Costambar · Puerto Plata
Snowbird and monthly rentals in Costambar
$1,500 a month, with the electricity, water and Wi-Fi included and nothing metered. A month, a winter, or the whole season, rented direct from us.
What it costs
$1,000 a month for a one bedroom, $1,300 for two bedrooms with one bathroom, $1,500 for two bedrooms with two. Every one of those figures includes the electricity, the running water and the Starlink Wi-Fi. None of it is metered and none of it is capped. On a five month stay in the tropics, with the air conditioning running, that is the number that decides what a winter here actually costs you.
We would rather have someone settled in for a season than a different set of keys every three days, and the rate is set that way on purpose.
One apartment at Residencial Montesino can be taken unfurnished if you would rather bring your own things. The rent is agreed separately. Say so when you write.
A winter here, in practice
You land at Puerto Plata, twenty-five minutes away, and a taxi brings you to the door. Costambar is gated and about two thousand people live here, a mix of Dominicans, expats and people who come down every winter and have done for years. It is small enough to walk end to end.
The beach is five minutes on foot — a village beach, calm water, sea grape trees for shade, not a resort. The nine-hole golf course is directly across the road from us; you can walk to the first tee. There are colmados in the village for the everyday and half a dozen restaurants within a few minutes of the door. The big supermarkets and the banks are ten minutes away in Puerto Plata.
And when the power goes, which it does, the inverter picks it up. No noise, no fuel, nothing to start by hand — the lights and the Wi-Fi simply stay on.
Who ends up staying
- Snowbirds. Most of our long stays. Down for the winter, gone before the heat.
- People working remotely who need internet that holds a video call and somewhere quiet to take it. Every unit is on Starlink.
- People trying Costambar before they buy here, which happens more than you would think. A season is a better test than a week.
What you get
Two bedrooms in every one of them, a full kitchen, air conditioning, Starlink Wi-Fi, hot water, an inverter, a private terrace and parking. The Residencial Montesino apartments have two and a half baths and share a garden with a pool and a barbecue.
If there are more of you, two apartments can be taken side by side. Write to us with your dates and how many you are and we will tell you what is free.
What we cover, and what you top up
Electricity, running water and Wi-Fi are included and there is no cap on any of them, which on a five-month stay in the tropics is the number that actually matters.
You arrive to a full gas tank and a five-gallon bottle of drinking water. On a long stay those eventually run out, and refilling them is yours from then on. Both are everyday errands here and we will show you where.
There is a washing machine, and lines to hang the clothes on — the sun does the drying. We do not do housekeeping ourselves, but if you would like someone in, we can call somebody good.
How long you can stay
There is no minimum number of months. A month, a winter, or longer. Long stays are what these places are best at, and they suit us too.
How to arrange it
Write to us with the months you want and which place interests you, on WhatsApp or through the form. We will tell you honestly what is free, what it costs, and what the neighbours are like. A deposit holds the dates and the rest we agree in writing before you arrive. There is no agency in the middle and nothing to pay on this website.
One thing worth saying plainly: we cannot take pets.