Inside My $80 a Month Trece Martires Rental !!! With a Different Layout !!!

A brief showing of my $80 Home in Trece Martires.

[@egovorch]

That is awesome that we get to see the “behind the curtain” of your life. It is important to see this since so many vloggers are not showing their lifestyle. That $80 a month is a great deal and the best part is that by having a smaller place, you only have room for a practical life….with nothing you don’t need.

[@MrSteven5975]

Absolutely!!

[@user-qt7ze5lo6w]

A TINY HOME BUT, A REAL HAPPY RETIREMENT HEART!!!

[@danielhackney7806]

@@MrSteven5975 I remember your old video's with GF and her daughter when you had to divide the bedroom into separate living spaces. Nice to see with your new GF you have a decent living space now.

[@time2eat850]

Thanks for being TRANSPARENT and showing your place. Contentment and having a simple, peaceful, quiet life is "PRICELESS" Stay healthy and GOD bless 🫡🇺🇸🇵🇭❤️

[@leonardmarlin4330]

Amazing living space for $80 a month. We put in a 1 hp air conditioner in our living room 2 years ago, but your right it runs 100 percent of the time. I just told my wife to go over to the store and have them put in a 2 hp this week an early Christmas present to us.

[@davidwelty9763]

I find it interesting that A/C is measured in horsepower. It shows how hot and humid it it there.

[@slprn67]

You have a really nice setup there Steve. Thanks for sharing.

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks for watching

[@jdtravels5140]

You are the king of inexpensive living.

[@dfh7961]

Looks like my dorm room back in college!

[@gosiagorecka3454]

Thank you for showing it! Nice place - I think I would love the cabana and outdoor space - all this jungle just to sit and enjoy!

[@TitoBear]

Watched entire video .. thanks for sharing. My wife and I built a mini home back in 2019, prior to the Covid Lockout in Guimaras (island next to Iloilo) that is a pretty much the same size, if not smaller. I'm still in the California, but we'll be there by November this year. I've been pretty nervous about living longer than a vacation stay. I look forward going though your massive catalog of videos ... over 1,400 ... incredible. Can't promise to watch them all obviously, but I'll pick through them surely.

[@romyv1077]

I'm from Iloilo and I'm moving there next month after working for 35 years here in NYC. Guimaras is beautiful and only 20-30 mins ferry ride from Iloilo. A nice place to spend a weekend if you're tired of city life in Iloilo. I'm excited to the next chapter of my life in the Philippines.

[@MrMidlandMichigan]

I agree with the 2.0 hp air con. My fiancée lives in LILoan which is northeast of Cebu and didn’t have an air con downstairs. There are a lot of LG products and the choice was 1.5 hp or 2.0 hp. We decided the 1.5 hp would be running all the time and would wear out the motor and compressor more quickly. The decision was based on what my supervisor told me a long time ago : “Don’t send a boy to do a man’s job”.😂

[@larrysgf]

Thanks! I loved it! I'm coming to the Philippines in June for a 23 day vacation and your blog has helped me so much to know what to expect..... I plan to retire someday..... but who knows when. Your way of being real in what you say is great! Keep up the great work.

[@MrSteven5975]

Glad it was helpful!

[@smllville007]

Very nice place. Thanks for the tour Steve! May God bless you also my friend.

[@gailmaplesden7380]

You can be very surprised how much space you can have with the proper storage solutions. It's not just floor space but wall space from floor to ceiling that can increase your capacity in a small space. A few tall shallow cabinets can be used as pantries with heavier items down low and dry goods up on higher shelves. A folding step stool is perfect for so many situations and can be put out on the back patio in a corner somewhere. I've seen some wild colors in the philippines for interior and exterior paint and it's true that some colors can be very calming and easy on the eyes. They did a study in prisons and found that yellow seems to create a calm environment.

[@heimbone1]

Love your ‘minimalist lifestyle’( as am I )!!! It’s not the high cost of living but the cost of living high. Living the dream in the Tropics ‘on a dime’! Go Navy!

[@gordonb1737]

Thanks for showing us around. Been following for quite a while and you have probably the most informative channels out there with realistic advice on avoiding missteps. I love the old Indian, Texaco etc... signs on the wall. If God willing, we ever get our house built, I'd like to have a little office with walls dedicated to nostalgic signs like that

[@richardhowe5583]

Perfect size and perfect price! We all got our stuff. Watch George carlins skit about stuff. His daughter said when he died. He had three store rooms full of stuff. I am a hoarder, so I love my stuff. Thanks for the tour and I really did like it.

