So we wanted to remodel. Full scale, plumbing, electrical, tile, roof and so on. One of the big motivations for the remodel was the bat problem we had. We had lots of bats living up in the attic. I know, as you read this you are thinking of at least one solution that you know would work. Well, we’ve tried it, whatever it may be. I have put garlic all around, hung sharp blades of jungle grass up, lights, noise, moth balls, plug in devices for this purpose that didn’t work, etc…
So now we were going to try and rebuild the house in such a way that the little blighters wouldn’t call our home “home” anymore. We had heard that they hate fiberglass insulation, so we were going to put on a new roof and insulate it with fiberglass. I’ll go ahead and tell you how it ended up since this isn’t really the point of this article. It didn’t work. We now have a guy enshrouding the whole house with screen. I’m not sure how we’re going to get in and out of the house, but it might just work with respect to finally getting the bats to go away.
Remodeling is an interesting endeavor no matter where you live. But I have become convinced that it is super complex here, due to what I wrote in my previous article. Click here to view.
Europeans, North Americans, Icelanders, even other Latin American countries such as Mexico and Guatemala, all have a certain sense of style. Costa Rica doesn’t. Well it does in that the lack of style is universal. There is little to no attention given to the aesthetic of the living space. Look below the surface of the unimaginative décor and design of most Tico homes, offices, stores, whatever and you will find a poorly put together mechanical structure.
For instance: