Great video, have been living in the Philippines 16 years now. Prices have gone up a lot recently. Very informative video, appre iated and enjot your new house and the life joys you will make now on.
Looks like a lot of comments here are simply jealous of you and your wife's achievement brother. Surely they underestimated her poorly. Congratulations on your new, beautiful house!
I dont think there jealous, just that they have seen this story play out too many times. The guy builds a house, the woman decides she and her family would live better there without him and she tells the guy see ya. She OWNS THE HOUSE, not him. He keeps saying we, but its actually hers. Im glad he only spent about 30,000 us on this house, so its not like he will lose a fortune if it comes to that. Hopefully, they live happily ever after.
@@John-or8ze She owns the ground the house is built upon, not the house.. Thats why I look into container homes, because then I could say, okay fine, have fun with your plot of land, I'm moving with the rest of it ;)
To all the jealous people making negative comments, not all Filipinas are in relationships just to get a house and money from their foreign man. I know it's hard for some of you skeptics to believe but some people really love each other and have long term plans to stay together.
@@Gregory-Masovutchyou fool even filino that's will happened not getting marriage eat your money American cultures are greedy culture like Chinese culture I'm a Filipino
I AM RETIREE IN EUROPE,, BUT I AM AS WELL PLANNING TO BUILD MY REST HOUSE IN PHILIPPINES. EVEN THOUGH MANY CALAMITIES A YEAR I AM PLANNING TO BUILD THERE A LOVELY NATION..
finally a video which provides an accurate cost of building here. Of course it varies by region.....cost of bringing in materials and labor rates. Note that going with a 2 story house is not really any less per sqm as here everything is concrete which means pilings to support added weight plus concrete posts and beams and 2nd floor slab which can be more than savings on roofing area.
Congratulations to your humble abode. While i am not in a position to comment on this subject, let alone not having a complete narrative on the building process of hour house, honestly your cost is above present applicable rates prevailing.As a retired contractor in the Philippines, looking at the category with respect to the finishes applied in the structure, your average cost could not go beyond P18,000 / sqr meter at present rate. Perhaps there were several revisions taken that entails add on cost, but then anyway at least for now it is done and what is important is you and family is happily contented with the endeavor of hour making. Enjoy my friend and maybe just do more due diligence and seek more opinions the next time around.
I'm converting to US Dollars. Just to be clear, total price was: 1,653,500 Pesos? This converts to about $29,000 US dollars which is super cheap! New sub here form the USA. thanks
Excellent teaching video. Thank you for sharing your house and valuable information. I’ve just subscribed your channel because I thoroughly enjoyed it if you have other videos please keep them coming everything from purchasing a vehicle to a motorcycle to furniture to whatever would be great to hear from you and your for honest perspective. Thanks again for a wonderful factual video
Fantastic! Another very nice video sharing of your "Final Cost of Building a House in the Philippines". Full support as usual. Good luck and best regards po/Ned👍👏👍
accidentally saw the video in the recommendations. Thanks for the info - rarely does anyone honestly and openly talk about money and cost our days. Respect. I have a question - what is the market value of this house in Bohol? If we consider it as a business. I understand that everything depends on the place - I was in Bohol and I understand what Panglao is and what Anda is - but still, plus or minus what could be the market value in a normal place, not in the jungle. In your opinion? Thank you in advance for your answer.
If someone wants to buy this house in this location, I would say 4 - 5 Million PHP. That's including the land. We looked at another house before we started building in the next village, which was 1.8 Million but smaller and Filipino style bathroom and on a smaller piece of land.
One of the things about the Philippines is the lack of skilled labor. I was helping a friend in the Philippines who had damage to his Roof.. it was only a 6 ft section. .. maybe a 6 hour job at the most. It cost $1200 and it took 3 weeks to finish. I have seen a guy build a house which was supposed to be $119,000 and the final cost was $189,000 for a 1600 sq ft house...
