Chile Forum

Has anyone ever dealt with or know of someone who has dealt with a custom home builder called casasvikings? (link below) Just trying to get as many reviews and as much background on them before making any decisions.

Thanks.

http://www.casasvikings.cl/

Don't know them.

Only thing i see in their gallery however is the classic Chilean architect problem of 'let's try and put more angles in the house, just because we can'. Chilean architects can drive the cost of house up with all kinds of silly architectural "features", that almost always end up leaking air, water, money, or all of the above. Corners = energy and money. Most of the time in Chile they serve no purpose other than to get in the way of a good view or something.

Watch out for those triangle windows, single glass, at the top of vaulted ceilings in Chile. Almost all of their houses seem to have them, they are almost never done right (not sure there is a right way to do them, or a reason to do them). You would almost be better off with just a hole in the wall.