We’ve recently been scouting out some property in the hot, hip area of Palermo Soho… We like the bohemian flavor of the Soho neighborhood, the shops, the restaurants, the attractive classical buildings… but those buildings are deceiving…
The problem has something to do with meat (as many things do in Argentina)… casas de chorizo…
Palermo Soho used to be a poor neighborhood, filled with large low-income families. So, as the families grew they would further divide up the house to make room for the new family members. They just keep adding walls, like sausage links and viola… sausage houses…
You wouldn’t know it when you look at these houses from the outside, but they can be troublesome inside (I didn’t see inside all these particular ones, so I don’t know)…
It’s certainly not true of all. But many we’ve found have very poor interior layouts… Of course, you can renovate and it can be done cheaply here… but that takes time and money.
Anyway, in the competitive Soho real estate market you’ve got to pay attention and be quick on the draw to find that special property…
By the way, another expat blogger at http://movingtoargentina.typepad.com/ pointed out a segment on NPR’s ‘Marketplace’ radio program today about Soho called Soho on the Cheap.
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March 20, 2007 at 2:18 am
ramon
I agree about palermo soho its a beautiful barrio but the majority of ph on sale there are in very bad shape or very expensive.
The market is very tight there and there are no bargains there anymore unless you want a very small apartment. Houses in the area are selling for over 2000 dollars a metre. the only way that you will find something ok is by knocking on doors .
March 20, 2007 at 2:29 am
wbonner
Yeah, that’s been our experience too. We’re almost ready to give-up looking there… Better chance finding what we want in Barrio Norte…
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