Semana 7 Miercoles

We walk the streets of San Cristobal, searching for For Sale signs on the houses. More and more, we’re tickled by the idea of buying a small place here, renting it to foreigners when we’re not here and using it for holidays.

Property here is not as cheap as in lots of bits of Mexico, but it is about a tenth of the price of our cheapish area of South London. What’s more, the peso is pegged to the dollar, so things are pretty cheap for us out here right now.


Most Mexicans don’t use estate agents, especially not in a city as small as this, they just write that the house is for sale either on the wall of the house, or stick a sign in the window. We take down the numbers and give them to Enrique, who has offered to do some negotiating for us. We’ll just have to see whether there is anything affordable and nice that is worth taking on.