My Province House in The Philippines | House Tour
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Whether you're a foreigner looking to build a house in the Philippines or you're a Filipino coming back to the motherland, you may want to know about owning your future home in the Philippines. Everything from housing cost, labor expenses, and the ideal location are factors that must be taken into consideration before nestling your place in the Philippines.
That is why in today's video, I give you a reference point based off my provincial house in the Philippines. We discuss crucial topics including how much it costs to build the house, housing expenses, labor expenses, location, what to expect, and finally a tour of the house.
By this video, you should get a deeper understanding of building a home in the Philippines and what type of budget you should come in with. In addition to that, we take a full on tour of my family's provincial home. If you want to see more videos like this, let's get this video to 500 likes. Appreciate you Savvy Expats!
Timestamps:
0:00 My Province House in The Philippines | House Tour
0:32 About The Provincial Home
4:42 House Tour
10:13 Overview
11:14 God Bless
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So I have this delema..I plan to retire in a few years but lived in the US most of my life. I visited Pi and enjoyed both province and City life. I do enjoy the city but not the prices. However I enjoy the province but get bored out of my mind at times. Do you have any suggestions? I have no budget however, I'm not looking for a baller lifestyle either and wanting to enjoy. I thought about living in Manila but thats like paying for US prices ..Vice versa w province yet boredom. Thoughts ???
@@markmene1975 I suggest you check out Iloilo which has a city and provincial environment. But my best advice is that you live just outside of Manila, places like Batangas or Cavite. That way you can visit the city anytime you like while paying provincial prices.
@@TheSavvyExpat yes outside of Manila sounds good, Santa Rosa is also a good place Im looking at...Thanks
you should be a nee leader of Philippines. intelligent, level headed, will not tolerate prejudices that is rampant in Philippine culture against their own fellowmen
Interesting family story. My father was in Leyte with the US Navy for a few weeks before going on to Japan during the war. Beautiful house and property! Looks like a little slice of heaven! Seeing fresh calamansi makes me miss being there even more.
Thanks for your father's service Rick. This house is like a time machine lol. The history and the fact we do nothing but lounge there makes the days pass fast haha
Thank you for his service. Millions of Filipinos owes our freedom and existence from his sacrifice!
WOW great family history, please never forget their hopes for the future of the Philippines.
Thanks for the tour. Love your video
Please keep sharing ... You have great content that is needed ....
Tuli, An awesome video. I enjoyed the brief history
of your rural home.
Our home was built in our island province we built our home from a rice field. Our home was about $15,000 when built in 2003. We have added several upgrades since that time. I love both the life in the province and Manila.
Thank for sharing the tour of your home. Stay safe...
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Thanks for the tour Evan. Interesting history of the house. Thank You and take care!!
Sure thing James. You as well!
Thank you for sharing this content.
You have a beautiful home.
So many interesting memories too.
Very informative high quality video!
Thanks for the tour & history. Beautiful house!
Thank you Bradford!
I have been watching your videos and from this particular video i learned that your provincial home is just several kilometers away from my town in Quezon Province. Great to know!
Wow, Great video. I especially like the family history,House and the mahogany Furniture. Thanks for sharing The house is very nice indeed.
I appreciate it 🙏
Lucena City ( and the whole strip from Laiya to Lucena) is so underated, it actually has the same pros of Cebu city in terms of being near mountains and the beach.
Wow! $60,000 to build that house? Very nice!!
Thanks for sharing, your family has a nice home
Good info. Nice place 👍😊
Thank you!
Great pic of your grandparents with the car
Nice Charger
Gratitude to your grandpa.
You have a lovely home and your family history is beautiful.
Appreciate the video 🤜🏾
🤝
Best channel. Especially about the view of expat there. Which i absolutely am planning too. Your topic information is on point.
Thanks a ton
WOW! WHAT A GREAT HOUSE AND SUCH HISTORY IMPRESSIVE! VERY IMPRESSIVE.
Thanks Edmond!
Very cool, thanks for the tour and the info! I’m a paranormal investigator also, so the haunted part just makes it that much more cool! 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
That clip starting at 0:59 is Allen's house (mainly his parents) of the channel Bohol is Awesome. I recognized the clip from his video on Tips for building a house in the Philippines as a foreigner. The house has a very distinctive build and design compared to the typical hollow block houses.
Right? Most houses in the Philippines have a very blocky bland design without much planning into layout. I like that Allens house has a westernized look to it.
Nice ancestral house…👍👍👍
When in tropics one must consider thermal mass of construction materials. Such a house never really cools off at night ; hence the Ned for aircond
Lovely house love the color of the house
Love your house especially that rock decoration and three floors.
