Villa 5 at Eco Lagarto | 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms | approx. 915 sq ft plus front terrace | 14-16 ft vaulted ceilings | $159,000 furnished and equipped, or $139,000 for the villa only | HOA $225/month
Villa 5 is a never-lived-in, freshly renovated two-bedroom villa facing the pool in Playa Lagarto, one of the quietest beach areas on Costa Rica’s Guanacaste coast. If you want a simple, low-maintenance place near the ocean without Tamarindo prices, this is a very easy villa to fall for.

Playa Lagarto sits on the Pacific side of Guanacaste, Costa Rica’s sunniest province. Venado Beach is about 10 minutes away, and the popular surf and dining towns of Tamarindo and Nosara are each about 55 minutes by car. Liberia International Airport (LIR), with direct flights from Canada and the US, is about 96 minutes away. You get real beach-town quiet, with everything you need still within an easy drive.

Villa 5 is part of the Playa Lagarto Eco Development, known locally as Eco Lagarto. It’s a gated, 1,100-acre community built around nature and a relaxed pace of life, with three community pools and an on-site restaurant. Access is by a quiet public road maintained by the municipality. Many owners use their villas as vacation homes or rent them out, and you can read how that works in our Playa Lagarto Airbnb investment guide.

Villa 5 is one of only two high-ceiling villas among the 65 villas in the entire development, and it’s the larger of the two, with approximately 915 sq ft indoors plus the front terrace. It overlooks the main pool. It was built as an accessibility unit, so it’s easy to move through, which suits retirees, families and guests of every age. No one has ever lived in it, and the exterior was recently cleared, painted and sealed against the rainy season, with the wood columns sanded and varnished.

The 14 to 16 foot vaulted ceilings are what set this villa apart. Clerestory windows in the upper sections pull in extra daylight, so the whole space feels airy, bright and much bigger than its footprint. There are two bedrooms with closets, one with its own en suite bathroom, plus a second full bathroom. Three air conditioning units keep the whole villa cool. The kitchen has upper and lower cabinets in very good condition and a spot ready for a stove, and the laundry room already has hookups for a washer and dryer.


The large covered front terrace looks straight over the main pool. Sit back with a frozen margarita and watch the world go by. A deep roof overhang keeps it shaded and usable all year, in both the dry and rainy seasons.
Buy Villa 5 furnished and equipped for $159,000 and move in or start renting right away, or take the villa only for $139,000 and furnish it your way. HOA fees are $225 per month. Foreign buyers can own titled property in Costa Rica with the same rights as citizens; our Costa Rica homes and villas buyer’s guide and Costa Rica real estate outlook explain the process and the market.
Want the full walk-through, inspection notes and buyer checklist? Read the complete Playa Lagarto Villa 5 guide. Comparing options? See the furnished Playa Lagarto Villa 10 at $145,000.
Tour Villa 5 in person or by video call. Contact Yossi (Joseph) Kaplan, MBA, Realtor: WhatsApp +1 437 848-3077 or email [email protected]. Browse more Playa Lagarto and Guanacaste listings.
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