Peter that piece of property is amazing, I recently visited Guanajuato, Guanajuato this past July. I loved every inch of it, the people and the rich culture. My wife and i were brave enough to walk up all those stairs to see the Pipila Monument which was very daunting, but extremely worth it! Hope to visit again sometime in the near future. Definitely would love to stay at your hotel once its complete. wish you all the best on that project !
I wish you explained why you chose to build this, how it started, what inspired the idea, what you plan to do with it, how much it would cost you, timeline stuff like htat.
Well to sort of answer your question. My wife and I plan to sort of retire here and earn a little income renting the rooms. It really wont be necessary to rent anything. We could live here on our social security alone. But it will earn some extra money for us, and employ some people. My wife's family is from Mexico (Zamora area not far from Guanajuato) so she understands the culture, and of course speaks both English and Spanish (me I have to work on my Spanish). As to the time line. I had hopped to be finished already. So we will have to see. The cost will exceed 1.5 million dollars when it is finished. I don't know this exactly because it isn't of course finished. A building like this would cost way way more then this in the USA.
No sabía que ud estaba invirtiendo en mi bello México. Gracias por compartir. Yo veía sus trabajos porque tengo un taller de maquinados en Chihuahua. Y es mucho muy bello esa Cd. Felicidades!!
Amazing brick work on those ceilings. In general, the building sort of reminds me of the painter De Chirico, he did these amazing, almost surreal buildings and courtyards and so forth. Very cool!
Wow, thank you for sharing that with us. I love the open nature of the building. The wrought iron and glass railing must be a significant portion of the construction costs! Maybe it would be possible to automate production of the uprights? I am sorry about the theft, I know it is disheartening, but as the building sees more use it will not be an issue... Thank you.
Cool building. I personally wouldn't live in a sardine can of humans. I live in the heart of Nature. Much more peaceful that way. More attachment to what gives life to life, than that materialistic overburden. Wish you the best though.
Fantastic overview! I hope to do something similar in Yucatan someday for retirement. Guanajuato is such a great town, good people, and culture there. I hope this goes well for you!
I wanted to ask who is the designer that can meet your machining standards in designing the building but you already answered it in the video: quote: "when I designed this I looked at the weather patterns around this area..." amazing video as always
Wow! I can imagine how it woll look when its finished. With flowers on the edges of those open walkways, al many different colors on walls and everything in Mexican style.. Looks beautiful! Nice place for retirement Peter!
I was not expecting to see construction content on your channel but love to see your usual level of detail on things other than machining. The building looks beautiful, I'm excited to see the progress on it in the future!
Guanajuato is a cool city. I stayed in Leon when I was doing service work at American Axle and took a trip to Guanajuato. I remember that the parking was under the city. Very cool city with awesome hand made silver jewelry!
Yes parking is difficult in the city. There is parking in the tunnels and many Estacionamientos (Parking lots) around the city. Many hotels don't have their own parking in the city. If you have a car you may have to have it parked somewhere else and brought up to the hotel. A extra expense not often considered by people. That is why I build parking at my place. Now the only problem is to get people not to park in my access roads to my parking. These little roads are zoned city roads. So they are wrong to park there. But it still is difficult to get them to stop doing it. One thing that is good is you don't need your car to get around. It is very a very walk-able city. And the taxis are very reasonable. Only costing 60-70 pesos (use to be 40-50 they have raised the price sense I was last there) to go anywhere. And very easy to get one. Buss is even less expensive. Around 10-15 pesos. But you have to wait for it. The real place for hand made silver jewelry is Tasco Mexico. That whole town is practically all silver stores.
Wow,excellent you know im planing to do the same here in Costa Rica, i do have a property in a beach site so so for my retirement i wanto to ise my place as Rbnb so i can keep myself busy...my best wishes for you and your family, i love guanjuato , let us know when you finish your project you we can go and visit you
WOW Peter, that is awesome!!! I would love to stay there for a vacation when you get it finished!!! Share all you can when it is convenient to do so... Thanks for sharing this!!!!!
Pete, with all the stairs and columns, I was hoping to see some M C Escher type stairs and columns. With your skills with all the CNC machines concrete should be a cake walk.
Wow, what a life-changing event. Having relatives in the vicinity sure helps but I don't think I could have tackled such a mammoth project in my 50s (excuse me if I overstate your age, just guessing!). Good luck anyway.