5:10 I had a workout room on the third floor of the funeral home. During the summer the temperature could get well over a hundred degrees. I had a rowing machine, heavy bag, speed bag and the best piece of equipment a speed jumping rope. Ten minutes and you would be soaked in sweat.
The weight room was in the basement where it was consistently cool. A small group of friends use to come over on the nights we worked out.
There were a couple of cops, one of the Mafia and just some strong friends having some healthy, clean fun.
He rented one of my houses. He wrestled professionally and owned the Ultimate Fighter rights for the area. He died at the age of 42.
Steroids take a toll on the body. It's amazing the stupid things people do to find an easier way.
Thank you for sharing your family’s story and the house with us! How about a tour of your home in BGC?
Thanks Randy! Coming up!
Awesome! It’s always nice when the ancestors do right with their money therefor leaving generational wealth/assets to the family. Much better than those who squander their fortunes to vices and poor decisions. All of our financial decisions today include the thought of passing on wealth and assets to our kids and grandkids should they deserve it.
Exactly Jake. Generational wealth is the way to go. Number one principal for my family! Our decisions do not only affect us but generations to come, whether good or bad.
@@TheSavvyExpat 💯
Don't worry about future generations, historically speaking generational wealth is lost by the third generation. Even if you work hard and make smart financial decisions, your descendents won't and they will squander your fortune. Best to spend it while you are alive on the family and close friends who is with you now; they deserve it more than your descendents will.
Very informative vlog.
Glad it helped
Sweet. My mother is from Quezon Province too. Three levels huh? The youngsters can be on the 3rd floor and the Lolas and Lolos (aka seniors) on the 1st floor. Salamat for sharing your family home. My uncle was Mayor of Padre Burgos once upon a long time. He has a huge house with an ocean view and we used to got together there, cousins and all, pag holiday breaks. So wonderful to know you are from Quezon Province also! Keep on trackin'!
How relatable! That's exactly how it is for us too. Thanks for sharing
Yes, lets all look at Meljean.. She is so delightful.
Ang Ganda ng view
Your grandfather looks so handsome in the photo! Your provincial house is very lovely. Thank you for your informative and entertaining videos. I live in Ho Chi Minh City, but I often go to the Philippines with my bf on vacations from Vietnam. Cebu Pacific often has low fares on their red eye flights ($20 USD or less one way). It's nice!
Really nice house, sir.
Wow amazing house and beautiful family History. Would love to visit your place once I am back to Phillipines.
Come on by Devon! You're welcome to come anytime.
I’m recognising several of the houses you used as examples, apparently we follow several of the same Filipino youtubers :)
Great minds think alike ;)
My mom built a similar home in our province of Tarlac. My cousins helped her build it, but beware typical construction labor will cost anywhere from 35% to over 50% of the straight material costs. Truth be told materials such as hollow blocks, cement, sand, gravel, rebar, roofing materials are fairly cheap. The major expenses are the windows, tiles, doors and other things in that category.
I built a small 2 bedroom home in the Visayas for about 7k usd, but once I move back to the Philippines in the future I am looking to buy a house or condo in Manila. Splitting my time between the provinces and Manila. Ingat po kayong lahat.
Great home and cheap. Nice for you and your family as you know everyone in the small town.
Absolutely that really helps
I love this video, all of us in the Metro have something like this place to go to during the summer. I suddenly realized I have not been to my mom's province since the 90's! more power to this channel, you have great potential po 🙂
I appreciate that Joey!
♥️💞♥️ Very nice!!
3:46 her home was distroyed in the first typhoon it experienced. I have built 3 modest homes for family members, today's prices land 100sm at 2,000 usd) and home build ( 7x7 meters) 10,000
usd. That's built at typhoon strong.
Nice house and info.
You bet Tony
Maybe you can check Surallah in South Cotobato. Very nice place , the Mayor , Tony Bendita is very hands on and made the place very beautiful for tourists too.
In World War 2 my grandfather was in a German concentration camp for 3 years. He was a machine gunner in the guard tower.
I really love listening to you :-)
Lol thanks Ariel
Evans, beautiful home and what a bargain. I just built a home in Arayat, Pampanga but it cost quite a bit more but is extremely modern 😁
Right on Gary! I hear a lot of great things about Pampanga. How do you like living there?
@@TheSavvyExpat , the funny thing is I have only visited there one time in 2015. I did enjoy my short visit but due to the pandemic, I haven’t been able to return. My spouse and I decided to build our dream home in 2021 and next time I visit I will be able to enjoy the completely finished and furnish home, completely paid off too 😁😁. The view of Mt Arayat on our third flood is priceless. Maybe you could visit some day.
@@garyburgmylifeandtimes6354 That sounds like the dream. Would love to swing by!
