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Great video.. If you build your own home. Make certain that it is elevated foundation. 4 feet average. To protect the house from occasional flooding. Standard room height is 9 feet plus. To allow better air circulation in humid locations. This allows simple use of fans versus air conditioning. Solar array on the ground. Tesla type power wall. Generator backup. Area solar lights.. Own water source.. internet This stabilizes your infrastructure The Philippines is like living off grid anyway. Ha ha This gives the man responsibility and more active purpose living there. Being self sufficient is a good thing... Your mindset is essential living in another country
And don't finish a regular ceilings inside the house. Better to leave the space bellow the roof open, so hot air can climb up and stay higher/over head of the living spaces. This is why Mexican houses have little towers with windows, so the heat climb up and stay in the tower.
"The Philippines is like living off grid anyway." So true. Very unreliable power, no town water in many, many areas, and no sewage treatment plants. Solar is a no-brainer.
I met Brian also when I was in Bohol in 2012 and he helped me find a motorcycle for rent and a hotel room. Gave us the grand tour of Bohol! I believe he eventually moved from Tagbilaran to Ubay with his girlfriend. Small world Reekay. By the way you were the first TH-camr I followed in the Philippines. You really made things easy when I first visited there in 2011. Sorry we never met while I was there. Thanks for being a wealth of info over the years!
My old house I had rainwater collection for my extensive gardens and fish farm along with 40-50% of my power from solar panels, charging batteries, then run thru a 5000 watt inverter with a 10,000 watt home built diesel generator set to make up the rest of my needs when the power went out. Once a month I would trip the main from the power company and run it all on my own systems to learn what my shortcomings and challenges were. One thing I learned quickly was that incandescent lighting sucks down the power. I tried fluorescent then moved to LED's as the technology improved. I could not run the HVAC on the solar but the generator would run it plus make up any other shortcomings from the solar. I don't know if they make a 220v version of the Kill-O-Watt meter I have but it was instrumental in load balancing and rearranging the breaker box for the house. The city would not issue a drilling permit for a well so I built a water hammer drill and drilled my own 85 foot deep well in the back yard.. I was on a septic tank and field so I am very familiar on the necessary maintenance to keep one up and healthy..
I think going off-grid, at least for electricity is a great idea. Especially where the utilities are unreliable. If you plan it well you can go in phases. Initially using only a battery bank and inverter. This way you charge while the utility is working and use batteries during the blackouts. Though the length of the blackouts may be longer than the battery charge lasts. The well and elevated water storage can be a separate project but works on the same concept. Then add solar panels and batteries over time to help extend the battery discharge duration. The big electrical power consumers are things that do heavy mechanical work or make heat or move heat (stoves, big motors like AC / freezer compressors). Things like most lights and TVs and computers, radios etc. use relatively little.
Thanks for another great video! I am married to a Filipina and we just bought 8700 Sq Meters out in the province and we are planning the building stage now. In fact, the survey crew will be here tomorrow so we can install our border fence. My plan is to be self sufficient even though electricity is available. I have done this before in the US and it is doable if you prefer the simple lifestyle, much easier here! I have 30 coconut trees that I can harvest and many banana, and will see what else we have when clearing the brush. We are planning on an earth bag construction with Amakan on the upper level. Cheers!
Another great video, Reekay. I think, too, knowing how to harden a home against storms will be helpful. Where i come from we build the roofs from concrete. It's expensive, time-consuming, but works perfectly against storms.
Once setup a great way to keep costs down. But I wouldn’t want to be retired busting my arse doing all that work. Maybe a good project for a motivated Filipina Girlfriend or Wife
During WW2 France occupation by the Nazis everybody in the countryside was raising rabbits ! Absolutely delicious meat ! 😋 They don't make noise, they don't smell, don't take much space, they multiply like... rabbits and they don't need big quantity of food.
