Thanks for watching! I will try and get a new one out soon.

Hi, you can contact me direct via email to [email protected] looked at a property in Hindang when we were looking around in early 2023 but decided on further South. My process was to find a lot within walking distance to a beach and same to the main highway if possible. I had an idea of what I wanted to build but really only the floorplan which is roughly based on a local house my sister-in-law lives in near Baybay City. In the local area I asked around for engineers and chose well I think. He suggested an architect in Cebu after I could not find one - who was interested. Another good choice. I passed the rough floorplan to the architect along with some ideas on the exterior. I like flat roofs so that was a key design point - better for Solar but I do not like concrete roofs.. Initially it was just 2 bedrooms and no pool. As my employer wanted me to continue working past my chosen leave date and I could work from Southern Leyte at the last moment we changed the design to 3 beds and added the pool. The engineer and I worked together every day with me on site every day. This is absolutely cricuial as even with the best local engineer they see things differently to a "westerner". I have seen many examples of the building being left to the wife to look after and every one has been a mess in the end. We finished the build in less than 6 months and it's solid as a rock and mostly exactly as envisaged. I'm more than happy to meet up when you come here in November. Come down for a day - it's roughly 1.5 hrs South to me from Hindang. You can look over and I can answer any questions on the house and I can introduce you to my engineer if you like. We can have lunch or dinner at our "local" which is run by an American expat and id=s a great place.

We agree! It's had it's ups and downs but is turning out as envisaged.

Good question! We have 3 cats and only Streaky has figured out how to get from the Island bench to the kitchen bench then the fridge and finally a bug jump to the top of the cabinets. he loves to watch over everything from there.

Thanks for the comment. The lot is a little over 1040 m2 and the total built area including everything is about 200m2 and the pool is 32 m2 additional. The actual house - the bit we live in is 136 m2.

Thanks a lot for the kind comments.

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Thank you. The hardest part is the KZbin. I promised myself I'd document so only myself to blame. I was lucky to chood=se a great engineer to run the project and his team were great.

Not much activity on that lot since we first saw it in early '23. Is your friend going to do anything with that lot?

The land is just over 1000 m3. The total size of house (136 m3 coverage including eaves) , carport, pool, pool house and generator/pump room is about 200 m3 I estimate. I will eventually do a real measurement.

he land is just over 1000 m3. The total size of house (136 m3 coverage including eaves) , carport, pool, pool house and generator/pump room is about 200 m3 I estimate. I will eventually do a real measurement.

More to come! The solar panels will arrive next week and I will try to do a video on the placement and set up of the inverter with the generator.

Thanks for subbing. Sorry about how slow.

Sorry the delay. My wife has some land there as well - coconuts. I will find out who we used to purchase.

Sorry have to watch more of your videos and you are in Macrohon.

Hi,Thanks for watching. We are in Flordeliz near the beach.

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Thank you so much! Thanks for watching. I'll get another video out soon as I find the time.

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It's a bit over 1000 m2 and cost a bit over 2 million

Thanks for watching. Yes, it is hardiplank.

Thank you. Getting ready to start our build in Panglao in August. Nice to see other's projects coming to fruition!

Thanks for watching

Yes, thank you. It is going mostly as planned. Thank you for taking the time.

Many many thanks. Looking forward to seeing you here

Progress is constant but now it's rainy season things will slow but we are still on target

Thank you! Cheers! It's getting there. More done since Wednesday!

I think so too! We are pushing now against rainy season but mostly on target.

I was originally mostly from Melbourne but have not lived in Australia since 1999. Thanks for watching and commenting.

I'm from Melbourne originally but haven't lived in Australia for over 20 years.

Thanks for watching

Sadly we had to remove some but still have many. Thanks for watching.

Thank you for your comments. Jane sends her best wishes.

Thanks a lot 😊

Thanks for commenting. We watch the Garcia Vlog every time.

An external CR is a must here as we expect the pool to be used a lot.

Before we started we looked at previous work our engineer had done and one of the pools he made - a lot more complicated than ours - so we knew how it was built.

Go for it! The choice we made was for a basic no-frills design rather than follow the fancy - to us anyway - local ideas. As they say - to each their own. Make sure you get a good engineer to supervise unless you are having an architect do it which is more expensive.

Our engineer is extremely good and he listens to me but more importantly the workers follow his instructions pretty much to the letter. The new mall could be more foreigner friendly but it's a step up on the other one. Still have to go to Ormoc or Tacloban for some stuff periodically.

Thank you for watching. It's coming together nicely. It's a lot of work but worth watching it unfold.

Just amazing at your progress. It really looks great. Wish we could have stayed another couple weeks to see it finished. Very nice editing as well.

Yes I did. Buying here can be a major ongoing pain. If you are in So. Leyte drop me an email and I can go over all I've done to ensure all goes as well as possible. Too much to go through via messages.

In the Philippines unlike some places family and close friends are important and we will see many visiting our 120 m2 home which is about half the size of a home in Australia or the USA so indeed it's perfect.

Thank you for watching

Thank you so much! The layout is based on a relatives local home. but modified for a Western lifestyle. Last home built was over 40 years back so not much practice.

Hi land prices depend on how close to a beach you are. There are some lots nearby to me asking for around PHP 2200 per m2 but negotiation may lower that. Very close to a beach and the prices can be very very high. drop me an email to [email protected] and I can pass contact details for the couple of lots I know about. One is 100 m2 and the other 850 m2 I think.

Lovely to hear from you Miranda. The target is end June but we both know targets are hard to hit.:-)

Thank you for watching David.

Glad you like it! updates highly dependent on what else we have on.

Many thanks for your kind comments. The quality is great thanks to our hard working engineer and the experienced crew he has put together.

Greg & I are impressed. Greg built a house for his mother at the beach in Aspendale years ago, so he knows what it takes. Recently he rendered walls for a friends bathroom to help her out. We are hands on renovators with loads of years experience on what it takes. Kudos to your team 😊🎉