Remodeled it into a Hacienda Antigua . Outside, a natural stone facade was painstakingly handcrafted. Inside a Mayan artist from Izamal decorated the house with hand-painted details. A large typical pyramid-shaped palapa was built above the terrace. A year later we added the Hacienda Antigua Lodge with its own shower, WC, kitchenette and a screened in terrace. El Cuyo, all the palm trees in the village and on the beach were still there, we were delighted with the Caribbean feeling, and then every free weekend my family and I visited this heavenly quiet place until someone offered us a small house for sale. At that time it only consisted of a ground floor. We immediately fell in love with this 'rough diamond' and renovated it with a lot of passion and heart blood. At that time we didn't think about renting it out as an apartment. We then built the penthouse on the 1st floor and the Mayan Style Casa Maya Lodge on the 2nd floor.