@@Lifebeyondthesea You need a French chef ! He can make snails and rabbits taste delicious. I guess Chinese and French chefs have something in common in that regard... 😂
In the US Army. stationed in Germany, our messhall served fried rabbit every Wednesday. The pieces were too large to be chicken, the meat inside was gray and gross looking, so I asked the cook, "What is this?" The cook, exasperated, snarled, "JUST TAKE IT!!!" A big red flag for me, I just noped out. In the words of Samuel L. Jackson, "You can tell me that rat tastes just like pumpkin pie, but I ain't never gonna find out!"
I've heard that at the end of WW2 several breeds of cat had to be reintroduced to Great Britain. During the war food in general and meat in particular became so scarce they were promoted to the status of "roof rabbit" and hunted to extinction.😥
I grew up raising pigs and living "offgrid", had an outhouse and everything. We did not have "solar panels" and such though. That's what oil lamps are for:). Woodburning stove for the kitchen. Yes, we had a telephone and we had electric only for lights but it was not stable so not depend on it. Pigs are not "smelly" if you have enough land for them and we never had to have any kind of "pig sewage system". I love it when people try to be weekend farmers...you all are so damn funny.
Definitely! It’s been my plan since I arrived to build my own house. Studied earthbag building in California before coming over and am still looking for a suitable place. I’m living in Baguio now, which seems like the best area because there is no need for heat or Aircon. Hopefully, I can find the right place here to build.
I've looked at Baguio, but the weather forecast always seems to say lots of rain! Would be interested in your boots on the ground experience, thank you
I'm hesitant to invest in solar panels, if the prices seem to good to be true, then I'm betting that they probably are. My research has turned to propane powered generators. A very safe fuel source, and cheaper in the long run. I'd suggest this as an option.
I've been near several commercial hog operations in the US. These were beyond farming, basically meat factories with over 10,000 animals. Waste management was what engineers call a "non-trivial problem". Forget about smell. They considered it a success if you could stand a mile downwind without your nose hair falling out.
Great topic! Will water sourced this way be potable like in the west? I‘m „dreaming“ of drinking tap water like at home… solar panels, battery storage and starlink are a given!
So much to say... permacuture tree guilds... there is one for every tropical tree... some fruit in 3 years.. A 2nd-year harvest includes 3 sister (Corn, beans, squash,) your garden, as well as papayas and your bananas. 3rd year you may see your first citrus, custard apples, jackfruits, breadfruit, and even a few starfruit and avocado if you are really looking after your soil, also full production of bananas and papayas. now they can turn your shit into cooking gas... that can run a generator... and of course heat water... I always like the idea of a diesel engine running your house... and then using an electric vehicle... actually it makes me fantasize about buying a jeepney and turning it into a mobile home....
At 6:30 you mention chickens, and you'll have more eggs than you can eat, and meat. I've heard there are basically 3 types of chickens: 1. Egg-laying ones (produce average 1 egg per day), 2. Meat chickens (bad at egg-laying, but taste great!) and 3. The Combo, which taste "ok", and produce *some* eggs. Anyway, I thought that should be mentioned. It's not as easy as "raise chickens, and get all the eggs and meat you want". For me, I doubt I want to own farm animals. It's a whole lot of work running a farm, like a full-time job (or worse, 60h/week?). That would not be a peaceful retirement to me. In a place like USA where a dozen eggs is $5, maybe. But in the Philippines, I estimate a dozen eggs is only about $2. On that note, I have a friend who has free-range chickens as a hobby (he has maybe 10 chickens) and gave me a dozen eggs. I said "It saves money too." He's like "Not really!". I said, "Yeah, but these are free-range organic, so they'd be $6/dozen at the grocery store." And he said "The true cost of these was at least $8 per dozen, and that doesn't include all my labor!".
Chicken are around 5 hours/week maintenance. Once the coop is built. Having a garden as a point of reference is more work then chicken. #1 works is moving the fences of the feeding area. But most people simply buy more food so they don't have to move the fence every two weeks.
