Solar, water and internet: how the estate runs

The Sanctuary Estate runs on solar with battery backup and on-grid power, a 100-metre well under a concession that transfers with the sale, and fibre with Starlink as a second line. That combination is the reason a property this far down an unpaved road is a place you can actually live and work.

Infrastructure is where remote properties in Costa Rica are won and lost, and it is rarely what people ask about first.

How is the power set up?

Solar with battery backup, and a grid connection.

Both matter. Solar and batteries carry the house through outages, which happen on this coast, particularly in the rainy months. The grid connection means you are never rationing your own electricity or planning your week around cloud cover. Neither system alone is as good as the two together.

What about water?

A well drilled to 100 metres, under a concession granted for a ten-year term that transfers with the sale, plus a secured water letter — a rarity in Nosara that can take years to obtain. There are two water sources on the property, and the Nosara River along the southern boundary.

That is what keeps more than nine thousand trees and plants alive through the rainless months. Water is the first thing to verify anywhere in Guanacaste, and the distinction between having a well and having the legal right to use it catches buyers out. We have written about that properly here.

Is the internet good enough to work from?

Yes. Fibre for daily use, and Starlink as a second line for the days that cannot fail.

That redundancy is the honest answer to a question people ask carefully. A single connection in rural Guanacaste will eventually drop. Two independent connections, on different technologies, is what turns a retreat into a place you can run a business from.

What about the road?

Unpaved for the final stretch, as most of Nosara is. This is the most common complaint about the area and, quietly, the reason Nosara still looks the way it does.

Playa Guiones is about ten minutes away by car. Liberia’s international airport is roughly two and a half hours. If short airport transfers matter more to you than forest, Tamarindo is the honest recommendation.

What should I check on any Nosara property?

• Water: a concession, its term, whether it transfers, and how many independent sources exist.
• Power: grid connection and backup, not one or the other.
• Internet: what is actually available at that address, and whether a second option exists.
• Access: whether the road is public or a registered right of way, and what it does in the rainy season.

Ask for evidence rather than assurances on all four.

The short version

The Sanctuary Estate runs on solar with battery backup plus on-grid power, a 100-metre well under a ten-year concession that transfers with the sale, a secured water letter, two water sources, and fibre with Starlink backup. Playa Guiones is about ten minutes away; Liberia airport roughly two and a half hours.

See the property and the residence, or arrange a private viewing.