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I just flew from Costa Rica (Santa Cruz) Saturday. I AM relocating there. Thank you for this because it is helpful!

Thanks for sharing. I will go live in Costa Rica, I need speak english and spanish next to the surfing beach.

Thanks. Great, small tips.

Congratulations, Justin and Lauren, on your new adventure with Harmony Education! We are excited about being your new neighbors. And, being a part of the community! Also, Justin, thank you for your help in verifying clean water lines. We look forward to meeting you all personally! Peter & Dianna

I love those ❤

Thank you so much for this great video! I will be staying in Costa Rica for three months, and I would love to enroll my 5 and 6-year-old children in a small school. Are there any schools that accept students for just two months? thank you so much!!

I really enjoyed your video. You provided a great down-to-earth perspective on the pros and cons of living in Costa Rica. I appreciate your honesty about the challenges you faced. for any fixing , get references , better pay a little more for a good job, do not trust everybody all comes from different places👍👏👏👏

I currently rent and live in the Central Valley of San Jose province. I have not applied to be a resident yet. I was able to set up an account with Liberty for my phone/Internet/TV cable. I downloaded their app and pay online with my American bank account. The electric is in my landlord’s name. She sends me a foto copy of the bill… I show it to a cashier at Auto Mercado or Mas o Menos and pay with cash. There may be other stores that do it, those are just 2 that I have used,so far. The water bill is included with my rent.

Very helpful video my family and I are wanting to move to costa rica within the next 6 months I don’t know if you have people who ask this but if you’re family could help my family transition from Texas to Costa Rica? Thank you in advance for your time

I was waiting for the grand total 😂😂 I guess I have to do the math 😆

All you say is so true. I had a horrible experience building here and im a contractor in the states. So if it happened to me it can happen to anyone as this video clearly states

Hello! I am looking to start raising chickens in Costa Rica. We are building a coop and have all the necessary supplies. What we are lacking are the actual chicks. Where is a good, ethical place to buy and do you know what breeds are available? We would like chickens with a docile personality that are good layers. Not interested in meat consumption. Thank you!

Very interesting videos, positive and instructive! Please can you share the brand name of your composite roof.

Good morning! Like your videos. I’m Costa Rican living in London, UK. Still manage to spend time in CR. One of the “shocks” expats get when moving to CR is the high price of groceries (even at Walmart). It’s good that at least there is a source of information that people can check. I hope that you have time to also include your experience with electricity (ICE), phone companies and different suppliers. It will help many potential expats!! You should try including El Pequeño Mundo in your shopping experience. They have changed strategies and are now competing with PriceSmart. Lot’s of European and American food products. I don’t know if any gluten free.

Thank you for the great video Can you share the architecture company name? Thank you 🙌

I’m originally from Costa Rica, born there but moved here to the United States when I was 5 years old. I listen to you guys and I’m totally jealous because I wish I lived there too. Who knows maybe for retirement I will but right now its hard and I get a lot of help from the government here which over there no help at all. All of my relatives live over there and they have told me how costly everything has become and crime rate has risen so it makes me second think about living there. I live in Florida which is very similar to Costa Rica because of the weather and beaches but nowhere near as beautiful as my country. It looks like you guys have picked a very peaceful place to live which is amazing to raise a family. I’m very happy to see how other people enjoy living in my beautiful country. God bless you guys and keep enjoying Costa Rica!!😊

Great video! Regarding water, make sure you have a REGISTERED water source for the land you're buying. Just having water is not enough and could lead to significant delays as approving a water source is most definitely not guaranteed and can take a year or longer.:)

Are you close to, or do u ever come to samara?

This is so cool. We were thinking about uprooting to Costa Rica but it doesn’t seem as easy as I had thought. But if it ever does happen, this is something my family would love to be a part of.

Awwww!! This makes my heart smile so big!! Y’all have the sweetest spirit about y’all. I just know that y’all will be excellent at this. I will be holding this close in my heart and lifting you both up in my prayers as you begin this wonderful adventure!!

very nice

Hi! What’s the school name?

This is a nice video, thank you for sharing, I just came from Costa Rica after 10 amazing days there with the family, we stayed in San Vito, small quiet town. really considering moving there from Canada.

We live in México and want to go to Costa Rica to visit. We are new followers. Thanks for sharing!

