How much I pay for my Condo in BGC Philippines 

Glad to know that your RU-vid channel is already self sustaining. I remember when you were just starting your vlog in the Philippines, it was difficult.

Congratulations Mergin!You got the perfect condo.Very beautiful!Put some plants to make it more beautiful coz Green color represents life. Enjoy and stay safe.

You really are getting good with the clips you're presenting. The way you make mini montage like shots shows how you keep on getting better and better. Keep it up Pinoy Mergim! And as always, take care!

Thank you so much for promoting our country, just new here but really appreciate you

prior pandemic, the 1BR units like yours in One Uptown rents for 30K(simple but fully furnished) to 40K (nicely interior designed). after pandemic, lessors offer 25K but still not a lot of takers because most locals work from home already and the expat employees are still not that many like in 2019.

You are doing your best with your editing skills!

How id it hard to just use US dollars than pesos 🤷🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

Nice place mergim.. The city view is beautiful and the laguna de bay awesome... 👍👍👍

Lived in One Uptown Residences two years ago and paid for the same unit 27k/month (incl. association dues). Pretty confident I‘d get the same rate again or even lower. Don‘t forget it‘s a renters market in BGC. So there is always room for negotiation. The condo itself is great; the only problem I had was with the 2 standard air conditioner that come with every unit: 1. They have no inverter, so the electric bill would be twice as high 2. The engine/s are installed under the floor, so it gets pretty loud.

Thank you this kind of content is rare on vlogs about real estate in the Philippines.

That is a very good rate, especially for that size and in Uptown. Glad to hear you're talking my suggestion about Ikea.

It's more fun in the Philippines. Enjoy your stay here! ✌️👍🏻

Thank you for uploading BGC, planning to visit Manila this Christmas.

Thank you for this video Merghim…very Informative for people outside of Philippines or for people who plan to stay longer in Manila ✌🏻🇫🇷

If you're planning to stay a couple of months in the Philippines, it's a good deal since it's right at the heart of BGC. It's nice, I like it.😃👍

This literally inspired me to be productive. more of these!

Second to comment...Yeeha...Congratulations Mergim...

Love your promotion of the Philippines, Mergim! Over the years, I've always wondered why it is so underrated and undiscovered by foreign travellers! Until You tube came about and thru vloggers such as yourself, the world saw us through your eyes ❤. I'm Filipino from the Bay area here in Calif and grateful to you and others for what you do to showcase the Philippines! Thanks much🙏🏼🥰.

I always watched your videos during my breakfast... The first vid i'll look every morning..

SILENT subscriber here Mergim... I've always waiting for your vlog since you transfer to BGC and meeting with Juicy Vlogs George and Lucy.. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🤞👍👆✌️🇵🇭💯👊

Wow! And thank you. I shall be in BGC very soon and am heartened to have your input. 😎

It was meant for you. It will be worth it to make it homey. You’ll love staying in too. Good thinking about switching loving room and bedroom. It makes sense. With Christmas coming the lights at night are going to be beautiful you can do a vlog in the dark with just lights showing

In the Philippines, Mergim we start countdown for Christmas at the first day of the "Ber Months" which is September to December. We have the longest Christmas celebration in the world which I missed big time living here in the UK, there's a different vibe and mood hearing Christmas songs and seeing these beautiful decors, Christmas, it's more fun in the Philippines. 😉

congrats mergim more cool videos to come.

Good morning Mergim 🇵🇭❤️thanks so much for showing the beautiful BGC ❤️ and answering the long awaited questions 🤣 I hope that you can meet the Wistl Family from the UK. Family of 5 with 3 young children...lovely family.

hi mergim I love ur vids keep up the good work 😊

I lived in Makati 2020. 1 year lease on an upscale condo. My monthly bills were rent, globe wifi, electric and water. I noticed all the Filipino locals didn’t live in Makati, only worked and left usually around 8pm nightly when the malls and businesses closed. They live in shared boarding houses and apartments in nearby cheaper cities and commute in jeepneys and MRT/LRT. The only time I spent in Makati was asleep in my condo, grocery shopping and eating in restaurants. Most of my day I “hung out” in the neighboring cities where the Filipinos lived. My advice is rent month to month until you get involved in a relationship then most likely that girl will want to transfer to her province unless she is in the city working . That’s why you see many foreigners living in provinces on various islands…. Reason for this is many Filipino girls(not all but most) are stubborn and will only want to live in the province with her family….that’s the mindset. So if her family lives in Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Panay, Mindanao…..guess what!!!!! That’s where you will have to live or you will have to end the relationship. Hahahaha. Don’t invest to much in Metro Manila….long term condo contracts etc…….

