Chapman Kids Blog

Lorena visited the houses with Lynn, his three boys, Lynn, Jr., Marlon, and Bruno, Tío Lauro, and Grandma Conchita last night. It was cloudy and rainy, but Lorena reported the nighttime view from the balcony was still pretty spectacular although the clouds got in the way of the mountains so all you could see was the city lights. The apartments a little further down the hill are pretty much complete except for some details so Lorena got the final set of pictures we will be able to get until the renters move in. Lorena’s internet connection was pretty spotty, so she was only able to send a few pictures. She and Grandma Conchita are on their way to the airport to come home right now, so I will wait until she gets her and I can download them from her phone before I put anything up.

Lorena had to get some paperwork done at El Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE). My understanding is that her “official” residence is whatever is on her voter credential and has an impact on how property taxes are assessed and also for how much sales tax has to be paid when you sell the house. We are going to make the apartments our official residence until Lynn is able to finish up the remodel on the house up on the hill, at least to the point where it is livable. We are really looking forward to spending some time down there.

Later today, Lorena is going to take some pictures of both places that I will try to put up if any of them are any good. Not much progress has been made on the house on the hill because Lynn has been finishing up the apartments so renters can move in over the next few days.

I went to check out the house we are remodeling on the top level of streets on Cerro de las Mitras in San Pedro. When I went to the street view, it showed a new image of the house (taken June 2023) that includes some of the work Lynn has done on it. Pretty cool. He plans to start working on it a lot more now that the apartments a few blocks down the hill are almost complete.