If visiting is it better to have us cash or exchanging for colonies

Great video! As my wife and I are approaching retirement Costa Rica is on our radar. I'm planning an exploratory trip to Tamarindo area (probably in a quieter outlying area, still researching) within the next year, and the info you presented here is very helpful. Thank you!

My US passport expired 2 years ago... Would the mail-in process still be accepted?

What a great resource this channel is! I just recently found you guys and have watched a bunch of videos. I’m seriously considering moving my family to CR. But I’m having trouble figuring out the visa situation and working as an expat. The strict homeschool requirements also worries me a bit as we homeschool our children. We have so many questions as we try to make this big decision.

Hi there! Love your channel, so informational! We are moving to Malpais this august and wondering if getting medismart would be beneficial since we’re so far from Liberia and San Jose.

I thought you couldn’t get a brick and mortar job in CR as a foreigner unless the role can’t be performed by a resident or citizen. Were you able to circumvent this or were your roles the kind locals couldn’t do?

I would be interested in watching a video about your perceptions on your physical and mental health changes since moving g to Costa Rica. Watching your first videos compared to your more recent videos is night and day. You both look healthier and way more relaxed. 8:08

I would be interested in watching a video about your perceptions on your physical and mental health changes since moving g to Costa Rica. Watching your first videos compared to your more recent videos is night and day. You both look healthier and way more relaxed.

Great video! One of my daughters has celiac. Do you guys ever eat out? How confident are you that your food is gluten-free?

good stuff, that cualiflower would be i think $6 in the u.s....

Whoop! Whoop!! Love me some reusable containers!! Thank you so much for all the info. We love your videos and are always Joyful when we see The Johnson’s show up!

We go to the PriceSmart in Santa Anna. While it may be expensive, its half the cost for most foods than in Canada..especially meat and cheese

you got some good buys there, but how much is the membership fee at pricesmart..when i get back to my house in c.r. i will be only one person- is it worth it ???

hello , good price on the tuna...also the butter-is that 8 large regular sticks or 8 of those half sticks.i have bought butter at a few grocery stores in la fortuna and it comes out to like $7.50 a stick...crazy and it looks like margarine the same one you have..and does not really taste like butter

Hi and great video since I’m coming down soon to look at a lot for sale in Tambor beach and will have to build myself if I buy the lot. My question is did you get title to the land or are you far enough of the water and was not an issue? Thanks and enjoy your life there.

nice to see you guys are still loving c.r. ..i always hear about only gringos that screw people over on home building and theft of monies...crazy...

I fell the waiting thing happens here in US too! Lol

Just looked this up and it looks like the English word for this plant is lemon verbena! I will definitely look for this at the local vivero.

Will you talk more about your community or even a video of your community? Also what made you decide to live where you live in Costa Rica? Were there any runner ups?

Thank you. Make more videos..do you have pets? How did partner get school job? Just curious. Im retiring so not coming to cr to work

Any recommendations for a septic company?

We just made it 3 years also! Great video. Check out ours if you get a chance.

How far are you away from the beach? Is coat of living cheaper? How much is weekly grocery,?monthly electricity /internet?? Enjoy your Pura Vida!! Love lots from Philippines

You really do have to be in the country and visit your build as often as you can. What really helped us with our first build was that we found an excellent architect who in turn recommended us an excellent builder that he always works with. In fact it was that builder that built the architect’s house. We then met the builder and had a look at the houses he was busy with at that time, so we got to see his work. Also we got a feel for his character which is important. We wanted to keep a handle on expenses so we structured the contract such that we would buy the materials ourselves and then every week we would pay the builder a portion of his fee. I reserved 10% as a holdback to be paid once the snag list had been fixed. The original time frame was 12 weeks but it stretched to 14 because I expanded the scope of work since I was so happy with our guy’s work. The house should go on the market in the next two weeks. It’s an 85 square metre, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom (en suite) house with 15 foot ceilings at the front of the house which then slope to 9 feet at the back. The point is, your house shouldn’t take you a year to build.

Love your family and your videos. Thank you for your honest reviews! I am hoping to visit this year for the first time in over 20 years and hope that my memories are accurate and I still love it as much as I did then. Could you do a video and show us your garden?

Are hurricanes a concern for you there?