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Dream Living
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We are Nelson and Mindy - a 40 something couple that decided one day....to move to Mexico! We actually debated a few other countries before landing on Mexico, but we are beyond excited to have made this decision and have ZERO regrets because Mexico has been nothing but kind and accepting to us 2 gringos!
Our home currently consists of 3 dogs (2 rescues), 3 water turtles, 1 Sulcata tortoise, 1 Mexican spiny-tailed iguanas and countless koi and pond fish. We live in a small fishing village and have now decided to expand our footprint on a larger terrain (mainly, so our dogs can run freely and play).
If you'd like to follow along to watch our progress of viewing, cleaning and building on our new land, please subscribe and we will provide content of all of Nelson's CRAZY ideas!! Should be fun!!
Contact us at ourdreamliving@gmail.com
Our home currently consists of 3 dogs (2 rescues), 3 water turtles, 1 Sulcata tortoise, 1 Mexican spiny-tailed iguanas and countless koi and pond fish. We live in a small fishing village and have now decided to expand our footprint on a larger terrain (mainly, so our dogs can run freely and play).
If you'd like to follow along to watch our progress of viewing, cleaning and building on our new land, please subscribe and we will provide content of all of Nelson's CRAZY ideas!! Should be fun!!
Contact us at ourdreamliving@gmail.com
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Update on the planters and first look at the Koi pond build.
In this episode we finish the last little bit of the inside planter and show the first steps of the Koi pond build.
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#chichenitza
#mayanruins#mexicoliving
#howtobuildahouseinmexico
#retireinmexico
#construction
#mexicandecor
#bathroomdesign
#building
#drypour
#chichenitza
#mexico
#mexicolife
#livinginMexico
#buildinginMexico
#buildingahouseinMexico
#howtobuildacustomhouseintheYucatan
#concretefloors
#concretehouse
#mexicoliving
#housesofmexico
#chichenitza
#mayanruins#mexicoliving
#howtobuildahouseinmexico
#retireinmexico
#construction
#mexicandecor
#bathroomdesign
#building
#drypour
#chichenitza
#mexico
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Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Completing planter #2. Plus a quick story of our first car wreck
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This episode we finally finish the second planter and add a quick story of our first car accident today. 😬 #mexicolife #livinginMexico #buildinginMexico #buildingahouseinMexico #howtobuildacustomhouseintheYucatan #concretefloors #concretehouse #mexicoliving #housesofmexico #chichenitza #mayanruins#mexicoliving #howtobuildahouseinmexico #retireinmexico #construction #mexicandecor #bathroomdesign...
Building out the dark room/red light therapy room by adding ventilation and stairs.
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In this episode I begin to build out the dark room / red light therapy room by adding ventilation and stairs. #darkroom #mexicolife #livinginMexico #buildinginMexico #buildingahouseinMexico #howtobuildacustomhouseintheYucatan #concretefloors #concretehouse #mexicoliving #housesofmexico #chichenitza #mayanruins#mexicoliving #howtobuildahouseinmexico #retireinmexico #construction #mexicandecor #b...
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Finishing up planter #1 in the foyer. Plus a trip to a vivero.
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In this episode we finally finish the first planter in the foyer. #plants #vivero #mexicolife #livinginMexico #buildinginMexico #buildingahouseinMexico #howtobuildacustomhouseintheYucatan #concretefloors #concretehouse #mexicoliving #housesofmexico #chichenitza #mayanruins#mexicoliving #howtobuildahouseinmexico #retireinmexico #construction #mexicandecor #bathroomdesign #building #drypour #chic...
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Finally finishing up all the cabinets for the house.
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In the episode we finally get all the cabinetry installed in the house. #mexicolife #livinginMexico #buildinginMexico #buildingahouseinMexico #howtobuildacustomhouseintheYucatan #concretefloors #concretehouse #mexicoliving #housesofmexico #chichenitza #mayanruins#mexicoliving #howtobuildahouseinmexico #retireinmexico #construction #mexicandecor #bathroomdesign #building #drypour #chichenitza #m...