Vielen Dank für das wieder einmal sehr informative Video! Man kann sich so einen guten Überblick verschaffen, und auch wenn jeder seine eigenen Voraussetzungen hat (Baukosten, Material, Wohngebiet...) so hat man doch einen sehr guten Überblick, welche Kosten anfallen werden. Ich freu mich auf das nächste Video.
Yes. A Team of 8 workers plus Foreman were working almost every day. They started digging on Dezember 19 and we moved in on March 26. You can watch the older Videos in this Channel, also the Shorts.
Thank you for covering the building costs . Your house is beautiful. How much was the labor cost per worker ? I’m about to build thete too on a limited budget . Can I ask what was the cost of the land there?
I’m here in an investor’s visa. I own my new 2.1 million (US) dollar five bedroom oceanfront on El Nido. I own seven other properties and homes. Not my spouse.
I'm sure we're all very impressed 😂. Hopefully you don't talk like this in the Philippines as that's a fast track to some undesirable things happening. Bragging about being wealthy in developing countries often doesn't end well, better to be a bit quieter
Hi how are you, would like to know how much did you spend only on building material , like cement, steel bars, hollow blocks,sand, gravel, only to build the skeleton of the house. Thanks
Great information - thanks a lot! Und einen freundlichen Gruß aus dem deutschen Aachen! Lebe noch in D, habe aber ein echtes Interesse an den Philippinen. Alles Gute im neuen Heim!🤗
Hi, congrats on the house, it's very beautiful. I didn't understand if you had already bought the land on which to build the house and if possible to know which island in the Philippines.
Am in Bohol for the month of October to look for land to build a house. Aside from Panglao, anywhere else you would recommend? Loon, Baclayon, Anda etc? Great video by the way, like your others very informative, thank you.
If I could choose where to stay in Bohol, I would choose Panglao or anywhere else in the Philippines near a tourist place. But unfortunately, sometimes you have no choice... In Bohol, a lot of foreigners also stay in (on) Sandingan.
Hi, the land near the beach is generally expensive, I live on the island of Guimaras, near the city of Iloilo, I'm quoting materials to self-build but towards the center, I don't like it close to the water, and the video of the German man made me it has been very helpful in guiding me with the costs, but I go to build lighter, concrete and steel for the structure, c-purlins panels for the partitions and aluminum and glass for door-windows. There are many beautiful places here in the PH, gopefully you can find one a good price. Greetings!
Well, the currency in the Philippines is Peso. Is you are interested of building a house there, get used to it. Just divide all mentioned numbers by 56 and you are just about right, for today.
@@rogerwilco4736What you claim aplies to the entire Philippines?...Who is the land regulatory entity here?...Where can I find information about this? Thank you
@@T.M.107information about land ownership is rather vague and you cannot believe all your told even by govt departments. some other Asian nationalities appear to have bought land but it could be misinformation. I do not know of any Caucasian buying land although several friends are in a position to do so.
Good for you, but you paid way too much.. sorry to say.. if you don't have construction experience and knowledge of what things cost in the Philippines then you're definitely gonna get screwed over. House looks nice though and hopefully they built it properly. Cheers!
Not really ,fir the level of finish ,and all concrete house with a nice interior... what he paid was a very good price . I have been a carpenter / construction worker many years ,so I feel his building Cost was extremely fair!
@@billkeller3083 Yes, true it's relatively inexpensive for a westerner, but for here it's way to expensive.. I'm here in the Philippines building a house now. I worked as a masonary laborer for my uncle's masonry business for 10yrs.. so with those two experiences I can speak on it. What's most expensive here, like he said, is electrical, plumbing, and appliances/furniture.
@@WAAA51 I completely disagree.. I live in the province mountains and have to pay delivery fees.. my house is comparable and the structure only cost maybe 350k php.. you people are either getting screwed over or spending way more than you think it costs.. to each is own.
I am glad that you represent the type of people who expect everything to be done for them, and paying the price. I hope that the more people see that it is not as "cheap" as they think, the LESS people consider moving here. The Philippines is already overcrowded by "expats" and their attitudes and LACK of respect for local culture.
