$36 monthly rental in the Province Could you live there? HD 1080p 

All thats missing is a rescue dog and cat and you have the makings for a lovely happy home. Congratulations!.

Love this man. Breaking out of the shackles to travel and see what else life has to offer...nothing better.

You're the first guy I've seen do a rehab over there. I wondered how often they could be found. For that price and terms, you can't go wrong. It's turning out nice and if you ever leave, the owners have a nicer place to rent.

Gotta love how the guy at the start started listing off all the things wrong with the place and told you what needs fixed before offering help removing things. They're pretty good people there.

I would live there in a heartbeat!!

Great value, and theyre lucky to have a tenant who will improve and maintain the property.

Leave the house color white. Love it. White also reflects heat so that helps keeping it cooler inside.

It's a charming house. It needs some greenery inside. A small garden outside for fresh produce. If I could find a place like it I would move there in a heart beat.

I'll follow your renovation videos. This is very interesting content.

Love the white and grey! Clean and crisp.

i lived in Oroquieta for 1 year and found huge house with 5 bedrooms and a pool. It also was gated and the lot was very big. I paid 200 dollars a month for it. I think your place is a great deal and it looks really good fixed up. I f i was single i could live there with no problem. Take care man and congrats on your home

This is the first time ive seen a westerner living on filipino on prices .....this is eye opening

36$ mansion in the making, that's great brother!! I'm looking for something like that, can fix most things myself, great way to pass time as well 🥳

Make sure the owner shows you a home title with his name on it. And have a paralegal make a lease agreement… you don’t want to spend all that $ and then find out he doesn’t even own the house… you could fix it up and then get kicked out by the real owner…😊

That’s a good size place to live for 36 a month great find

Awesome idea and carry through ! Shows what you can get done by stepping out of the box . Instead of an ' ugly ' foreigner you become a positive asset to the home owners and the neighborhood. OUTSTANDING. .M B.

I knew we could find deals there, but you have just blown my mind! I am so grateful you put this up, brother, I could watch an hour video on this easily. THIS is the dream! Thank you for sharing!

Oh wow, I looked away for a few sec and the house already improved by a lot. I was expecting a separate video. Nicely done sir. Improved by a lot

What a lovely little house! Perfect for one person. Black and white with gray is modern and attractive. I would add a few red accents just because. Things like towels, cushions, a vase, small things. I could totally live here!

the place is so nice with privacy and looks so cool place because there are trees

I love the house. Price is definitely spectacular, but the house itself, the yard and fence walls are exactly what I would be looking for even at a higher price. And the fact that you’re in a cooler mountain climate makes your Philippine homestead ideal. I enjoyed your interview with Paul, and I will be following your videos . If I end up in the Philippines, one day, it will either be in Baguio or MalayBalay…

very nice find and you did a great job having it fixed up. The white gray and black make a good combination.

Wow, that’s incredible. Thank you so much for the video tour of your new place. Looking forward to seeing more videos in the future of what you have done to it. Yes you are very inspiring and I have hope for my future retirement on a beer budget.

Wow. What a quick and nice transformation. The white looks great and makes sense in a warm climate. I think you have made some good choices here.

Brilliant Darrell, congrats 👏, job well down. Just goes to show what some paint, patience and creative thinking can do to fix up a run down. Looking forward to seeing thd end results. Cheers 🍻 from Australia 🇦🇺

Paint the roof above the carport/leanto pure white as you can! White reflects 89 percent of the heat. I painted the ex’s father’s steel roof above the indoor kitchen, it went from unbearable heat radiating into the house to not even noticeable. Paint everything you can on the roof white if you can.. can send pics if you want.

Sir...that is an awesome find!! Can't wait to see more of your house...very cool indeed.

Man that is an absolutely killer deal great job mate - and great video

Good for you brother, just like remodeling an old Florida block home. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

Nice Place with some tender loving care... Very Cool... big lot, yard and yeah the Man Cave outside.. Frugally and Simple at it's Best in the Phils.. You got a Real deal, with some work and fixing up.. Wow ... Great Job

Outstanding, Darrell.. looking forward to your progress/updates.. Thanks for Sharing!

Always great to see a new vid from this channel. Very informative and practical. Thanks for sharing this with the world.

Dang a very nice place... Even if you spend 5K USD to fix it is still worth it. The lot size is what I like the best. you can basically have a farm and an oasis. I would built me a small pond and plant

New viewer/subscriber here… I agree, finding a place for that price and doing an inexpensive quality rehab is a great way to go. I think you’ll become known as the man in the ‘white house’. Congratulations on your project.