Yes that would be great. Maybe when we are back in Mexico. At this moment I can’t really say when exactly that would be. Probably in around April or May.
I think it was some young people that broke in and took things for use in their homes more then to sell. Just based on what they took and what they had ready to take when they got interrupted by our neighbor. I'm just glad no one got hurt. We have no railings in the building as you saw in the video.
Hey Peter, I enjoyed watching the video and having worked in Mexico as an architect, years ago, could appreciate all the work that’s gone into this! Glad that you’re back on track and wish you all the best moving forward. I Can see this as a landmark in the future “El Castillo” or something like that. Maybe we’ll meet there one of these days for dinner or something. I currently live in LA, Sun Valley area. Saludos, Mauricio
Thanks! We are thinking of calling it "El Coliseo" because it kind of looks like the Coliseum. I live in Houston Texas now (Sense 1972) but I grew up in Walnut Creek California. When I was young my dads sister's family lived in Sun Valley. But now that her children are older ans she is no longer with us.They no longer live there. One lives in Sacramento and the other lives in Oakland. Its been a long time sense I have been to California but I use to know it well. What kind of bike do you have. I couldn't tell from video. I personally own a GSA1200 but I never have had time to rid it sense I bought it. I think I will have to sell it without ever having ridden it. My wife will probably be happy with that. Se never liked me ridding motorcycles.
Que grande proyecto emocionado de verlo terminar un saludo desde León GTO México. Seremos vecinos Edge.El personaje del Pípila es de la independencia de México . No de la revolución solo por corregir. Es un buen lugar para vivír.deberias poner una escuela de CNC que nos hacen falta.por éso soy fan de tus videos.saludos see you latter .
Justo estaba leyendo los comentarios y vi el tuyo. Sí, tienes razón en el pipila. Conozco la historia. Una mala elección de palabras por mi parte. No quería entrar en una descripción larga en el video. Cuando conduzco desde el aeropuerto, me doy cuenta de que hay una gran planta de fabricación de automóviles junto a la carretera de peaje. No he estado mucho en León. ¿Hay mucha manufactura en la ciudad? Sé que hay un concesionario Haas allí. ¡Gracias!
Quite a project, impressive ceilings, but where is the elevator? My brother in law has a condo in Telum, installed a washing machine, probably only one in the complex.BTW has your wife named it yet?
There are many reasons. Just a few My wife's family lives near there the weather is always nice there. I already live in a hot and humid climate. My wife and I don't care for the beach areas. Also those areas are a lot more expensive because of the resorts that cater to the US and Canadian tourists. This city has a lot of tourism (It's a UNESCO Heritage city and Ciudad Magico.), but not so much American's from the US or Canadians, more Mexicans and other countries. So we will have no trouble renting here. My wife and I have visited this city for the past 40+ years and we like the place. There are a lot of misconceptions spread by the news media about Mexico.
@@comictrio No problem. I have run into this before. My wife’s family is from Mexico. There are many misconceptions about Mexico. Just like here if you get involved with the wrong people it can get you in trouble. But most people live normal lives like here.
@@EdgePrecision That is great to know. I'm glad you corrected me in my misconception. Are you going to continue your machining while in Mexico....I'm assuming you will be retiring there in the future?
Good reason to get a CNC plasma round and square tubing cutter. You'll need one for all the handrails You'll need. Probably sell a bunch to everybody else in town.
I've been down there! I made a few trips down to Leon area for my last job. If I ever move to Mexico it's be right around there for sure. That's quite a project. Great stuff!
Pete, I am absolutely happy for you man. However, can I caution you to NOT advertise or give this much information so openly? When in MX you need to learn to live there and be very careful who you say things to, etc. Don’t trust anyone blindly man in those places. I have nothing against the good people in MX but it’s happened many times before where folks move places like this and end up being the victims of extortions, threats and intimidation by organized criminals who by the way have the police and army on their payrolls. Never fall for the false belief that somehow the US government is going to come to “help you”. I KNOW MAN…. IT HAPPENED TO ME, THAT IS WHY! Our rights stop at that border bro and people there only see money when they see you. Careful Pete and enjoy.
Thank you for your warning. But I am well aware of these kind of things that go on. I don't know if I have ever said in a video. But my wife is a Mexican citizen and here family is from the state of Michocán Mexico. So I do know about this and while we are in Mexico we don't talk about these thing to anyone but people we know very well.
