If you look online, there are dozens of articles about shipping container construction. In this post, I explore containers as housing in various locations, including the tropical climate of Panama. I am particularly interested in ways to keep a shipping container’s living space cool, comfortable, and affordable in the tropics. Price of Containers I recently heard that you can … Read more
For over 20 years, I was designer and builder in Seattle. So I am very familiar with 2×4 “stick” construction. And the 1st building project I did in Panama was wood construction. I bought and remodeled an old Chiquita Banana house in Puerto Armuelles. It is the house we live in. However, remodeling a wood … Read more
Most housing in Panama is made of cement, cement block and a zinc roof. By using those simple building materials you get a sturdy house that is impervious to bugs, mildew, or fire. Concrete Construction Which is why cement is the typical building material of all of Latin America. It is also what we use as the primary … Read more
Like anywhere else, in Panama there are tons of things to do and decide when remodeling or building a house. What building materials you will use is a critical one. Our readers often ask me about building houses in Panama. Usually they also want to get my opinion on these 4 building materials: Concrete … Read more
Rights of Possession (ROP) land is somewhat unique to Latin America. It often makes North Americans uneasy. But the concept is not as unfamiliar as you may think. A little history may help. In the beginning, land in Panama did not belong to anyone. The indigenous people used it collaboratively. Then the Spanish came. They declared all … Read more
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