Three options, three different jobs
Club Campestre offers something most Los Cabos communities do not: a genuine choice between a condo, a finished house and a lot to build on, inside the same gates. They are not three price points on one product. They are three different undertakings, and the right one depends far more on your time and appetite than on your budget.
The condo: least to manage
A condo hands the building envelope, the common landscaping and usually the pool and grounds to the association. For an owner who is here for part of the year, that is the difference between arriving to a property that is ready and arriving to a list of jobs.
The cost is control. Exterior changes and often terrace shading and screening are governed rather than chosen. Ask what the monthly assessment covers, what it does not, and what condition the reserve is in – an under-funded reserve eventually becomes a special assessment.
The house: space, privacy, and everything is yours
A house gives you land, separation and the ability to change things – a larger pool, an outdoor kitchen, a casita, planting between you and the neighbours – subject to architectural review. It also gives you privacy a shared building cannot.
In exchange, the roof, the pool equipment, the air conditioning and the garden are yours to look after, including in the months you are not here. That means finding people you trust, which in Los Cabos takes a season or two if you are new.
The lot: the most control and the most work
Buying land is the only route to exactly the house you want, and it is the option people most often underestimate. Before you buy a lot, get answers to all of these in writing:
- What are the architectural guidelines – height, setbacks, roof lines, colours, materials – and who approves the design?
- Is there a deadline by which you must start or finish building?
- Where do water, power, sewer and internet actually terminate, and who pays to bring them in?
- What does the topography mean for excavation and retaining? A steep lot with a view can cost a great deal before anything is built on it.
- What is going to be built above and below you, and when?
None of that should put you off. It should simply be answered before you own the land rather than after.
How to choose
If the property will be empty for long stretches, buy the condo. If you want space and privacy and are prepared to arrange its care, buy the house. Build only if you actively want the project and can be here, or trust someone who is, while it happens.
The sections, what is available in each, and current listings are on clubcampestre.properties.