Pre-Construction Delayed in Mexico? Do These 5 Things

Your pre-construction delivery date in Mexico has come and gone. Now you're covering temporary housing, rescheduling travel, or watching expected rental income disappear, and you're wondering what your options actually are. In Episode 15 of *The Foreign Buyer's Guide to Mexico*, Nancy Valiente, a licensed real estate broker and attorney advising buyers in Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas, walks through five practical steps to take when a developer misses the delivery date on a pre-construction purchase. **The five steps she covers:** 1. Identify the contractual date that actually controls, not the sales estimate, which may differ from the binding delivery date in your contract. 2. Build a complete timeline and preserve the evidence, documentation matters before any negotiation begins. 3. Request a detailed written status report from the developer, knowing where the project stands shapes every decision that follows. 4. Decide what outcome you actually want, delivery, compensation, termination, or a negotiated solution each require a different approach. 5. Protect your leverage before you sign, pay, or accept possession, extensions, releases, and acceptance documents can quietly close off remedies you still have. Nancy also explains how a grace period can shift the analysis, what specific information to request from the developer, and why signing anything before you understand your position can cost you more than the delay already has. A delay does not produce the same remedy in every transaction. Your options depend on your contract language, the facts on the ground, the applicable Mexican law, and what resolution you're actually seeking. That's exactly why this episode is built around the questions buyers need to answer before they act, not after. If you're dealing with a delayed pre-construction purchase in Puerto Vallarta or Bahía de Banderas and need individualized guidance, reach out to Nancy directly.