Looks great so far and I’d definitely, keep the outside & inside white, it looks so open and bright, plus you can add color with furnishings.

A local artist could paint some cool artwork. Jungle theme. Waterfall. Whatever you like. Top spot mate.👍

Wow, what a find!!! I love it!!! You’re doing a great job rehab in the place! The owner is probably tickled to death!!! That will make a good home for you.

Win/win! That’s just perfect and you can’t go wrong. For that sort of investment you can easily walk away while leaving the place vastly improved. Aircon is a must and the outdoor kitchen is a great idea to keep cooking odours out of the house. I’m in Western Australia and do most of my cooking outdoors. A cheap kitset garage would be a bonus for overflow storage/workshop too. I hope it goes well for you and congratulations on making the great escape! 👍🏻

Interested in the upcoming improvements of your new home. Good luck and hope you will have a happy and healthy life in the Phil! I'm your new sub fr SoCal. God bless!

Looks so much nicer! You can’t beat the rent.

Great job, nice idea finding a place that needed some fixing. I've lived in the Philippine for 7 years so far and have known two other expats who did the fix up route. As long as you have a signed lease and the owners are semi honest you should be good. I love the yard. I also live in the province of Zamboanga Del Norte but own a small home there

TY for sharing your story, really opens my eyes on the craziness of American (California, Bay Area) living. Your home is as big as my home yet I pay nearly 2800 a year in property taxes, not only could I survive there but dare I say very comfortably on my social security benefits, where here I’m counting pennies.

Awesome work!!! Can’t wait to see the finished product. 😍

Nice job, looks so good. Love the colour, very clean looking.

Looks great! What a great deal! Well worth investing to fix it up. Just my opinon: Sink below the window, on the left walking into the kitchen. Washer spin dryer to the left of the sink. Stove centered, and counters on the wall below the Aircon.

The thing that will make the house pop to life would be some foux shutters on all the windows. I think a wine color, maroon, burgundy will make it look like a million dollars.

Adorable house and property. You've done an amazing transformation, in a short time & at low cost. I enjoy your very informative commentary, & your filming is so satisfying. Congrats, friend! Thank you. (From Florida; originally from Texas.)

I have just found your videos.. What a great house and garden this will be. Lots of options. I would love to be able to live somewhere like this. Lucky you. 👍

Lovely home! Amazing what a difference paint and a few repairs can make! 🤩

Excellent deal, I paid 60.00 USD a month for 1 bedroom 1 bath 23 yrs. ago in Dumaguete.

This is great. Thanks for sharing. I'm pretty handy in all the trades myself. If I need a few years vacation someday, i know where to look and what to look for 😂👍

Wow! I definitely see all the potential - growing a big garden, having chickens, digging a dip pool, outdoors/indoors living with a big screened in porch, with a brick bbq outside... wow. The tropical fruits you can plant and grow there, fantastic! 😮🫡🙏🏼

I really like watching your videos because you're living the way I hope to one day be able to live over out in the province where there's not very many expats

Enjoying your videos. Thanks

Wow, the outside looks great! I look forward to seeing more updates.

I like how you gave that old house some love ! Looks great ! I’m happy I found your channel !

I did something like that. I rented a 2 bedroom, 2 CR, 1 kitchen and 2 dirty kitchen for US100. I re-built walls, plumbling, electric, cieling, paint. Built a new room. Installed aircons., insulation, and totally furnished it myself. It took me a long time, but 22 years later, my rent is only half of what it could be, and I have got back all the money I invested into it. It could now rent for US400. I am now considering putting in a small pool.

Thank you for doing something different! Currently selling my home and plan to move to the province in Pangasinan and build a small home within my wife’s family compound. I prefer the province life to the city. Easier to get to know the locals and enjoy their customs. Looking forward to seeing more from your experience.

Great job! New paint makes everything better!

My jam is Thailand but you are stoked! Good job place is dope

Great deal and looks awesome.🙏🏾

This is amazing. Great videos. You should write a book detailing how to live on a shoestring budget there.

luv luv luv it! absolutely amazing, and the colors are fitting. you can simply add colors from natural accents, e.g., large indoor plants, tropical indoor/outdoor plants; but moreover, $36.00 buck a month is extraordinary. CONGRATS! It's really a big deal ❤️

Just come across your channel , awesome. That property is worth doing up if your gonna stay there for a few years . Nice find

That looks really great and you are doing an excellent rehab job. I saw a bluish-green paint on the frame around the front door. That might add a bit of color if you put it on the outside trim. Or, if gray is going to be the final color of that balustrade, maybe the trim should also be in gray.