Is that what you expected? People have a lot of misconceptions about Mexico. It’s not like what you see on the news. I’m not saying that doesn’t exist. But really no more then here in the USA.
This is kind of a tricky question, because it depends on how you want to live. It is possible to live on less than $1000 dollars (19,870 pesos an current exchange rate.) a month (Many Mexicans on less than this.). But that is not the way you would probably want to live. Also things are different in Mexico. From say the USA. I am making a comparison to USA, I don't know where you are from. I would say you could have the same life style for around one third of what it costs in the USA. But things like computers, TV's (Tec. stuff)cost more in Mexico.
One thing I sorely miss since I moved from US, Tamales 😭. You can have all you can eat there, much envy. I can eat Mexican food everyday for the rest of my life, heaven.
In Mexico they do eat Tamales. But what is far more prevalent in central Mexico is things like Pazole, Menudo, Enchiladas, Mole, Tacos (Of many different kinds), or if you are a vegetarian maybe Napoles (A cactus plant) things like that. And they don't really serve chips a lot like in the USA. It more common to serve bread (Bolillo's) with some kind of salsa. If you wan't chips you have to order them or get some guacamole. It sometimes come with them. The Mexican food we have here in the USA is more like what I will call Texmex. Still good but different. And the Burrito really isn't a Mexican food. They do now make them but this really came from Texas border area.
@@EdgePrecision I lived near Cicero close to Chicago, the food was a tad more authentic. I've had Texmex from when I lived near Dallas for a bit, don't mind it but things like a simple Nopales dish are great by themselves. My all time favourite will always be steaming hot Tamales.
No it was started by me but got delayed by a couple of years because of Covid and some financial issues. More or less created by the current people in charge in the USA.
Yes you can. It is only in the beach and border areas that you can’t. But my wife is almost got her Mexican citizenship. Because her mother was a Mexican citizen she also can become one. Just one more document and it’s pretty much a done deal.
What a beautiful place to spend your twilight years in. All you hear about Mexico is the bad news. When it has some of the most amazing cities and towns to be found anywhere. I’m a little bit envious in a nice way.
What you here about Mexico? Did you consider that the same or even worse could be said about the United States. Everything you hear in the news is distorted. I have been going to Mexico for the past 40+ years. I have talked to soldiers at road blocks. They all acted very professional. I never felt in danger. There are normal people living there just like here. I have never witnessed anything bad. Just like I haven’t in the USA. But things happen in both counties. So what do you think?
The surveyor's I used have a satellite system of some sort to establish your property lines. If you ever buy property in Mexico. The most important thing to do is get it surveyed to establish where it is and how much area.
This looks so beautiful! I've got to wonder though, why build a hotel in Guanajuato? It seems like a pretty small town. Is there a lot of tourism there?
There is actually a lot of tourism in this city. When people out of Mexico think of tourism they generally think of the coastal areas. Like beach resorts and the like. But Mexican tourists and some European tourists go here a lot. Not so much American. This city has to do with the Mexican history. They also have something happening almost every month. Like I said in the video this month is the 50 adversity of Cervantino festival. They have a host country (Korea this year). This country brings may cultural things for this. Like food, music performances, Dance, Plays and many more. They do free street performances or for a very reasonable price in the many theaters and venues around town. There are usually more than 700 activities planed for this festival. Many many people come to this. But there is something every month. Like the international Car Rally races. Red Bull extreme down hill biking. A hot air balloon thing to name a few.
What might be more appropriate because of my Scottish ancestry would be Laird. But this is, in reality a small piece of land. 696 Sq meters (7492 Sq Ft). The lot my house sits on in Houston TX is larger in area than this. It just look large because the building covers the whole lot and is six levels high.
@@EdgePrecision That camera is incredible. I thought maybe you were an expert drone pilot. I use an old GoPro Hero 3 and it's a pinhole camera by comparison. Thanks.
@@EchoERanch I just got it before this trip. So I’m just learning how to use it and it’s software to edit the 360 videos. I think this kind of camera is the best for these type of videos. You can just record video without worrying about where you are pointing the camera. Then in post arrange your view point and even the view angle from wide to zoomed in. Or you can output a 360 video where the person viewing can change the view by the mouse or moving their phone.
