Titled ocean-view homesites in Costa Ballena, between Uvita and Dominical, Costa Rica

A titled homesite in a private gated community of twelve, on eighteen acres above the Costa Ballena coast. You buy the land and build your own house on it — this is not a resort and there is no finished home included in the lot price. 7 of the 12 are available now, priced $175,000 to $300,000. Every lot with its status and price is at /lots/, and the enquiry form is at the bottom of this page.

Lots are sold fee simple (titulado) with full Costa Rican title registered at the National Registry. The project is a fully approved condominio horizontal de fincas filiales primarias individualizadas: one mother property, twelve individually titled lots, with the roads, gate, fruit forest and creek held in common. Your attorney will recognise the structure immediately — it means clean individual title and a defined, established regime rather than a loose parcel split.

Costa Ballena, on the South Pacific coast, roughly equidistant between Uvita and Dominical — about 20 minutes from each.

Quepos airport (XQP), with regional flights to and from San José, is about an hour north. San José International (SJO) is about three hours by car on the Costanera Sur, Route 34.

Yes, with the same rights as Costa Rican citizens. The only restriction applies to coastal concession zones — the first 200 metres above the high-tide line — which sit under a separate legal framework.

Farmstead Collection is titled, fee-simple inland land. None of it is concession.

Typically 30 to 60 days from offer to closing: reserve the lot with a refundable deposit, your attorney runs due diligence on title and survey, the sale agreement is signed, you close before a Costa Rican notary, and the transfer is registered at the Public Registry.

Funds move through SUGEF-regulated third-party escrow. We work with established Costa Rican real estate attorneys and will introduce you, but you are free to bring your own — and we would rather you did than take our word for anything.

You do not need to be in the country for all of it.

Roughly 3.5–4% of the purchase price, covering transfer tax, registry fees and notary. Customarily split 50/50 between buyer and seller.

Two line items. Property tax is 0.25% of registered value annually — among the lowest rates anywhere in the world. The community fee runs $150–$350 per month depending on lot size, and covers road upkeep, landscaping and gate operation.

There are no special assessments and no club or membership dues.

Most lots here sell to cash buyers. Costa Rican mortgage financing for foreigners exists but is expensive — typically 7–10% with a 60% maximum loan-to-value. Many buyers use a home-equity line or other assets at home instead.

We are happy to introduce you to lenders who work with foreign buyers in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica’s investor residency threshold returned to $200,000 on 14 July 2026, when the reduced rate under Law 9996 expired. It is counted on land plus registered construction.

So any homesite priced at $200,000 or more clears it on the land price alone, and the others clear it once you build. This is general information rather than legal or tax advice — your attorney should confirm it against your own circumstances.

All of it, and it is finished rather than planned: compacted gravel roads, concrete drainage, gated entry, underground electric, fiber optic, and an ASADA water meter already installed on every lot. Water is filtered and potable at each homesite. Every lot has been individually surveyed.

The meter is the one worth asking about. A registered meter per lot, already set, is the difference between a homesite you can permit a house on and land that still needs a water letter first.

There are architectural guidelines — materials, height, footprint and roof colour have defined parameters — written to keep the project coherent and protect every owner’s views, including yours. You can bring your own architect, subject to our review, or use one from the list we keep of people with real experience building in the tropics at this level.

The team that built Villa Del Cielo, the first completed home here, can build yours if you want them to. That is an option, not a condition.

Budget roughly $200–$300 per square foot for quality custom construction, depending on finish level, site work and how much you import. We go through the real cost drivers in detail in the Journal, and we would rather walk you through a realistic number early than have you discover it later.

Yes — it is your property and short-term rental is legal and common in this area. Plenty of owners along Costa Ballena do it.

To be clear about what we are and are not: Farmstead Collection does not operate a rental or property-management program. We do not take a revenue split and we do not manage bookings, guests or housekeeping. If you want to rent, you would run it yourself or use one of the local management companies — and we are happy to tell you who we have used and what it cost.

Two seasons. Dry runs roughly mid-December through April, 75–90°F with almost no rain. Green season runs May through November, usually sunny mornings and afternoon rain.

High-speed fiber is built into the project and most owners run video calls without trouble; many add Starlink as a backup, and cell service is a third fallback. A modern private clinic is in Uvita, about 20 minutes away; larger hospitals are in Quepos, about an hour, and San José, about three. There are bilingual and English-immersion school options in Uvita and Dominical.