Hi Wilma and Greg. Very informative for people who wants to purchase property in the Philippines. We are used to being off grid in New South Wales. So we bought a property with a natural spring at the bottom of the property. So we had the water pumped up 400 metres to the house by a ram pump. As for electricity, we will be installing solar. We do buy drinking water though. It’s not impossible to own a nice property in the mountains. My neighbour is a retired American war pilot. He connects his electricity from the country road. He gets his water from another neighbour who has a spring and use a pump to get his water. Luckily we purchased when it was cheap per sqm. 3 hectares of raw land. Now it’s gone up heaps. Good Luck to everyone and may you capture your dream.
A huge thank you to you Greig and Wilma for making this very valuable video. Excellent property and buying of land information has helped me immensely. 😊😊😊
Hi Wilma and Greg. Yes, I am purchasing property, and I have all the paperwork and the signed contract by the owner. I have electricity on the property as well. I now have to drill a water well and develop the property. I'm still in the US, but my realtor is great. I will be bringing the blueprints with me on my next trip so that I can purchase a transformer for the property. I have actually have met with the owner, and they re-surveyed the property and sent me the property sketch to the US. I will actually finish paying off the property in November. Great advice for a no knowledge person purchasing property.
Hey Greg & Wilma, as I look down thru the comments, it has been said very well by all, Great Job.... very useful and wise information for those of use looking to buy and move to the Philippines. Personally, Christine and I are still a little ways out from buying, but I guess never too early to research and plan. Thanks again for your time and efforts. Hope to meet you guys soon...... Pat, from South Carolina.....
This is a super, excellent advice and information. I love this channel. Now , i have an idea what and how to buy and construct my house. I will be retiring in Two years from Canada1
Informative video thank you for sharing Funny how you mention you don't want to drive dirt roads to spare your truck we in Namibia our roads are 85% dirt and gravel trust me especially Japanese trucks are build to withstand But i got your point if you have easy access to your house by nice road is of course the ideal situation everybody wants Keep up the good work
yeah I kinda laughed to myself too. And I get he's speaking to all kinds of folks. Some that have never lived on a dirt road. We've live on dirt roads for years, so we've lived with mud seasons. Nothing is free of mud while the snow melts, until we get back to summer conditions.
Dig that pole up when you move out. I know of one transformer close by. Mainly because a squirrel 🐿️ got fried and the electric company had to come out and reset the breaker!
we have been searching in leyte for land and have a lawyer doing research for us on a few lots , many if not all titles or copies were destroyed in tacloban when typhoon yolanda(i think).. it is possible to buy land with only tax declaration and extrajudicial agreements ...i agree that doing it this way can be very risky especially for foreigners . all our family land (wifes family) is still in great grandfather name and he died in 1937........ please in the future, touch on the subject of real estate agents , problems, commissions, things to watch. i have heard thar the try to get the buyer to pay them a fee ( could just be a skin tax but idk) great video thanks
I did not here that about Tacloban. The original title resides with the individual land owner, so if they had it destroyed one would think they could request a new one. I'm not sure about the laws on creating new titles. Thanks for commenting.
@@buildingthephilippines i am not sure of the laws either but am relaying the info told to me ..your advice is great though regarding right of way and the BS that people will say .... due diligence
Very good info Greg. I would add don't buy a property if the original title is lost even if the owner have a photocopy. You cannot buy or sell a property in the Philippines without the original title. To "reconstitute" a title is very expensive (around 100k to 150k pesos) and can take a couple of years to complete.
Good morning Philippines 🇵🇭 we had rain! We went from 100° to a high in the 70° the last two days. I am diabetic I pay not much for my medication due to my retirement insurance policy. I’m not sure any of my insurance will work overseas! So I wonder how much one of my injectable would cost or be available.
