Newly Remodeled 4 Bedroom 4 Bath Luxurious Mansion for Sale and Rent in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

Beautifully Remodelled 3 Bedroom/4 Bath Colonial Mansion

The remodel for this famous local architect (Alvaro Ponce) designed 7000 square-foot house with large, walled, garden has just been finished and is in the perfect location in the center of the historic district, 2 blocks from Santana park with its shops, restaurants, market and Saturday-night fiesta, 6 blocks or 5- minute walk to the main Cathedral Square with its Opera House, restaurants, theatres and music festivals,, 3 blocks from the English Library and 6 blocks to Santiago park with its excellent local food restaurants.
Impressive and unusual in Centro is the parking garage within the property. Its exit to the house leads into the entrance hall, that opens onto the bar in the covered arcade around the central open courtyard and pool and fountain. This arcade in turn leads to the master suite, 2 walk-in closets with custom cabinetry, a huge modern bathroom with its garden, and then to the kitchen with its large walk-in pantry. The kitchen has top of the line equipment and tiles from Puebla. Through the dining area at the end of the kitchen is another covered terrace, with that leading to the 2 bedrooms each with its own en suite bathroom and little garden, the large storage room, the barbecue and the palapa patio. Also at the end of the walk way is the stair to the upper level that had the private staff bath and bedrooms, laundry, and door to the roof terrace.
This is a large and very impressive house that is made for entertaining and privacy. It has all the bells and whistles one would want. Except for the furniture (very easy to find quickly in Merida) the house is ready to park in its garage and move into: on the first day get on the phone, hook up your computer, start cooking, throw a house-warming party in its mist-cooled covered patio and outdoor bar on the pool terrace.
It is also The house is 35 minutes from the beaches at Progreso, 15 minutes (and $5 taxi ride) to Merida’s modern airport, and 10 minutes from all the US stores like Sam’s, Costco, Sears, and Walmart as well as several very modern shopping malls.
The house will fetch at least $2,000 a month if rented out, or $500 a night as a vacation rental.
The features are:
Clear title and existing bank trust or fideicomiso, entrance hall 3 bedrooms with office to use as 4th bedroom. Master bedroom en suite with closets, 4 full bathrooms, covered garden terrace, enclosed garage in the property at the corner of the house accessed from one of the interior arcade, private pool with interior courtyard, outdoor bar, pool, storage room, fully-wired Office/Den with TV, High-Speed Internet, and Telephone, fully Air Conditioned throughout the house.
DIARIO YUCATAN NEWSPAPER – March 2010 – YUCATAN & MERIDA BUSINESS STATISTICS
The numbers and economic analysis for 2009 are in from the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Infomatics. The State of Yucatan is rocking along with a business growth rate of 37.4%, leading Baja California Sur, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Guerrero in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place. Following far behind and in the last 3 places are Nuevo Leon, Mexico City, and Chihuahua. Yucatan has also the 3rd highest rate of employment and participation in IMSS or the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.
Merida is the driving force behind much of the growth throughout the state as well as funding 42 free cultural and artistic events each week, as well as other projects throughout the other municipalities to ensure that tourism continues to grow at a constant rate.
Add to all of that the fact that the State of Yucatan is the only state in Mexico with zero (!!!!) drug-related murders last year. Add that Merida is the safest large city in the country, has world class medical care facilities and personnel (approved, if ever necessary, to treat an American President.