Moving to Manila

[subseastu]

Hi all

Well I thought I got away with it but the UK gov has now decided to tax offshore seafarers and back date it. So because of this the wife and I are looking to move to the philippines, probably somewhere in manila. We already have a small farm and wood holiday house in the province but this is too cut off for us for every day living.

So we are looking at areas of Manila. Does anyone have any websites for rental / sale houses in manila? I'm thinking in areas around Makati, pasay for starters as they seem to have resonable areas / subdivisions and quality of things to do / ammenities. We've not really spent that much time in manila so I'm only using these as start points and am open to other ideas. I think the intention is to find a studio flat connected to a hotel for some self catering while we look for a rental porperty.

The wife doesn't really have any close family around manila so we can't use them for assistance.

Ideally we'd like a 2-3 bed house with garden. Don't know about rental prices but maybe up to 20-25 thousand / month.

So any ideas???

[scott&ligaya]

There is a member on here FRED, I seem to remember that he has quality properties for rental around Manila. I have not seen him on the site for a while but you could try to PM him

best of luck

[subseastu]

Thanks for that but unfortunatly I can't PM here yet

[Mrs.JMajor]

Or try the sulit dot com dot ph where you can find online house for sale/rent with so many choices around manila area,

good luck ,may you find the best one to suits your way of living for everyday lives

[scott&ligaya]

ok I will try for you to contact him and pass on your posting

Sulit is good, I got our pick up from there

[nids123]

Hi all

Well I thought I got away with it but the UK gov has now decided to tax offshore seafarers and back date it. So because of this the wife and I are looking to move to the philippines, probably somewhere in manila. We already have a small farm and wood holiday house in the province but this is too cut off for us for every day living.

So we are looking at areas of Manila. Does anyone have any websites for rental / sale houses in manila? I'm thinking in areas around Makati, pasay for starters as they seem to have resonable areas / subdivisions and quality of things to do / ammenities. We've not really spent that much time in manila so I'm only using these as start points and am open to other ideas. I think the intention is to find a studio flat connected to a hotel for some self catering while we look for a rental porperty.



Ideally we'd like a 2-3 bed house with garden. Don't know about rental prices but maybe up to 20-25 thousand / month.

So any ideas???

hi i have a property to rent but its a condo unit its in taguig area near the fort and makati.im really looking forward to find a tenant t my unit coz ill be leaving soon to uk.its a 2 bedroom with terrace
60 squere metters and with loundry area,facing amenities infront of the main gate and with clubhouse with wifi,pool basket ball court and tennis court playground everything is there.also there is lots of unit for sale and house near the place to sale too. if u r interested just send me a messege so i can gv u my contact datails the rent is 11,500 only per month.

[Mrs.JMajor]

Oh yeah,your chance nids

[nids123]

Oh yeah,your chance nids

yes mrs major how i wish my property rented so soon i want to be with hubby soon hope he likes to visit my unit and hope he will like it.thank you mrs major.

[Mrs.JMajor]

yes mrs major how i wish my property rented so soon i want to be with hubby soon hope he likes to visit my unit and hope he will like it.thank you mrs major.

The way you describe looks good thou,considering that place is expensive area,i wonder how much you both bought it.......

[nids123]

The way you describe looks good thou,considering that place is expensive area,i wonder how much you both bought it.......

we boughtit for 2.2 with discount so its only 2.m well my husband and i we want to sell if it someone would offer the price we want for 2.m but if there is a tenant who would like to rent it the better so we keep the unit and have income when we come back here,we ask for postdated check for a year then we jsut gv it to my aunt to deposit on our account everymonth.

[empott]

The way you describe looks good thou,considering that place is expensive area,i wonder how much you both bought it.......

Nosy, MrsJM?

[Mrs.JMajor]

Nosy, MrsJM?

part of being business minded i guess,who knows i can afford to buy the said unit

[nids123]

part of being business minded i guess,who knows i can afford to buy the said unit

hahaha right mrs jm.u can send me ur emaqil and ill send u some photos if u want,and i gv u discount for 2.m hahaha

[Mrs.JMajor]

hahaha right mrs jm.u can send me ur emaqil and ill send u some photos if u want,and i gv u discount for 2.m hahaha

221 post still cant access pm ill wait till u get respected so we can send you pm,not be long i hope ,maybe admin are so busy by now ,forgot to change your status

[nids123]

221 post still cant access pm ill wait till u get respected so we can send you pm,not be long i hope ,maybe admin are so busy by now ,forgot to change your status

yes mrs majo i hope soon i can be respected hahahaha maybe the boss is so busy

[nparvus1202]

There are some units for lease at Residencias De Manila right beside Nagtahan bridge in Pandacan, Manila. There are seven buildings there, some units are for sale some are for lease.

[Mrs.JMajor]

There are some units for lease at Residencias De Manila right beside Nagtahan bridge in Pandacan, Manila. There are seven buildings there, some units are for sale some are for lease.

too crowded,not ideal place,sorry !

[Florge]

Hi.

You can check bahay.ph. Let me know if you need a little more help than that. I can help you as I live here in Manila.