Wow, hopefully your heat wave in Texas is finally over. Let the rains begin. Diabetes is very common here in the Philippines. I'm sure your medicine would be available.
going through your videos, great info again. thanks for sharing! I see so many great comments of folks pursuing this dream. I'd love to hear from anyone that has experience doing this. Just watched your video on banking/finances, all good advice! As far as your concerns detailed in this video, It all sounds very similar to buying a home in rural Colorado, where we are now at 8500', or the high desert flats of New Mexico, were we've often looked for raw land to build our next compound on. All the same concerns... water/power/roads/neighbors... requiring many meetings, and asking many questions at the county ("municipal") offices. Philippines: we will be looking for raw land for a hobby farm or an existing farm we can then build a home on. Do you know any expats doing the hobby farm thing on acreage? and if so could you put me in touch with them? I'd like to hear that perspective. About your road concerns? I've lived on crappy subdivision dirt road for 25+years, in big snow country, at 8500' . Can't drive over 15mph on a good summer day b/c the roads are so bad and always need grading. The upside... it keeps the riff raff out of our neck of the woods. It's one mile up from the county road, to our cabin at the very top of subdivision, where 4x4 is a must in winter. Wife drives an all wheel drive RAV4 with good snow tires, and does just fine in winter. If one cannot travel on a dirt road due to muddy roads during the rainy season, that's a major concern, but I did not hear you express this concern. I heard that your concern was dust and getting your truck dirty... which is not a concern for us, as we're mountain folk living in an old cabin and the dust, mud and snow seasons are just a part of living up here. Obviously a steep dirt road could be an issue in the rainy seasons over there. is there a link you could share that addresses cost of cement driveways over there? or a reliable concrete contractor's email? Having installed a few concrete pads over here at my place, I'd probably laugh at the costs of luring concrete over there. Can you speak on this? I'm glad you discussed getting trucks/equipment up to build site. That's an issue here to. Nothing a track hoe can't remedy though, yes? We're DIY hillbillies: using our sawmill (we log, haul and mill), and all our equipment, we've built every structure on our property except the original cabin, which I am now remodeling. We recently finished our 4 car garage/workshop with a 600sq ft rec room over it. Only thing I didn't do myself was run the electrical line to the garage, I was the grunt for the professional electrician I hired. I also contracted out the concrete slabs in the garage. I did all the prep work, all they had to do was pour and smooth the concrete. We've decided to vacate the high snow country. It's just a lot to deal with. We've been talking for years about the idea of moving to Philippines. And financially it just makes sense. Our fun is working in the dirt; landscaping, gardens, chickens/ducks, maybe a few pigs next time around. We would like to carry that with us when we move over there. So, we are looking for land (between 5-20acres); w/ existing fruit trees, but also where we can build a home, and then work the land with equipment I buy to build more internal dirt roads and out buildings. In my initial online searches, I can find raw land for sale. Most w/ no nearby power and/or water. But I do not know the local codes enough to know where building is allowed or feasible, assuming one can get power and a water well drilled. I suppose that's what a good realtor is for... right? Wife's brother is a lawyer in Manila. She has started to reach out to find a realtor. Though I agree w/ your advice to move over there, rent, and then start looking for land. OFF TOPIC: health insurance and how you have navigated that? Filipino wife is US citizen, and a full-time teacher and in four years, will retire with full health care and 100% pay. Her school district in New Mexico, has amazing retirement benefits. - Blue Cross Blue Shield: I asked her to check with her HR or BCBS to see if this health care can be applied in the Philippines. - Does your coverage come from a US company? how does all that sift out? I'd imagine decent health coverage is affordable over there. Please link your video if you've already addressed that. cheers! and mucho thanks again.
Appreciate the comment. Hopefully, I can remember all your questions. I only bought this lot. I don't really know about large parcels. I know theres laws on the size of land you are allowed to purchase. Large parcels will probably be classified as agricultural. Might not allow you to build a residential home on it. Depends were it is and if municipal will allow it. You can only cement a driveway on your property, not a road that belongs to the government. Cost I have no idea. My little driveway is 30m x 3m and cost $1,000 usd. We don't have Healthcare, we self fund. It's available, but have not looked into it.
It needs to be available on your road. More then likely you will need to buy the larger type poles to get to your lot. Our subdivision already had that completed. All poles and primary lines already installed.
In this subdivision only single family homes. That's the beauty of a subdivision with some rules. All homes will be concrete and no apartment buildings.
