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Property Professional Fernando Abreu An architect takes on the task of home care
There is no shortage of architects in Yucatán capable of building dream homes in Mérida. But once the project is completed and the client is settled in and enjoying a new life, there is always still work to be done.
The firm CENTRO Architects was founded in 2007 and expanded eight years ago by adding a maintenance division to address these issues.
“Clients often come to us after having worked with someone else who came up with an improvised solution that ultimately made things worse. Our approach is all about real problem-solving, not just about temporary band-aid solutions,” says CENTRO’s founder, Fernando Abreu.
Abreu trained as an architect at Yucatán’s UADY state university, as well as at Auburn University in Alabama, where he met his wife Monica. During his time at Auburn, Fernando embraced the opportunity to work and study with colleagues from the United States and across the world on a variety of projects.
“It was such a great experience to get the opportunity to work and study with so many great people and acquire such different takes on architecture and ways of doing things,” says Abreu.
He took what he learned from working on projects like Auburn’s Rural Studio’s 20k sustainable-home research project — which
The Rural Studio’s 20k house program at Auburn is relevant in Yucatán. “These experiences taught me so much about how to build not just for aesthetics, but also for functionality and easy maintenance,” says Abreu.
was the basis of an exhibit at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art) — and put it to work in Yucatán training local architects to build cost-efficient kitchens for traditional Maya homes.
“These experiences taught me so much about how to build not just for aesthetics, but also for functionality and easy maintenance,” says Abreu, who also contracts through PM23, a property management company.
He has now put these skills to work and aside from building and designing projects of his own, CENTRO spends more time doing property management for existing homes.
The maintenance division is capable of taking on any specific home-care issue you can imagine, but also offers plans to offer homeowners the peace of mind that their home will always be in tip-top shape, even when they are out of town.
When asked about what kinds of problems are most common in homes in Mérida’s Centro, Abreu says that problems associated with humidity and overly saturated electrical infrastructure cause the most headaches.
Abreu and his team also have expertise with areas including carpentry, ironwork, aluminum, air conditioning, motorized gates, and pool maintenance. —Carlos Rosado van der Gracht
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