Unboxing & Review Costco Portofino Motion 19 pc. patio collection
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In this episode we receive a big order of patio furniture from Costco. Watch us unbox and put together for a final review. www.costco.com.mx/p/1307977 #mexicolife #livinginMexico #buildinginMexico #buildingahouseinMexico #howtobuildacustomhouseintheYucatan #concretefloors #concretehouse #mexicoliving #housesofmexico #chichenitza #mayanruins#mexicoliving #howtobuildahouseinmexico #retireinmexico...
Dry Pour Cement walkway. We poured a Rustic walkway for the gym.
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In this episode we Dry Pour a cement walkway leading up to our gym. #mexicolife #livinginMexico #buildinginMexico #buildingahouseinMexico #howtobuildacustomhouseintheYucatan #concretefloors #concretehouse #mexicoliving #housesofmexico #chichenitza #mayanruins#mexicoliving #howtobuildahouseinmexico #retireinmexico #construction #mexicandecor #bathroomdesign #building #drypour
Building Our Dream Oasis in Mexico | Finishing the turtle aquarium!
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In this episode we finally get the turtle aquarium finished and they seem to like it. #mexicolife #livinginMexico #buildinginMexico #buildingahouseinMexico #howtobuildacustomhouseintheYucatan #concretefloors #concretehouse #mexicoliving #housesofmexico #chichenitza #mayanruins#mexicoliving #howtobuildahouseinmexico #retireinmexico #construction #mexicandecor #bathroomdesign #building #turtle #r...
Building Our Dream Oasis in Mexico | Dry pouring our first project.
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In this episode we attempt to dry pour a cement slab for our trash can. We’ve watched many episodes of @CajunCountryLivin and they have a lot of information and make it seem pretty easy. We wanted to start with something small to see how our cement reacted with a dry pour before we tried a bigger project like sidewalks or a side patio. #mexicolife #livinginMexico #buildinginMexico #buildingahou...
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico |June was Mangos 2yr birthday and a subscriber wanted to see her.
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In this short episode we show Mango, our Sulcata tortoise. One of our loyal subscribers, Dodge from Denver, Co asked to see more of her so here you go buddy! Thanks for watching! #sulcata #sulcatatortoise #mexicolife #livinginMexico #buildinginMexico #buildingahouseinMexico #howtobuildacustomhouseintheYucatan #concretefloors #concretehouse #mexicoliving #housesofmexico #chichenitza #mayanruins#...
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Finally done! REVEAL IS HERE!!!
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In this episode we walk you through the house and finally reveal the outside. Hope you like it!! #mexicolife #livinginMexico #buildinginMexico #buildingahouseinMexico #howtobuildacustomhouseintheYucatan #concretefloors #concretehouse #mexicoliving #housesofmexico #chichenitza #mayanruins#mexicoliving #howtobuildahouseinmexico #retireinmexico #construction #mexicandecor #bathroomdesign #building
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Nesting Party with Mindy.
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In this episode we finally are moving into the house and I help Mindy decorate with what we have bought over the last 20 months. #mexicolife #livinginMexico #buildinginMexico #buildingahouseinMexico #howtobuildacustomhouseintheYucatan #concretefloors #concretehouse #mexicoliving #housesofmexico #chichenitza #mayanruins#mexicoliving #howtobuildahouseinmexico #retireinmexico #construction #mexica...
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Finishing the terrarium.
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In this episode we finish the terrarium since the glass finally came in. We are still waiting on the big glass for the aquarium. #mexicolife #livinginMexico #buildinginMexico #buildingahouseinMexico #howtobuildacustomhouseintheYucatan #concretefloors #concretehouse #mexicoliving #housesofmexico #chichenitza #mayanruins#mexicoliving #howtobuildahouseinmexico #retireinmexico #construction #mexica...
