A Guanacaste Nest Egg | House Hunters International | HGTV
michelle lives to work and rich lives to play rich is the master of pushing me out of my comfort zone he's convinced her to buy a home in guanacaste having a place in costa rica will really allow her to balance out her life a little bit more i consider this a reallocation of assets four bedrooms four and a half baths for 1.695 i'm out of here i enjoy a little bit of risk here we go folks she doesn't like it much at all give me ajra [Music] [Applause] [Music] how far you want to go today oh no more than three really yeah i've got one client in the morning and then i'm free the rest of the day okay we've been together almost 10 years now married for eight each of us has children from our prior marriage lakes feel good yeah i've been in the fitness industry all my life i was an athlete through college and then it's been personal trainer gym owner fitness videos and now fitness retreats i'm making smoothies you want one baby yeah now i gotta be heading out pretty soon i work in the fashion industry i'm an executive with a large retailer always extremely busy my work-life balance isn't really where i need it to be if you do your retreats in costa rica which i think will be fabulous if you can make enough money doing it well it's less about making money it's more of a hobby job for us i want to go down there i mean i don't certainly lose money the retreat business was really just an idea for us of what we wanted to do after the careers and and somebody suggested maybe you'd want to start doing a fitness retreat business now instead of waiting until later we started kind of thinking about having a second home somewhere costa rica was not on the initial list because i got married to my first wife there i was absolutely not the last place i want to go is the place where you married your first wife and the person that you plan to spend the rest of your life with no i'm like there are so many places in the world to go it wasn't too hard to convince michelle because i know what she likes he knows me quite well it had all of the qualities that i like in a destination by the end of the trip we were looking at real estate warm tropical weather uh being by the beach a lot of other areas we looked at had pieces of it but costa rica really had everything that we were looking for the reason we're looking in the guanacaste region is because it's the pacific it's the drier part of costa rica my favorite thing about costa rica is the attitude we value quality of life exercise we value friendships we value each other so we need what we need is our house right here we need a house that really works well for retreats i want to give the guests a great experience retreats happen maybe six times a year it has to be a place we can bring our family um but i think for me if we're gonna come here i wanna be at the beach i wanna be at the beach i want to be on the beach my goal is to run fitness retreats so for that i need at least four bedrooms okay if i've got to be a little bit further off the beach to get that view that's fine with me i want to view from everywhere if possible i need people around me i need people i need social i need to be able to otherwise i'm gonna drive him crazy i will literally we want to stay married and being married we need i have other people around to talk to to hang out with okay what are you guys willing to spend honestly i've worked really hard all my life and right now to take all of our money and invest it in it really to me which is really an unknown i would prefer that you keep it under 1.5 as much as you can because that would really um that would really pretty much clean us out she's really worked hard all her life i mean this is her nest egg they're here in costa rica because of rich so i feel like i'm gonna have to really show her a wow factor to get her to want to pull the trigger so yeah this is the area of petro it's known for its like flat land and it's really family-friendly beach it's all very walkable you are in a community here you can see the ocean so that's a good start the beaches are right there yeah yes so it's four bedrooms four and a half baths for one point six nine five i'm out of here beach front okay oh beautiful wow a dramatic entry is awesome for me is this where we're headed absolutely let's check out this living area it just keeps getting better like a magnet to the ocean oh my god look at this chandelier and to have like house pool water is just perfect how's pool water all right so you've got living and dining and then kind of like the outdoor entertaining down here absolutely it's definitely big enough all custom hardwoods here in the kitchen yeah it's a little darker than normally my taste would be and maybe a little bit more traditional yeah the appliances work because i'm going to be cooking for 12 people at a time for the retreat i think this will work we have an outdoor kitchen oh here we go this is perfect yeah i love it i want to check out the bedrooms first and then we'll go out there okay okay follow me oh all right i like these bedrooms for you because they all have their own bathroom they all have their own outdoor space that's private and they all have their own private entry from the outside from the outside wow i want to take you to the master bedroom and bath oh this is that's nice that's a nice built-in this is huge it's huge yeah except for a single sink why one sink with a bathroom this size yeah and here we have the master bedroom oh my god i could totally see us here really there's other speakers built-in speakers the little romantic music going i was thinking more of the party but okay you're having a party in the bedroom yeah i want you to see this terrace wow outdoor bar area come this way outdoor seating for this bedroom this is a nice bedroom it's good size definitely good size i like that yeah i think the furniture is not representative of my style i want to show you my favorite part of this home yes this would be my favorite part of this home too yep you can't beat the pool beach ocean right in front of the house here that's amazing and i can see this all summer classes because we're covered in here we can get a dozen people in here working out here we go look come on now here we go folks yeah you feel good am i the only one doing class here you're doing great rich is a dreamer rich can make anything work and i do agree with him it probably works better for a retreat but the amount of work that we'd have to put into it