My Humble Home in the Philippines!!!

A guided tour of my home in Trece Martires City !!! What it looks like after painting and setting it up the way I like it.

[@klmt52]

Loving the simple life ... Living a frugal life in the Philippines ... Perfect

[@davidmwing]

Nothing wrong with living simple. Too many folks are slaves to their possessions. If you can be happy with less it saves a great deal of needless stress. Thanks for giving us a window into the expat life!. I'm 46 and been saving for early retirement at 55. Fortunately Philippines makes that possible without hitting the Powerball lottery!

[@slprn67]

That's my goal too. Return to the Philippines in a few years and just live a simple life.

[@kenmcleod8618]

Just be careful.... it’s not what it used to be. I know, I’m retired here

[@Wolff13]

As they say, to each his own.

[@MrEric2196]

DON'T you have safety concerns to live an independent house like that?I would rather choose a condo or subdivision with guards

[@jmb4884]

Thank you for inviting us into your home and sharing your lifestyle with us.

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks for watching

[@lindrahena9024]

YOU ARE SO SMART/WISE IN LIVING. THAT IS WHY I 100 % BELIEVE IN YOUR ADVICE THAT WE JUST LEARNED FROM OUR MISTAKES. THAT DO NOT MAKE MISTAKES FROM THE SAME MISTAKES. I AM SO IMPRESSED AND YOU ARE MY IDOL... ESPECIALLY TO HANDLE, BUDGET AND TO MANAGE THE LIFE AND MONEY.... STAY FOR WHAT YOU ARE!!!

[@MrSteven5975]

❤️

[@mariavissiar.kheradpir1099]

It’s pretty small for a big guy like you with a girlfriend living with you! You have beautiful plants outside thanks to your gf whose got a green thumb! Disasters in the islands or natural calamities are prevalent in a volcanic island like the Philippines. The Filipinos are used to these calamities and always lean on God for support! So if your spending your life in that beautiful island live like them as you’re doing now and be resilient like them as well! Be happy! God bless!👍👏👏👏

[@jesuscatangay2856]

You are real, nothing to hide, the important things are you are comfortable and happy with your love ones, Keep going and stay safe!

[@rubyjreads7503]

Love it. Simple and functional. Great place!!! That's a lot of space, especially if you're single 🙂

[@Jop300]

You have a nice place, very decent! It’s a home, that’s what matter the most! You seem happy and content!

[@MrSteven5975]

I love my home

[@NicholasKandis]

Thank you so much, Steve. Sharing a tour of your home is very hospitable of you.

[@toneloko930]

The one thing I noticed and liked is that your place is clean and organized.

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks

[@timsbitsca]

WOW Mr Rich Guy, a flush toilet, toilet seat and shower, we have a toilet and a tabo. I can not have aircon due to chest condition as makes the air to dry so have 2 fans. We dont have TV but do have a great collection of DVDs. I am in Davao so get a few earthquakes. Great work from the guy across the street.

[@jeffphillips5350]

Good looking home Steve thanks for the personal look inside your life At home

[@escabrosa1]

Nice setup. Thanks for sharing your home.

[@jeffbradburn3800]

This may be considered small by western culture but in Philippines this is a very comfortable living. Beautiful and very neat and organized home. Thanks for sharing 🙂

[@MrSteven5975]

We agree!

[@edenterra2608]

Steve, nice place place you have, and what i love the most is the price, you can't beat it.

[@jeffjohnsonfutdoc]

Thanks for sharing. I prefer the simple life and would donate my time a foot doc to help others out there if possible.

[@mikeladley5149]

Thanks for the tour bro. Cool, but I had to laugh at the spider jungle. Great heads up to the Carpenter! He is one talented guy! Good job on your place. 👍

[@carystrom2181]

Love your channel ! I cannot believe you pay only $70 .That is amazing.Thanks for all the down to earth, no hype information.

