Best place to live in Marikina? HELP :)

[Lemon]

Nagreresearch ako sa mga best city to live in the Metro and Marikina ang mukhang OK for me. Malinis, accessible and OK ang local government nila. San ba ang mga gated community na OK sa Marikina? Basta malapit lang sa QC(East Ave area) OK na sa akin. Madami pa ba mga for sale na house & lot sa Marikina? Wala kasi ako masyado nakikita sa mga ads, hopefully madami ang mag-bigay ng input.

Thanks in advance!

[theveed]

sakin parang ok na ok sa may rancho area... ganda and tahimik... not that far from city proper as well..

dami for sale sa buy and sell sa marikina actually, madami din rent...

pag condo, yung marquinton medyo overprice pero may mall na sa harap at harap ng sports-center na mismo.

ok din yung mga big houses sa may Tuazon, near the sports-center nadin, gaganda ng mga bahay... 5mins away from Sta. Lucia/Robinsons.

[OTEP]

Yang Rancho area na iyan, malapit diyan si afrasay at djerms. Si djerms sa loob ata mismo ng Rancho. Madaming Tsikoteers sa Marikina. Yung shop ni crawdaddy (4x4ph.com) and si Trup tiga-dun din.

Favorite city ko iyang Marikina. Yes, maganda siya. Kaso medyo malayo sa Manila, eh.

[G3NIU5]

May house and lot for sale sa SSS Village Phase III. You can probably take a look at it from the outside. It's a nice house, elevated kesa sa road, 4bedrooms, 2 fullbaths, kasya 2 cars sa garahe. kilala ko mayari and i've been there many times, maluwag sa loob. wala ng nakatira ngayon. yung contact info eh nakapaskil ata sa fence. #5 Dawn St., SSS Village., malapit sa Panorama St.

[Hayward]

Having lived in Marikina for more than 10 yrs, I would say that it has transformed to one of the best in MM. I suggest you visit the place and make you choice which of the subdivisions mentioned are suitable to your needs. There are also a lot of good schools, accessible to the malls, hospitals, markets. Highly recommended!

[Syuryuken]

Industrial Valley maganda din.

[theveed]

Cinco Hermanos, etc still count as Marikina, right?

[wildcatz]

if ever you do get to find a nice place in marikina ask around first kung binabaha don. some areas of marikina are still prone to flooding, like some portions of sss village and yung subdivisions na medyo malapit sa marikina river. medyo mahigpit din sa marikina, taxes like say for real estate and businesses have to be paid on time or else, very immediate ang consequence. even for animals strict sila don. they not only pick up stray dogs and cats, nagbabahay-bahay na din sila ngayon at pag nakita na may aso ka sa bahay at d mo naparehistro mananagot ka talaga. pati sa hakutan ng basura. one time nagputol kami ng puno kasi sumasabit na sa mga electric wires. kelangan ischedule mo talaga yung pagpick up ng mga naputol na branches, at naka-segregate na din daw dapat ang dahon (naisako na daw dapat) at mga sanga.

basta if ever you do decide to choose a place in marikina try to stay away sa mga subdivisions na malapit sa mga slum areas don. lalo na sa tumana area, notorious yung place na yun. araw-araw may patay, sabi ng mga pulis sinusumpak daw. kahit sila d nila mapasok ilang areas sa loob, magulo talaga at may mga criminals na dun na din nagtatago. we live on a subdivision na malapit sa tumana, just 2 weeks ago tinira yung mga metro ng tubig, more than 50 households kami sa subdivision na nanakawan

[ownertype]

FYI, may portion ng Rancho na Antipolo and may portion Marikina. Ok sa may New Marikina kasi malapit na siya malls like Blue Wave Marquinton, Sta. Lucia and Robinsons Metro East. Mahal lang bentahan ng lote per sq meter dun. If you want, tahimik. Sa may Marikina Heights. Madami available town houses dun and malapit pa sa schools like Marist & St. Scholastica.

[ownertype]

Cinco Hermanos, etc still count as Marikina, right?

Yes, Marikilna pa din siya. Ok din diyan, kaso di accessible sa public transport.

[Bry]

Lemon, you have PM.

[quiksie]

kanino kaya yun nakikita ko bahay na puro lifted ang mga rigs? hmm tsikoteer kaya yun?