Meljean's home got her roof torn off during Typhoon Odette so if people do build a house in the Philippines they might want to think about where they want to live and what they want to use to build their house. Thankfully nobody was injured in her family during the typhoon. She's having some things done to her house to repair the damage and to make it structurally stronger. Thank you for your tour of your house. Take care and God bless you too my friend.
That's unfortunate. Thanks for watching Steven. God bless.
@@TheSavvyExpat The most important thing is that nobody lost their lives there at her house. Her house wasn't damaged beyond repair and that it will be better than it was. She also has a subscriber who opened their condo for her and her family to stay there in Cebu City until her house repairs are completed and they can move back in. She's such a wonderful person and she does so much for her community even when she is having her house repaired. God bless the wonderful people of the Philippines.
Yes true. I saw that as well. $6k you get what you paid for.
@@devonferris Yes that is true and thankfully it was mostly her roof that had most of the damage done to her house which is much better than having the house completely destroyed.
@@devonferris Normally, Cebu doesn't experience a lot of rain (nor typhoons, and this was a super typhoon), so the build was probably fine under normal circumstances/weather. But these days, I guess we can't really tell and we just have to hope for the worst and do a better build.
Thanks for posting. I am going to Philippine tomorrow. I pay real estate taxes and insurance for my house in Florida about 15,000 US dollar a year. My mortgage is 36,000 US
dollars a year. That means I can buy one house a year in the Philippine. Super deal.🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
2:52 they had a sweet ride!
This is the kind of home I would love to live in.
Come on by!
Nice house!
Beautiful home! Interesting design. What kind of materials were used to handle the high winds there and are typhoons ever a problem?
Beautiful house , I guess it’s the nicest in that town 🌹
Thanks Azad :)
Great video and by the way, you can’t outrun ghosts! Haha!
I'm surprised your parents are fron CICERO , IL. .. that's cool 😎... I lived in Chicago since I was so young .. grew up here and I'm watching your awesome video .. to see what I need to do when I go back to the Philippines
Like the balconies
Great videos. I will literally help you with the labor to paint over the yellow on that house just to make it go away
Deal!
My husband and I watch your videos starting 6pm - 1am😳we really enjoyed all your videos😊very informative and you’re funny😊
Holy cow! Glad you guys enjoy the videos!
@@TheSavvyExpat we’re crazy watching your videos. The following day so sleepy😳Almost all of your videos from start to end😊😳that’s how we enjoyed watching it and we didn’t noticed how the time passed😜very helpful😊I’m a filipina born and raised in Philippines but never lived in Philippines since I was 17yrs old😊of course I don’t forget my culture and tradition, but places, the economy, prices and cost of living i really don’t have any idea😳So watching your video is knowing everything again about my country😊thank you for sharing this video😊👍
@@TheSavvyExpat yes we absolutely did!!
Wow really affordable
I like the Rock facade
Your home is beautiful
Thanks JP!
Wow Kuya , that´s an amazing story about the history of your familie. I subbed long b4 and of course every vid you make is worth a like. For my knowlege you cannot buy as foreigner any land or property in Pinas , ingat po.
Yes you're correct, I'm referring to foreigners with Filipino spouses. Thanks for tuning in Tommes!
Nice house, glad your grandparents survived the war.
Thank God. Just hearing the stories from my Grandpa sounds utterly gruesome.
@@TheSavvyExpat The Japanese in some ways were just as bad as the Germans in WW2. I am sure your grandpa witnessed and heard of horrific acts. How nice that he is still around, lucky you.
The crimes committed by Japanese soldiers in Philippines, China, Korea, Viet Nam, Indonesia and other places are astonishing. I don't listen to complaints from Japanese about the atomic bombs. Wickedness has consequences. If the USA had not taken possession of Japan after world WW2, China and Russia would have made VERY short work of it.
God bless America. The stories I've heard from my Grandpa is outright horrendous and vile...
@@TheSavvyExpat thank you for being aware of history at a young age , unfortunately many Fillipinos your age don't even know what the Bataan death March was
My partner has just had a house built in a subdivision. We have had extra work done. Kitchen extension, wall and gated and drive. The cost is tiny compared to the UK. £7.50 for a days labour, UK would be £200+ for labour. 😅
I'm already in love with the other TH-camr; especially since I can't own land in the Philippines. LOL. This is where my Grandpa cooks and it's McDonalds.
That's a great house. I love staying in the province. I live about half and half between the province and makati. I am also a filipino from the USA, Just much further in years.
That's the life. Personally I can't go full time in the province so living both lifestyles is enjoyable. Where in the states are you from?
@@TheSavvyExpat i lived in LA but worked out of chicago as well. I was a freelance photographer. Im 55 and retired.
I drove through pagbilao on the way to an island when I was there. My wife family is in tayabas
What a small world. Used to be a small town but it's gotten more congested lately.