For the off-grid provincial lifestyle described in this video, chickens represent more than a food source. They are also a labor force depending on how they are kept, converting bugs, kitchen scraps and any other organic material you given them into fertilizer and compost for the garden. It's not for everyone, definitely, but I could see a subset of retirees who would settle down and it would be just the thing.
Be for I commit, this happen to me. I looked into solar energy and what I found out that it would cost Way over 100k peso but the electric company will give you a hard time by asking for monlth payment " environment fee" that what they told me. So I settled for a generator with a lot of extension cords.
Very good video, most of it I considered same as you did... What can you do to protect your home from calamities? 1. hurricanes.. how often should we expect them? Every year? 2. chicken diseases like the dreaded H5N1 avian influenza virus?
Very informative. I wonder if you have any tips regarding how to purchase the many things needed, both in terms of materials and services, at prices that reflect actual local rates rather than higher rates charged to foreigners.
A friend of mine did the solar system it is not working out because the batteries only last about one year I think Philippines only has Chinese knock off on just about everything he spent a ton of money and he’s very disappointed Great video though thank you.
glad you brought that up. solar is available in the PH, but much of it is from china so, some research on a quality brand would be necessary. what kind of warranty as well.
yep ! also those solar panels that are supposed to last 20 years... they work great the first year... then you see their quality declining year after year... and after 7 years most of them are simply worthless. So all in all a solar installation is still too expensive for the electricity it can produce.
Yeah, I experimented with a few solar panels, charge controller, inverter and a big ass 12V 200ah battery; the battery at right around 10K was the single most expensive part of the "system" and like you say, I got about 17 months outta it and since then the battery is useless, of course I bought everything online via Shopee, so China made trash basically! The rest of the components still work though so I'm tempted to buy the newer tech lithium battery, but afraid it'll fair no better and die prematurely too, I dunno!!!
Chinese produce both the #1 best batteries in the world, and the #1 worse batteries in the world. You have to be picky when you make your choice. The best are similar cost then US made.
20,000 gallon water tank and rain gutter to tank. Much cleaner water just treat with chlorine for alge and boom . I haven't had to pay or buy water for years. Boil and drink if you want. 😊 Aloha
@LifeBeyondthesea Reekay have you heard of any single foreigners being able to lease land to build a homestead with the lease option of allowing a future Filipina Princess that he one day finds be able to purchase the land so he will have something to leave her once he passes to the great beyond?
If you could estimate the cost of building a simple 2 or 3 bedroom house with a full generator setup, well, and solar... what is your guesstimate on investment?
Depends, How many rooms, what materials inside, garage or not, foundation or not, minimum eleclectric, or US standard, functional pluming only, or full US style pluming, witch island (materials and contractors price varies A LOT, from one island to another) Will you contract contractors yourself, or need a general contractor.
Anyone with a decent house in the province will build a fence around the property and have a locked gate. Many people also choose to have one or two dogs.
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Great video..
If you build your own home.
Make certain that it is elevated foundation. 4 feet average.
To protect the house from occasional flooding.
Standard room height is 9 feet plus.
To allow better air circulation in humid locations.
This allows simple use of fans versus air conditioning.
Solar array on the ground. Tesla type power wall. Generator backup.
Area solar lights..
Own water source.. internet
This stabilizes your infrastructure
The Philippines is like living off grid anyway. Ha ha
This gives the man responsibility and more active purpose living there.
Being self sufficient is a good thing...
Your mindset is essential living in another country
And don't finish a regular ceilings inside the house. Better to leave the space bellow the roof open, so hot air can climb up and stay higher/over head of the living spaces. This is why Mexican houses have little towers with windows, so the heat climb up and stay in the tower.
@ThereIsAlwaysaWay2 I thought those towers were to look down on the pretty girls as they walk by, and to hide out from the homely ones.
"The Philippines is like living off grid anyway." So true. Very unreliable power, no town water in many, many areas, and no sewage treatment plants. Solar is a no-brainer.