No one in town that I'm aware of does this (Not that it is a bad idea). A taxi from the airport is only around 400-500 pesos (Say $20.00-25.00 Dollars). The guy building our building comes and picks us up. If you take the toll road it's another 35 pesos. So maybe it isn't really a problem for most people. Because we are not really in the center of town. We have thought about a shuttle of some sort for our guests to get to and from the center. A 40-50 taxi ride. Or walk to the finicular and a 30 peso round trip ticket, and take it down. It is also possible to call for a Taxi or Uber to come get you. I have stopped Ubers on the street like a Taxi to go somewhere. They charged me the same price as a Taxi.
@@EdgePrecision sorry pete I got into pollowticks with bidens crime city it's just as bad jn Mexico whats happend to you . It's a shame our Government has not helped Mexicos crime wave years ago to gather as one and you would have your property in tacked safe . You already know in Texas what Biden has done . God bless you and your family's move .
So my money that I earned and paid taxes on. The rest of that belongs to the government? And somehow it has to stay in the USA? You do realize even if I live in Mexico I still have to file a US tax return. Do you have a cell phone. You do know it probably was made in China don’t you. I think many things you buy are like that. Don’t preach to me!
Some narrow minded folks will never travel, learn or meet new people. They can’t be helped. Your new Casa will be incredible. I’m interested in a stay.
Peter that piece of property is amazing, I recently visited Guanajuato, Guanajuato this past July. I loved every inch of it, the people and the rich culture. My wife and i were brave enough to walk up all those stairs to see the Pipila Monument which was very daunting, but extremely worth it! Hope to visit again sometime in the near future. Definitely would love to stay at your hotel once its complete. wish you all the best on that project !
That brick ceiling is unbelievable, amazing work. Huge project, i never would have guessed that you were building a hotel in the middle of Mexico.
I wish you explained why you chose to build this, how it started, what inspired the idea, what you plan to do with it, how much it would cost you, timeline stuff like htat.
THIS. =)
Well to sort of answer your question. My wife and I plan to sort of retire here and earn a little income renting the rooms. It really wont be necessary to rent anything. We could live here on our social security alone. But it will earn some extra money for us, and employ some people. My wife's family is from Mexico (Zamora area not far from Guanajuato) so she understands the culture, and of course speaks both English and Spanish (me I have to work on my Spanish). As to the time line. I had hopped to be finished already. So we will have to see. The cost will exceed 1.5 million dollars when it is finished. I don't know this exactly because it isn't of course finished. A building like this would cost way way more then this in the USA.
What a magnificent structure!
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing. I wish you the best.
May God bless you, Mr. Peter you are one of the most inspiring,wise,incredible man on RUclips. That means your channel might go.?😢
Incredible! It is both inspiring and frustraiting to see how capable and productive some people are.
No sabía que ud estaba invirtiendo en mi bello México.
Gracias por compartir.
Yo veía sus trabajos porque tengo un taller de maquinados en Chihuahua.
Y es mucho muy bello esa Cd.
Felicidades!!
Amazing brick work on those ceilings. In general, the building sort of reminds me of the painter De Chirico, he did these amazing, almost surreal buildings and courtyards and so forth. Very cool!
Wow, thank you for sharing that with us. I love the open nature of the building. The wrought iron and glass railing must be a significant portion of the construction costs! Maybe it would be possible to automate production of the uprights? I am sorry about the theft, I know it is disheartening, but as the building sees more use it will not be an issue... Thank you.
I worry more about someone getting hurt more then loosing the things. Our first order of business is to secure the building so that doesn't happen.
Cool building. I personally wouldn't live in a sardine can of humans. I live in the heart of Nature. Much more peaceful that way. More attachment to what gives life to life, than that materialistic overburden.
Wish you the best though.
Fantastic overview! I hope to do something similar in Yucatan someday for retirement. Guanajuato is such a great town, good people, and culture there. I hope this goes well for you!
Your building is so beautiful!
This is so cool. Had no idea. Building a hotel in another country. I hope you will share, if possible, build updates.
Yes I will
Hi Peter, this is a true dream project! Wish you all the best for that!
I wanted to ask who is the designer that can meet your machining standards in designing the building but you already answered it in the video: quote: "when I designed this I looked at the weather patterns around this area..."
amazing video as always
That's a big project Peter, very impressive. Those ceilings are amazing with that masonry work.
Thanks Bill!
Wow, congratulations Peter. That is an amazing building and I'm very happy that you and your family can build such an amazing investment.
