Cuando el Estado deja de cumplir sus propias decisiones, perdemos todos
Column by Alonso López Jiménez, counsel to the owner families, on the institutional response to the complaints filed. Names Mar Azul.
Read at La República →Notice from the Owners
Two privately owned homes at Condominio Mar Azul, Nosara, Guanacaste, were displayed in Coyol Real Estate's marketing as part of its portfolio. Those listings came down after formal demands and abuse reports. On 11 August 2026 the same homes returned to Coyol's "Available Homesites" page, offered for sale under lot numbers and specifications that are not ours. The homes are not for sale, and we are not a success case for Coyol to hold up to the next buyer. Neither owner agreed to any of this.
The homes Coyol is offering
On 11 August 2026, the two homes below reappeared on Coyol Real Estate's "Available Homesites" page under the names "Coyol XL" and "Modern Barn," with new lot numbers and specifications that are not ours. These are our homes — Lot 20 and Lot 32. They are private residences. They are not for sale.
Coyol Real Estate · Available Homesites
Actually — Lot 20, Condominio Mar Azul
The home is not for sale. No agreement authorizes Coyol Real Estate to display, name, photograph or offer this property.
Coyol Real Estate · Available Homesites
Actually — Lot 32, Condominio Mar Azul
The home is not for sale. No agreement authorizes Coyol Real Estate to display, name, photograph or offer this property.
The facts, from the owners
What we have asked, and where it stands
Each owner has sent Coyol Real Estate a formal written demand — first on 4 July 2026, and a final demand thereafter — requiring the removal of every reference to, image of, name assigned to, video footage of, and portfolio display of Lot 20 and Lot 32 from its websites and all other marketing materials, and written confirmation that our properties, their images and their existence will not be used again to market Coyol's business without our express written consent.
The deadlines set in those demands passed with no response. On 31 July 2026 — twenty-seven days after the first notice, and the same day formal abuse reports were filed with the sites' registrar — the "Sold & Built" listings were removed. On 11 August 2026, the homes were returned to the "Available Homesites" page as homes for sale, under altered lot numbers and specifications. The opening video also remains live. No response has been received at any point.
The owners' demands and filings continue, including the regulatory proceeding before the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC) concerning the advertising — to which this reappearance is being reported — the abuse reports filed with the sites' registrar, notices to the video and social-media platforms carrying the material, and delivery of the documented record to the competent authorities. The removal and subsequent reappearance do not affect the claims already accrued.
Mar Azul in the press
Independent outlets have reported on Mar Azul. The reports below are listed so they can be read at source. This notice does not restate, adopt or endorse their contents; each publication is responsible for its own reporting.
Two of the pieces listed are opinion columns written by Alonso López Jiménez, the public-law attorney representing four owner families in this matter, including the owners issuing this notice. They are opinion, not independent reporting, and are identified as such below.
Column by Alonso López Jiménez, counsel to the owner families, on the institutional response to the complaints filed. Names Mar Azul.
Read at La República →La Voz de Guanacaste's investigation, republished under a collaborative journalism agreement.
Read at El Observador →Reporting by José P. Román Barzuna on the project's construction permits, water availability and electricity supply. Also published in Spanish; video summary by La Voz on Instagram.
Read at La Voz de Guanacaste →Column by Alonso López Jiménez on the same subject. On the advice of counsel, La Nación did not name the project; it refers only to a real estate development in Nosara.
Read at La Nación →Report on the nullity petition filed with the Municipality of Nicoya over construction said to be continuing despite closure orders.
Read at Delfino.cr →