Most “investment properties” in Yucatan make you choose: a home to live in, or units to rent out. This one doesn’t. The Chelem Mini Resort combines a private main house, a guest casita, and a three-unit rental building on one lot, all built around a pool setup that wouldn’t look out of place at a boutique hotel. It’s a short walk to the beach and to nearby restaurants.
Feature
Details
Price
$379,900 USD (≈ $6,610,000 MXN)
Configuration
5 bedrooms / 5.5 bathrooms across the main house, casita & three-unit building
Location
Chelem, Yucatan, Mexico — short walk to the beach and restaurants
Pool & Spa
Large heated pool, heated spa, and a separate cold plunge pool
Wellness
Steam room, just steps from the pool
Main House
Open-concept design, private terrace, 2nd-floor primary suite with ensuite bath, large closet & private terrace with ria views
Casita
Private guest casita with full kitchen, full bathroom & covered poolside terrace
Rental Building
Three-unit building with incredible views throughout
Income Potential
4 rental units total (casita + 3-unit building) plus the private main house
Views
Rooftop patio with full ocean and ria views
Power
Solar panels + 18kW Generac backup generator
Water
Three deep wells with a pressurized water system
Smart Home
Smart lighting and irrigation systems
Parking
Off-street parking for several vehicles
Extras
Large laundry room, lawn and gardens, spacious poolside patios
The MXN price is an approximate conversion at time of writing — exchange rates shift daily, so treat the USD figure as the actual listing price
The Main House
The main house is built around an open-concept layout, so the kitchen, dining, and living spaces flow into each other instead of feeling boxed off — and it opens onto its own private terrace. Upstairs, the primary suite has the whole second floor to itself: an ensuite bathroom, a large closet, and a private terrace looking out over the ria (the coastal lagoon running along this stretch of the Yucatan coast). It’s the kind of setup where morning coffee turns into an actual routine instead of something you rush through on the way out the door.
Pool, Spa & Wellness Area
The pool is the centerpiece — large, heated, and paired with a heated spa and a separate cold plunge pool. A steam room sits just steps away. Around it all: a big lawn, established gardens, and poolside patios with room for lounge chairs, a dining set, and everything in between.
The Guest Casita
Set apart from the main house, the private casita comes with its own kitchen, a full bathroom, and a large covered terrace right on the pool. It works as a guest suite when family visits, or as a standalone rental when it isn’t in use.
Three-Unit Rental Building & Income Potential
This is where the numbers start to work for buyers thinking about income. Beyond the casita, a separate three-unit building adds three more rentable spaces — four rental units total between this multi-unit building and the casita, on top of the private main house for the owner. Every unit shares in the property’s incredible views, and the rooftop patio takes it further with full, unobstructed ocean and ria views. Whether that means running a small B&B, renting units out individually, or keeping a couple free for family, the layout supports it.
Built for Easy Living
A lot of properties on the Yucatan coast look great until you ask about water and power. This one has already solved both: solar panels plus an 18kW Generac generator for backup, and three deep wells feeding a pressurized water system, so outages and dry spells aren’t a daily worry. Smart-home technology runs the lighting and irrigation, there’s off-street parking for several vehicles, and a large laundry room covers the practical side of things.
Why Buyers Are Looking at Chelem
If early retirement on the Mexican coast has been the plan, this is close to a turnkey version of it — a private home to live in, and an investment property that works while you’re not: four rental units generating income, plus a resort-style pool and spa most people only get on vacation.