@@livinginthephilippines359 Hello sir, Mark here again. I hate to bother you again, but do you know of a reputable attorney/lawyer on Bohol for our land purchase? Thank you very much 🙂
German across the board , down to the last details. Thank you for taking the time and sharing with us. All the best and good luck in the Philippines!
Great video, have been living in the Philippines 16 years now. Prices have gone up a lot recently.
Very informative video, appre iated and enjot your new house and the life joys you will make now on.
Philippines are 14th fastest growing country in the world by GDP growth. Prices will go up and one day match prices in western countries.
Looks like a lot of comments here are simply jealous of you and your wife's achievement brother. Surely they underestimated her poorly. Congratulations on your new, beautiful house!
I dont think there jealous, just that they have seen this story play out too many times. The guy builds a house, the woman decides she and her family would live better there without him and she tells the guy see ya. She OWNS THE HOUSE, not him. He keeps saying we, but its actually hers. Im glad he only spent about 30,000 us on this house, so its not like he will lose a fortune if it comes to that. Hopefully, they live happily ever after.
@@John-or8ze She owns the ground the house is built upon, not the house.. Thats why I look into container homes, because then I could say, okay fine, have fun with your plot of land, I'm moving with the rest of it ;)
To all the jealous people making negative comments, not all Filipinas are in relationships just to get a house and money from their foreign man. I know it's hard for some of you skeptics to believe but some people really love each other and have long term plans to stay together.
It's funny because I know a lot of western women that wouldn't get with a guy unless he has money lol
That's true. The Filipina or her heirs are waiting to take the house once the Foreignor passes away.
@@Gregory-Masovutchyou fool even filino that's will happened not getting marriage eat your money American cultures are greedy culture like Chinese culture I'm a Filipino
@@DavidSmith-oy4ofyou mean 99% of them.....
what region is this house located?
I AM RETIREE IN EUROPE,, BUT I AM AS WELL PLANNING TO BUILD MY REST HOUSE IN PHILIPPINES. EVEN THOUGH MANY CALAMITIES A YEAR I AM PLANNING TO BUILD THERE
A LOVELY NATION..
what region u planning on staying?
Welcome to the Philippines god bless your family enjoy create good memories in the Philippines
finally a video which provides an accurate cost of building here. Of course it varies by region.....cost of bringing in materials and labor rates. Note that going with a 2 story house is not really any less per sqm as here everything is concrete which means pilings to support added weight plus concrete posts and beams and 2nd floor slab which can be more than savings on roofing area.
Hi, better raise the roofing higher & used awning or jealousy window to make it more cooler inside😊
Congratulations! Ur house is beautiful love the budget, more money for you to spend the rest of ur retirement..
Congratulations to your humble abode. While i am not in a position to comment on this subject, let alone not having a complete narrative on the building process of hour house, honestly your cost is above present applicable rates prevailing.As a retired contractor in the Philippines, looking at the category with respect to the finishes applied in the structure, your average cost could not go beyond P18,000 / sqr meter at present rate. Perhaps there were several revisions taken that entails add on cost, but then anyway at least for now it is done and what is important is you and family is happily contented with the endeavor of hour making. Enjoy my friend and maybe just do more due diligence and seek more opinions the next time around.
Excellent job explaining the cost of your home.
It looks great!
Thank you!
I'm converting to US Dollars. Just to be clear, total price was: 1,653,500 Pesos? This converts to about $29,000 US dollars which is super cheap! New sub here form the USA. thanks
Thanks I don’t know why he didn’t do that and dam that’s cheap imagine what I could do with $100,000
I think it is 29k plus land.
Construction costs would be similar everywhere in the Philippines but land would vary dramatically.
@@whitesamurai Thanks! Do you live in the PH?
@@hasonmorris4968He's German he converted it to Euros for us, makes sense to me.
Very nice and informative video. Thanks for taking the time to make it.