it gives me ajuda i think the house is big i think there are outstanding views furniture honestly we probably need to replace furniture i'd probably demo the kitchen and all of that makes me very nervous because we're already to ching to ching at the high end of higher than even what i'm comfortable with remember guys this home is beach front and it's massive so i do think that will help in terms of return for your fitness retreats for me if we're gonna commit it has to be a place we can bring our family kids are older they come with friends everybody can enjoy themselves so this home is a four bedroom four and a half bath home okay and it's priced at 1.5 million all right this house speaks to me one of the downsides is that there's ongoing construction right now and it will be ongoing for another year and a half [Music] as much as i respect michelle as a career woman i think that having a place in costa rica will really allow her to balance out her life a little bit more rich is the master of pushing me out of my comfort zone michelle has a lot of stories that begin with the one time rich almost killed me paddle boarding when we were mountain biking or we were hiking there's a uh we're skiing yeah and by the way i am not the only one who has those stories oh my god that landing literally come on baby that was so fun rich i'm definitely pleasure i'm definitely business yeah but rich i mean he's pretty focused on just the business aspect and i need a place where i can hold my fitness retreats but we also like the sense of having a home we're going to be empty nesters pretty soon we want this to be a house that we can buy it now and then we've got some place to go to when we're in retirement i consider this a reallocation of assets as long as our money is safe in a certain area it's all interpretation of the word safe okay yes yes michelle is really looking at these homes for her and rich and her family so for the next home i'm really going to focus more on michelle's kind of modern taste las catalinas is a beach town very high in beach town okay it's reminiscent of a mediterranean coastal village it has the community that you're looking for love it okay so this home is a four bedroom four and a half bath home okay and it's priced at 1.5 million
all right um one of the downsides is that there's ongoing construction right now and it will be ongoing for another year and a half so you want to think about that but that is why this house comes in at 1.5 okay okay guys welcome to this main living area of the home oh wow now this is open living the open living the ceilings too we've got another 20 30 feet here i think the furniture in this house speaks to me the developer actually brought in all this stuff from california it's got a great trendy california vibe and i thought you'd like it for that reason yeah big island beautiful yeah and i like if i'm here chopping vegetables i'm looking at the beach that works for me and i'm sitting right here while he's chopping vegetables waiting for him to serve me yes an amazing infinity pool yeah now what i'm seeing with this infinity pool is 15 workers on top of a roof making noise yes that's a tough one for me see if this is something that you can live with for the next year and a half because that's going to be the reality for you yeah i'm also a little bit concerned about the space i i don't really see a place to hold a class but remember we're in the beautiful high end development and there are several places to hold your classes so they could stay here as a retreat and then walk down to the city for the classes for you okay so here we have the pool suite it's located directly off the beautiful infinity pool and all of the bedrooms have their own ensuite bath so yeah oh great wonderful bathroom with great features look at the shower oh this is big yeah i like that wow oh man oh that's really nice experience great yeah it's a good size shower we're all in here you haven't you haven't seen anything yet these are not the kind of parties i throw oh okay good to know i knew you'd love this view rich looking right at the beach right right follow me okay so here we have the first master you have a stunning view in your own private balcony and here you have the master bathroom nothing says glam like three chandeliers this is incredible this is this is the mess this is completely over the top okay this is would you like your own private yes i would actually there you go more fight over that this is your true master this is where i see you guys this is a view worth walking up a few stairs for i like this master too because you have your own private terrace out here this is for you guys that's nice i can actually hear the waves yeah from up here you're close you're close well maybe the waves over the sound of the construction no i know that is a concern but i love the house i love the style of the house it feels like somebody just transplanted my california style right here i love the views from all over the place so of course that's one of my most important things there's some concerns one that i'm not sure about those that exercise space i haven't really seen that yet the one positive of the ongoing construction is that we're getting a deal but from a retreat aspect these are exercise groups i want a place that i can work out on site this is all one house i could see you totally could you imagine doing like a class here putting the yoga mats down yeah welcome to your new bed oh my goodness yeah this will work the one thing that really does concern me is really the price i don't want to love it this much [Applause] wanna uh hop on a two with me today what about just relaxing here like this i think you'll really enjoy it how about doing every day is an adventure with you this is both a second marriage for us yes and i think we learned a lot about what we want relationship and i think we found it it's uh it's been unlike any relationship i've ever had before which is awesome you having a moment am i having a moment there was a little convincing going on with michelle to buy a home in a foreign country but i loved what i saw our kids are getting older now and i always wanted to be the cool parent that had a place that they could come down and visit [Music] oh i hate to have to choose between family and business i've been in the fitness industry all my life to have a house that doesn't have the ability to accommodate fitness retreats it just seems like we wouldn't even want to i wouldn't even want to do it well the