Sa rancho at sss village tahimik at maganda tumira

[afrasay]

saan mo nakita sa rancho o sa hacienda? ;)

[afrasay]

what can i say, i been living in marikina since 1991. first time na lumipat kami there wasn't a single road na walang lubak. grabe as in. well that was before...

www.marikina.gov.ph

[Djerms]

Lemon,
PM me kung pupunta ka to view some of the houses for sale. Samahan kita kung libre ako. Same as Afrasay, matagal nako sa lugar..since 1985 kami. hehe. Visit ka on a saturday para libre ako.

...magpalibre na rin tayo kay afrasay. hehe.

BTW si Nelson aka co_drums_ol is also from Marikina.

[ownertype]

kami naman, since 1981 pa nakatira sa Marikina. I remember di pa sementado ang bayan bayanan ave sa may concepcion. May mga squatter pa nakatira sa may ilog where the marikina riverpark is now situated. Grabe ang baha. Naalala ko pag gising namin e may tubig na sa loob ng bahay at lumulutang na ibang mga gamit nami. Maganda lang sa Marikina that time is Malanday dahil dun nakatira si Mayor Valentino. Tapos di pa regular collection ng basura. Kaya yung mga inuuod yung tapunan ng basura sa may wet market sa amin. As in gumagapang na sa kalsada yung mga maggots. Simula lang gumanda ang Marikina nung naupo si BF. Ngayon, ok na may mga parks na, may mall na kami, at higit sa lahat may Marikina Hotel na. Sa munispyo walang mahabang pila. Mabilis ang transactions. Parang Globe or SMART business center ang dating. Di ka nga lang papasukin pag naka tsinelas ka. Kailangan maayos itsura mo at naka shoes. Mga basketball courts covered na lahat at may electronic scoreboard pa. Yung sports center, puwede ka mag jogging, cycling, swimming, tennis, badminton. Galing nga e. Kaya di mo masisi na pag may kausap kayo Marikeno very proud sila sa city nila. Kala mo nga nagyayabang pero pag nagpunta ka talaga sa Marikina, you will realize totoo lahat ng sinasabi nila.

[quiksie]

afrasay sa may concepcion po. Nakikita kita sa sumulong pero yun sa concepcion isang lacdcruiser na luma at isang toyota hilux na luma din both lifted. Nakikita ko din yun yun lifted na black na hilux na may beatles na drawing sa likod

[wildthing]

Lemon just avoid the marikina fault line...(that's the "ledge" ng Ateneo stretching the boundary lines ng marikina)....this might include Cinco Hermanos.

I was bred and born in Marikina, grew up there since 1967 pero I don't live there anymore...I have an almost thorough knowledge of the ins and outs of that area (siguro 80-90%) kasi I always bike around going to my classmates houses...

My best pick of place to look for is New Marikina Subdivision, then SSS village, then Concepcion area (back of the Concepcion palengke), last choice ko ang Rancho....I wonder if housing area yung sa dulo ng Marikina Engineering area (by-pass ito going Goodrich Village/SSS Phase 1/Strip 70), puro damuhan pa pero maganda ang roads.

Ang nearest to East Avenue kasi would be Concepcion area...you can pass by Tumana bridge labas UP Diliman or take the regular road - Barangka na labas Ateneo.

I almost forgot, yung bukana ng Parang going San Mateo is also a good place...malapit sa access road na lalabas sa Batasan/Congressional hiway (yung pa Fairview).

HTH

[fairenough]

Lemon just avoid the marikina fault line...(that's the "ledge" ng Ateneo stretching the boundary lines ng marikina)....this might include Cinco Hermanos.

I was bred and born in Marikina, grew up there since 1967 pero I don't live there anymore...I have an almost thorough knowledge of the ins and outs of that area (siguro 80-90%) kasi I always bike around going to my classmates houses...

My best pick of place to look for is New Marikina Subdivision, then SSS village, then Concepcion area (back of the Concepcion palengke), last choice ko ang Rancho....I wonder if housing area yung sa dulo ng Marikina Engineering area (by-pass ito going Goodrich Village/SSS Phase 1/Strip 70), puro damuhan pa pero maganda ang roads.

Ang nearest to East Avenue kasi would be Concepcion area...you can pass by Tumana bridge labas UP Diliman or take the regular road - Barangka na labas Ateneo.

I almost forgot, yung bukana ng Parang going San Mateo is also a good place...malapit sa access road na lalabas sa Batasan/Congressional hiway (yung pa Fairview).

HTH

Been reading a lot from Marikina. Naghahanap na rin po ng place near ateneo. Will schedule a road trip soon around Marikina. Thanks for the info!

[Djerms]

Si quicksie nakita ko na sa Marikina. Hehehe. Bumibili ako ng isda!