Hi Guys. Great information. Too late for me but priceless to people starting their Philippine journey. “Mother Titles” !! Coming from US, "this all must be legit because it goes thru……. “ NOPE. By the grace of God, we came out okay - they actually screwed up and my wife is part owner of another 2750 sq meter lot!! LOL I hope there is a way on TH-cam where you can “re-spawn” your channel because the info at the end (currently) is way more VALUABLE to people…….. Not saying bulldozers pushing rocks isn’t pretty cool….I obviously know nothing about TH-cam - ask my 42 followers- but maybe a complete inversion of your channel will make it explode (if you want that). Any How. Be safe and thanks for the many hours of entertainment and accurate guidance….. because I can sit here and say “yup” “yup” “yup”.. Take care
Thanks for the nice comment. Good information is hard to find sometimes. Always good to watch many people who has gone through it and form (from each) what makes sense. Its a challenge sometimes. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for your due diligence. You’re helping a lot of us. 👏🏻👏🏻
Your welcome, appreciate it.
Very good video
Thank you
Hi Wilma and Greg. Very informative for people who wants to purchase property in the Philippines. We are used to being off grid in New South Wales. So we bought a property with a natural spring at the bottom of the property. So we had the water pumped up 400 metres to the house by a ram pump. As for electricity, we will be installing solar. We do buy drinking water though. It’s not impossible to own a nice property in the mountains. My neighbour is a retired American war pilot. He connects his electricity from the country road. He gets his water from another neighbour who has a spring and use a pump to get his water. Luckily we purchased when it was cheap per sqm. 3 hectares of raw land. Now it’s gone up heaps. Good Luck to everyone and may you capture your dream.
Thanks for the nice comment. Sounds like you got a great deal. Appreciate it.
Thank you very much for that information. Been watching your channel for a while. NICE. THANKS AGAIN
Thanks Elvin, appreciate it.
I appreciate the methodical no non sense approach, smart business.
Thank you, appreciate it.
Interesting and informative video. Good job Wilma and Greg.
Thanks Gina, appreciate it.
@@buildingthephilippines when is the next cooking video of Wilma?
Lol, soon
love watching.
Thanks Walter.
A huge thank you to you Greig and Wilma for making this very valuable video. Excellent property and buying of land information has helped me immensely. 😊😊😊
Thank you Roy, appreciate it.
Hi Wilma and Greg. Yes, I am purchasing property, and I have all the paperwork and the signed contract by the owner. I have electricity on the property as well. I now have to drill a water well and develop the property. I'm still in the US, but my realtor is great. I will be bringing the blueprints with me on my next trip so that I can purchase a transformer for the property. I have actually have met with the owner, and they re-surveyed the property and sent me the property sketch to the US. I will actually finish paying off the property in November. Great advice for a no knowledge person purchasing property.
Congrats Kenny, good luck with your build. Enjoy the process.
Great video, Greg and Wilma. A lot of good points made. Thank you for sharing this with us. Take care.🤙
Thanks Gary for watching.
Well done, clear and concise. 😊
Thanks Ray.
A couple years ago the City had a major water line break leaving the city high and dry. Thank goodness I had a water well so we could flush!!!
Yes, a good water source is so important.
Hey Greg & Wilma, as I look down thru the comments, it has been said very well by all, Great Job.... very useful and wise information for those of use looking to buy and move to the Philippines. Personally, Christine and I are still a little ways out from buying, but I guess never too early to research and plan. Thanks again for your time and efforts. Hope to meet you guys soon...... Pat, from South Carolina.....
Hi guys, Thanks for commenting. Researching early and often definitely prepares you. We did the same thing several years ago.
Excellent advice
Thanks Jeffery, appreciate it.
This is a super, excellent advice and information. I love this channel. Now , i have an idea what and how to buy and construct my house. I will be retiring in Two years from Canada1
Thanks for the comment. Two years will go by very fast. Travel safe.
Great advice.
Thanks James, appreciate it.
Informative video thank you for sharing
Funny how you mention you don't want to drive dirt roads to spare your truck we in Namibia our roads are 85% dirt and gravel trust me especially Japanese trucks are build to withstand
But i got your point if you have easy access to your house by nice road is of course the ideal situation everybody wants
Keep up the good work
Yes, just makes things a bit easier. Stress free living. Thanks for commenting.
yeah I kinda laughed to myself too. And I get he's speaking to all kinds of folks. Some that have never lived on a dirt road. We've live on dirt roads for years, so we've lived with mud seasons. Nothing is free of mud while the snow melts, until we get back to summer conditions.