Wow! I can imagine how it woll look when its finished. With flowers on the edges of those open walkways, al many different colors on walls and everything in Mexican style.. Looks beautiful! Nice place for retirement Peter!
First job is to put up some railing 👍🏴
This is precisely why we want to secure the building. We don't want someone to get hurt, more then them stealing things.
I was not expecting to see construction content on your channel but love to see your usual level of detail on things other than machining. The building looks beautiful, I'm excited to see the progress on it in the future!
Guanajuato is a cool city. I stayed in Leon when I was doing service work at American Axle and took a trip to Guanajuato. I remember that the parking was under the city. Very cool city with awesome hand made silver jewelry!
Yes parking is difficult in the city. There is parking in the tunnels and many Estacionamientos (Parking lots) around the city. Many hotels don't have their own parking in the city. If you have a car you may have to have it parked somewhere else and brought up to the hotel. A extra expense not often considered by people. That is why I build parking at my place. Now the only problem is to get people not to park in my access roads to my parking. These little roads are zoned city roads. So they are wrong to park there. But it still is difficult to get them to stop doing it. One thing that is good is you don't need your car to get around. It is very a very walk-able city. And the taxis are very reasonable. Only costing 60-70 pesos (use to be 40-50 they have raised the price sense I was last there) to go anywhere. And very easy to get one. Buss is even less expensive. Around 10-15 pesos. But you have to wait for it. The real place for hand made silver jewelry is Tasco Mexico. That whole town is practically all silver stores.
jeusus christ its huge!!😯
Wow,excellent you know im planing to do the same here in Costa Rica, i do have a property in a beach site so so for my retirement i wanto to ise my place as Rbnb so i can keep myself busy...my best wishes for you and your family, i love guanjuato , let us know when you finish your project you we can go and visit you
WOW Peter, that is awesome!!! I would love to stay there for a vacation when you get it finished!!! Share all you can when it is convenient to do so... Thanks for sharing this!!!!!
No wonder why you work so hard. What a nice place, can't wait till you finish it up. Would love to see the finish building 👷♂️
Believe me so would I!
Pete, with all the stairs and columns, I was hoping to see some M C Escher type stairs and columns. With your skills with all the CNC machines concrete should be a cake walk.
I’m not actually doing the work. The Mexican guys are wizards with concrete.
Wow, what a life-changing event. Having relatives in the vicinity sure helps but I don't think I could have tackled such a mammoth project in my 50s (excuse me if I overstate your age, just guessing!). Good luck anyway.
I'm 68 years old.
Wow! Thanks for sharing. Enormous project.
The place looks amazing! !
If you hold shift on Google maps you could tilt the map :-)
Hola... we should come for a visit one day to do a video.
Yes that would be great. Maybe when we are back in Mexico. At this moment I can’t really say when exactly that would be. Probably in around April or May.
Hello Peter - great video. I am building a house in Presa. Very exciting time to be in GTO - hope our paths cross sometime soon - Bob
When you say Presa is that in the state of Guanajuato? If so where is it in relation to the city of Guanajuato? Im not familiar with that town.
That’s funny them taking your wash machine. I live in New York. Everything goes even the kitchen sink.
I think it was some young people that broke in and took things for use in their homes more then to sell. Just based on what they took and what they had ready to take when they got interrupted by our neighbor. I'm just glad no one got hurt. We have no railings in the building as you saw in the video.
Just when i thought you couldn't be more interesting
I was getting wobbly knees watching this.
Hey Peter, I enjoyed watching the video and having worked in Mexico as an architect, years ago, could appreciate all the work that’s gone into this! Glad that you’re back on track and wish you all the best moving forward. I Can see this as a landmark in the future “El Castillo” or something like that. Maybe we’ll meet there one of these days for dinner or something. I currently live in LA, Sun Valley area.
Saludos, Mauricio
Thanks! We are thinking of calling it "El Coliseo" because it kind of looks like the Coliseum. I live in Houston Texas now (Sense 1972) but I grew up in Walnut Creek California. When I was young my dads sister's family lived in Sun Valley. But now that her children are older ans she is no longer with us.They no longer live there. One lives in Sacramento and the other lives in Oakland. Its been a long time sense I have been to California but I use to know it well. What kind of bike do you have. I couldn't tell from video. I personally own a GSA1200 but I never have had time to rid it sense I bought it. I think I will have to sell it without ever having ridden it. My wife will probably be happy with that. Se never liked me ridding motorcycles.