Hi Mergim. Love your vlogs. As subscribers, we watch your vlogs every day. As a suggestion, you might want to get a good sofa bed. This would reap benefits.

Congratulation again, Uptown Residence, is a great place, I know because I have clients that are unit owners, and since then, their investments more than doubled.

NICE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRICES OF A CONDO IN BGC. NICE VLOG MERGIM.👍👍👍

Loving the daily vlog. Comparing your old video's where more quality then now. You tend to talk more then showcasing the area. I hope you do more Christmas vlog since Nelly from making it happen vlog no longer on the scene.

I admire he's vlogger and i always watching everyday and i don't skip adds it can help him too,because of him i saw my county in different place 4 yrs i never go home ,watching from hongkong😊

welcome to bgc Mergim your condo has great amenities unlike mine , the basketball court you have there was awesome and i saw you at true value a few days ago ,Enjoy your stay at Bgc.

Lovely area ur living 👍😁, no skipping 6 ads

That's lovely. I love the color you picked. Can imagine how beautiful it is at night. I'll feel in-love with the city

Wow, Mergim, you are really going all out in beautifying your new place. That's awesome! 👍

I’m liking these daily vlogs 👍🏻 definitely go to ikea for your rug, some pillows and maybe your corner desk. You can also try out the meatballs and salmon in ikea it’s sooo good ❤ I would go back there just for the food!

Merry Christmas thanks for visiting the Philippines

Curious to know if the owner of the unit or the condo management provided the replacement curtain or you had to buy it yourself? Noticed the workers taking the bag the replacement curtain came in.

Hi Mergim! Saw you in George and Lucy's vlog 😊 Subscribed to your channel now 🤗

Yay! I saw you walking from Kalayaan to BGC. I didn’t you wee vlogger-:)

Informative vlogs. thanks! And thanks to juicy vlog, I knew abt your vlog!

I came acroos your channel while getting back to watch "The juicy vlog" Goerge and Lucy together with their baby Koda, they are also from UK. They used to live in BGC and bought a Condo in Mackenly area.. Thanks for show casing The Land of my birth, Philipppines. My family now live in Calgary 🇨🇦

Good morning mergim love how you share your condo unit its so nice same time people get an idea beforehand in buying one. take care always and God bless you. ✌👍😍🙏🇵🇭

A wallpaper will do as well. In market market, there is a store there that sells carpet and good quality wallpaper.

Fabulous! Congrats on your new "home-sweet-home"

12:54 Hi mergin, perhaps a night time view from your unit of the city lights/skyline could be part of your next video thanks

Mergim showing us how to mop the floor is my highlight on todays video. ☺️☺️ I'm not going to comment how good is your vlog because everyone already telling you that, and I share same opinion.

The big lake is called Laguna de Baie or Laguna de Bay. FYI. You get the sunrise and you are facing the Antipolo mountains East.

A guy who Love Philippines their second Home honestly the way expand How to promote the country is more we appreciate as whole individual over filmed excellent you clean explained was special for us congratulations your safe on the place pray and take good care done share embrace see on the next one

visit and chill at either of the Grand Hyatt Lounge, Peak , Cellar or Florentine. It's there in BGC, near your condo.

Wow nice condo ,my niece has a Condo in BGC but it cost 70 thousand a month and its in the 34rth floor so the view is really nice

Mergim- I’m getting nesting vibes. Good on you. And thank you for the pricing info.

Appreciate you sharing the pricing info. I have been curious. Thanks!

Nice place! Thanks for the info on BGC rentals!

Love your condo. Very nice view and all the convenience around you. Wise choice👍😊

I am in Avida Twr, 1Bdr. 36 sq meters, unfurnished, I moved in right after the country opened-20K including dues, furniture would bring it up to mid 30’s

Watching from Canada. Thank you for loving our beloved Country

Geez Mergim, you're really enticing me to think about an early retirement and get on a jet plane and be on a hunt for a condo in Uptown and have coffee with you every so often. I'm digging, no, actually envious, of you're lifestyle 😎!

The fancy mop feature is my fave! 😁 That exact item is a filipino staple. And I love BGC! Wish I could live there in the future. Cool vid! 👌

Nice apartment; enjoy your stay & keep safe!

Pretty curtains and a lovely view!