[@cmorales5]

Very interesting. Great rental for $80…

[@kevink1214]

Thanks for sharing!! Very nice cozy place!

[@Manila-sb3sn]

Awesome apartment and lots of shades that gives the coolness around your area.

[@FinstaDaMinsta]

A simple life for sure. Looks great!

[@smartbiz888]

Nice setup! Looks perfectly organised and easy to keep clean... Goes to show you what is possible in a limited space...Everything is there... Plus the outside areas provide a lot of additional living area... Why not take advantage of the environment you're in, it makes a lot of sense and does away with any cramped feeling some might have... I am a fan of minimalism and this is a nice mix of that plus many comforts... Thanks for the tour and have a super day! 🙏🙏🙏 👍😎👍

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks! 👍

[@jacko3423]

Steve, I have to say you have a cool corner there for your vids. When the wind blows through those leaves, I feel it.

[@motorheadforlife9431]

I just recently saved that Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth picture around a few months ago from a Facebook page. They were on tour during that time in the northern part of the east coast in 1979 from what I remember reading on the post's title. Classic pic. 👍🏼

[@---Avalon---Sky---]

Nice video.lighr grey is ofen 9verlooked as a comforting color,but is recommended as comparable sand colors and blues The Cabana is awesome..like that you have your dada honorable discharge * miss my dad,he did jungle training with the Phil Marines in Subic,8n 86.He was jumping out of Huey's and C130s at Ft.Devens ,where I went to college nearby..That shade of blue is popular in the Phil's That apartment would cost 1809 min 8n Boston.Keep up the great work,1400,and all informative helpful and entertaining.God Bless. 🙏👍

[@rabidfarmer9765]

Those rooms remind me of our dorms in the USAF -Kadena AB. Just enough is an overstatement. Where is the workshop? LOL>

[@RayH-]

You mentioned a $2k - $3k sweet spot budget in a previous video. That seems high with rent at $80.

[@MrSteven5975]

We travel and go out often. After all... We are retired.

[@timtarr9364]

If your retired then why you wasting all your time making videos and editing instead of enjoying your retirement doesn't sound good to me i'm actually enjoying mine in negros got lotta land i. Mountains house for wife and i and travel when we desire

[@marcusgraham9478]

It appears to me to me you have used all the space very wisely, I think it looks great and at $80 US a month, a bargain and I do know the area also from my travels, great video, thankyou.

[@OregonSteve]

Steve, looks like you and your new girlfriend really organized the place. Looks great! Only $80 that’s a steal….

[@loisaustin6200]

I don't see any little things that look like a young girl would like, no frilly stuff. Definitely a man cave. Does a girl live there or just visit?

[@georgetinant9486]

Nice life you have over there Steve !!! good job Guy !!!

[@e49grafix]

great vid, Steve

[@theupsidetv2007]

Thank you for sharing. Your apartment looks great.

[@Digne1d]

That's a nice cozy place for 1 expat but when your gf moves in with her stuff it's going to be tight. Nice to have the cabana for an outdoor spot but I didn't see the outdoor kitchen. It's funny to see the expats living in GBC the "bubble" or other enclaves where they won't make any adjustments in a foreign country.

[@stevenwistort9903]

Nice video. Looks simple and cozy. Low maintenance. Cant beat the price. As long as the landlord doesnt kick you out, your set.

[@jerrymarshall2728]

I’ll be shopping for a place to live, when I get there. Since I’m now officially retired, as of yesterday, my initial trip (12/30-01/24) can be extended for an extra 30+ days, and I might as well find a place for my (soon-to-be) Wife and step-Daughter and I to live. And then I’ll know where we’ll be living when I permanently move there in June. We’re not looking for a huge place, but hopefully more than so many of the 50 sqm places we’ve found. If you’re in that space for P4500/month, that leaves a lot of hope of finding a 2 bedroom for P20K, or less? Thanks for the tour, Steve 👍 God bless🙏

[@rickylee6129]

I'm moving there in 90 days. 😊

[@user-mt6kt1yn6q]

Respectfully suggest: A) Don't OVERPLAN your life. B) Don't OVER commit to the details of your life . . . Before you get some time "on the ground." Best of luck !

[@arctan2010]

$80 bucks is barely a night in a hotel in the states. I once paid $50 to sleep in a tent in Hawaii for a night. 🍻

[@jacked6]

Any country around the world that's an extremely low price for hotel. Although if you want to spend nights in Makati a western style place is $200 to $300 a night for starters

[@rafaelg4566]

Very nice simple living...

