General Building Information

• Buildings costs are approximately US$65 per square foot (based on total square feet of the home) for a typical home built  to the construction standards listed below.
• You may build whenever you wish. There are no timeframes or time limits in which you must build.

• You may use your builder in Belize or contract one of our participating builders to build your home.

Building Guidelines and Building Submission Package

• You may use one of the plans on our website free of charge if building within Los Arboles, or...

• You may modify one of the plans on our website using your architect or by contracting our architect, or...

• You may use your architect or contract our architect to design your own unique home plans.

• Please visit the Building Guidelines for further information.

• Click here for our Building Submission Package Checklist. If are you not selecting one of our home plans, bring this checklist to your architect and/or engineer when designing your home.

Construction Standards

• Steel reinforced concrete building foundation with concrete block construction, steel reinforced, poured concrete columns and tie-beam system.
• Steel reinforced concrete roof system.
• Steel reinforced concrete multi-stage septic system and leaching field.
• Plumbing.
• Electric.
• White color aluminum windows.
• Hardwood exterior and interior doors.
• Concrete block stucco finish interior walls.
• Trowel stucco exterior wall finish.
• Interior and exterior painting.
• Security deadbolt lock installed on all exterior wood doors.
• Locks on all operable windows.
• Kitchen cabinets.
• Bathroom vanities.
• Ceramic tile flooring.
• Ceramic tile on all wet walls in bathrooms.
• The appliances are not included, however available.
• *Please refer to your construction contract with your builder for more information.  Standards above assume builder is constructing exactly to specified plans; alterations by you or the builder may change the above standards. Standards are subject to change without notice.

The Community

• The community has a clubhouse and volleyball court for use by residents and their guests.
• The community has a pier and boat ramp for use by residents and their guests.
• The community is designed with a main entrance gate house covering incoming and outgoing traffic lanes.
• Water service is now available and will be supplied and billed by Progresso Water Authority.
• Electric service is now available and will be supplied and billed by Belize Electric Limited.
• Telephone service is now available and will be supplied and billed by Belize Telephone Limited.
• A Homeowners Association (Los Arboles Community Association Limited) has been established for common property management and sensible deed regulations.

Home construction separate from land purchase.  The home plans, diagrams and floor plans were designed by Los Arboles Limited’s architects and designers. All of the floor plans on Los Arboles Limited’s site(s) are suggested floor plans; lot owners are free to utilize their own architects and designers in planning and building homes on their lots.

All of the renderings on this page meet with, and comply with, local and state requirements, and additionally comply with the Architectural Review Board (“ARB”) and the Declaration of Covenants for Los Arboles, and do not need any further approval from the ARB and/or the Developer and/or association. However, any plans, designs, or models by other architects or engineers, or any alterations, amendments or changes to the renderings on this page, do require approval, as dictated by the Declaration of Covenants, and lot owner(s) are responsible for securing permission from, and remaining in compliance with, all local and state laws and ordinances.

Floor plans demonstrated here are subject to change with or without notice. In no event is Los Arboles Limited responsible for any modification or alteration of the floor plans demonstrated, and appearance on this site is not a guarantee of availability, or “buildability,” of any particular floor plan. You should have your lot evaluated by a qualified engineer to determine the suitability of building any particular model on this page on your lot, as some models may not be available on all lots, depending on soil, elevations, and other natural conditions. All subsurface and topographic conditions should be verified by you, your engineer, architect, or other professional, before building.

You understand and agree that Los Arboles Limited is not in the business of building homes. Los Arboles Limited assumes and accepts no liability for your, and/or any builder, architect, contractor, or other professional’s usage of any of the plans herein, nor does Los Arboles Limited warranty the workmanship, quality or any other work performed by any builder, architect, or other professional.

The floor plans, elevations, features and terms listed herein are subject to change or withdrawal without prior notice. In the interest of continuing improvement, we reserve the right to change floor plans, exterior specifications, features, designs, dimensions, materials, amenities, prices and terms without notice. All floor plans, variations, exterior landscaping, renderings, photographs and maps are artists conceptions and are not intended to be an exact depiction. Floor plans are not necessarily to scale and may be the reverse (mirror) image of those shown. All measurements are approximate. Square footage is measured from the outside of exterior walls. Copyright © 2008 All rights reserved.

The builders, contractors, subcontractors and developer listed by Los Arboles Limited are provided as a service and a courtesy to parcel owners of Los Arboles. The entities listed are NOT affiliated with Los Arboles Limited, nor are they employees, agents, or contractors with Los Arboles Limited. As with any purchase, or when retaining any service, you should use caution, and conduct your own investigation into these companies, and conduct your own interviews, inquiries and research into these companies listed. Parcel owners should be aware that blueprints, documents or other plans submitted by any contractor or builder, even those listed on this site, must be approved as dictated in the governing homeowner's association documents. Usage of the entities listed does not ensure approval by any association or board run, owned or operated by any association or developer, of any plat, plan, model or blueprint. Los Arboles Limited cannot and does not warrant the quality, sufficiency or timeliness of any work performed by the companies listed. It is solely up to you and the entities listed to agree on any aspects of construction, and Los Arboles Limited does not in any way warrant, guarantee or ensure the quality, sufficiency or timeliness of the entities listed. While Los Arboles Limited does not knowingly list any entities that are substandard, or which may be unsuitable, or which are known to be unethical, unqualified, or inappropriate, and while Los Arboles Limited may, but need not necessarily, conduct its own background check into the entities listed, Los Arboles Limited is not responsible for any errors, omissions, misrepresentations, delays, mistakes, malfeasance, nonfeasance, or misfeasance, of any of the entities listed. Your sole remedy and legal rights are between you and the entities listed.