Seahols1
American looking for information about Dominican Republic
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Lives in Bowling Green
Registration: 09 January 2014
Meeting New People in the Cabarete Area
We just moved to the area of Sosua/Cabarete/Puerto Plata. How do have you found friends that you trust and like to hang out with? Or does everyone just keep to themselves? I'm finding this to be an issue and granted we are new here and it will ... Read More
Retiring in Puerto Plata by Tstager
Happy New Year! We are considering retiring, at least part time, in the Puerta Plato area. What paperwork is needed in order to do this? We would want to rent for awhile first and I've had a hard time finding rentals. Is there a particular ...
Planner, The quote was $10,000 then we added the insurance, which brought it up to $13,000. The other quotes we had were around $7,000 and $8,000 (not including insurance and not including some extras). We figured it would cost about $10,000 to ... Read More
Retiring in Puerto Plata by Tstager
Happy New Year! We are considering retiring, at least part time, in the Puerta Plato area. What paperwork is needed in order to do this? We would want to rent for awhile first and I've had a hard time finding rentals. Is there a particular ...
Planner, How long ago was it you had your container shipped? Was it just recently? As we have both mentioned doing your homework on shippers is important and what fits your needs is important. We had a lot of insurance on our container, which ... Read More
Retiring in Puerto Plata by Tstager
Happy New Year! We are considering retiring, at least part time, in the Puerta Plato area. What paperwork is needed in order to do this? We would want to rent for awhile first and I've had a hard time finding rentals. Is there a particular ...
I just assumed you were talking about the DR Stan, my bad on assuming so, but we are talking about the same country :) Read More
Retiring in Puerto Plata by Tstager
Happy New Year! We are considering retiring, at least part time, in the Puerta Plato area. What paperwork is needed in order to do this? We would want to rent for awhile first and I've had a hard time finding rentals. Is there a particular ...
They do not consider a car household goods so you pay taxes on it and can't be more than 5 years old. Read More
Retiring in Puerto Plata by Tstager
Happy New Year! We are considering retiring, at least part time, in the Puerta Plato area. What paperwork is needed in order to do this? We would want to rent for awhile first and I've had a hard time finding rentals. Is there a particular ...
Planner, We shipped our belongings from Kentucky to Cabarete. We had three quotes and the other two were quite a bit lower in their estimates, but reading what was included and not we went with the shipper that was more expensive just because of ... Read More
Retiring in Puerto Plata by Tstager
Happy New Year! We are considering retiring, at least part time, in the Puerta Plato area. What paperwork is needed in order to do this? We would want to rent for awhile first and I've had a hard time finding rentals. Is there a particular ...
If you bring a car it must be at least 2 years old and you will have to pay taxes on it. We purchased a car here because it was less expensive than shipping one. Again, do your homework on bringing items over in containers and the costs associated :) Read More
Retiring in Puerto Plata by Tstager
Happy New Year! We are considering retiring, at least part time, in the Puerta Plato area. What paperwork is needed in order to do this? We would want to rent for awhile first and I've had a hard time finding rentals. Is there a particular ...
For our 20 ft container it cost us around $13,000 US that price included the insurance as well. We did not have to pay ANY taxes and the shipper we used paid for the trip we had to take to Santo Domingo once we moved here, because we had to verify ... Read More
Retiring in Puerto Plata by Tstager
Happy New Year! We are considering retiring, at least part time, in the Puerta Plato area. What paperwork is needed in order to do this? We would want to rent for awhile first and I've had a hard time finding rentals. Is there a particular ...
Kat11 My husband and I just moved here from the States in September. We brought our 2 dogs and a container. You have to have your residency in order to ship the container (that is what we were told by the shipping company and lawyer~~DR lawyer). ... Read More
New members of the Dominican Republic forum, introduce yourself here - 1st quarter of 2015 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Dominican Republic forum? Don聮t know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us ...