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks for the kind comments

[@cadizwilmo9687]

Lots of fin gadgets in your little bedroom. The dining table against that blue wall reminds me of being in a Greek Restaurant. Nice. Thanks for sharing, Steve.

[@BeerBikes]

Can you do more of the exterior/outside, your plants, etc. especially the cabana and maybe do a walking tour to 7-eleven or something. Thanks, again I like that minimalist lifestyle.//

[@MrSteven5975]

Sure thing! Give me a week or two and Ill try to do it.

[@donquijote6857]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge of life in the Philippines, with us. It's very nice of you, to allow your viewers into your home, thank you much. I guess, that your humility and kindness, contribute to your sense of joy, happiness and contentment. You are a blessed person. I will continue to watch your channel🙂👍❤️🙏

[@MrSteven5975]

Thank you !!!

[@TheKapampanganExperience]

A Simple home is all you need. Looks great buddy.

[@MrSteven5975]

It sure is

[@michaeldemarillac9992]

I just have one suggestion, I try to maximize the space in my yacht, and being ex Navy I am partial to hammocks. I would set up some anchor points inside your house to set up a Hennesey Hammock. They are great because they keep the mosquitoes off you, they are super comfortable, cooling and you end up sleeping diagonally so great back support, you have your back and head supported by at least 10 degrees up, which is great for breathing, blood pressue, and waking refreshed and when finished it folds right up on the wall. They are quite interesting to get in, what you do is enter from a slit in the bottom and it closes up with a velcro seal and no bugs ever. You should google it. Perhaps your kiddies might like to try. You can set it up in your kitchen, or lounge, just about anywhere you can imagine.

[@slprn67]

Very good information. I'll look it up too

[@JohnJohnson-hl4fv]

You make me want to jump on a plane to the Philippines and never come back! Give me two years and I'll be there.

[@zpatrickz81]

Cool blue...

[@Pcarp123]

Steve, thanks for sharing. New to your channel. "What is Rich in The Philippines" video is what caught my attention to your channel. Your home reflects a lot of what you talked about in that video: Simplicity and having the basics in life. You are rich:)

[@MrSteven5975]

Welcome aboard!

[@jeffery1494]

Nice Steve... you’re all set... and the blue, research shows, is the power color... good for energy... 😎

[@aaronsoken2796]

That is great to have custom furniture made specially to fit the space in your home. Thanks for sharing!

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnandmariainmindanao]

WOW. Amazing I applaud you for your way of living, I am not sure that I can live as simply as that but you appear to be very happy and that is what matters. Keep up the good living.

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks for the comments

[@khmerViper]

That’s a lot of blue!

[@MrSteven5975]

I love the ocean so it fits me.

[@mromneyobama]

I like it! Thanks for sharing sir.

[@catt99mahal8]

Very humbling home. It gets to show as humans, we don’t need much.

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks

[@slprn67]

Looking forward to this kind of lifestyle. Simple and quiet.

[@derekcarmona]

Hello there... I’ve just recently chanced on your channel and vlogs... first I would like to congratulate you on your renewed life and lifestyle. It’s just amazing when we discover that it really doesn’t take much to be content and reasonably happy. I am Filipino by birth and living in California. I did live the first 25 years of my life in the P.I. so I get it. You’ve adjusted well and adapted enough to live a local lifestyle. Cavite is a great location, close to metromanila, although personally I believe that all cities anywhere in the world are the same... overpriced, overcrowded, and generally not a very forgiving place. Best of luck to you friend, and may you always find that sunshine.

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks

[@gregpineda8660]

Steve,Your family's tropical plants and cabana in your front yard looks amazing!!!

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@auroraalmeida3184]

Yes, if you invest in a read machine you can bake your own bread which is delicious. I live in .Chicago and one loaf of artisan bread her is sometimes $6.00. My bread machine helps in saving a lot of money. Everything is expensive in the US now.