@@EdgePrecision I ride a 1250 GSA, love Mexico and it’s people, actually more than the US. Been working there off and on since 91
Good luck on the move, dont drink the water...
You should go through your design and plans, amazing that you can design buildings too.
Que grande proyecto emocionado de verlo terminar un saludo desde León GTO México. Seremos vecinos Edge.El personaje del Pípila es de la independencia de México . No de la revolución solo por corregir. Es un buen lugar para vivír.deberias poner una escuela de CNC que nos hacen falta.por éso soy fan de tus videos.saludos see you latter .
Justo estaba leyendo los comentarios y vi el tuyo. Sí, tienes razón en el pipila. Conozco la historia. Una mala elección de palabras por mi parte. No quería entrar en una descripción larga en el video. Cuando conduzco desde el aeropuerto, me doy cuenta de que hay una gran planta de fabricación de automóviles junto a la carretera de peaje. No he estado mucho en León. ¿Hay mucha manufactura en la ciudad? Sé que hay un concesionario Haas allí. ¡Gracias!
Gracias por tener en cuenta mi mensaje seguimos apoyando y aprendiendo de tus vídeos MAZAK por siempre
Looks like a boutique hotel. Maybe a spa resort
Quite a project, impressive ceilings, but where is the elevator? My brother in law has a condo in Telum, installed a washing machine, probably only one in the complex.BTW has your wife named it yet?
Just Curious, why did you chose that area of Mexico? Thx for great videos
There are many reasons. Just a few My wife's family lives near there the weather is always nice there. I already live in a hot and humid climate. My wife and I don't care for the beach areas. Also those areas are a lot more expensive because of the resorts that cater to the US and Canadian tourists. This city has a lot of tourism (It's a UNESCO Heritage city and Ciudad Magico.), but not so much American's from the US or Canadians, more Mexicans and other countries. So we will have no trouble renting here. My wife and I have visited this city for the past 40+ years and we like the place. There are a lot of misconceptions spread by the news media about Mexico.
Beautiful spot. Good shit man.
That’s really cool.
nice .. its an apartment building ? I guess when it's done the local cartel wants a piece of the profit :)
That cable car on tracks is a funicular.
I think I said that in the video. If I missed saying it I do know that. I have ridden on it many times.
Palace your building .. very good. Great to hear your planning the 3 phase workshop already 👍👍
Great stuff
Cartel land
I have to ask, but it is safe anywhere in Mexico with all the drug cartels and violence?
This is a big misconception spread by our news media about Mexico. If anything you are safer in Mexico then the USA right now.
The media is the biggest problem in this country. Let me know if you have a room for rent 😂
@@EdgePrecision I wasn't trying to be contentious, I was just curious :)
@@comictrio No problem. I have run into this before. My wife’s family is from Mexico. There are many misconceptions about Mexico. Just like here if you get involved with the wrong people it can get you in trouble. But most people live normal lives like here.
@@EdgePrecision That is great to know. I'm glad you corrected me in my misconception. Are you going to continue your machining while in Mexico....I'm assuming you will be retiring there in the future?
Good reason to get a CNC plasma round and square tubing cutter. You'll need one for all the handrails You'll need. Probably sell a bunch to everybody else in town.
That place is so so cool Peter!
That was very interesting, going to be beautiful, good start already.
I've been down there! I made a few trips down to Leon area for my last job. If I ever move to Mexico it's be right around there for sure. That's quite a project. Great stuff!
Quite the project Peter. It will very nice.
This is such a strange building. It will be interesting to see what it looks like completed.
Impressive, this looks amazing
Pete, I am absolutely happy for you man. However, can I caution you to NOT advertise or give this much information so openly? When in MX you need to learn to live there and be very careful who you say things to, etc.
Don’t trust anyone blindly man in those places. I have nothing against the good people in MX but it’s happened many times before where folks move places like this and end up being the victims of extortions, threats and intimidation by organized criminals who by the way have the police and army on their payrolls. Never fall for the false belief that somehow the US government is going to come to “help you”. I KNOW MAN…. IT HAPPENED TO ME, THAT IS WHY!
Our rights stop at that border bro and people there only see money when they see you. Careful Pete and enjoy.
