House Construction in Xpu-Há

Turnkey new builds in Xpu-Há: design, permits, foundation, structure and finishes under one contract, one site manager and one fixed price.

Recrea has been building houses in Xpu-Há, its private communities and the bay since 2008 — 196+ completed projects across the Riviera Maya. Our architecture, electrical, carpentry and ironwork crews are in-house, so your build does not depend on subcontractors who appear and vanish.

How Much House Construction Costs in Xpu-Há

Real budgets for a completed build, excluding land and furniture. The range depends on the finish level: economy, mid or premium (chukum, hardwood, designer kitchen, infinity pool).

Want the exact number for your lot and square metres? Use the cost calculator or ask us for an itemised quote.

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Nearby zones: Zazil-Ha and Coco Beach · Chan Chemuyil · Ciudad Mayakoba · Corasol

Permits: Construction permits, licences and DRO

House Construction Process Step by Step

The construction process is the same one we run across the Riviera Maya: lot review, concept design, construction documents, permits, foundation, shell, services and finishes, then turnkey handover. See the full process with per-stage timings.

The breakdown of what the price per m² includes and excludes is common to all our projects.

Permits and Building Rules in Xpu-Há

In Solidaridad the process starts with the land-use certificate and the current PDU: it sets how many storeys and what building density your lot allows. The building licence requires drawings signed by a DRO registered with the municipality, a structural report and services plans. If the lot borders mangrove, dune or a cenote, a state environmental permit is added.

The lot: what decides your foundation

Limestone with cavities and a shallow water table, typical of the coast: the soil study decides between footings, a mat foundation or piles. Being close to the sea, rebar and ironwork get anti-corrosion protection, and on beach lots waterproofing is reinforced and the floor level checked against runoff.

Xpu-Há is a bay twenty minutes south of Playa del Carmen, with private communities such as Estrella de Mar and Arrecife: lots of 600 to 800 m², hydraulic concrete streets, water, power, drainage and conservation areas inside the development itself. It is the beach option with full services at a more reasonable price than Tulum or Puerto Aventuras, in the Solidaridad municipality, with the shortest permit timelines on the southern coast.

Useful guides: House construction in Puerto Aventuras · House construction in Playa del Carmen · Construction company in Puerto Aventuras · Cost calculator

Why Build With Recrea

Fixed-price contract by line item, licensed DRO and architects, workers registered with IMSS, weekly photo and video reports and a written one-year warranty.

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The character of the place

Xpu-Ha is one of the most open beaches on the corridor, between Puerto Aventuras and Akumal, reached by interior tracks and with a dune that is still alive. There are few residential lots, widely spaced, some small hotels and virtually no municipal service. Building is set back and the front strip resolved in timber and demountable structure.

The ground and the authority that applies

The water table is very high: on most lots water appears in the first metre of excavation. That rules out a basement, forces a flotation check on cisterns and tanks, and makes dewatering during the pour a real budget line rather than a surprise.

The competent municipality is Solidaridad, and the environmental file falls to SEMARNAT + ZOFEMAT.

Being beachfront brings ZOFEMAT into play: the federal twenty metres from the tide line are not bought but concessioned, and the concession does not pass to a buyer on its own. Before designing, measure the usable depth of the lot after deducting that strip and the municipal setback line.

What decides this particular plot: playa abierta con duna: retranqueo y estructuras desmontables en la franja frontal.

Access, services and material specification

Access: desde la federal, caminos interiores.

Severe salt exposure. The standard here is 50 mm of concrete cover over the steel and f'c 250 or higher with a chloride-inhibiting admixture; 316 stainless — not 304 — for balustrades, hardware and anchors; marine-finish aluminium with stainless fixings; condensers on the landward side with coated fins. The premium over an inland lot is 12 to 20 percent, and without it the first refurbishment arrives around year six.

There is no design committee: the municipal licence is essentially the whole procedure, which shortens the calendar and makes this kind of lot a good candidate for a fixed-price contract, with fewer unknowns underground.

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