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Amenities open; Viviente releases Phase 2 home sites

The clubhouse, fitness center, pool and sport fields are finished and in use. The community has released the home locations sitting right next to them.

PUERTO PEÑASCO, Sonora — Viviente at Sandy Beach has completed and opened its amenity core and released Phase 2, a group of premium home locations positioned directly beside the community's clubhouse and recreation area.

The finished amenities include a 5,300-square-foot clubhouse, a fitness center, a pool and sport fields, with 24-hour security in effect across the gated community. For much of the past year Viviente existed largely on paper for buyers weighing a purchase from out of the country; it does not now.

“For a long time we were asking people to picture the amenities. That's over — they're built and people are using them. Phase 2 puts the best home sites right next to what's already finished.” — Joe Sanchez, developer of Viviente at Sandy Beach and president of Rocky Point Home Builders

Phase 2 is being marketed as the Premium Clubhouse Home Locations — the sites nearest the amenity core. New-construction homes at Viviente start from the $260s, with buyers selecting their own floor plan, orientation and finishes. A $10,000 cash discount is currently available on Phase 2 homes.

Sanchez said the community has closed three sales in the last 60 days and expects the pace to pick up now that the amenities are open. Foreign buyers hold title through a Mexican bank trust, or fideicomiso, a structure covered later in this issue.

Buyers can explore homes, sites and options — and request a personalized price — at build.viviente.mx, or book a call to walk through Phase 2 directly.

Watch

This week at Viviente

A few minutes on the ground — the amenities, the homes, and what Phase 2 looks like right now.

Most people considering Viviente are doing it from a few states away, working off photos and a map. This week's walkthrough is the next best thing to standing at the gate: the clubhouse and pool in use, the finished homes on their sites, and the Phase 2 locations next to the amenity core.

It runs a few minutes and it's the fastest way to see how far along the community actually is. If you've been picturing Viviente as a rendering, this is the reality check.

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Community

The HOA that answers before you ask

Most owners in Rocky Point find out about a problem when a neighbor texts them. Viviente owners see it in the portal.

PUERTO PEÑASCO, Sonora — Every Viviente owner receives a login to the community portal, where they can see what's happening at their home and across the community — announcements, dues, maintenance requests and security activity — without being in town or knowing whom to call.

The security systems are integrated rather than separate. Cameras, gate access and alarms feed into one system instead of three, and a monitoring layer flags the events that matter rather than leaving them buried in footage no one reviews. When something needs attention, it is routed to the right person and logged, so an owner can later see how it was resolved.

“What owners tell us they didn't know they wanted is not more hardware — it's knowing what's going on at a property that's a few hundred miles away,” Sanchez said.

Dues are $165 a month, billed as $1,980 a year and payable in U.S. dollars. Owners can check their own dues status any time from the portal, which shows a “Paid in Full” card and the exact coverage dates once a payment is recorded.

All of that runs on $165 a month.

Behind the gate

The HOA we built on purpose

Most beach HOAs are an afterthought. We treated ours like part of the product from day one.

PUERTO PEÑASCO, Sonora — Plenty of coastal communities hand the homeowners association to an absentee management company and hope for the best. Viviente went the other way: the community runs its own HOA, with a dedicated administrator and software built specifically for owners who don't live here full time.

That meant building an owner portal from scratch rather than buying a generic one. Every owner gets a login that shows dues, announcements, maintenance requests and security activity in one place. Each owner can see their own dues status — a “Paid in Full” confirmation with the exact coverage dates — instead of wondering whether a payment landed.

Behind that transparency is a real books operation: every dues payment is receipted and recorded, so the community's finances are tracked rather than guessed at. Dues are $165 a month, in U.S. dollars, and owners can check their standing any time from their phone.

“An HOA is the thing that protects your investment when you're not here. We weren't going to make it an afterthought — we built it like software, because that's what a remote owner actually needs.” — Joe Sanchez, developer of Viviente at Sandy Beach

It's an unusual amount of infrastructure for a community this size, and that's the point: buyers at Viviente are trusting a property a few hundred miles away to a group they're still getting to know. The HOA is how that trust gets earned.

Design

Choose your finishes from your couch

You don't have to fly down to pick your countertops. You can — a lot of people want to — but you don't have to.

PUERTO PEÑASCO, Sonora — Viviente buyers select their own finishes through an online tool built for the community, working through each decision — flooring, cabinetry, countertops, tile, paint, fixtures and more — from wherever they are.

There are two ways to do it, whichever fits your life:

Online. Open your selection link, see your floor plan, and work through each choice with photos as you go. Change your mind as many times as you like before you lock it in — nothing is a surprise at the end. When you submit, the community receives your selections and you get a confirmation of everything you chose. We send you your personal selection link when you're ready to start.

In person. Come to the Viviente clubhouse and see and handle the actual materials with us. Some people need to stand in the room before they decide, and that's a good reason to come down.

Either way you end up with the same thing: a home that looks like your choices rather than the builder's default package.

The process

How buying at Viviente actually works

Six steps, start to keys. Here's the whole thing with nothing skipped.

1. We talk. A short call to figure out what you're actually looking for — how you'll use the home, when you want to be in it, and what you want to spend. No pressure to decide anything on that call.
2. You pick your home. Lot, floor plan and orientation. New-construction plans start from the $260s; you can explore models, home sites and options and request your own price at build.viviente.mx.
3. You reserve it. A reservation deposit locks your lot, model and price.
4. You choose your finishes. Online or in person at the clubhouse, on your own timeline within the build schedule.
5. We build. Progress and milestones show up in the portal, so you can follow the build from home.
6. You close and get keys. Closing happens in front of a Mexican notario, and if you're a foreign buyer your title is held in a bank trust set up in your name. Viviente homes are purchased on a structured in-house payment plan — a reservation, staged progress payments during the build, and the balance at close — with no outside mortgage required.

Buyer questions

Questions we get every week

The honest answers, including the parts other people skip.

Ownership, tax and trust rules are specific to your situation and they change. Use this as your starting map, then confirm the details with a notario or a cross-border attorney before you sign anything.