Pocitos, along with Punta Carretas, and the more suburban Carrasco, are probably the neighborhoods with the highest ratio of expatriates. Pocitos, is a densely packed urban neighborhood, very walkable, with tree-lined streets, higher end shopping and restaurants than average Uruguayan fare, vegetable markets, and of course the maginificent, crescent-shaped, white-sand beach, aptly named: Pocitos beach.
While the beach sounds better in description than it is in reality — mainly because it is a river beach and much of the water is still quite silt-laden as it meets the Atlantic Ocean in Montevideo.
The result is a water that is semi-sweet, semi-salty, and very rarely the kind of crystal blue water that the white sand beaches should deliver.
Regardless of that, the centralized location of pocitos beach, and the sheer size and protective shape the crescent shape gives it, makes it the most popular summertime beach in Montevideo by far. In the summertime, everything revolves around Pocitos beach and the rambla – pedestrian walkway and road that follow the curve in the coast through Pocitos.
Pocitos itself it quite dense, and the waterfront is no different. It is lined by 10 story apartment buildings of varying aesthetical value (I’m not really fond of any of them to be quite frank). Apartments along the rambla (for rent) used to run from 450-750/mo, however the rental prices of these has gone up by at least 50% in the last couple of years (anecdotally), while the quality has remained sadly not that great (for someone with expectations of miami beach style condos).
The density of the neighborhood, the relative safety, and the higher incomes have convinced many a pub, bar and restaurant to locate in Pocitos.
Most of the homes are apartments in Pocitos, however, the rare single family home does still exists.
In 2007 I viewed a magnificent 5 bedroom tudor on chucharro, three blocks from the beach that the owner only wanted 1000/mo for. However, they seemed predisposed to rent the house to a company, rather than a family, and the neighborhood seemed a little bit noisy/busy for enjoyable living. The house literally hung over the sidewalk in a few places and was surrounded by much bigger apartments.
One of the problems with Montevideo real estateis a real lack fo zoning. Lots and lots of nice older homes get knocked down to make way for 10 story uninspired apartments, because they yield more in rents.
I’m not one to stand in the way of progress, but what becomes of that neighborhood during the building (lots of dust, noise and construction vehicles/workers) and then afterwards, as the building blocks out the sun and its tenants line every available legal and illegal space with their vehicles is something that is “suboptimal” to say the least.
Remember, here, many houses (especially in pocitos) have shared walls. This is “quaint” when it’s your neighbors house. It’s hideous when it is a 10 story building…under construction!
Pocitos Real Estate
Pocitos, along with Punta Carretas, and the more suburban Carrasco, are probably the neighborhoods with the highest ratio of expatriates. Pocitos, is a densely packed urban neighborhood, very walkable, with tree-lined streets, higher end shopping and restaurants than average Uruguayan fare, vegetable markets, and of course the maginificent, crescent-shaped, white-sand beach, aptly named: Pocitos beach.
While the beach sounds better in description than it is in reality — mainly because it is a river beach and much of the water is still quite silt-laden as it meets the Atlantic Ocean in Montevideo.
The result is a water that is semi-sweet, semi-salty, and very rarely the kind of crystal blue water that the white sand beaches should deliver.
Regardless of that, the centralized location of pocitos beach, and the sheer size and protective shape the crescent shape gives it, makes it the most popular summertime beach in Montevideo by far. In the summertime, everything revolves around Pocitos beach and the rambla – pedestrian walkway and road that follow the curve in the coast through Pocitos.
Pocitos itself it quite dense, and the waterfront is no different. It is lined by 10 story apartment buildings of varying aesthetical value (I’m not really fond of any of them to be quite frank). Apartments along the rambla (for rent) used to run from 450-750/mo, however the rental prices of these has gone up by at least 50% in the last couple of years (anecdotally), while the quality has remained sadly not that great (for someone with expectations of miami beach style condos).
The density of the neighborhood, the relative safety, and the higher incomes have convinced many a pub, bar and restaurant to locate in Pocitos.
Most of the homes are apartments in Pocitos, however, the rare single family home does still exists.
In 2007 I viewed a magnificent 5 bedroom tudor on chucharro, three blocks from the beach that the owner only wanted 1000/mo for. However, they seemed predisposed to rent the house to a company, rather than a family, and the neighborhood seemed a little bit noisy/busy for enjoyable living. The house literally hung over the sidewalk in a few places and was surrounded by much bigger apartments.
One of the problems with Montevideo real estateis a real lack fo zoning. Lots and lots of nice older homes get knocked down to make way for 10 story uninspired apartments, because they yield more in rents.
I’m not one to stand in the way of progress, but what becomes of that neighborhood during the building (lots of dust, noise and construction vehicles/workers) and then afterwards, as the building blocks out the sun and its tenants line every available legal and illegal space with their vehicles is something that is “suboptimal” to say the least.
Remember, here, many houses (especially in pocitos) have shared walls. This is “quaint” when it’s your neighbors house. It’s hideous when it is a 10 story building…under construction!
All in all-
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