[@MrSteven5975]

Sounds great!

[@klmt52]

Hi Steve, am following you now daily and catching up on all your videos. Its very enlightening and look forward when I move to meeting up with you. Keith (UK)

[@scamdemicpoliticalvirus1123]

Great video and nice and neat house. 👏👏👏👏

[@randolphpastoriza]

GORGEOUS LITTLE PLACE, I love it, Ty for sharing!

[@Jerome-Philippines]

Lovely this kind of simple real life vids. Keep it up posting good stuff!!

[@wayneclose5299]

Love it

[@paulmackie5622]

great video

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks!

[@welkcubnairb1478]

Hot Water is a Must For me...........

[@richarddotson8876]

Nice setup. Enjoy your videos, thanks!

[@MrSteven5975]

Thank you for the kind words ✌️💪❤️👍🇺🇸🇵🇭

[@damiennapier8122]

Very compact I like the idea of dividing the bedroom in too 2

[@gracialgracialcoco4778]

the most important in a home is your comfortable and feel loved

[@Cons2911]

If you can live a simple life, appreciate the simple things, that will go a long way. It saves you money and you’ll be happy.

[@TakashiNippon]

humble to the extreme. U are happy and u are saving :)

[@microtrader540]

Thanks for the look. Very informative.

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks for the comment

[@9999rupo]

Very much impressed

[@jbbad80]

Love the simplicity

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@HavenVilla]

Lovely simple but very clean home.Thanks for sharing.

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks for watching

[@Marker44]

Enjoyed the tour. You have a great life going there!

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks so much!

[@leticiavalentin2623]

Love. Your room...simple and cozy

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks

[@Abelius]

Pretty nice for the price you're paying! I'd only add a heater myself because I'm a sucker for warm showers. Other than that, the fact you're spending like 10 times less than most newbies it's a too good thing to pass it up. I've been less comfortable than I'd be in your place, for double what you're paying.

[@christopherbradley5575]

I like it.

[@slprn67]

Really nice setup you got there. Clean too.

[@MrSteven5975]

I love this place !!!

[@SkiesChannel]

wow so nice

[@sanjuanlaunionvlog]

nice set up!

[@allenprinster9016]

My brother and his family lives there, with their apartment rentals and surveying office by the Trece Martires Market. Im so fascinated that you love to live their, my husband is also a Caucasian and a retired Marines, we have a house in Imus, Cavite but my husband doesnt like to live there! Keep safe sir and good luck to you and your girlfriend.

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@dodgerblue7381]

Nice little place. You have 2 refrigerators so you must be doing well. Enjoy and stay safe

[@markmessick9856]

Very nice home

[@Chu6um]

Catching up on some of your older vids. I'd usually visit for about a month each time, but for jungle warfare training. A cot or hole in the ground were all that we had, but learned to make the tiny space pretty comfy during the stay. I would look for a nice apartment with a good bathroom and shower, with a small kitchen and fridge. With the black/brown outs that tend to happen, I would splurge for an emergency solar generator for some LED lights and keep the fridge running. Maybe a laptop as well. Thanks for the show.

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks for watching

[@tomard69]

That is amazing Steve! I have not decided where I want to live in PI but any rent under $500/mo will be great for me but I’ll want most all amenities and security with not many expats.

[@MrSteven5975]

You can get that easy in this area. But you gotta search and ask around.

[@fatherwolfs1]

Very nice place in my opinion 👍 Huge by Japanese standards. I like the way you took advantage of the space, and kept the open feeling.🙏🐺

[@brianadamson6607]

I like your home , I think a house like that would be pretty perfect for me 👍

[@MrSteven5975]

Me too!

[@marlecmarine5393]

Nice little place, l like it, you have everything you need, very neat and clean. Too me small is beautiful, less stress of maintenance and cleaning. Your little garden is beautiful......:-)

[@MrSteven5975]

Thank you so much 😊

[@houstonwilliams8928]

Came across your channel man I really enjoy your content..