On Valentine 2020 I went to Air Summit Gourmet Restaurant Tayabas.
It's along Tayabas-Lucban Road.
Great place, great food, great memories
1 month before the C-bullshit starts.
Beautiful house
Thank you 😊
Wow!!! It's better for you to own a house in the province than to rent...good decision, it's also an investment..
Most definitely Doris. Thanks for watching, God bless.
Wow Evan! So, where do Meljean and Tom live? How long ago did they build their home and did they own the land already? Another great video!
60K US in 2007 is much more now, especially since inflation due to Covid. I just built a 1 story (very) small 3 BR in Mindanao and it cost about $46,000 US. (We also had family builders, so the labor cost was lower than it would have been). The house is earthquake ready with a dug, concrete-steel foundation and structure throughout, but has no closets and two of the bedrooms are like large closets in the US. The cost included a steel gate and a concrete wall around most of the house and property.
😂 what can u expect for 46k that's not a 300k to 460k standard house in west side
Man A 330 to 460k house in the west coast will be like a shack compared to that 46k in Mindanao.
Use a hose or spray on the fruit before cutting. Even smoke
If you get the chance can you also cover about schooling in the Metropolitan area particularly in BGC and Makati. Also if there is online studies in Manila.
Sure thing Romeo
that green calamansi fruit looks like a lime. is it similar? Nice home and back- story btw
Nice provincial bahay
Your family has a beautiful home. During WWII my father and his brothers fought against the Japanese. His sisters hid in the jungle till the end of the war. My mother shared stories of she witnessed the Japanese throwing babies up in the air while being stabbed by their Bayonets And the Japanese torturing the US and Filipino army during the march to Bataan.
My Grandfather told me the exact same things. Man, that sounds brutal.
I heard the same stories from my mom. Awful things were done. 😢
Thanks for your families service they done so much for the US and Philippines they paved the way for the new generation!
@@roninbushito: Thanks. It was a tough time to be in. Similar how the people in Ukraine are experiencing.
@@methemonkeyking yes tough times with all the racism from the whites too.
I’m from Hawaii so I can relate to the kababayans we have so many Filipinos here and I know some here.
Old generation was the sakadas and than many veterans from WWII.
The millennials now are spoiled nothing like the old generation Filipino
That is a very nice house Evan very cool 🆒🆒👍👍I'm not to fond of provnice life I like city life better I've grown up in cities most of my life more to see and do and go to I wish I could do that to my current house where I live in the province
👍👍👍 nice. What's the sqm lot size? 150?
I like the style of room you are streaming from, is it a condo or home, if so where?
Dude , everything you have posted is 5 - 6 mos old , very good content and you present it well , guess you are not doing this anymore, unfortunate because your good .
That’s what exactly what my parents did. They have a condo in BGC and have a bigger house in Pangasinan.
That's the life. You get the best of both worlds. Thanks for watching brother.
You’re a very fine young man and your videos are interesting and well done.
I appreciate that Chris
I am an American expat living with my Pinay wife in a townhouse (we own it) in Cavite province. We are upper-middle class, as per your other video. We would like to build a house that is not attached to other houses when we can, so this video is a big help.
One question - judging from your beautiful house, you must be considered rich. What security measures do you take to keep people from coming in and for kicks and taking what they want to take?
Expats are not able to buy land in the Philippines. They can buy a condo in some cases where the ownership of the condo is 60% nationals.
nice house
Use solar to minimize the electric bill.
Pagbilao Awesome.
It’s the purchasing of the plot of land that is tricky and can be more costly. Plus, is it still true that foreigners can’t buy land there?
One big, big, issue foreigners are not allowed to buy land in the Philippines. So without land cannot build!
We can build, but either the land is co owned by a Filipino, or leased. We can lose what ever we build on co owned land though. Risky.
Are there marinas in the Philippines where you can hook up a live in boat to shore power? And occupy your boat, as in live there?
Not too flashy. Has highlighter yellow and green paint lol. It’s nice tho.
Did the cost Include extras like tiling the floors or adding to the exterior faces? We built a 2 story apartment for roughly the same but it has blank walls and only polished concrete inside. Also, what's the square meters of what was built ?
Hi! nice house. what is the lot size of this property? and floor area?
I'm jealous.
Wow I didn’t know your family is from Pagbilao. My mothers side is from there with a big population here in the LA area. There is a pagbilao association but we haven’t attended for a long time as many of them have died by now. Ask your lolo if he knows the Lusterio family
No kidding what a small world. Yes we do know the Lusterios matter of fact. My Lolo was actually the president of the Pagbilao Association in Chicago. My Dad met my Mom at one of the Casonian parties.
You forgot to mention her £6000 house she built roof caved in the first storm that came past.