It’s been about three weeks since Maestra and I agreed on the amount I will pay to stay here for one year and to build a house for me with a kitchen, shower and toilet. The land for the house has been cleared but the construction hasn’t even begun yet. I have been feeling uneasy about this, because it has been postponed for so long. When I asked Maestra when the construction of my house will begin this past Sunday, she told me to speak to her brother Manuel about it. I approached him about this on Monday and could immediately feel an uneasy sensation in my solar plexus, my intuition was telling me this was going to be a difficult conversation. I asked him the same question – when will the construction of my house begin?
He asked me if I wanted to know “presupuesto”, which means “budget”. I told him I already paid for everything and that Maestra and I made an agreement. He told me the price I paid is too low and other details, like how expensive a leaf roof is, that I didn’t want to hear. I told him “I don’t need to hear these details.” He said Maestra doesn’t give him knowledge and that he didn’t know that I paid for the house, he said he didn’t even know about the construction of my house. I asked him if he ever talks to Maestra. At this point we were both getting emotional, I was feeling worried and angry. Is Maestra trying to avoid building a house for me to save money because she gave me a lower price to stay here for one year? The conversation ended with him telling me that I need to talk to Maestra about this. I said Maestra told me to talk to him and that I’m now feeling worried about this situation. What’s making these kinds of situations even more difficult is that I am still in the process of learning Spanish.
There is a point about leaf vs calamine roof, the leaf roof is more expensive, and he keeps bringing this up, calamine may be a better option anyway, because threre is no leakage so the house will stay drier, less moisture means less mold, termites and less other things to worry about. Leaf roof keeps the place cooler though and it’s a lot quieter during the rains, but since the place of my house is in under a shade of the trees, calamine may be a better option. Still, it would be good to know this before we made the agreement, I was told the house will be built with high quality materials when we had that conversation with Maestra.
I was contemplating if I really wanted a house after all at one point, because the tambo where I’m living now is so nice and is close to the bathrooms, showers and even has some wifi. So, Maestra may have picked up on that because of how shamanically connected she is. Then, I went to see the cleared area of where my house should be built and saw a huge and beautiful Renaco tree under which my house should be. Renaco is one of the master plants that I have dieted in 2019 when I was here for about 5 months and I am dieting it now. So, after checking the place and seeing and connecting to this Renaco tree, I definitely knew I wanted my house to be built there.
I don’t want to be carrying anymore stress about this situation and I am getting clarity about it today.
Maestra just stopped by my tambo, shortly after I finished writing the last sentence, she asked me how I am doing and I told her – “bien, pero un poco preocupado sobre la situación de mi casa” – good, but I’m a bit worried about the situation with my house.
She started explaining how much work it takes to build a house, and what kind of materials and tools are needed. She said a contractor alone costs 4,000 soles and that he will come tomorrow to give details and estimate on how long it will take to complete the house. While she was explaining all of this, I wanted to make sure that I won’t be paying more so I made sure to get clarity on that first, she said no I won’t be paying more which calmed me down a lot.
I told her that integrity and clarity is very important to me and she told me to have patience and understanding because of how much effort, time and money is needed to build a house and that she is helping me out a lot given my financial station. I told her I have a lot of patience but I have experienced much stress because there was a lack of clarity. She told me not to worry and have patience and that the contractor will be coming tomorrow and we will know more details and a time estimate on completion.
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