Thank you for being so open about the cost.....beautiful house
what region did he build this house?
Thank you for sharing this important information
With my place, i had lots of changes done that's why it cost more than it should but your house is good value. Congrats!
Always good to shop around maybe get some good advice from your Philippine family they have good local knowledge and what are the best deals
Watching from SWITZERLAND 🇨🇭... Viel Glueck
Excellent teaching video. Thank you for sharing your house and valuable information. I’ve just subscribed your channel because I thoroughly enjoyed it if you have other videos please keep them coming everything from purchasing a vehicle to a motorcycle to furniture to whatever would be great to hear from you and your for honest perspective. Thanks again for a wonderful factual video
Fantastic! Another very nice video sharing of your "Final Cost of Building a House in the Philippines". Full support as usual. Good luck and best regards po/Ned👍👏👍
Than You!
@@livinginthephilippines359 🤝
Thank you for sharing my friend
Congratulations
Add a concrete roof and accordion shutters you’ll be sitting pretty after a typhoon of any size. Unless you’re in a flood zone….
accidentally saw the video in the recommendations. Thanks for the info - rarely does anyone honestly and openly talk about money and cost our days. Respect. I have a question - what is the market value of this house in Bohol? If we consider it as a business. I understand that everything depends on the place - I was in Bohol and I understand what Panglao is and what Anda is - but still, plus or minus what could be the market value in a normal place, not in the jungle. In your opinion? Thank you in advance for your answer.
If someone wants to buy this house in this location, I would say 4 - 5 Million PHP. That's including the land. We looked at another house before we started building in the next village, which was 1.8 Million but smaller and Filipino style bathroom and on a smaller piece of land.
@@livinginthephilippines359 thank you
Excellent cost breakdown. 👏🏻👏🏻
30,000 you can’t even buy a car for that in the US
One of the things about the Philippines is the lack of skilled labor. I was helping a friend in the Philippines who had damage to his Roof.. it was only a 6 ft section. .. maybe a 6 hour job at the most. It cost $1200 and it took 3 weeks to finish. I have seen a guy build a house which was supposed to be $119,000 and the final cost was $189,000 for a 1600 sq ft house...
Going to phils in november and stay there some months :D Phils amazing country. Been there many times before.
Sorry was watching video and typed on wrong spot. Nice place.
Vielen Dank für das wieder einmal sehr informative Video! Man kann sich so einen guten Überblick verschaffen, und auch wenn jeder seine eigenen Voraussetzungen hat (Baukosten, Material, Wohngebiet...) so hat man doch einen sehr guten Überblick, welche Kosten anfallen werden. Ich freu mich auf das nächste Video.
Danke fürs Feedback!
Which part of the Philippines did you built your house? It’s a beautiful house.
This is Bohol Island.
Interesting video !👍
How long did the whole construction process take?
85 working days
@@livinginthephilippines359 Really? 😯 So fast !?...
Yes. A Team of 8 workers plus Foreman were working almost every day. They started digging on Dezember 19 and we moved in on March 26.
You can watch the older Videos in this Channel, also the Shorts.
@@livinginthephilippines359 Oww ! Great job man ! 👍Thanks for detalied answer.
Excellent information and video. May I ask where is your home built? Can you recommend a builder? Thank you.
Thank you. For our builder, search for "Ark Asia" on Facebook.
Watching from Germany.Schon Grüss .
Great info..thx
Thank you for covering the building costs . Your house is beautiful. How much was the labor cost per worker ? I’m about to build thete too on a limited budget . Can I ask what was the cost of the land there?
We didn't pay directly to the workers. We paid a fixed price to the engineer/architect.
I’m here in an investor’s visa. I own my new 2.1 million (US) dollar five bedroom oceanfront on El Nido. I own seven other properties and homes. Not my spouse.