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Alfredo is helping us hang the beautiful Mayan wall clock.
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In this episode we get help from Alfredo putting up the Mayan wall clock over the back door. #mexicolife #livinginMexico #buildinginMexico #buildingahouseinMexico #howtobuildacustomhouseintheYucatan #concretefloors #concretehouse #mexicoliving #housesofmexico #chichenitza #mayanruins#mexicoliving #howtobuildahouseinmexico #retireinmexico #construction #mexicandecor #bathroomdesign #building
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Installing shelves and the Island top for the kitchen.
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This episode we are installing shelves and the Island top for the kitchen. #mexicolife #livinginMexico #buildinginMexico #buildingahouseinMexico #howtobuildacustomhouseintheYucatan #concretefloors #concretehouse #mexicoliving #housesofmexico #chichenitza #mayanruins#mexicoliving #howtobuildahouseinmexico #retireinmexico #construction #mexicandecor #bathroomdesign #building
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Preparing the bases for the A/C units.
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Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Preparing the bases for the A/C units.
Building Our dream Home in Mexico | Finishing up the fountain.
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Building Our dream Home in Mexico | Finishing up the fountain.
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | The guys from Casa Cucine are back installing the coffee bar.
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Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | The guys from Casa Cucine are back installing the coffee bar.
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Installing the accent wall in the living room.
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Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Installing the accent wall in the living room.
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Pouring the last two bodega floors.
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Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Pouring the last two bodega floors.
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Building the glass walls in the kitchen and bathroom
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Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Building the glass walls in the kitchen and bathroom
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Installing the kitchen cabinets.
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Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Installing the kitchen cabinets.
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | finishing up the shower floors.
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Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | finishing up the shower floors.
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Installing the water line to the cistern.
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Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Installing the water line to the cistern.
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Installing the front door.
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Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Installing the front door.
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Installing the doors.
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Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Installing the doors.
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Laying the tile floors.
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Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Laying the tile floors.
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Applying the black (chukum like) surfaces to the countertops.
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Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Applying the black (chukum like) surfaces to the countertops.
Fun pizza night with the crew last Friday.
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Fun pizza night with the crew last Friday.
Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Pt. 2 Finishing the palapa’s in the house.
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Building Our Dream Home in Mexico | Pt. 2 Finishing the palapa’s in the house.
the pond area didn't look that deep until you walked down into it. that is going to be a nice pond!!!!
@@user-ot9qk7kp1b thanks! I’m super excited!
Planters look great! I think I like your favorite as well. 🪴
@@lilliearvizu9447 heck yeah! It’s awesome! 😂
I have been watching the build since your second video. When you showed the front of the house I was floored. AMAZING. What a great job on design. I'm excited for you guys. I don't know you guys, but you seem like great people. Enjoy your beautiful home.
@@user-ot9qk7kp1b thank you so much for the kind words and thanks for following along. Getting ready to start on the koi pond next. 👍
durag 🔥
Good for you , l know the red light therapy benefits for the body !!! Congratulations 😊
@@blancasilviaherrera1887 thanks! I can’t wait to get everything set up, but it might take awhile because I have so much other stuff to do as well. I’ll keep up the updates though.
SUPER HAUSE.WE ARE HAPPY:)
KISS FOR DOGS LOVE......
Very beautiful. You just got to mix some big ferns in there too. Also a small fountain-Use the same buckets, fill it with larger rocks and water, add a pump and voila. The trickling water sounds great. Why did you leave the smaller plants in their pots? Won't it stunt their growth and eventually strangle ?
@@catritz my wife wants to take them when they get big and plant them outside. We have a huge fountain already in the middle of the house.
WOW, ,what a dramatic entrance that will be when the plants fill out. NICE job guys
@@user-ot9qk7kp1b thank you!! 🙏
The whole set is beautiful! I love it! Enjoy it both of you! 👍🏻🥰🥰🩵💗
@@lilliearvizu9447 Thank you!
