erecting a house.

 Building in a foreign country can be a daunting proposition, especially if you’re operating long-distance in a place where you don’t speak the language.

My husband and I are in this position ourselves, making plans to begin construction of a house on Nicaragua’s glorious south Pacific coast at Los Perros. We have been traveling in the country for nearly a decade and have friends and business partners ready to lend a hand any way they can. Still, we’re nervous.