Wow, enjoy
I'm sure we're all very impressed 😂. Hopefully you don't talk like this in the Philippines as that's a fast track to some undesirable things happening. Bragging about being wealthy in developing countries often doesn't end well, better to be a bit quieter
Hi how are you, would like to know how much did you spend only on building material , like cement, steel bars, hollow blocks,sand, gravel, only to build the skeleton of the house. Thanks
Hi, Just look at my other Video about the "Cost of Building Material"
Great information - thanks a lot! Und einen freundlichen Gruß aus dem deutschen Aachen! Lebe noch in D, habe aber ein echtes Interesse an den Philippinen. Alles Gute im neuen Heim!🤗
Vielen Dank und ebenfalls viel Erfolg.
Hi, congrats on the house, it's very beautiful. I didn't understand if you had already bought the land on which to build the house and if possible to know which island in the Philippines.
This ist Bohol Island and the Land is owned by my wife.
@@livinginthephilippines359 thanks
Hallo, wo genau in Bohol bist Du?
What area though? This has got to be the province in the middle of nowhere since its so cheap. Beautiful home though!
It's Bohol
Wow sir
hi. New subscriber here. We are also building (renovating ) our home in philippines.
The way they tiled the floor is so Asian.. but all in all it looks good because of the spacious interior not like the typical Filipinos 😂
Very nice! What area and was the land inexpensive?
This is in Bohol and the land was for free (wife).
What would the land have cost?
Good info
Am in Bohol for the month of October to look for land to build a house. Aside from Panglao, anywhere else you would recommend? Loon, Baclayon, Anda etc? Great video by the way, like your others very informative, thank you.
If I could choose where to stay in Bohol, I would choose Panglao or anywhere else in the Philippines near a tourist place. But unfortunately, sometimes you have no choice...
In Bohol, a lot of foreigners also stay in (on) Sandingan.
Hi, the land near the beach is generally expensive, I live on the island of Guimaras, near the city of Iloilo, I'm quoting materials to self-build but towards the center, I don't like it close to the water, and the video of the German man made me it has been very helpful in guiding me with the costs, but I go to build lighter, concrete and steel for the structure, c-purlins panels for the partitions and aluminum and glass for door-windows. There are many beautiful places here in the PH, gopefully you can find one a good price. Greetings!
I didn’t see the prior videos. Does the house have ac? And lots of insulation?
Thanks
No AC yet, and also no insulation.
Very good of you to build a house for someone😊. Its not our house....
No, I know. It's my wife's house, and she is also the one who paid for it.
You lie😂@@livinginthephilippines359
Why should I?
Jealous or envy?
You did such a wonderful good job I LOVE YOU❤... have a nice flight back to America😂😂😂😂
Thank You. But it's Germany, not America.😀 And since 3 days, we are Back in the Philippines already.🇵🇭🌞
Danke 👍 und die Tiles (Badezimmer) scheinen gut verlegt worden zu sein 👍
Nicht nur im Badezimmer! Die sind wirklich alle sehr gut (mit Kreuzlaser) verlegt, ganz ohne Kanten oder irgendwelche Unebenheiten
@@livinginthephilippines359 obwohl ich absolut kein Experte bin - sieht 👍 aus
New sub
Roughly the size of 3 condo rooms in a high rise
You leave her a nice house
No, "she" left me a nice house. "She" built it from her own money on her own land.
You leaved nice house to your landlord as well.
Where are yiu located in the Philippines
Bohol Island
Nice! The house looks great - you both must be so pleased. Do you mind if I ask how much you paid for the land?
The land was for free, this time. It came with the wife.
@@livinginthephilippines359 🤣 sounds expensive!
Just kidding. Good luck to you both!
Where? Not exactly but rough location
This is near Loon, Bohol
Total cost estimate in dollars 31,300 ?
Yes, aprox.
How long did it take them to build the house?
Exactly 86 (working) days.
@@livinginthephilippines359 That's awesome. Congrats on the beautiful house and pool :)
It's way to much money for a small house like that in the Philippine...
With that cost and result, 2 mil here in Baguio is just a rough finish so I think that's a way better deal in Bohol.