[@davidbuchanan9812]

You are the king of minimalism.

[@MrSteven5975]

❤️👍

[@WendellD00]

Wow! Nice life in my opinion for you! I'm jealous! 😅😅

[@gideoncohen3427]

You are doing just great dude and your house colored in shocking blue just protecting you from evil eyes.

[@rayspringer8055]

Home sweet home...some think living large is the way to go...I do not live large, just live whatever is comfortable for the individual...

[@MrSteven5975]

I like living small

[@kccorliss3922]

Thank u for tour

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks for visiting

[@kccorliss3922]

My wife is filipino and just purchased land in palawan on beach ....

[@iggi70]

Thanks for sharing

[@timsbitsca]

WOW you must be a rich guy LOL, a toilet seat and a shower, we have a toilet no seat and a bucket of water and a tabo. Looks a nice place mine is a kitchen/dining room and a bed room and a CR, took off the doors for venterlation and just got an insect screen in our bed room. Have 2 fans as can not use aircon due to my chest problem as it makes the air to dry.

[@jimmyv1961]

Thanks for doing this video. I would be fine living in that space, except that I love tools and love to tinker and fix stuff. I would need a shed the size of a two car garage for tools and shop space. 🛠

[@MrSteven5975]

Thanks for watching!

[@hirofan]

I love that blue! Calming color. Your girlfriend is a beauty.. saw her pic on the table. Sorry I said you have New York accent 😅

[@johncarlson6472]

Whew!! Bright, bright blue!! My place is only 600 sq. ft, but seems quite large compared to yours? I too, like to keep things organized. Currently, my New Year's resolution is going through old stuff that needs to be tossed, saved or donated, which isn't as easy as it sounds. One thing I know I wouldn't like is the open shower right by the toilet in the bathroom. I prefer enclosed shower, so there isn't water everywhere that will need to be wiped down.

[@MrSteven5975]

I fell in love with that color in Belize. Lol

[@davetherave4599]

Beautiful place! Looks very comfortable I live in Israel. A place like this where I live can be had for maybe a thousand dollars a month, or it's shekels equivalent. Unbelievable.

[@quinoa32]

May I ask if it's easy to find a place like that in that town Steve? I plan to move back once the pandemic eases a bit! Your place is fantastic, I love the greens around your house! Thx for sharing your lifestyle which is very humble in every sense of the word!

[@MrSteven5975]

Yes they are very easy to find

[@anelsnts]

This is living the Filipino way.

[@MrSteven5975]

Actually I live like I did at home. I live quite comfortable in my home.

[@PaulAshton-affiliate.]

Gee Thanks, Steve, For The views, Looks like a Tiny Apartment, But cozy, But very Clean. No Area Outside To Entertain Or Relax.

[@MrSteven5975]

We have the cabana for company

[@Cons2911]

I think I need to throw some of the things I’m still keeping. Like boxes if my old electronics lol. Taking up space for years now

[@caseyroskwitalski4647]

Indian Scout. My favorite and current ride.

[@MrSteven5975]

My Dad has a 1941 Indian.

[@caseyroskwitalski4647]

@@MrSteven5975 i have a 2015 that I made look alot older. 1920s saddle seat. White wall tires. I'd love to show you

[@craigslistrro709]

I could totally live there. I wouldnt need nearly as much stuff tho, it would just be me..at 70.00 a month, I could retire for the rest of my life if I sold my house.

[@hillbillyintheasia6122]

cute 2 bedroom apartment ,

[@MrSteven5975]

Thank you! 🤗

[@misterallen5540]

I like the concept of a dirty kitchen outside.... my brother in law loves to fry dried fish and i hate the smell. it stinks the whole house......

[@DrDlane]

You've made the most of the limited space you have. I'm not sure where you are going to put the patio, however. Maybe you can show and explain that in another video. Thanks

[@MrSteven5975]

We have the side of the home that’s all empty.