[subseastu]

Thanks for the replies so far. Thanks for the condo offer but the missus and me require a house and lot really. My interent is playing up so I've not really had chance to look at sulit.com but hopefully soon. I've seen the bahay website but there seems to be some very high prices on there. $2300/month and 120 000php / month but I think this is to do with one years rent maybe. I hope anyway.

I think we'll be looking to go somewhere around the back end of the year so we're looking for ideas really.

Again thanks for the suggestions so far, anymore ideas anyone?

[fred]

There is a member on here FRED, I seem to remember that he has quality properties for rental around Manila. I have not seen him on the site for a while but you could try to PM him

best of luck

That`ll be me then!! Thanks BTW.

Probably not much good to subseastu as our largest unit is a 55sqmtr apartment.
Pics here. www.apartmentinphilippines.blogspot.com

BTW... There`s usually loads of houses and other stuff advertised on craigs list.. Be careful with landlords here and don't expect to ever see your deposit again!!

[Mrs.JMajor]

Welcome back Fred How you doing?You must been busy making money huh

[walesrob]

221 post still cant access pm ill wait till u get respected so we can send you pm,not be long i hope ,maybe admin are so busy by now ,forgot to change your status

Check that PM is turned on...

Click on "User CP" in the green bar above...
Then
"Edit Options" in the left hand side menu
Scroll Down to the "Messaging and Notification" section,
Finally, tick "Enable Private Messaging" under Private Messaging sub-section.

The UserCP (or user Control Panel) now has many options - take a look.

[Mrs.JMajor]

oppss thanks Mod i thought member category (like what nids123 status) cant pm her

[Florge]

Oh... forgot to offer condo -- 60 sq meters, 2 BR and 1 library/office, 2 toilet and bath.. for only 1M.. assume balance thru Pag-Ibig... near SM Fairview.. not too crowede area, fresh air as it is in the suburbs...fully-furnished... lol...

[Mrs.JMajor]

I did try to deal like that ,asking how much the balance in PAG-IBIG and so they say 7000 php monthly and payable in 20 years because it was put into installment plan,so i asked what if someone will pay the balance in cash,they said it was deal with installment plan,so even some one wanted to pay it in cash,they will just less the balance like 5% (melting)

[Pepe n Pilar]

HI Subseastu, i have my family living in Manila hope i could be of help. If you're looking for a house/condo/apt for rent something like P25K/month that would be fine depends on what location of Manila. Have you thought of just buying, make a downpayment then have the monthly amortization of that amount? At least the property will be yours unlike if you're just renting.

[subseastu]

Hi angain everyone


THanks for all the suggestions so far. Unfortunatley we can't really do a condo as the wife wants to take our dog across with us (at massive cost by the looks!) So its got to be a house and lot.

Thanks for the look at the apartments Fred but like I say not suitable for us, very nice though.

I think we will rent first rather than buy cos we'll need to find an area we're happy with. I was looking at greenhills in pasig but have been warned off due to very haevy traffic outside the subdivsion (makes it difficult to get in and out let alone anywhere) Also apparently it floods outside so we're basically on an island!

We rented apartments in olongopo before and you're right about landlords. In 6 apartments not once did we get our deposit back. Robbing Ba$*£rds.

I'll certainly check out craigs list aswell if my internet behaves itself. THanks for the suggestions so far but does anyone have any experience with makati, pasig area?

[scottishbride]

Hi angain everyone


THanks for all the suggestions so far. Unfortunatley we can't really do a condo as the wife wants to take our dog across with us (at massive cost by the looks!) So its got to be a house and lot.

Thanks for the look at the apartments Fred but like I say not suitable for us, very nice though.

I think we will rent first rather than buy cos we'll need to find an area we're happy with. I was looking at greenhills in pasig but have been warned off due to very haevy traffic outside the subdivsion (makes it difficult to get in and out let alone anywhere) Also apparently it floods outside so we're basically on an island!

We rented apartments in olongopo before and you're right about landlords. In 6 apartments not once did we get our deposit back. Robbing Ba$*£rds.

I'll certainly check out craigs list aswell if my internet behaves itself. THanks for the suggestions so far but does anyone have any experience with makati, pasig area?

Hi mate! I have been living in Manila with Mel for 3 years now and really I much prefer to move out of the city. The traffic is hell, the pollution really bad as well, Mel and I just arrived back from Cebu, wonderful place. Anyway go to bahay.com, they have quite a large listing for the whole of the Philippines. I definately agree with you with regards to renting before you buy, there is a nice subdivision in Antipolo called Cottonwoods, developer is Crownasia, starting price is 4.3 million P's! Why are you being taxed? Is it because you work in UK waters! You can stay in the UK for up to 3 months as a non-resident. Good luck mate!

[thejarvs]

Hey guys, how about rent to own?does anybody knows a link or website to find a rent to own house in phil?

[sysop]

try craigslist or adpost

Craigslist:
http://manila.craigslist.com.ph/apa/

AdPost Philippines:
http://www.adpost.com/ph/house_for_sale_for_rent/