Dig that pole up when you move out. I know of one transformer close by. Mainly because a squirrel 🐿️ got fried and the electric company had to come out and reset the breaker!
No squirrels in the Philippines, so we are good to go.
What time is sunrise for you now? We actually have trees dropping leaves!
It stays very consistent here as we are close to the equator. 5:30am is our sunrise.
we have been searching in leyte for land and have a lawyer doing research for us on a few lots , many if not all titles or copies were destroyed in tacloban when typhoon yolanda(i think).. it is possible to buy land with only tax declaration and extrajudicial agreements ...i agree that doing it this way can be very risky especially for foreigners . all our family land (wifes family) is still in great grandfather name and he died in 1937........
please in the future, touch on the subject of real estate agents , problems, commissions, things to watch. i have heard thar the try to get the buyer to pay them a fee ( could just be a skin tax but idk)
great video thanks
I did not here that about Tacloban. The original title resides with the individual land owner, so if they had it destroyed one would think they could request a new one. I'm not sure about the laws on creating new titles. Thanks for commenting.
@@buildingthephilippines i am not sure of the laws either but am relaying the info told to me ..your advice is great though regarding right of way and the BS that people will say .... due diligence
That's a big one. Get it in the deed of sale. Have lawyer verify its legal.
Very good info Greg. I would add don't buy a property if the original title is lost even if the owner have a photocopy. You cannot buy or sell a property in the Philippines without the original title. To "reconstitute" a title is very expensive (around 100k to 150k pesos) and can take a couple of years to complete.
Apologies, you can cannot transfer a title's property without the original title.
Yes, definitely true. Lawyer needs to confirm everything. Great point.
Correct.
Superb!! Just the plain and simple, hard facts.
What is a typical price per sq. meter for a lot in Dauin?
It ranges greatly. If you buy here with all the items I mentioned already completed and no paperwork issues. 2500 pesos per square meter.
Did you buy your own transformer and dig well? thank you Greg and Wilma. Have a blessed day😊
Own transformer yes, dig well no. We have municipal water.
Good morning Philippines 🇵🇭 we had rain! We went from 100° to a high in the 70° the last two days. I am diabetic I pay not much for my medication due to my retirement insurance policy. I’m not sure any of my insurance will work overseas! So I wonder how much one of my injectable would cost or be available.
Wow, hopefully your heat wave in Texas is finally over. Let the rains begin. Diabetes is very common here in the Philippines. I'm sure your medicine would be available.
going through your videos, great info again. thanks for sharing!
I see so many great comments of folks pursuing this dream. I'd love to hear from anyone that has experience doing this.
Just watched your video on banking/finances, all good advice!
As far as your concerns detailed in this video, It all sounds very similar to buying a home in rural Colorado, where we are now at 8500', or the high desert flats of New Mexico, were we've often looked for raw land to build our next compound on. All the same concerns... water/power/roads/neighbors... requiring many meetings, and asking many questions at the county ("municipal") offices.
Philippines: we will be looking for raw land for a hobby farm or an existing farm we can then build a home on. Do you know any expats doing the hobby farm thing on acreage? and if so could you put me in touch with them? I'd like to hear that perspective.
About your road concerns?
I've lived on crappy subdivision dirt road for 25+years, in big snow country, at 8500' . Can't drive over 15mph on a good summer day b/c the roads are so bad and always need grading. The upside... it keeps the riff raff out of our neck of the woods. It's one mile up from the county road, to our cabin at the very top of subdivision, where 4x4 is a must in winter. Wife drives an all wheel drive RAV4 with good snow tires, and does just fine in winter.
If one cannot travel on a dirt road due to muddy roads during the rainy season, that's a major concern, but I did not hear you express this concern. I heard that your concern was dust and getting your truck dirty... which is not a concern for us, as we're mountain folk living in an old cabin and the dust, mud and snow seasons are just a part of living up here. Obviously a steep dirt road could be an issue in the rainy seasons over there. is there a link you could share that addresses cost of cement driveways over there? or a reliable concrete contractor's email? Having installed a few concrete pads over here at my place, I'd probably laugh at the costs of luring concrete over there.
Can you speak on this?
