Casa Serena: An Architect’s Personal Vision On the Market at Cabo Norte
A contemporary residence represents something rare in luxury real estate: a home designed by an architect for himself.
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All Signs Point to Celestún, Yucatán’s Coastal Paradise
The beaches in Celestún attract visitors from all over the country and beyond. Find out more about Celestun, Yucatan’s Coastal Paradise
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Opening wide the ‘Closed Doors’ in Mérida’s historic center
Pia Rosado and Eva Lucía Reyes previewed over 30 restored homes in Mérida’s historic center before choosing 18 to present in their new hard-bound volume. Now their book is hot off the press.
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Casa Bestia: Broad strokes and dramatic flourishes transform a plain home
You can do a lot even when your property’s width is just 4.5 meters or under 15 feet. It’s just that, as artists Ken and Jeanne Ashman say, you have to “get creative.” They bought the fairly plain shotgun house on a quiet Centro street to serve as a workshop studio, with some gallery space,…
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Hidden Mérida: New Book Explores Yucatán’s Reawakened Residences
Yucatán’s ‘forsaken, decaying ruins, remnants of an illustrious past … are awakening
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Is This the Most Luxurious Mansion in Mérida?
A French-style mansion reminiscent of Versailles is on the market in Mérida for just over 50 million pesos — or around US$3 million.
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Where to Buy Small Pillows With Big Impact
For our first shopping outing, let’s start with some basics. What’s the most important element of a room? What makes it successful? Well, suffice it to say that no room is a success if it’s not somewhat comfortable. One of the smallest elements in a space and one that can have a big impact, as…
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See Inside ‘Casa China,’ Which is on the Market for 40M Pesos
An iconic Chinese-themed house in Col. México is on the market. Its real estate listing offers a glimpse of what’s inside the flamboyant green pagoda-themed property. And anyone who’s ever driven by the house must have been curious about what’s inside. The huge six-bedroom property on Calle 19 and Avenida Libano belonged to Miriam Echeverría…
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Mérida’s real-estate prices still soaring to new heights
Mérida’s Centro and North remain the priciest areas in the city, but prices are spiking everywhere.
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Building a home in Yucatán? Advice from a 2nd-generation Yucatecan architect
Jorge Alberto Mijangos Loeza of Constructora Mijangos spots trends as well as red flags.
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New York fashion designer Jenne Maag’s Centro home will always be in style
Texas-born Jenne Maag is known in the fashion world for her eponymous SoHo boutique. A lesser-known project of hers began almost 20 years ago when she snapped up a romantically ornate casona on Calle 47 in Mérida. “What do you know about the history of the house?” I ask. “Nothing,” comes the quick reply….
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2022 Showcase of Homes unlocks the doors to private spaces
The 12th edition of Fundación BAI’s Showcase of Homes will be more spectacular than ever. Yucatán Magazine, among the event’s sponsors, got a peek at two of the seven homes on Sunday’s tour. Louis Navarrete, an interior designer, and Ric Best, an artist, and insatiable book collector, came to Merida in 2017. Louis says his…
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Deborah LaChapelle masters the art of conjuring cloud-like hues that look ready to float away
After two decades in Mérida, her homes are among the most distinctive around. They are richly styled, embrace available materials and connect to their surroundings.
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An unbelievable oasis awaits in the heart of bustling Centro Histórico
Get away from it all just two blocks from Mérida’s main square. But you need a real casona — a grand home in the city — to do it. Casona 66 is close to everything in Centro Histórico, Mérida’s ground zero for the city’s most grand and historic homes. This casona was built in the…
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Jaw-dropping extravagance at every turn in this private Itzimná sanctuary
A rare, artisanal retreat beckons on a quiet street in Mérida.
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At Binomio Taller, everything is in harmony
Architects started work on Casa Encanto before the property is even purchased.
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Carlos de la Barrera — international experience and local expertise
Architect Carlos de la Barrera is well known in Mérida for projects that blur the line between interior and exterior and challenge established ways of doing things locally.
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Walking tours of Mérida homes and gardens begin anew
The MEL House and Garden Tour was forced to cease last year, but they begin again Tuesday, Nov. 23 and continue weekly until spring. Wear comfy shoes. The tour remains within a 10 or 15-minute walk of the Merida English Library and includes private homes of various styles, sizes, and ages. This is a fantastic…
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Why expats like to play ‘Name That House!’
It’s not a quiz show — it’s a phenomenon that occurs a lot in Mérida, and perhaps other cities in Latin America as well, where expats have fixed up their dream retirement home and as the final touch on their restoration place a plaque on the wall next to the entryway that says “Casa Flores” or some such thing.
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Preview: The BAI Showcase of Homes gets personal for 2021
This year, nobody has to schedule their flights to Mérida around Fundación BAI’s big fundraiser.
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Colonial new to the market is large, luscious and unspoiled
Mérida Living has just listed its largest property in the Centro, a large and unspoiled treasure on Calle 47. Villa 47 starts at 13.5 meters wide and expands to over 40 meters toward the rear. This is an extremely rare feature in Merida Centro nowadays. Its owners have left original features untouched: Among its many…
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Yucatán’s new high-cost apartment trend and housing crisis
Historically, apartment living has been relatively uncommon in Mérida, with the majority of new towers and condominiums having been built in the last decade.
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Casa Cocodrilo: A welcoming home with all the amenities
Casa Cocodrilo is a spacious, bright, airy, colonial-era home in Merida’s bustling Centro Histórico. Elegant and welcoming, Casa Cocodrilo embraces you immediately as you enter and continues to delight as you explore it. While tastefully updated and well-maintained, an aura of the past remains. With three large bedrooms and a lush tropical landscaped backyard that’s…
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What is fueling the demand for new homes in Yucatán?
There is a growing concern, evidenced by a large number of empty homes across the state, that much of this growth is fuelled by market speculation.
That’s all for now
That’s all for now