Thank you for your warning. But I am well aware of these kind of things that go on. I don't know if I have ever said in a video. But my wife is a Mexican citizen and here family is from the state of Michocán Mexico. So I do know about this and while we are in Mexico we don't talk about these thing to anyone but people we know very well.
Exito en tu nuevo proyecto y saludos desde Nuevo leon ,mexico!
Wow no trash and graffiti everywhere.
Is that what you expected? People have a lot of misconceptions about Mexico. It’s not like what you see on the news. I’m not saying that doesn’t exist. But really no more then here in the USA.
@@EdgePrecision
It was cleaner than where I live.
I really like those vaulted ceilings.
Wow, that is quite a project, thanks for sharing. Charles
good video peter
Love it! Can't wait to see the finished project.
Thanks for sharing, Peter! Can you give us some kind of ratio of how much cheaper living is here vs. US?
This is kind of a tricky question, because it depends on how you want to live. It is possible to live on less than $1000 dollars (19,870 pesos an current exchange rate.) a month (Many Mexicans on less than this.). But that is not the way you would probably want to live. Also things are different in Mexico. From say the USA. I am making a comparison to USA, I don't know where you are from. I would say you could have the same life style for around one third of what it costs in the USA. But things like computers, TV's (Tec. stuff)cost more in Mexico.
A labour of love, thank you for sharing.
it's quite a castle you have there 👍
One thing I sorely miss since I moved from US, Tamales 😭. You can have all you can eat there, much envy. I can eat Mexican food everyday for the rest of my life, heaven.
In Mexico they do eat Tamales. But what is far more prevalent in central Mexico is things like Pazole, Menudo, Enchiladas, Mole, Tacos (Of many different kinds), or if you are a vegetarian maybe Napoles (A cactus plant) things like that. And they don't really serve chips a lot like in the USA. It more common to serve bread (Bolillo's) with some kind of salsa. If you wan't chips you have to order them or get some guacamole. It sometimes come with them. The Mexican food we have here in the USA is more like what I will call Texmex. Still good but different. And the Burrito really isn't a Mexican food. They do now make them but this really came from Texas border area.
@@EdgePrecision I lived near Cicero close to Chicago, the food was a tad more authentic. I've had Texmex from when I lived near Dallas for a bit, don't mind it but things like a simple Nopales dish are great by themselves. My all time favourite will always be steaming hot Tamales.
Can you see some Cartel in there?
Was this something that just never got completed and abandoned?
No it was started by me but got delayed by a couple of years because of Covid and some financial issues. More or less created by the current people in charge in the USA.
Just curious, can an American actually own property in Mexico, or is it a long term lease?
Yes you can. It is only in the beach and border areas that you can’t. But my wife is almost got her Mexican citizenship. Because her mother was a Mexican citizen she also can become one. Just one more document and it’s pretty much a done deal.
What a beautiful place to spend your twilight years in. All you hear about Mexico is the bad news. When it has some of the most amazing cities and towns to be found anywhere. I’m a little bit envious in a nice way.
What you here about Mexico? Did you consider that the same or even worse could be said about the United States. Everything you hear in the news is distorted. I have been going to Mexico for the past 40+ years. I have talked to soldiers at road blocks. They all acted very professional. I never felt in danger. There are normal people living there just like here. I have never witnessed anything bad. Just like I haven’t in the USA. But things happen in both counties. So what do you think?
People who don’t know say plenty of bad things about Mexico. eg. The theft you experienced. Of course you get the good with the bad.
Its a freakin stadium lol nice
Millimeters to the property line. I expect to see some nifty laser metrology going on once this is done for verification.
The surveyor's I used have a satellite system of some sort to establish your property lines. If you ever buy property in Mexico. The most important thing to do is get it surveyed to establish where it is and how much area.
can i be your student?!
This looks so beautiful! I've got to wonder though, why build a hotel in Guanajuato? It seems like a pretty small town. Is there a lot of tourism there?
There is actually a lot of tourism in this city. When people out of Mexico think of tourism they generally think of the coastal areas. Like beach resorts and the like. But Mexican tourists and some European tourists go here a lot. Not so much American. This city has to do with the Mexican history. They also have something happening almost every month. Like I said in the video this month is the 50 adversity of Cervantino festival. They have a host country (Korea this year). This country brings may cultural things for this. Like food, music performances, Dance, Plays and many more. They do free street performances or for a very reasonable price in the many theaters and venues around town. There are usually more than 700 activities planed for this festival. Many many people come to this. But there is something every month. Like the international Car Rally races. Red Bull extreme down hill biking. A hot air balloon thing to name a few.