Patio set us beautiful! Be careful with that step!
@@jmtz4054 😂 thanks! She was ok. She’s a trooper.
Here is the link to Costco Mx for this 19 pc set patio furniture. 👍
I love that ur lady is helping. Two heads is always better than one. You go shorty ❤❤❤
@@larnoralacey9339 thanks! She helps when she can.
Very nice! 👍🏻
@@lilliearvizu9447 thanks!
Very nice! 👍🏻
@@lilliearvizu9447 thanks!
Sidewalk came out great !
@@jmtz4054 thank you!
Oh l hope you will be able to purchase the property next door!
@@jmtz4054 that would be cool!
What were the 2 different types of bags? Sand and then cement? And you did not add any gravel at all?
@@MayapanRanch all the bags were the same. Just the normal cement that i get here at the material store. No, I didn’t put in any gravel or sand. Just the bag of cement, level it to your liking and mist with water every hour. I follow a couple on youtube and their channel is called @cajuncountrylivin they have really good info and videos on the Dry Pour method.
Man that glass is massive! Really appreciate you showing the whole process. There’s no way they won’t enjoy that big swimming area. Great job, y’all! Everything is just amazing. Thank you for sharing. 🤙
@@roblescurbappealconcrete thanks! Yes, that piece was very heavy!
Loved seeing the turtles in their new home ! So pretty swimming! Y’all did a great job on the tank !
@@jmtz4054 thank you! 👍🙏
Love it, It’s gorgeous!!! Great job, great vision!!!❤❤
@@AJInman thank you so much and thanks for watching!! 👍
What state in USA were you both raised in please?
We were raised in Arkansas.
Love it all! Well done my friend! Never doubted you!! HA It is a beautiful home. Blessings to you both!
Thank you so much!
This is pretty cool.
Thank you!!
So very cool! Congratulations.
Thanks so much!
Some of the design of inside of the house seems a little disjointed. I personally would have gone full Mayan, or Sante Fe. The modern stuff looks kind of out place.
Congrats again
Hermoso diseno!!!!!!!!!
Gracias!
Very beautiful. Love the theme of the homestead. I may be taking some ideas of you guys on my home build in Mexico. One thing I HIGHLY recommend from past knowledge and experience, is to have the toilets pure white. This is due to checking your output fluids from getting sick or dehydration.
Good point!
Wow!! It is beautiful.
Thank you and thanks for watching!
Thank you Sheila!! Thanks for watching!! 😊
Wow! I didn’t wait for the end to see the front of the house! SUPER IMPRESSIVE ! Love it! But l can’t remember what happened to the cave’s
Thanks! The front right cave, I will begin the koi pond build on Monday. The back cave will probably be the very last project. Still not sure what to do.
Hahaha! It’s cool huh?! Caves are coming soon. Keep watching! 😊
@@dreamliving thanks so much! Y’all have excellent taste ! Your home looks like a modern art museum! Just lovely!
Everything is so beautiful! Y’all have excellent taste! I have really enjoyed watching your progress! Greetings from Dallas Texas!
Thank you so much!
Thank you Dallas!!! You know what kinda heat we’ve been dealing with lately!! Luckily the rains have started now. Thanks for watching!!!
Great imagination y’all, the interior is beautiful. Everything just flows nicely and complements the exterior very well. I’m very happy for y’all, getting closer to being complete. I hope y’all have a wonderful life there in Mexico, I wish y’all nothing but the best. I’ve enjoyed the videos and all the work that you were able to get filmed. Good luck! 🤙
Thanks so much! Starting the koi pond on Monday! 🤞🙏
Thank you so much!! We love it here. Thank you for watching! 😊
Everything is coming together nicely. Y’all should be very proud of yourselves. Lol 😆 I like the way y’all hung the shower pole thingamajigs lol. I’m trying to catch up on the videos, I get behind sometimes. Keep up the great work. 🤙
Enjoy your new dream home! I’ve enjoyed all your videos and look forward to more in the coming future. You have a great and amazing team of workers as well. 💞
Thank you for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed. Hope you enjoy watching the up coming projects. 👍
Yes we do! We are very lucky! Thank you for watching!! 😊
It's Awesome! Looks great. We are so happy for you both.
