From dream to keys, with no surprises.
Five stages every home in Baja goes through, and what to expect at each one: the land, the design, permits and budget, the build, and the keys.
Every story fits one of these beats. The aspirational always comes with something real: a finished house, a figure or an owner.
Los Cabos, Todos Santos and La Ribera, and what everyday life looks like in each.
Real houses, from bare lot to keys, followed month by month from the air.
Land, permits, budgets and timelines, explained in plain English.
How to follow your build from home and know where every peso goes.
Owners, handovers and the people behind each house.
The summary of our first episode. Knowing these stages ahead of time is what keeps the process calm.
As a foreigner you can own residential property in Mexico, including on the coast, through a fideicomiso granted for 50 years and renewable. Before any deposit, check a clean title reviewed by a notary, the land use and a topographic survey. On the beach, the first 20 meters from the high tide line are federal zone.
Good design in Baja starts outside the house: where the sun rises and sets, where the breeze comes from, which way the view is. It is also when you choose materials that handle salt air and plan water storage and solar power.
Construction permits are processed with the municipality, and some sites need environmental approvals. A real budget is broken down by stage, includes a contingency, and is paid against verified progress, not in advance.
You should be able to see your home whenever you want: a weekly progress report, a live webcam on site and a monthly drone flight, with spending reconciled against physical progress every month.
A final walkthrough, a list of details to fix, the manuals and warranties for every system, and then, your home.
A house on a hillside in Los Cabos, facing the Sea of Cortez. We will show you the finished home very soon.
And we will tell you what comes next. We reply within one business day, in English or Spanish.
hello@buildinginbaja.com