{"id":21,"date":"2010-06-15T14:43:21","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T14:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bbxmusic.wordpress.com\/?p=21"},"modified":"2015-12-09T20:42:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T20:42:15","slug":"building-our-house-in-vilcabamba-loja-ecuador-for-15000-or-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbxmusic.com\/press\/2010\/06\/15\/building-our-house-in-vilcabamba-loja-ecuador-for-15000-or-less\/","title":{"rendered":"Building our house in Vilcabamba &#8211; Loja &#8211; Ecuador for $15,000 or less"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Part 1<\/h2>\n<p>By Pierre Wauters<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bbxmusic.com\" target=\"_blank\">bbxmusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36\" style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seekvilcabamba.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_6864.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-36\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/seekvilcabamba.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_6864-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Our house\" width=\"613\" height=\"346\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-36\" src=\"http:\/\/seekvilcabamba.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_6864-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Our house\" width=\"613\" height=\"346\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our house in San Pedro de Vilcabamba &#8211; Loja &#8211; Ecuador<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A few months ago I gave myself the challenge to build a house in Vilcabamba in the Loja province of Ecuador in the <a href=\"https:\/\/bbxmusic.com\/ecuador\/en\/living\/uchima\" target=\"_blank\">Uchima<\/a> green real estate development for USD 15,000. Not just a tin shed or a glorified garage but a *real* house with running water, bathroom and kitchen, everything you\u2019d expect.<\/p>\n<p>I did this because I am the happy owner of some beautiful land along a pristine river not far from the village of <a href=\"https:\/\/bbxmusic.com\" target=\"_blank\">Vilcabamba<\/a> in the province of Loja in Ecuador. I am currently paying rent each month to live in a house, a very nice one that is, in the village and many times I asked myself \u201cwhy am I not living on my own land for Christ sake?\u201d\u00a0 Finally this is about to become a reality, a few more months and we\u2019ll be all set.<\/p>\n<p>Why 15,000? Because that is what I could afford at this point in time and also because I believed intuitively that it was possible. Many expats build for much more particularly when they deal with other expats to do the work and\/or when they try to transpose here what they had in the 1<sup>st<\/sup> world The locals on the other hand build for much less than that but they seem happy with a toilet outside flushed with a bucket, no hot water, few windows, a low ceiling, unpainted brick walls on which they stick religious posters, dirt floors etc&#8230; I am not criticizing by any mean but these places give me the creep. \u00a0I like my comfort. I wanted a house with windows, cold and hot water in kitchen and bathroom, lots of light inside, an open kitchen with ample bench space to chop vegetables, a cosy atmosphere, something that looks good and feels good, something finished without rebars sticking up above the roof.\u00a0 Also I wanted to try and set an example of what can be done for a fixed price, because many would be buyers in the Uchima project ask me how much it would cost to build and how long it takes etc&#8230; There is nothing like a real project and a real home to show to answer these questions.<\/p>\n<p>The building is not finished yet, so I don\u2019t have all the answers yet. This article is part one of a series and I will keep posting as the work progresses.<\/p>\n<p>Read on at<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"alignleft\" title=\"seekvilcabamba.com\" href=\"https:\/\/bbxmusic.com\/ecuador\/en\/living\/uchima\/ourhouse\" target=\"_blank\">OUR HOUSE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago I gave myself the challenge to build a house in Vilcabamba in the Loja province of Ecuador in the Cutanapamba  green real estate development for USD 15,000. 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