I vote for white or green outside paint. Definitely white for inside the house coz it's neat and easy in the eye and the place will looked spacious...and you can throw some colors in your furniture of choice....I'm really curious on the update of this house...specifically the outside kitchen...so long 👋

That’s a big place! I could totally do it (live there lol) you have given me some ideas for when I retire! ❤

I would. I love doing this, wherever I've lived has a new landscape and upgrades. Most of my family is there already.

Insane price for renting and how fresh it looks now you painted it out n inside ...owner must be happy how your looking after his investment, only thing I'd worry about is Security their....keep smiling Dude

This is really great content bro, too many videos about people discussing budgets and saying stuff like you can't live well with X amount here yada yada. Really like to see what all you end up doing and all the costs associated so i'll definitely be following.

I loved you in the big lebowski. Glad to see you're enjoying life.

Wow nice big yard. And for that price is just incredible . And look at the work that's been done.

I love a white house, and the grey doors, and I could live there without a doubt. Add splashes of colour inside with curtains/blinds, cushions, duvet cover etc. It's a great size. with carport, dirty kitchen and huge garden. The owners will benefit from your work which didn't cost that much, whenever you leave that rent will rise!

The painters did a great job. I love the security porch in the front to lock up your motorbike. My friends in Manila had to put their motorbike in the living room every night, so it wouldn't be stolen. It sucks that the kitchen didn't have a sink, so you had the expense of trying to figure that out.

New sub here. Can not wait to finish your home improvement. ❤

Masterful. It appears you deal well, and both ends win. That house definitely had potential.

You scored buddy, congratulations

I could easily afford and live there, when I get to retire I would like to find something comparable in a province area. (A little more isolated) Two or three more years and I'm done with all the craziness here in the USA. I love my country but I really want to be able to enjoy my retirement years and the philippines looks like the perfect place for me. I've been doing my research for about five years now looking at the positive and negative sides of the Philippines and I see more positive than negative aspects of retirement in the Philippines. I enjoyed your video and looking forward to seeing more of your thoughts and subjects there. Thank you.

Nice digs for the money. great job on the cleanup. looks quite comfortable. Be well.

this one is kinda new stuff in you tube very interesting keep it comin man you caught some eyes on your channel

Congrats I’m so wanting to do something like this i spent quite a bit of time in the Caribbean miss that water and the food as well as the people

Please do an AFTER video. Sounds like you can turn that dump into something nice and respectable

Wow what a difference already… I look forward to seeing your progress

I love it and i love your adventurist spirit. A virtual steal and its truly looking great. Enjoy.

I'd love to live in the countryside of the Philippines.. it's like a home away from home. 😊

Nice job.

Thank you for the video. I love traveling and now I'm looking into future retirement spots. I didn't think of the Philippines but will put it on my list now.😊

Nice find man. Love what you done to the place. Yep $36 is a bargain. I would grab that in a blink. Imagination will be key in fixingg. Great job. Im sold.

fantastic what a find

Are the windows really old? They look amazing. I love the style! Will subscribe for more updates and cost.

Great video can't wait. Thanks for sharing

Thanks for the info. Place is looking great. I guess all the improvements will make the owners really happy. Worst case scenario you can pull out all the appliances and sell or relocate them, or have the owner compensate you for them. Nice effort! All the best.

Great forward project and very cheap indeed, especially the labor costs. Sliding doors from the kitchen onto a nice big patio with outside bar would be amazing when it is finished....good luck

AWESOME 🎉 CongoRats 🎉 Brother! 🎉 I'd love a place like that! 🎉

Love what you have done, feeling a little envious, and I wish I was brave enough to do what you have done. 😉 I would, tho have gone for solid windows. Nice big windows to let in light and give a feeling of space.

I love it. It’s beautiful and really nice. It’s like making it into your own style and taste. 🥰

Yes I could live there for $36 a month.

One idea is to install some new windows with screens. Cost may not be bad. Have fun with the project!

Nice job! Looks fantastic so far! Continued success!

A nice smooth color for the inside would look good in a earth-tone tan. Still a cool color and pleasing to the eye