[@A-RHINO-IN-THE-PHILIPPINES]

Nice home.

[@arnoldvales784]

Haze Gray and underway is a nice contrast to the blue! I think your room looks perfect!

[@mikee5654]

OMG. I have the Eddie VH and DLR pic too! Very cool!

[@ims3146]

I gather that being part of the silent service, thank you for said service by the way, you do not lament the lack of windows in your TV/kitchen...but it would drive me bat-shit-crazy! 🤪

[@MikeHoncho884]

Hello, those East Coast accents I’m from the Midwest we have a ridiculous accent and we don’t even realize . You said when you open the refrigerator that you have a “Coca-cōler” in there. It’s funny down south it would be a cold drink here we’d say a pop. I’ve never heard of Coca-Cola called that before. 👍 Great call on the air conditioner !!! My brother-in-law was the AC and heating guy up in the Midwest. He always said keep the air condition on and keep everything cool don’t shut it off keep it running and get a bigger unit than what you need so it doesn’t work so hard. It will be cheaper in the long run, then turning it off and then cooling everything in the house over and over and over just leave it at one set temperature. Let it fluctuate a couple degrees during the day so if you don’t need it so cold during the day just bump the temp up a little bit not much just a little bit couple degrees. Then things will cool down in the evening way quicker. Those type of units are the way to go instead of the window units. 👍 The neck, air conditioner in the ionizers or something new to me thanks for telling us about them. And I have a pair of bone conducting headphones. I’ve had them for about six months now they’re amazing they take a little getting used to at first my ears would take a little bit with the base. I wear them at work all the time I could answer phone calls with zero disturbance background noise to the person I’m talking to. The pair I bought goes on sale once in a while during holidays down to $124 from time to time I paid 145 and then about a month later they went on sale for 124. They start out at about 199. they’re absolutely amazing. I wore them the other day during a laser back pain laying on the table listening to the headphones for 45 minutes took the board out of laying there. And you can still hear your surroundings just as long as you don’t crank them up too loud. And they really don’t get too loud. They’re just nice! The brand I have are called shockz I think that’s how they spell it. I got the model called pro run. They come in different colors. I just bought the black I can’t say enough about them one of the best things I own.

[@Mhel2023]

Beautiful neat home. I'm currently in a 24 square meter condo in Mandalyoung. Only been here 2 months so I'm cozying mine up as well. I wanted tiny because I like my aircon and I don't want to be cooling unused space. Something for everyone here, get what you like, fix it up and enjoy

[@quinoa32]

wow Steven thanks for sharing your nice/cozy/cute rental for $80???? wow hard to believe you only pay $80, that's a super super bargain! your place is very neat & outside too seems refreshing with all the plants/trees around your place! good for you my friend! btw the painting by number you could've fooled me it looks real, love that painting i think it's called Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer!

[@MrSteven5975]

I actually painted the painting myself. Seriously

[@notsure7404]

Pretty legit- actually better than where im staying now

[@daisyapontehavenmemoriestr8552]

I like the blue color. I don’t like white too plain and neither dark colors. I love the pastel. My it’s pastel lavander. And yes the color of your room make an impact in how you see things around.

[@maramarafallriver5848]

Hi, very humble and comfortable living conditions but I think you need a bigger refrigerator

[@GSXSF-250]

What a deal! Just keep it clean and have some cats to fight off the cobras! Hehehe! Have a great time!

[@rodhurst5831]

That’s a cool little museum you have there. I’m a Halen fan 👍.

[@alleng6801]

I have watched your videos through the years. I wonder if at this point you’re rewinding some of the past. The small space reminds me of my small locker abo and old class LST. It seems to me you have found Home, but yet I’m missing something. I wish you well, and good health.

[@FilipinaAndTheForeigner]

Can't beat the price 👌

[@thomaskerns9355]

Steve you squared OOHRAH MARINE CORPS

[@Richard-hz2ko]

It was nice to have met you. We met in Manila at the VA. My name is Richard.

[@MrSteven5975]

Contact me if you ever need anything at [e-mail]

[@CycoPatPonfe]

Nice , neat and very well organized! Thank you for sharing brother! 👍

[@RetireandGo]

Nice place and the price is great !

[@DroneTok]

Congrats on the new relationship.

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks

[@RealGaryGibson]

Hey Steve, that's a nice cozy place you got there. And the price is amazing!

[@MrSteven5975]

Yes it was!

[@prairiemark4084]

Thanks for the tour. We had a smaller apartment the last place we lived and we both liked it so much. But we moved to a larger more expensive apartment now and we both think it is too big. One empty room and not much reason to really use it. A smaller place, with space efficiently used gives a more homey feeling I think.

