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OceanHideaway
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Ebay ~ who knows what you'll find

13 years ago

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...and now, because you really can find just about anything on Ebay: Anyone want a hacienda in the mountains overlooking the Pacific in Manabi (near the pueblo of San Vicente de Manabi)?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ranch-and-House-Ecuador-sale-/290624966244?pt=Land&hash=item43aa990e64

The listing has pictures adnd describes it as:

$220.000 and total property is 101 acres according to the listing

Location:
Cantón San Vicente, Província de Manabí, República del Ecuador.

About 3 km from the center of San Vicente, but in the countryside.

609 meters public road frontage (actually being hardened, water and electrical infrastructure will be installed in the near future).

About 3 km from the pacific ocean.

Geographic position and surface area:
80°23´05´´ till 23´´
00°35´12´´ till 36´
41 hectars (60 cuadras), partly woods, partly prairie, on hills.

Plantation:
Mostly platano (bananas).
Also other fruit trees like mango, papaya, mamey, hobo, fruta china, fruta de pan, pechiche, poma rosa, lemon, mandarine,orange, grapefruit, fresa de arbol, etc; vegetables, low fruits, herbs like rosemary, thyme, verbena, cilantro, peppermint, green mint, lemongrass, etc ... trees with rich fragrant flowers like cananga odorata
(ylang ylang), mimosa, dama de la noche, ning, jasmine, etc ...King Grass as food reserve for the animals.

The whole property is surrounded with barbwire and piñon, including the different sections of prairie.

Infrastructure:

1,5 km dirt road connects the public road below to the house (150 meters) up. A main wooden house (walls of cedar, floors of
mangle and tilo) on pillars of guayacán, built in 2006. 12 m long, 8 meters wide, with a porch (floor of amarillo) of 12 m by 2,5 m,
all covered with a roof of techoduro (aluminium with zinc). 3 bedrooms with beds, loft and closet; 1 computer room (can also be used as a bedroom) with furniture; 1 little bodega; bathroom with shower, wc, sink, sauna;
big living room (with 39 inch tv, home theatre,
dvd-player) and furniture (dining table with 6 chairs, 2 small tables with 6 lounge chairs, chairs, big cupboard, fixed cornertable all handmade
of guayacan, balsamo, caracolillo, laurel, morán, amarillo) connected with fully equipped kitchen (big double sink, cupboards,
refrigerator, deepfreezer, washing machine, dishwasher, cooking
stove (gas) with oven, microwave and different kitchen necessities).All the floors are waxed. Linoleum in kitchen and
bathroom.Under the house: concrete floor with bodega. Around the house grows low grass.
From the porch one can see the pacific ocean.
A second house was recently made for a man who works on the
property, and his family. It is situated down at the entry at the public road and made of wood and cane with a bathroom of bricks.
2 bedrooms, living room with kitchen, bathroom. Electricity from the public road, water from a 2500 liter tank, septic pit.
On both houses the wood has been treated, in- and outside, also varnished.

Basic services:
Electricity: connection from the public road up to the house with 1,5 km of aluminium cable with steel conductor for high tension
electricity. A transformer (15 mega amp) in a brick cabin behind the house receives it and distributes both 110 v and 220 v to the
house. All the wiring is protected with tubes.
Water: 85.000 liter cistern, under, behind the house stores the rainwater provided by 200 meter square of roof during the rainy season. A hydropneumatic system distributes the water in the
house.The grey water is recuperated in a 1100 liters tank andus ed in the dry season for irrigation.
The toilet drains in a 1200 liters biotank of an anaerobic system.
Tubes in the ground get rid of any surplus of rainwater.
Telephone and internet:
As the antennas of Porta (telephone company) can even be seen from the porch (Punta Napo), the telecommunication is optimal.

Animals:
13 cows, 6 sheep, chickens, a cat, a guarddog.

A corral has been made with a place for the animals to drink.

Machinery:
Mitsubishi L200 4x4 pickup 1997 with a wooden back.
Chainsaw Husqvarna xp272, pumps, hydrovac and other tools.

Unique because of its proximity to the village but already pure countryside, near to the pacific ocean, near to the public road,
beautiful view because of the altitude, which also means no mosquitos, never too warm with a breeze in the afternoon, quiet, all facilities provided and other possibilities. Beautiful valley with
trees and animals in front of the house. All kinds of fruits, vegetables, herbs for kitchen and health.

There is an active airport in San Vicente that in the near future will get regular flights to the rest of the country. A large bridge over the bay,recently built, connects San Vicente to Bahia de Caráquez as part of the "Via del Pacifico" that runs along the coastline.

All machines and tools are new or recently purchased with exception of the car.

Bordered on the west by 825 meters of ecological reserve.

Information and visit:
Roger Fevry
Sitio El Balsamo/ San Vicente
Manabí/ Ecuador

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Wanted to pass this along as just an idea of what is really out there in the "countryside" . This is the area of Bahia/Canoa north of Manta .

Just wanted to share .

Susan
TheOceanhideaway.com

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