I'm glad you discussed getting trucks/equipment up to build site. That's an issue here to. Nothing a track hoe can't remedy though, yes?
We're DIY hillbillies: using our sawmill (we log, haul and mill), and all our equipment, we've built every structure on our property except the original cabin, which I am now remodeling. We recently finished our 4 car garage/workshop with a 600sq ft rec room over it. Only thing I didn't do myself was run the electrical line to the garage, I was the grunt for the professional electrician I hired. I also contracted out the concrete slabs in the garage. I did all the prep work, all they had to do was pour and smooth the concrete.
We've decided to vacate the high snow country. It's just a lot to deal with. We've been talking for years about the idea of moving to Philippines. And financially it just makes sense.
Our fun is working in the dirt; landscaping, gardens, chickens/ducks, maybe a few pigs next time around. We would like to carry that with us when we move over there. So, we are looking for land (between 5-20acres); w/ existing fruit trees, but also where we can build a home, and then work the land with equipment I buy to build more internal dirt roads and out buildings.
In my initial online searches, I can find raw land for sale. Most w/ no nearby power and/or water. But I do not know the local codes enough to know where building is allowed or feasible, assuming one can get power and a water well drilled. I suppose that's what a good realtor is for... right?
Wife's brother is a lawyer in Manila. She has started to reach out to find a realtor. Though I agree w/ your advice to move over there, rent, and then start looking for land.
OFF TOPIC:
health insurance and how you have navigated that?
Filipino wife is US citizen, and a full-time teacher and in four years, will retire with full health care and 100% pay. Her school district in New Mexico, has amazing retirement benefits.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield: I asked her to check with her HR or BCBS to see if this health care can be applied in the Philippines.
- Does your coverage come from a US company? how does all that sift out? I'd imagine decent health coverage is affordable over there. Please link your video if you've already addressed that.
cheers! and mucho thanks again.
Appreciate the comment. Hopefully, I can remember all your questions. I only bought this lot. I don't really know about large parcels. I know theres laws on the size of land you are allowed to purchase. Large parcels will probably be classified as agricultural. Might not allow you to build a residential home on it. Depends were it is and if municipal will allow it. You can only cement a driveway on your property, not a road that belongs to the government. Cost I have no idea. My little driveway is 30m x 3m and cost $1,000 usd. We don't have Healthcare, we self fund. It's available, but have not looked into it.
How much does a well cost?
I don't know, not many here. Most are hand dug. I think it would be impossible at our elevation, but you never know.
When applying for electricity will you have the choice to get a primary power or secondary power?
It needs to be available on your road. More then likely you will need to buy the larger type poles to get to your lot. Our subdivision already had that completed. All poles and primary lines already installed.
@@buildingthephilippines thank you so much.
That video was so informative specially to us who’s looking for a property to build for retirement.
Glad is was useful.
@@buildingthephilippines super
I am too old to buy anything! Not even a new shovel!
Lol, never too old Charles. We get better with age.
Can you build homes on your land for only family members?
In this subdivision only single family homes. That's the beauty of a subdivision with some rules. All homes will be concrete and no apartment buildings.
Make sure you always have a boomba!
Not sure what that means?
@@buildingthephilippines that's a hand pump on a well, quite useful for brownouts
Oh ok, we have gravity feed municipal water. During brown outs we have steady water.
Hi Guys. Great information. Too late for me but priceless to people starting their Philippine journey. “Mother Titles” !! Coming from US, "this all must be legit because it goes thru……. “ NOPE. By the grace of God, we came out okay - they actually screwed up and my wife is part owner of another 2750 sq meter lot!! LOL I hope there is a way on TH-cam where you can “re-spawn” your channel because the info at the end (currently) is way more VALUABLE to people…….. Not saying bulldozers pushing rocks isn’t pretty cool….I obviously know nothing about TH-cam - ask my 42 followers- but maybe a complete inversion of your channel will make it explode (if you want that). Any How. Be safe and thanks for the many hours of entertainment and accurate guidance….. because I can sit here and say “yup” “yup” “yup”.. Take care
Thanks for the nice comment. Good information is hard to find sometimes. Always good to watch many people who has gone through it and form (from each) what makes sense. Its a challenge sometimes. Thanks for watching.
Thank you!!!
Your welcome Paul.