[@paulmillward7009]

Thanks for sgowing us around Steve. The cabana would be essential for me to relax in. The house is a bit cramped, dark for me. But hey, for the price, is a knockout.

[@MrSteven5975]

I don't like it to bright for me. It's warm lighting too

[@johnsarkis5291]

I about flipped when I saw the Van Halen photo on your wall. Located in Crestwood Missouri, a St Louis suburb, that was the first McDonalds in the metro area, and the 71st nationwide. The band was giving an interview just up the street at KSHE 95, one of the first progressive rock stations in the country.

[@ThePhilippinePipeDream]

Good deal man

[@CavalrySecurity]

Nice place at a great price.

[@ceciliakowalewski7775]

How lucky you are you found a very cheap place. It's perfectly enough for even 2 people. How nice. You don't need more than that.

[@remyfilinvest9630]

Very good place for the price

[@tamarackmi9195]

Pretty area with the cabanas😊🌴💛It is challenging keeping small rooms uncluttered, I know Not bad Steve👍

[@deejay7060]

That photo of David and Eddie, if you were to buy it from the photographer who took it, would cost $2,640 for a 26”x36”

[@waynegodwin6297]

Awesome place 😮wow

[@JimboandGhen]

Hey Steve, wow thanks for the personal share and just a simple life you have and great deal for $80 a month. Being a long time Van Halen fan love the that pic and the old fashioned McDonalds behind Eddie and David Lee. Also your fathers Honorable Discharge certificate, thanks for his service. Stay safe and Happy Holidays brother!

[@cyndig1670]

Wow! I would move there too. Good for you!

[@keithadams2368]

Very nice

[@user-qt7ze5lo6w]

A TINY HOME BUT, A REAL HAPPY RETIREMENT HEART!!!

[@dosbaggos5575]

I lose track of time; same $65 fron before and reconnected with girlfriend from before?

[@markscott9622]

I know you brothers don't think so, or the rest of the Fleet, "but if you ain't tin cans, you aint _ _ _ t" Just saying. That's a heck of an apartment for $80/Mo. I don't even think that a homeless guy outside of Grand Central can get a refrigerator box for $80!. Thanks for sharing and showing the reality.

[@Bucketlist-Traveler]

Steve, I really appreciate you showing your setup, I like the complex you live in. I need exactly the same thing. How can I meet up with you when I visit?

[@MrSteven5975]

[e-mail]

[@davidwelty9763]

Amazing price

[@stevengonyaw1617]

New girlfriend, but isn't this the same apartment that you have shown us in past videos ? Other than saving up money, I still don't see why a 2,500 hundred monthly budget is required to live this simple lifestyle.

[@MrSteven5975]

Because you gotta pay for insurance and you want to live decent in your retirement

[@user-rd2em4zw1s]

cheap charlie,thats why,i think i know why he is divorced.

[@user-qt7ze5lo6w]

A TINY HOME BUT, A REAL HAPPY RETIREMENT HEART!!!

[@RetireandGo]

$80 a month is fantastic

[@concepciondental7953]

Seen your apt on previous post and seen this recent one. Does it reflect the previous and current GF?

[@tomoneill9301]

Hi, What are realistic rental prices theses days. 1 bedroom would be fine.

[@paulducharme4237]

Blue is my favorite color very soothing

[@peterbrown9420]

I am interested in Relocating!

[@runawaybum4799]

That price is unbelievable. That’s a great find bro.

[@glennandthefilamfam]

I wear bone conducting head phones while Im on duty in court as a bailiff to help me stay focused.

[@edic2619]

You have a really nice place. We are happy for you.

[@user-rd2em4zw1s]

how many live there,to small,to cramped.

[@MrSteven5975]

2 live here and not cramped at all.

[@enzos711]

I had an apt that size, and packed with "a lot of stuff" (I'm a collector) But "you got me beat" lol ..

[@jannarkiewicz633]

I'll keep my Quezon City condo living. Looks like you're having fun... There are so many great ways to love the Philippines.

[@tonyp2601]

You can’t go wrong with Daikin split AC. They don’t sell window ACs in the Philippines though. Daikin is my preferred brand of AC. They sell module that will convert the unit to WiFi.

[@DrivingPhilippines]

We just got the Daikin Queen 1.5HP installed. Beautiful aircon! Works when we have very low voltage every night, without the need for a separate AVR

[@aso6437]

Funny, they sell window Ac's in my area in MIndanao.. I have a split AC and a window AC in my place. and they are both LG.

