Planning for First House - Any Tips?

**_Qwerty_** · May 20th, 2014 11:26 AM

get a condo for your parents and siblings..

then get a lot for you and for your soon to be wife.. save up for 5 years then build a house in your lot..

**_Qwerty_** · May 20th, 2014 11:33 AM

here's a nice development from San Miguel.. it's very near Shaw Blvd, along Mabini Street, mataas yung lugar.. though.. a bit expensive.. centralized underground parking.. but if you have the money.. GO..

Dover Hill

**viper888** · May 20th, 2014 11:41 AM

You should check this for flood information
Project NOAH

Apparently Ayala made a flood map of Metro Manila many years ago thats why their properties tend to be flood free, they only screwed up with Magallanes Village.

The fault maps are in the Philvocs website

**Manilablock** · May 20th, 2014 01:28 PM

1. comfortable ka ba sa rented house nyo ngayon?
2. do you like the place?
3. malapit ba yan sa work mo?
4. malapit ba yan sa school na gusto mo?

Kung ang sagot mo ay YES, try mo mag offer sa owner mo na gusto mo bilhin ung inuupahan nyo na haws.

kung YES mo ay 2,3 & 4, ikot ikot ka na lang kung meron gusto mag benta ng property nila, you dont need a big lot, you just need to maximize the lot area.

**jut703** · May 20th, 2014 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by Manilablock

1. comfortable ka ba sa rented house nyo ngayon?
2. do you like the place?
3. malapit ba yan sa work mo?
4. malapit ba yan sa school na gusto mo?

Kung ang sagot mo ay YES, try mo mag offer sa owner mo na gusto mo bilhin ung inuupahan nyo na haws.

kung YES mo ay 2,3 & 4, ikot ikot ka na lang kung meron gusto mag benta ng property nila, you dont need a big lot, you just need to maximize the lot area.

I would love to have a house here in the neighborhood we live in now. Pero sobrang mahal na. Yung katabing lot namin na 350 sqm lang nasa 13M na eh.

Looked through Sulit as well, kahit townhouse nasa 12M na rin.

My dad's family had a house here before pero they had to sell it due to financial constraints. Sayang nga eh.

Which is why I'm looking at the Commonwealth area..North Susana or Don Antonio heights seems reasonable. Kung sa Mandaluyong area din ok sana.

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**EQAddict** · May 20th, 2014 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by jut703

Inside Metro Manila, do the big developers still sell house and lots? Parang wala na kong makita.

Initially I wanted Nuvali, but that would be difficult for raising kids (I'd want them to study in Ateneo/Miriam for GS and Pisay for HS) as well as for work.

I'd rather live in a small house that's in a relatively okay location in the metro.

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Nuvali is fantastic for raising a family. Xavier school (marvelous campus) and grade A education. Its really a life of leisure there and I wouldnt mind living there myself.

Pricing is nuts though almost 20k per sq.m LOT only.

They have starter places there with houses and lots already (Avida I believe), my friend is staying in one while he builds his new house in Westgrove. I visited him and those are really nice for a starter house.

I think roughly 10-15M for a house there.

Start early

**manilamako** · May 20th, 2014 03:14 PM

I live in don antonio. Bf homes to be exact. Ganyan nadin presyuhan ng lupa dito. flood free and fairly good security. Recently puro mayayaman na nagpapagawa bahay dito. plus commonwealth, and don antonio mismo is being developed as a commercial area na talaga. the other side of don antonio, yun ever gotesco side mas mahal pa lalo yun lupa dun

**EQAddict** · May 20th, 2014 03:16 PM

Also, go to Sulit and look for 'Greenpark' or 'Greenview' . Many starter houses there for less than P5M

**Manilablock** · May 20th, 2014 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by jut703

I would love to have a house here in the neighborhood we live in now. Pero sobrang mahal na. Yung katabing lot namin na 350 sqm lang nasa 13M na eh.

Looked through Sulit as well, kahit townhouse nasa 12M na rin.

My dad's family had a house here before pero they had to sell it due to financial constraints. Sayang nga eh.

Which is why I'm looking at the Commonwealth area..North Susana or Don Antonio heights seems reasonable. Kung sa Mandaluyong area din ok sana.

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Then keep your money for now, ipunin mo muna, pag meron dyan bigla nag post na for sale, at lease meron kang cash na pang nego, the rest of the amount hiram ka sa relatives mo sa bank.

**jut703** · May 20th, 2014 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by EQAddict

Also, go to Sulit and look for 'Greenpark' or 'Greenview' . Many starter houses there for less than P5M

I initially wanted it there. That's in the inner Pasig area. Thing is, I have an officemate who has to leave before 7am everyday to get to Makati just because of Mercedes Ave traffic. Then my other friend says na super bahain daw in the roads around the village. So kahit yung house hindi binabaha, stranded ka rin..

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