Bob, We did use Dolly, the person you had recommended. The costs have gone up and you have to get your VIsa's first, which is another big expense. We wished we could have done this several years ago before they changed it all. But it was all ... Read More
New members of the Dominican Republic forum, introduce yourself here - 1st quarter of 2015 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Dominican Republic forum? Don聮t know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us ...
If moving and looking to get a Visa and/or Residency.......just ask it has changed A LOt and can get quite expensive and exhausting. BUt since my husband and I just went through the process we know what it takes and the cost. Just ask :) Karen Read More
New members of the Dominican Republic forum, introduce yourself here - 1st quarter of 2015 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Dominican Republic forum? Don聮t know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us ...
Bob, We bought our home at Perle Marina - - between Sosua and Cabarete. It is considered Cabarete by some folks. Read More
What were the reasons for leaving your country by drtuttle
Hello everyone. Please feel free to share your answer on this topic based on your own experience or anyone else you may know. In my case the main reason was the weather as I find Canadian long winters too limiting ;))) Also, I felt attracted by ...
I also lived in Colorado for a couple of years, just outside of Denver. I can say I do not miss the cold of Colorado either :) Read More
What were the reasons for leaving your country by drtuttle
Hello everyone. Please feel free to share your answer on this topic based on your own experience or anyone else you may know. In my case the main reason was the weather as I find Canadian long winters too limiting ;))) Also, I felt attracted by ...
Moving out of the country has been my husband's dream. Unbenounced to me he had made a declaration to my dying mother in 2004, that he would take care of me and my sons and she need not worry about us. After I learned that he made that promise, ... Read More
New members of the Dominican Republic forum, introduce yourself here - 1st quarter of 2015 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Dominican Republic forum? Don聮t know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us ...
We used Juan Perdemo Century 21 and have not had any issues. We purchased a home. They have a secure wire transfer setup for their business and deal with many nationalities. They were very nice and took us around the area for three days looking at ... Read More
New members of the Dominican Republic forum, introduce yourself here - 1st quarter of 2015 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Dominican Republic forum? Don聮t know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us ...
Welcome Melissa! My husband and I are planning on moving to Cabarete. Although we do not know much Spanish (he only knows a few words) we have not had many issues. The locals are patient and nice. I know very little Spanish but I recommend learning ... Read More
Legal: Landlord Recourse from unruly Renters
We own a home in Sosua/Cabarete area. Our home is managed by someone. The renter left, but our home was in horrible shape after the renter left. Is there legal recourse we could take besides keeping the deposit --- the damage was more than the ... Read More
Best way to get items shipped to DR by lehmansa
I need a small package to be shipped from Canada (Toronto) to San Francisco de Macoris. What shipping/courier companies do you recommend? A fair-priced company would be awesome, and I do not mind going to that company to pick up the package when it ...
Bob K: We have spoke before --- well you and my husband Les. When you say value under $200 to escape taxes, are you talking about what we are doing? Moving to Sosua and having our furniture shipped? Or are you talking about what the other gentleman ... Read More
Perla Marina. Puerta Plata by ducketts
Hi everyone We stayed in the above for several weeks earlier this year. Loved everybit of the place and are planning to come back for 3-4 months, really to decide if we want to live there, rent or buy. Looked at Cabarete, Sosua, Las Terranas and ...
Ducketts: I know some people that you could get in touch with. We have a home in Perla Marina and plan on moving there in February. Please let me know if you would like the information. Read More
Newbie to the sight
Hi Bob, Nice to hear from you. I told my husband I had posted on this blog and he mentioned Bob K posts quite a bit, helping others out. I know my husband Les has emailed you several times and am sure he still has questions coming for you. We were ... Read More
Newbie to the sight
My husband and I will be moving to the Dominican Republic crossing fingers hopefully in February. We already have a home in Sosua and are now working on our visas and residency. I'm not sure I have any questions at the moment. We do have two ... Read More