[@MrRon-oe6fx]

Wow, Steve nice place. Where are you located. We were in Bohol for a little over a year before coming to Davao City. Neneng has a business here that her daughter was running while we were in Bohol. She is originally from Bohol. By the way, I am from Columbus Ohio, and have been here 20 months and plan to stay. I like the Philippines real well & have adapted to the culture.

[@MrSteven5975]

I’m in Trece Martires City, Cavite near Manila.

[@richardarel9673]

I have a small townhome in batangas, town called Playa Layla, small and about 600 sq feet. Walking distance to the beautiful beach. Right now I’m back state side and riding out the winter in the south. I would be there retired if it were not for the CCP virus. I really miss the peacefulness there. Hope your stay there is peaceful, blessed and full of adventure. Born in Lowell Ma.

[@MrSteven5975]

I used to be in Lowell a lot !!! Have friends there.

[@frankkluz9787]

Great video - a minimalist life is worth striving for in my opinion. - I would like to know what the cost is for rent & utilities in 2022 ? - Where you are located & if transportation is needed ....................

[@danieldelano9892]

I heard lemon grass plants are good to have around your house/yard and it keeps mosquitoes away..

[@papisanlove5537]

THANKS I WAS WANTING TO SEE YOUR PLACE, I THINK YOU SAID YOU PAY $80 A MONTH, YOU CANT BEAT THAT, I WANT SOMETHING LIKE YOUR PLACE WHEN I MOVE TO THE PHILIPPINES, REASON IS IF I CAN FIND RENT UNDER $150, IT WILL ALLOW ME TO TRAVEL ALL THROUGH THE PHILIPPINES WITHOUT WORRY. THANK U SIR

[@MrSteven5975]

$70 a month when we pay in advance.

[@brianp6097]

Thanks for the look around your home. Sorry if I missed it, and it’s fine if you don’t wish to say but I just wondered ought how much a place like that costs. Obviously it will depend where I choose to live. Thanks.

[@MrSteven5975]

I pay 3500 pesos a month

[@brianp6097]

Great, thanks for your reply. Have subbed.

[@100bluegreen5]

Are generators a common source of back up power due to brownouts there? Thanks for letting us in to see the house.

[@MrSteven5975]

Not really

[@derekcarmona]

$1,000.00 US (approx P50,000.00) would be comfortable living in Cavite and similar municipalities.

[@meh4062]

I like your humble home. Im a bit surprised you adapted to culture. Most americans i know wouldnt be comfortable here

[@anelsnts]

Filipinos love more humble expats.

[@MrRon-oe6fx]

I am an American and I would be comfortable there.

[@chicanoonthego]

There's no way I would live in there! I'm already getting claustrophobic just watching the VIDEO!😣

[@williamessex3518]

@@MrRon-oe6fx I was getting claustrophobic watching that. Even if I live alone there, I'd need triple the space. Likely I'd need more. I applaud the way the way you've managed to get so much of the essentials for living by utilizing the space that's available. I've got to believe your girlfriend is responsible for much of the decorating. I'm getting a lot of useful information from this channel and I appreciate the effort you put in. I'll go through all of your videos to see if you have one on where to meet Philippine women when you're there. Is it best to go the online route and try to find one on some of the websites featuring Philippine women? I'd appreciate your input.

[@hillbillyintheasia6122]

@@MrRon-oe6fx hey bro , simple the best .

[@rogercyr2332]

👍🇨🇦

[@calmingminds4167]

Great video and thank you for sharing. How much does such a place rents for?

[@MrSteven5975]

$80

[@sardeen9487]

2.1/2 hour bus ride to CDO and 3 1/2 to davao

[@jamescronk8321]

Cool clock where can you get one and how much do they cost..thanks

[@MrSteven5975]

SM sells them but I don’t remember the cost.