[@winduncan9818]

I bought a Daikin in Thailand about 6 months ago. I found once I figured out the size I needed 12,400btu I was shopping for features (anti mold) using the website rather than SEAR rates (which was all the local sales people knew anything about). Base unit no anti mold, mid units had anti mold and the top units added anti mold and wifi. SEARS rates changed from like 20 to 27 to 32 but only running it a couple hours a night I didn't really care about that. Anyway, I love my Daikin unit.

[@KevinVenturePhilippines]

@@winduncan9818 Nice. About how much do they run for a 2 horse power unit in American USD?

[@winduncan9818]

@@KevinVenturePhilippines Mines 12,400btu/ I think that's 1.5hp? 27000b installed (750usd). This was Daikins top model, I coulda probably got a decent unit from a lesser brand w less features for like 17k.

[@davidhosking436]

Glad to see you are living Happy

[@andrewtaylor6737]

Just emphasises, we need very little to make us happy! I'm not so sure about most Americans though, so materialistic and they live well beyond their means! I'd be happy there, a nice retirement home living on £1000 pcm 👍 Check out his channel - A British expat living in the philipenes, nice old boy and not far from you.

[@micco6020]

Why does the door have to be open for the air conditioner to work? Also do they have insulation on houses there?

[@MrSteven5975]

So it can go into the other room. No insulation

[@ChimpsAI]

This is not bad at all for $80/mo., especially if you are doing a lot of traveling and exploring outdoors. Is it so cheap because its in an area with few foreigners? Maybe I should broaden my search a bit.

[@notsure7404]

How much did that cabana cost USD?? Im a carpenter since life and wow good work.

[@DigitalNomadsExplore]

Thanks for the tour.

[@MrSteven5975]

You bet

[@MrSteven5975]

Contact me in January

[@user-qt7ze5lo6w]

A TINY HOME BUT, A REAL HAPPY RETIREMENT HEART!!!

[@jacked6]

That place is much too small for me but for certain people could probably tolerate it Filipino style. Not a place a younger guy would take a girl home from a date but for a retiree who wants to be secluded and minimal then it could work. Air conditioning and good toilet system along with proper infrastructure to keep snakes and bugs out is a must. You get what you pay for.

[@KevinVenturePhilippines]

🤣

[@patrickmunneke8348]

Why wouldn't you take your girl home to this place? I sure as hell would.

[@KevinVenturePhilippines]

@@patrickmunneke8348 Because guys with a little PP think they need a big house, otherwise the girl will never see anything larger than a stubby pencil.

[@jacked6]

@@KevinVenturePhilippines nah I am 6'4 and 34 y/o and I would feel in a shoebox size there. No matter where you are in world these places under $100 a month are pretty much you get what you pay for. Even in Hong Kong they have these places I stayed in for one night and I was done after. A lot of these places are poorly built, not much security from insects and things like snakes. Maybe a single older person who's limited funds looking for a bed can tolerate but definitely not the general population. With more than one person way too small.

[@jackbaldwin3649]

Is the air that bad Steve where you are or do you have allergies? Is that why you have the devices that ionize air? I think your home is amazing and particularly for the low rent! Thanks for the tour.

[@MrSteven5975]

It’s just a precaution

[@ricksdestinationcebu]

Been struggling if I want to bring my pressed tin toy collection,,,nice display

[@zpatrickz81]

Tranquil, affordable...I see no downside here.

[@highclassbum2538]

I see one downside.....if he's a foreigner in PH there is no way he's paying 80 a month for all that area. May be 800 a month is more realistic.

[@zpatrickz81]

@@highclassbum2538 Maybe in an upper class yuppie area, even then that's not realistic...I have friends that I grew up with there and they tell me the same as the show says.

[@MoorDragon]

Nice but way too small for me. Sorry, but I love a big space. That’s just me.

[@JohnSmith-cx7zt]

I could live there , 80 dollars per month. Live there 6 months. Enjoy it and return to the usa for 6 months. Jeeping the place. Unoccupied.

[@allanbalbuena3659]

Nice area its like a province, where in the Philippines is it???

[@KevinVenturePhilippines]

That is in Trece Martires, just south of Manila, in Luzon.

[@Stace1962-cebu.Province]

Have a quick question can I start my Magicjack after I go I already purchased it and I'm leaving the 24th

[@MrSteven5975]

Yes

[@jamesbankhead117]

Nice job brother, it can be done living small and organized……good for you

[@MrSteven5975]

You got that right!