I love to watch your channel. I am missing the Philippines since moving here in Chicago as a nurse. Your everyday vlogs are truthfully for someone trying to make a day to day living in the Philippines. Let us help him expand his channel. He is promoting the underrepresented Philippines. All your vlogs are vey informative and truthful. God bless and "Mabuhay".

The curtains also blocks the eco of your mic. nice!

Cant wait for you to go shopping at S&R. Even for appliances they have bargains there and buy 1 take 1 for a lot of stuff.

Hi Boss I watched it and I just realized I appreciate how beautiful Laguna de Bay is. Ciao Muy Bien

Beautiful cool place 🙂👍🇵🇭

Hi Meegim!!! gosh i missed Philippines. Hope I can come home and visit family next year. I just came across your channel coz im missing Manila. Hope your channel will grow bigger! I’m going to binge watch your videos! hehehe And i’m gonna subscribe my 4 yt accounts hahaha Keep it and Congratulations! enjoy the Philippines!

Wow ! You really have a beautiful abode right in the heart of BGC with beautiful view of the city, the mountains, and Laguna De Bay. You are in the right direction, before you know it, you will have fabulous abode to your liking. Again, kudos to you Mergim for deciding to make Manila as your homebase. I'm based her in Los Angeles and terribly avid follower of you blogs postings.

lovely, :-) thanks for the infos .

Thanks for that info very informative 🤟

Watching from Jeddah Saudi Arabia..

Good choice now ur a happy man living in bgc ! Am sure foreigners. who are watching u may follow soon

Love it!

Wish i had seen this before I pressed submit for my rental just outside of BGC next week

Invest here by buying a unit. When you're not here, you can rent it out. Juicy Vlog and Making it Happen both have more than 1 units in McKinley. I think right now, that's where it's good to buy, in McKinley Hills.

Thanks for sharing sir. We are offering for rent a similar unit in the same building with similar basic furnishing on a lower floor and facing the amenities at 32k per month plus the typical dues for long term. :)

Love your condo, the view and the proximity to everything esp. restaurants. Where do you take your laundry. Can’t live without it in my condo.

Thank you sir for sharing your video its nice to know it gives me of dea about the prices of condo in manila god bless 😇

Great video 😍❤️ your follower 😆

Thanks for the info!

Hey mergim its masskara festival in bacolod city.. one of the famous fstval in philpnes the hightlights is on oct 21,22&23 would be great if you can do vlogs during those dates..thnks

I just started following you I hope I get good information and eventually find my place at bgc I

Thanks for sharing..my Bf is planing to purchased or rent a condo..this vlog would be beneficial for us to get a lot of ideas from u..

Simplicity is nice..minimalism is trendy so maybe don't add too much so d space would not be compromised..if u wish to add artwork on your wall, I'm willing to send u my acrylic paintings.. I do landscape/ seascape canvasses 😊 if u gonna reply & see my comment..lol

Thanks for enjoying your stay in the PI.

I love that you chose to stay in BGC!!

yay!

I actually love your unit. Its cozy.

Hi Mergim curtains look.great with the view on the.back.

You coud have a part time Bed time spacer , and you could rent for $100 a week.1 or 2 weeks could save some money

Wow great infos Mergim..

Here in Aklan.... $128 USD/ mo. Olympic sized pool. 2 bedrooms... 2nd story. Cant beat it. It doesn't have to be top dollar when you venture out of the Manilla region.

As an American expat living in Metro Manila and having the misfortune of renting in one of these high rise condo buildings let me tell you how it really is. Ok 40 sq mtrs is about 400 sq ft. I don’t believe we have 1 bedroom apartments in the USA that are anywhere near that small, most are 900-1,000 sq ft. I lived in one for 8 months and grew to hate it very quickly. With the Covid lockdown it was like living in a Jail Cell. It’s terribly claustrophobic. I moved out and rented a 94 sq mtr house, much larger than I needed but at 40% less than the Condo. Ok, rent a Condo for a month while you find a nicer larger place, any longer and the temptation to jump starts to seem like a reasonable solution. Of course I’m joking but not by much.

50k for a new 40 sqm condo room in Uptown BGC not bad! That's very good price.

awesome vlogs as always

I have never been totally convinced that spending millions for a condo is a good idea. What happens after 50-100 years or more? 1. Will the developers be still around to maintain/managed the condo? 2. What if the building is damaged by disasters?

I love your unit, nice view

Foreigners will have a hard time buying a land in PH🇵🇭 . I think it is easier/allowed to buy a condo unit though... that would be more better... you can rent it out while away.

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