I met Brian also when I was in Bohol in 2012 and he helped me find a motorcycle for rent and a hotel room. Gave us the grand tour of Bohol! I believe he eventually moved from Tagbilaran to Ubay with his girlfriend. Small world Reekay. By the way you were the first TH-camr I followed in the Philippines. You really made things easy when I first visited there in 2011. Sorry we never met while I was there. Thanks for being a wealth of info over the years!
Wow, small world 🌎
Also if you build your own home, I would suggest a brick home as termites are always an issue in the Philippines
My old house I had rainwater collection for my extensive gardens and fish farm along with 40-50% of my power from solar panels, charging batteries, then run thru a 5000 watt inverter with a 10,000 watt home built diesel generator set to make up the rest of my needs when the power went out. Once a month I would trip the main from the power company and run it all on my own systems to learn what my shortcomings and challenges were. One thing I learned quickly was that incandescent lighting sucks down the power. I tried fluorescent then moved to LED's as the technology improved. I could not run the HVAC on the solar but the generator would run it plus make up any other shortcomings from the solar. I don't know if they make a 220v version of the Kill-O-Watt meter I have but it was instrumental in load balancing and rearranging the breaker box for the house. The city would not issue a drilling permit for a well so I built a water hammer drill and drilled my own 85 foot deep well in the back yard.. I was on a septic tank and field so I am very familiar on the necessary maintenance to keep one up and healthy..
Wow 👍💪
I think going off-grid, at least for electricity is a great idea. Especially where the utilities are unreliable. If you plan it well you can go in phases. Initially using only a battery bank and inverter. This way you charge while the utility is working and use batteries during the blackouts. Though the length of the blackouts may be longer than the battery charge lasts.
The well and elevated water storage can be a separate project but works on the same concept.
Then add solar panels and batteries over time to help extend the battery discharge duration.
The big electrical power consumers are things that do heavy mechanical work or make heat or move heat (stoves, big motors like AC / freezer compressors). Things like most lights and TVs and computers, radios etc. use relatively little.
This is the type of house i would want to build. Solar panels and star link
Thanks for another great video! I am married to a Filipina and we just bought 8700 Sq Meters out in the province and we are planning the building stage now. In fact, the survey crew will be here tomorrow so we can install our border fence. My plan is to be self sufficient even though electricity is available. I have done this before in the US and it is doable if you prefer the simple lifestyle, much easier here! I have 30 coconut trees that I can harvest and many banana, and will see what else we have when clearing the brush. We are planning on an earth bag construction with Amakan on the upper level. Cheers!
Sounds awesome 👌
@@Lifebeyondthesea It really is! Thanks!
Which city are you in?
Another great video, Reekay.
I think, too, knowing how to harden a home against storms will be helpful. Where i come from we build the roofs from concrete. It's expensive, time-consuming, but works perfectly against storms.
Once setup a great way to keep costs down. But I wouldn’t want to be retired busting my arse doing all that work. Maybe a good project for a motivated Filipina Girlfriend or Wife
Thank you for the video. My fiancé is from Bohol and we have been talking about building a house and this video is an excellent idea.
I will be moving to the Philippines soon and this is our plan ive been doing research for a few years now.
excellent :)
I really enjoyed this - very informative
Glad it was helpful!
During WW2 France occupation by the Nazis everybody in the countryside was raising rabbits ! Absolutely delicious meat ! 😋
They don't make noise, they don't smell, don't take much space, they multiply like... rabbits and they don't need big quantity of food.
"bunny burgers". :)
i've tried eating rabbit. tastes too strange for me.
@@Lifebeyondthesea You need a French chef ! He can make snails and rabbits taste delicious. I guess Chinese and French chefs have something in common in that regard... 😂
In the US Army. stationed in Germany, our messhall served fried rabbit every Wednesday. The pieces were too large to be chicken, the meat inside was gray and gross looking, so I asked the cook, "What is this?" The cook, exasperated, snarled, "JUST TAKE IT!!!" A big red flag for me, I just noped out. In the words of Samuel L. Jackson, "You can tell me that rat tastes just like pumpkin pie, but I ain't never gonna find out!"
