My wife and I created this channel to document the building of our dream home in Dauin, Negros Oriental, Philippines. It would also be nice to be able to assist anyone who is looking to build their dream home in the Philippines as well. We hope you will be interested in our journey. We both retired in July of 2021 and moved to the Philippines. My wife and I bought property to build our dream home. We found a perfect building lot in Dauin, Negros Oriental. Please join us in this journey with all the ups and downs of building a home. We will lay out the entire process from how to find land, how to purchase, title, building permit(s), utility hook ups, find an architect, contractor to get to actual construction and everything in between.
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Looks like its going to be a great build. Looking forward to following the progress. Can you ask Sandy if he would share his experience in acquiring his property in your next video with him and Ellen?
Hello Wilma & Greg. Fun going on this field trip with you!! Wow, they are making very fast progress. The structural columns all joined together in that way makes for a super-strong house! The house will never fall down and will last for generations. I agree on building a single-story home to avoid stairs. My home in Japan is also a single story. If Sandy and Ellen are willing to share, I’m interested to hear the land cost there compared to Dauin. They will have a very lovely home. David in southern Shikoku, Japan.
nice floor plan. are they gonna have a pool or some kind of water set up for soaking in the sun. I like how he gave the contractor a deadline and a penalty for being late. but they need to be careful, putting that kind of pressure may cause shortcuts in building.
I'm curious do they put some type of barrier between the ground and the concrete floor. Like a heavy duty plastic to keep the moisture off the concrete
We will see. Some do, and some don't. If in a dry climate usually contractors do. In the tropics most just layer in gravel and wet gravel before the pour.
That rebar needs to coated to prevent rust inside the column. I’ve seen rebar that wasn’t prepared properly it isn’t pretty. I see rust already forming.
I have seen at least 50 homes being built. I have never seen rebar coated. Question, did you coat your rebar. If so, was it the building practice of your contractor/where is the home located?
Not available here, would need to special order and have shipped in. Also, I know just about every contractor with 20 miles here. Not one has installed that product in and around this area.
I appreciate you and Wilma because you guys seem to be down to earth and your videos are relevant to what we’ll be doing in the future. I especially appreciate you sharing your trial and error as it will probably save me down the line. Of course, as you said, do your own research and watch several different people and what they did as well. That’s what I do because, as you know, what works for you might not work for me or what didn’t work for you might just work for me. Fortunately for us, most of our land in the Philippines was purchased 10+ years ago. If we had to buy the land now, we wouldn’t be able to afford it. Land in the Philippines is becoming like land in Hawaii, most of the locals won’t be able to afford to buy land there at some point.
@deedeew4040 That is the method that I have seen many times. They call them hollow blocks here. Keep in mind they're are not structural to the building, just a wall.
I think you are spot on with inflation. Thankfully sand, gravel, cement and CHB haven't gone up otherwise building prices would have gone through the roof. On another note if you are a foreigner you can't own property so it has to be under the wife's name but on a morbid note what happens if she dies before you. Do you have to get out the house and if there no close relations who gets the house?
No, inheritance law goes downward if you have children. We do. Also, marriage needs to be registered with PSA, my name appears on deed of sale and title (shows intent of wife). No issues.
My wife and I are going to be building our home here in Leyte over the next couple of years. I will be doing most of the work with a couple of my wife's siblings. Not in a huge rush. 👍 I was amazed by your drought video, as we didn't experience anything like that here in eastern Leyte. I just found your channel. Looks like you have done a great job building your home.
@kuyabaste6934 No real changes to our budget. We are quite frugal anyway. However, we are a bit more cautious about large expenditures. Great question.
We just finished two bungalows. 7 man crew done in 3 months. Steel, cement, sand, and gravel ALL went up in price during the build. Solar setup very similar to yours. NO WOOD, not even doors, l hate termites. No contractors on houses or solar. We are right at one million pesos all in on the builds, another million pesos on the land.
Great video as always. Thanks for the comparison from when you built your home to the more updated prices that we are seeing now. We purchased our lot 352 sq. meters in a gated community in Santa Rosa, Laguna for Php10,000.00. That same lot goes for Php40,000.00 per square meter. Hopefully everything will stabilize money wise by 2026 when we plan to build our retirement home. The two of you got a great deal on your lot and home. Good on you. Keep up the good work with your videos.
Greg/Wilma, I’ve watched all your vids but haven’t left a comment until now. You do a great job providing interesting, objective information in a way that’s useful and user-friendly. You’re great people, who’ve learned a lot through life experience (and continue learning more every day!). It’s a pleasure watching your journey. Hope to meet you some day. P.S. considering the macro-level picture (since the Philippines is largely dependent on developed countries’ economic trends which greatly affect import prices, the peso, etc) I agree with you about not only how much prices have increased the past two years….but why. One of the main factors has been world-wide national (e.g., US, EU central bank) interest rate increases, which will finally go down in the near future due to falling inflationary pressures. That should stabilize land/construction/etc prices very soon, as you correctly predicted, and result in much more moderate increases the next several years (more similar to pre-pandemic trends). On behalf of us all looking in from afar, thanks! 🙏
Currently having a house built in Oton,Iloilo. Lot size is 200sqm, 130sqm home size, 2 bedroom 2 1/2 bath , bungalow style with high ceiling for a total of $65k. The lot was already bought by my parent back in early 2000 but never had built a house on it which they will transfer the lot to my name. Only thing I don't like is that it has HOA...which I despise, but can't complain since I'm getting the lot for nothing. Hopefully they picked a good company to get the job done right.
Greg, starting in 2022 when everyone was hungry for work. So how much has labor gone up. Just starting building in Bohol. Labor is 400 peso Skilled 650 foreman 700 pesos a day.
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When my plans to move here were first made, I believed my U.S. house would sell for more, and the houses I looked at here were priced reasonably. But the housing bubble in my area of the U.S. popped 😲 Then the houses here started going up in price 😡 I originally believed that after the sale of my U.S. house I could easily afford a P10M house, and most of the houses we looked at were P6-P7.5M for nice new houses! Now that the bubble burst, and Philippine builders have learned greed, what I first believed I would have an Eagle's nest egg has turned into a Sparrow's nest! 😢 The previous P6M houses are now P6.8+M, up to P8.5M for previous P7.5M houses! 😲 Lot prices have jumped, too! Right now, in Pampanga, what used to be P1.4-P1.7M for a 150sqm lot is going for P2.2-P3.2M (169sqm)! And rolling my own (building) isn't cheap. We're still trying to find a good builder, but we'll probably be P4-P5M for a 150-170sqm 2-story house! And my upper budget limit isn't going to be P10+M anymore, with having to drop the selling price of my U.S. house almost $20K, just to be in line with the local market! You guys bought and built at the right time! 👍
Guys I built a house here in Pampanga on the island of Luzon back in 2017. I learned very fast how to not trust a contractor..... You need to be there not part of the day but all day...yes they ok not all but most are scammers ..they try to cut corners and install poor quality materials. If ever building here listen to these guys. By the way im a long.time viewer keep up the great effort in both your honesty also staying out of the excuse me but the bullshit that's going on with all the BLA BLA keep up the awesome videos
It's good for many people to highlight and discuss their bad experiences with many businesses here. Thanks for sharing. Everyone needs to hear this before they start looking to build.
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