A normal week in Escamequita: daily life as a lot owner
People ask us about the price, the escritura and the distance to the beach. Fair enough. But the question that really decides a move is simpler: what does an ordinary Tuesday look like here? Not a holiday week, not a drone shot — a normal week, with groceries to buy, a kid to drop at school, a health centre to visit and a sunset you end up watching anyway. Here is the honest version of a week in Escamequita, as the owners of the 31 available lots at Las Planadas live it.
Monday: the village, on foot
Escamequita is not a resort. It is a village with a school, pulperías (corner stores), cafés, restaurants, a bar, a football field, a baseball field and a health centre (centro de salud). All of it is a short walk from the lots, which changes the rhythm of a day more than any amenity list suggests.
A normal Monday starts with coffee, a walk down to a pulpería for whatever you forgot, and a few greetings along the way. You learn names fast in a place this size. By mid-morning you are back on your lot, and the loudest thing around is the wind in the trees.
- School
- Cafés and restaurants
- Bar, karaoke night, pizza night
- Pulperías (corner stores)
- Football field and baseball field
- Pickleball
- Health centre (centro de salud)
- Equestrian centre: horse rides to the beach
Tuesday: the beach run
The beaches are not at your door, and that is part of the appeal: no beach traffic, no beach noise, no beach prices. They are a short drive instead. Playa Yankee is 3 min by car, Playa Hermosa 5 min, Playa Remanso 7 min.
That means a surf before breakfast is realistic on a weekday. You load the board, you go, you come back. Many owners end up with a favourite beach by day of the week rather than one single spot.
- Playa Yankee — 3 min by car
- Playa Hermosa — 5 min by car
- Playa Remanso — 7 min by car
Wednesday: errands in San Juan del Sur
San Juan del Sur is 15 min by car, and that is where the bigger errands happen: the bank, the serious grocery run, the bus connections, the restaurants when you feel like a change of scene.
The practical point is the distance itself. Far enough that you do not live inside the town's noise and season, close enough that you never plan a whole day around going there. You go, you do what you need, you are home before the heat peaks.
Thursday: the admin side of owning here
Owning a lot in Nicaragua is less dramatic than people fear. The escritura is a public deed, 100% in your name and registered. The lawyer tells you which documents are needed and prepares the escritura, which you sign at the lawyer's office.
Day to day, ownership costs are modest: the community fee is 5 córdobas per m² per year, for roads and common areas. Roads and drainage are kept up and the entrance is gated, so the place still looks like itself after the rainy season.
- Public deed (escritura), 100% in your name
- Water and electricity connection available
- Roads and drainage kept up, gated entrance
- Community fee: 5 córdobas per m² per year
Friday: horses, pickleball and karaoke
Friday is where the village shows its character. There is a pickleball court, there are fields for football and baseball, and the equestrian centre runs horse rides that go down to the beach. In the evening, karaoke night or pizza night — whichever one is on.
None of this is engineered for tourists. It is simply what people here do, and newcomers get folded into it quickly if they show up more than once.
Saturday: the finca next door
Next to the lots is Finca Escamequita, 75 acres where we grow fruit, coffee, vegetables and medicinal herbs on the same fertile soil the lots sit on. Saturday is a good day for a basket of papaya or starfruit and a slow walk through the gardens.
Our four houses at the finca rent on Airbnb, rated 4.87 across 157 reviews, which is also the easiest way to spend a full week here before deciding anything. A space in the project is set aside for a future fresh-produce store.
Sunday: your own lot, and what you do with it
Sunday is for the lot itself. Some owners plant fruit trees and leave it at that for now. Others are ready to build. Lots run from 800 to 1,190 m², which is room for a house, a garden and still some distance from the neighbours.
If you wish, we can build the house turnkey, like Villa Mariposa, or simply put you in touch with contractors and every trade. It is an option, never an obligation — plenty of owners buy the land first and decide later.
Prices start at $28,080, with −10% on every lot, from a list price of $39/m² ($49/m² on the main road). Financing is available from $650/month at 9% fixed per year, flexible, with no penalty for paying early. $1,000 per lot takes it off the market.
Come and live the week, not the brochure
Jesús lives on site. He can walk you through the project in person, or show you the lots and the village on a video call if you are still far away. There are 31 available lots out of 57 in total, so there is still a good choice of position and size.
Write to us on WhatsApp with what your normal week looks like today, and we will tell you honestly how it would translate here.