retreats tour not only about fitness it's about well-being and just living better the locals have this great you know puta-vita outlook that they love life and they value each other and then as for the expats that are here you know it takes a certain mindset michelle's really hung up on the price point but it's just too difficult to find a home within that price point that has everything they want this is okatal ah kind of an upscale suburb okay so you're closer to the airport here may be good for your guests there's the okatawa beach and then there are all of these houses up in the cliffs and i think we're gonna have some good views from there yeah oh my goodness this is amazing wow so this home was actually created by a very famous architect he's world renowned but he's costa rica local look at that pool oh look at this this is all one house so i like this home for you michelle because this is a brand new modern home move-in ready four bedroom four and a half bath home and it is available for 1.65 million okay i feel like you know my taste but i think you actually have more expensive taste than i have awesome we're just smooth indoor outdoor living yeah yeah and cool industrial chic elements you know with the concrete the glass the wood i can't even imagine having a house like this floating stairs [Music] okay rich and michelle welcome to your new bedroom oh my goodness this is oh my gosh i feel like i'm in a tree house yeah this will work is this your zen mm-hmm i love this master bath i want you guys to see this wow oh that's special yes that is beautiful you have a large walk-in closet and of course your bath area here and i think we might even have ocean views from oh my god the throne let's see oh yeah that is actually one of the things that you have talked about at some point in your life you'd like to have an ocean view from sitting on the throne yes okay so here we're gonna have the second of the three bedrooms in the house and i know it's important to use so every bedroom has its own ensuite bath great that's perfect for retreats everybody needs a little space and perfect for the kids the view again from here is spectacular yeah right right this way so here we have the kitchen guys oh yeah this is good i mean i could just line up eight ten people maybe along here crossing the pool now okay so here we have the casita this is outside the home and this kind of serves as the fourth bedroom this is amazing oh yeah our kids would fight over this yeah who could be the furthest away from us as possible right that was what they would fight for for me the industrial chic the clean lines i love all of that the one thing that really does concern me is really the price it's a little over what we wanted to spend but i think from an investment standpoint it'll work michelle and i come from the opposite ends of the risk spectrum yes we do i enjoy a little bit of risk she doesn't like it much at all and we're comfortable kind of moving a little bit toward the toward the middle a little bit kind of retreats you're gonna run five six retreats a year there's a lot of time left in the year that aren't retreats and so i think we need to look at what works more for the family than for the business well you're putting me in a tight spot i got a fun one for us rolling matter out here and let's get up at a plank position how's that okay well i think the biggest challenge for this purchase is that the house we're looking for has to do so many different things yeah i'm gonna give you a little high five there we go yeah the other side rich and michelle haven't reconciled what they need their second home in costa rica to be part of his business plan or a place to relax with the family oh wow so that the beach house betrayal it was on the beach yep that outdoor patio area was going to be perfect for classes come on now here we go folks yeah did it feel good it was great indoor outdoor living built-in speakers little romantic music going i was thinking more of the party but okay you're having a party in the bedroom the most expensive home we looked at and then it's gonna need to run off there's a lot we'd wanna do it's not representative of my style the one i lost catalina what do you think about that it was a really beautiful house i think the furniture in this house speaks to me and the house was close to the beach and that town sounds like it has a lot to offer i mean the construction so that was that's gonna be there for a bit now what i'm seeing with this infinity pool is 15 workers on top of a roof making noise it'll be done at some point but what wasn't gonna change was the space inside can i have my classes there not really how about that view house at alcatel oh this is all one house the views the expanse of glass everywhere i feel like i know your taste and you're gonna love this home but i think you actually have more expensive taste than i have it's pretty far from the beach yeah but i can imagine having amazing retreats there and i think we might even have ocean views from the throne let's see oh yeah [Music] that beach house material the most expensive property that we looked at and it would need a lot of work if you're with me i think we have to eliminate the beach house are you okay giving up your beachfront dream oh god i think i'm okay with it it needs to go i really want that view property look a towel oh and i really want last catalina i thought you might well for the okital house the views unsurpassed you can't beat that i think it's a beautiful home it's far away from the beach i just don't see that working for our family there wasn't enough social activity around there and last catalina come on rich that is perfect for our family retreats you're gonna run five six retreats a year versus a lifetime with your family oh my goodness well you're putting me in a tight spot all right help yourself there's deer in there there's more beer in the fridge there's mixed drinks and everything that really means a lot to me that rich was able to choose this house and really putting family first which i knew you would there okay awesome perfect the house is better than we could have even imagined we've already had a retreat here now let's engage that left leg that left leg comes up toward the knee got this great yoga pavilion down here that's been working out fine you're the one who pushes me to go out of my comfort zone i need to be a hit over the head with flow to slow down so it is exactly what i need
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