Single Level Home and River Frontage on 15.5 Acres in Vistas de Chirripo Estates

This property is in the highly demanded Vistas de Chirripo community in beautiful Santa Elena of Perez Zeledon. All homesites in both Phase 1 and 2 of the community are now completely sold out. The home is large (2,605 square feet), custom-built and wheel chair accessible. The property of 15.5 acres is private and secured and borders the pristine Peñas Blancas river. The landscaping is environmentally sensitive and aimed at reforestation. Fresh water supply is abundant and reliable. This home is being sold move-in ready and fully furnished home.

The total land area is just under 63,000 square meters (15.5 acres or 6.3 hectares). The home site is accessed by a gated private road providing a high level of privacy and increased security from regular road traffic. The East side of the property borders the Rio Peñas Blancas, the Alexander Skutch Biological Corridor, and Las Nubes Nature Reserve. The West side of the property is Calle Trinidad and the Vistas de Chirripo community. About a kilometer away on the North side of the property is Chirripo National Park and great mountain views. The South side of the property is a fabulous view of the General Valley.

This stunning setting allows direct access to natural river swimming areas, a spring fed creek and waterfall, a mountain fed river with breathtaking views while affording privacy from the municipal road and other homes.

This 242 square meter home of block and concrete construction was built in 2013 by local craftsmen and is located on a large building site with room for expansion. The home boasts 3 large bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, solid wood custom cabinetry throughout, fibre optics internet, mountain sourced water, security roll downs, freshwater plunge pool, and outdoor shower and is wheelchair accessible. The home sale includes all furniture, appliances and everything you would need to live very comfortably from day one! The plunge pool is fresh water and low maintenance.

The building site boasts beautiful established tropical flower beds, adorning planted large concrete pots, lawns and a multitude of indigenous trees in addition to the over 2000 trees, shrubs and plants established by the owners to reforest the property in an environmentally sensitive manner. The property provides fresh produce such as bananas, grapes, rambutans, mangos, mora berries, cacao, star fruit, mandarinas, lemons, and oranges. The owners have invested in the planting of 420 coffee trees which provide a yearly yield of over 200 pounds of custom grown Costa Rican coffee to be enjoyed.

The presence of this thoughtful vegetation rewards with regular avian visitors such as the Fiery Billed Aracari, Chestnut-mandible Toucans, Baltimore Orioles, a wide variety of humming birds, tanagers, parrots and hawks. Regular wildlife visitors include capuchin monkeys, tayras, agouti, coatis as well as an endless parade of interesting bugs and insects.

Extras include:

- Part of the Vistas de Chirripo Community Association
- Contracted Property manager (Eladio/Katia Vargas have been with us since 2013)
- Neighbours to Canadian York University’s Eco Campus
- Near a Waldorf School in the adjacent Rise Costa Rica community …Read Less