Rabbits are generally too lean for long term survival. But if you mix rabbit and chicken, and even goat or sheep, you'll be great.
I've heard that at the end of WW2 several breeds of cat had to be reintroduced to Great Britain. During the war food in general and meat in particular became so scarce they were promoted to the status of "roof rabbit" and hunted to extinction.😥
I grew up raising pigs and living "offgrid", had an outhouse and everything. We did not have "solar panels" and such though. That's what oil lamps are for:). Woodburning stove for the kitchen. Yes, we had a telephone and we had electric only for lights but it was not stable so not depend on it. Pigs are not "smelly" if you have enough land for them and we never had to have any kind of "pig sewage system". I love it when people try to be weekend farmers...you all are so damn funny.
Definitely! It’s been my plan since I arrived to build my own house. Studied earthbag building in California before coming over and am still looking for a suitable place. I’m living in Baguio now, which seems like the best area because there is no need for heat or Aircon. Hopefully, I can find the right place here to build.
Sounds great!
I've looked at Baguio, but the weather forecast always seems to say lots of rain! Would be interested in your boots on the ground experience, thank you
I'm hesitant to invest in solar panels, if the prices seem to good to be true, then I'm betting that they probably are. My research has turned to propane powered generators. A very safe fuel source, and cheaper in the long run. I'd suggest this as an option.
Good point. 👍
I've been near several commercial hog operations in the US. These were beyond farming, basically meat factories with over 10,000 animals. Waste management was what engineers call a "non-trivial problem". Forget about smell. They considered it a success if you could stand a mile downwind without your nose hair falling out.
😂😂😂
burning plastic trash is agaist law on many islands although it is done.
In 12 years I have yet to hear of anyone having local police stop by due to burning plastic in the Philippines.
Great topic! Will water sourced this way be potable like in the west? I‘m „dreaming“ of drinking tap water like at home… solar panels, battery storage and starlink are a given!
GOOD VLOG
Thank you
So much to say... permacuture tree guilds... there is one for every tropical tree... some fruit in 3 years..
A 2nd-year harvest includes 3 sister (Corn, beans, squash,) your garden, as well as papayas and your bananas. 3rd year you may see your first citrus, custard apples, jackfruits, breadfruit, and even a few starfruit and avocado if you are really looking after your soil, also full production of bananas and papayas.
now they can turn your shit into cooking gas... that can run a generator... and of course heat water... I always like the idea of a diesel engine running your house... and then using an electric vehicle...
actually it makes me fantasize about buying a jeepney and turning it into a mobile home....
At 6:30 you mention chickens, and you'll have more eggs than you can eat, and meat. I've heard there are basically 3 types of chickens: 1. Egg-laying ones (produce average 1 egg per day), 2. Meat chickens (bad at egg-laying, but taste great!) and 3. The Combo, which taste "ok", and produce *some* eggs. Anyway, I thought that should be mentioned. It's not as easy as "raise chickens, and get all the eggs and meat you want".
For me, I doubt I want to own farm animals. It's a whole lot of work running a farm, like a full-time job (or worse, 60h/week?). That would not be a peaceful retirement to me. In a place like USA where a dozen eggs is $5, maybe. But in the Philippines, I estimate a dozen eggs is only about $2.
On that note, I have a friend who has free-range chickens as a hobby (he has maybe 10 chickens) and gave me a dozen eggs. I said "It saves money too." He's like "Not really!". I said, "Yeah, but these are free-range organic, so they'd be $6/dozen at the grocery store." And he said "The true cost of these was at least $8 per dozen, and that doesn't include all my labor!".
Chicken are around 5 hours/week maintenance. Once the coop is built. Having a garden as a point of reference is more work then chicken. #1 works is moving the fences of the feeding area. But most people simply buy more food so they don't have to move the fence every two weeks.