@@EdgePrecision that's so cool! Sounds like a lot of fun
@@EdgePrecision I was just about to ask about down hill bike racing. They have it in Valparaiso, Chile too and it is exciting.
Oh my goodness. Something our grandma (Dodie) might have have said. Pete, that is one large project. Very nice. Bob E
Is that really you Bob? I didn’t know you watch my videos.
@@EdgePrecision Yes it is and yes I watch your videos. So much to say.
@@roberte7872 Wow it’s been a long time. I talked to Don on the phone a while back.
Are there going to be elevators installed?
Not at this time. But there is space for them.
We"ll have to call you King Peter from now on, owning such a palace to be.
What might be more appropriate because of my Scottish ancestry would be Laird. But this is, in reality a small piece of land. 696 Sq meters (7492 Sq Ft). The lot my house sits on in Houston TX is larger in area than this. It just look large because the building covers the whole lot and is six levels high.
@@EdgePrecision you are my liege nonetheless
Wonderful!
Awesome!!
I'm curious about the video equipment you're using to record all that street footage.
This whole video was shot on a Insta360 x3.
@@EdgePrecision That camera is incredible. I thought maybe you were an expert drone pilot. I use an old GoPro Hero 3 and it's a pinhole camera by comparison. Thanks.
@@EchoERanch I just got it before this trip. So I’m just learning how to use it and it’s software to edit the 360 videos. I think this kind of camera is the best for these type of videos. You can just record video without worrying about where you are pointing the camera. Then in post arrange your view point and even the view angle from wide to zoomed in. Or you can output a 360 video where the person viewing can change the view by the mouse or moving their phone.
Wow. Nice, vary nice.Is there room for a pool?
Maybe.
Great video 👍 Might be idea to get a smart car for the narrow roadways,but nice project for retirement.
Yes a small car (Like those Nissan taxis would be ideal.) would be easier to maneuver in these small streets.
@@EdgePrecision just thought the hotel transport would help transfer from airport etc.
No one in town that I'm aware of does this (Not that it is a bad idea). A taxi from the airport is only around 400-500 pesos (Say $20.00-25.00 Dollars). The guy building our building comes and picks us up. If you take the toll road it's another 35 pesos. So maybe it isn't really a problem for most people. Because we are not really in the center of town. We have thought about a shuttle of some sort for our guests to get to and from the center. A 40-50 taxi ride. Or walk to the finicular and a 30 peso round trip ticket, and take it down. It is also possible to call for a Taxi or Uber to come get you. I have stopped Ubers on the street like a Taxi to go somewhere. They charged me the same price as a Taxi.
@@EdgePrecision Thank you for such a insightful answer as I knew you would have done your homework 🙂
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You moving there?
Eventually for at least part of the time.
@@EdgePrecision good for you!
Nice architecture !
Like a Colosseum seriously!
life is less expensive there I would guess.
@@summerforever6736 Yes it does cost less. A US retired person can actually live on their social security pay there.
@@EdgePrecision yes i knew it.
Same In Europe where I am from...
TOYOUR NEW LOCATION BIDEN BROUGHT HIS CRIE CITY THERE TO . NICE MOORISH DEZINE .
What on earth does this gibberish mean?
@@EdgePrecision sorry pete I got into pollowticks with bidens crime city it's just as bad jn Mexico whats happend to you . It's a shame our Government has not helped Mexicos crime wave years ago to gather as one and you would have your property in tacked safe . You already know in Texas what Biden has done . God bless you and your family's move .
As a Texan and republican I can not support this. Keep money in our country. Unsub
So my money that I earned and paid taxes on. The rest of that belongs to the government? And somehow it has to stay in the USA? You do realize even if I live in Mexico I still have to file a US tax return. Do you have a cell phone. You do know it probably was made in China don’t you. I think many things you buy are like that. Don’t preach to me!
Some narrow minded folks will never travel, learn or meet new people. They can’t be helped. Your new Casa will be incredible. I’m interested in a stay.
Fantastic poject Peter, very beautiful building, thanks for sharing!
those type of ceilings are even more incredible in person. saludos desde aguascalientes!