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Hi Kim I dont know about building a house in Belize. I bought one already built.

For the QRP question, the $2000 a month you can access and use to pay your bills. You just need to prove that you have $2000 usd every month put into your Belize bank account.

Coco

Thank you!

kim

I've only been in country a short time so far, but I'm gaining appreciation for the local obsession with concrete construction. The home can be hurricane, earthquake, and bug resistant. I would really like a more natural sustainable approach, such as timber frame, earthbag, etc, but local talent favors the termite proof inorganic approach. Be sure to design with a wrap around porch. Our north side wall isn't shaded and radiates stored heat all night.

@DnBR Time was, native hardwoods in Belize would provide all the insect resistance one needed. Now days pressure treated pine substitutes at substantially higher prices, much of it imported from the USA. If you want pressure treated lumber tagged "Suitable for Ground Contact", good luck.

My small Mennonite home was built in 2000 of native hardwoods, house was built then trucked in from Spanish Lookout to Placencia, then set on hardwood posts 11 foot tall. Main support beams are 24 feet long, one can not drive a nail into, must predrill holes and use Torx headed wood screws. Framing all of Mahogany, siding of I don't know, but  seems to be bug proof 24 years later. I bought it from the original owner in 2016. IF one could get these woods today, they would be priced out of sight.

Several multi generation Belizean's have told me once the British cut and exported all the easy to get hardwoods, that is when they started giving the country back.

On the plus side for Concrete construction of at least the lower floor, it is much cheaper Hurricane Insurance.