For the off-grid provincial lifestyle described in this video, chickens represent more than a food source. They are also a labor force depending on how they are kept, converting bugs, kitchen scraps and any other organic material you given them into fertilizer and compost for the garden. It's not for everyone, definitely, but I could see a subset of retirees who would settle down and it would be just the thing.
Be for I commit, this happen to me. I looked into solar energy and what I found out that it would cost Way over 100k peso but the electric company will give you a hard time by asking for monlth payment " environment fee" that what they told me. So I settled for a generator with a lot of extension cords.
Very good video, most of it I considered same as you did...
What can you do to protect your home from calamities?
1. hurricanes.. how often should we expect them? Every year?
2. chicken diseases like the dreaded H5N1 avian influenza virus?
Very informative. I wonder if you have any tips regarding how to purchase the many things needed, both in terms of materials and services, at prices that reflect actual local rates rather than higher rates charged to foreigners.
A friend of mine did the solar system it is not working out because the batteries only last about one year I think Philippines only has Chinese knock off on just about everything he spent a ton of money and he’s very disappointed Great video though thank you.
glad you brought that up. solar is available in the PH, but much of it is from china so, some research on a quality brand would be necessary. what kind of warranty as well.
yep ! also those solar panels that are supposed to last 20 years... they work great the first year... then you see their quality declining year after year... and after 7 years most of them are simply worthless. So all in all a solar installation is still too expensive for the electricity it can produce.
Yeah, I experimented with a few solar panels, charge controller, inverter and a big ass 12V 200ah battery; the battery at right around 10K was the single most expensive part of the "system" and like you say, I got about 17 months outta it and since then the battery is useless, of course I bought everything online via Shopee, so China made trash basically! The rest of the components still work though so I'm tempted to buy the newer tech lithium battery, but afraid it'll fair no better and die prematurely too, I dunno!!!
I've heard a few people have had their solar speed over from the US, including the Tesla PowerWall.
Chinese produce both the #1 best batteries in the world, and the #1 worse batteries in the world. You have to be picky when you make your choice. The best are similar cost then US made.
20,000 gallon water tank and rain gutter to tank.
Much cleaner water just treat with chlorine for alge and boom .
I haven't had to pay or buy water for years.
Boil and drink if you want. 😊
Aloha
Thanks for the tips!
Looks like most of the Philippines get more than enough water to do rain water collection instead of a well.
Sungrid in Davao for solar needs
You are very good with your AI images. How long does it take you to generate your images for this video as an example.
Usually around 90 minutes. I've been practising prompts for AI for almost a year and a half, which makes the process a bit more productive.
@LifeBeyondthesea
Reekay have you heard of any single foreigners being able to lease land to build a homestead with the lease option of allowing a future Filipina Princess that he one day finds be able to purchase the land so he will have something to leave her once he passes to the great beyond?
If you could estimate the cost of building a simple 2 or 3 bedroom house with a full generator setup, well, and solar... what is your guesstimate on investment?
Nobody could give you an answer without knowing a location, materials, and size of the house.
Depends, How many rooms, what materials inside, garage or not, foundation or not, minimum eleclectric, or US standard, functional pluming only, or full US style pluming, witch island (materials and contractors price varies A LOT, from one island to another) Will you contract contractors yourself, or need a general contractor.
Perfume bro! Timidity has no place here. We love it 🤣
Gotta go with Reekay on this one, I'm in the States (Rural area) and I've drove past some pig farms and yea.. The smell was Horrendous!😮
Curious if your friend is still with his Filipina.
costings?
It varies based on where the property is and how nice of a home is built.
Does the Philippines have honey bees?
Yes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_nigrocincta
free range area? local dog pack
Free range, within fencing.
security? thats a lot of valueble kit, thieves, locals jealousy
Anyone with a decent house in the province will build a fence around the property and have a locked gate. Many people also choose to have one or two dogs.