....i live in the uk now....... i'm a single mum of one 14 year old, who will need to go to school..... any ideas on schoosl? or estate agents i can trust?....i wanna live in the north and wanna mix in with the locals......
It's good to want to do something. It's even better to know exactly how you want to do it. I have to ask; "why?" , "why the DR?", "why in particular, the North Coast?" and lastly but most importantly "can you put this dream of yours off for a few years and do you really wish to uproot your 14 year old?"
It's hard enough being a teenager and it's even harder when you have to move, changing friends, schools and routines. This difficulty expands by an order of magnitude when you consider that almost noone where you're going speaks your native language or understands the culture in which you've been raised all your life.
Is this child a boy or a girl? There's no way I'd bring my teenage Daughters within 150 miles of the DR for a visit, let alone to live. Let's just say there are hardships in the DR which don't plague a lot of other Caribbean destinations. I went to Santo Domingo with my Son a couple times but he was in his late 20's and still barely managed to hold on to his sanity. I can just imagine him having tried to stay focused on his scholastic and extracurricular endeavors if he'd been exposed to the DR as a full time resident during his teens.
It's not that I'm questioning your judgement here but I am curious as to why you decided on this place and at this time in the development of your child.