Thank you! 🙏
Thank you sis!! 😊
Wow!!! I never expected that. It is amazing. I love it❤
Thank you!
Thank you for watching!! 😊
Absolutely stunning! The outside reveal took my breath away! So happy you are livin your dream!!!!XXOO
Thank you so much!!
Thank Jayo! ❤ 💋 xoxo
Oh my gosh! Incredible. What a fabulous completed (almost) endeavor. I always told my kids growing up that "if you don't dream big, you'll never have big dreams come true". Congratulations. Also, I so happy to see someone else who dogears the favorite pages in their books. 🙂You have a lot of good rocky ground there around the house. May I suggest throwing out randomly 200 or 300 watermelons sees,, and it will all be green in a month with a feast of melons. (they love rocky soil)
Thanks! We are going to do some fruit trees and vegetables garden soon. Gotta try and build this koi pond first. 🤞
That’s a good idea! I think I will do just that!! One of our neighbors has a watermelon garden.
WOW!!!! now that is an entrance...great design and build....You did a great job hiding the front view of the house in your videos...
😂 Thanks!!
Thank you for watching!!! 😊
Congratulations on your new home! That was a lot of designing and work to make it flow altogether. It spacious and beautiful. I love the master bathroom and shower and tub. Looks very relaxing. You have an iguana. Maybe you can catch one in the wild outside of your door there. Do you get any snakes or unwanted bugs like cockroaches or even mosquitos? Anyway, enjoy the fruits of your labour. All of the best for you both. I hope your dogs are adjusting well to the hot weather in Mexico. Enjoy your new life and home! from Canada.
Thank you so much for watching! The dogs love it! The iguana was caught here on the land before the house was started. So he’s about 20 or so months old. Ever since I built him all his caves, I barely get to see him. He loves it.
Thank you for watching! And yes, we caught a baby iguana on our land about 2 years ago and have raised him. He’s in the big terrarium. His name is Rambo. 😊
I stumbled onto this channel when we returned to Ohio from Mexico three weeks ago! Binge watched all of your episodes. Amazing build what a beautiful house. Would love to hear a little about your life story’s and how you got to this point.
Wow! Thank you for watching! We will try and do more videos with the both of us and hopefully you can learn more about us. Maybe I should make a post and ask for questions from our subscribers, so we know what to talk about. 😂
Thank you for watching, James!
Wow! Stunning! What a vision! It’s so beautiful. Congratulations to you both. Can’t wait to see all the outside done. I’m curious as to what the neighbors think.
Thanks Liz! Going to start the koi pond on Monday. 🤞🙏
They think something!! Haha. We get lots of rubberneckers. 😂 our neighbors are great! We love it here.
Loved seeing the progress and the artwork. I think the alien is supposed to be upright! lol Also, please help me. Is a smidge 1 cm or 2 cm? :-)
That’s Mindy’s scale of measurement. I think it’s actually between 1 and 2cm. 😂
Muy bonita su casa 🏠 muchachos 😊 felicidades
Gracias
Great artwork! 😍
Thank you!! Can’t wait until Saturday when I reveal the front of the house. It’s different! 😂
Beautiful Artifacts! But my OCD is driving me crazy, cause you’re not using a tape measure to find true center when mounting haha
😂 thanks for watching! 👍
Your Mayan artwork reminds me of the documentary by Erich Anton Paul von Däniken is a Swiss author of several pseudoscientific books which make claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968.
Nice work brother ❤
Thanks bud! One more piece of glass to go and we’ll have the water turtles up above.
Can you share Javier's business information?
I will ask him for his permission.