What was the cost of the land ??
In this case the land was free. My wife is the owner.
@@livinginthephilippines359 Same here .. Our place is 67 sqm .. Congrats . nice house, they did a good job it appears.
How many dollars?
Well, the currency in the Philippines is Peso. Is you are interested of building a house there, get used to it.
Just divide all mentioned numbers by 56 and you are just about right, for today.
😊😊What area do you live in? Where exactly did you build your house?"
Near Loon, Bohol
@@livinginthephilippines359 look nice keep to update thanks
Cheap advice never set up credit account for materials for builder ..
Building a house you will never own, good luck
Oh you'll own the house but not the land it's built on
Really how's that
@@rogerwilco4736What you claim aplies to the entire Philippines?...Who is the land regulatory entity here?...Where can I find information about this? Thank you
@@rogerwilco4736so when u split up with your Filipino u can just lift the house up and put it somewhere else. The wife owns the whole lot
@@T.M.107information about land ownership is rather vague and you cannot believe all your told even by govt departments. some other Asian nationalities appear to have bought land but it could be misinformation. I do not know of any Caucasian buying land although several friends are in a position to do so.
Schaut so aus als ob Du nicht weit weg bist. Grüße aus Panglao.
ca. 40 km. In der Nähe von Loon. Grüße aus Absurdistan, noch 6 Wochen.
@@livinginthephilippines359 Loon kenne ich, fahre da meistens mit dem Fahrrad zu CWall auf ein Bier.
Kenne kein CWall in Loon. Meinst Du vielleicht Loey?
@@livinginthephilippines359 klar Loay, Loon ist ja Richtung Tubigon...
And by phillipan law the house can Not go in your name.
My house just Sold for $669,000 ..YOU WILL NEVER GET THAT IN THE PHILIPPINES....FAKE PARADISE
So you sold it for $669,000? How much did you build or buy it for? And you sold it after how many years?
Good for you, but you paid way too much.. sorry to say.. if you don't have construction experience and knowledge of what things cost in the Philippines then you're definitely gonna get screwed over. House looks nice though and hopefully they built it properly. Cheers!
Not really ,fir the level of finish ,and all concrete house with a nice interior... what he paid was a very good price . I have been a carpenter / construction worker many years ,so I feel his building Cost was extremely fair!
@@billkeller3083 Yes, true it's relatively inexpensive for a westerner, but for here it's way to expensive.. I'm here in the Philippines building a house now. I worked as a masonary laborer for my uncle's masonry business for 10yrs.. so with those two experiences I can speak on it. What's most expensive here, like he said, is electrical, plumbing, and appliances/furniture.
@@billkeller3083built mine twice as big 2 story with a 3 meter wrap around patio/deck on the 2nd level ..paid 1.2 Million
I disagree. This is an average price for the level of finish. The next level would of been 28-30k and elegant finish is 35-40k per Sq meter.
@@WAAA51 I completely disagree.. I live in the province mountains and have to pay delivery fees.. my house is comparable and the structure only cost maybe 350k php.. you people are either getting screwed over or spending way more than you think it costs.. to each is own.
I am glad that you represent the type of people who expect everything to be done for them, and paying the price.
I hope that the more people see that it is not as "cheap" as they think, the LESS people consider moving here.
The Philippines is already overcrowded by "expats" and their attitudes and LACK of respect for local culture.
May I ask who your contractor was? and were you happy with him? Thank you
We were very happy with them. You can contact them here: facebook.com/arkasia.cdc
@@livinginthephilippines359 Thank you very much!!!
@@livinginthephilippines359 Hello sir, Mark here again. I hate to bother you again, but do you know of a reputable attorney/lawyer on Bohol for our land purchase? Thank you very much 🙂
No sorry, I can't.
Nice house great price break down,
Thank you
We built a cute little one bedroom 4 years ago for $12,000 USD here 😊😊😊
What’s the location, subdivision?
Near Loon, Bohol
Thx man