What if your escape from winter could also become an investment? For people living in colder countries, the dream of owning a home in a tropical paradise can seem like something reserved for retirement. But there is another way to look at it. Instead of buying a property that sits unused for most of the …
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Why More People Are Discovering Western Cebu — And the Unpopular Attractions You May Never Have Heard About
When people think about moving to Cebu, the first places that usually come to mind are Cebu City, Mactan Island, Lapu-Lapu, or the famous beaches and tourist destinations in southern Cebu. But there is another side of Cebu that is much quieter, less commercialized and, for the right person, potentially much more attractive. Western Cebu. …
Why Central Cebu Is One of the Best Places to Invest in Real Estate and Build a Custom Home
If you are considering investing in Philippine real estate, building a retirement home, constructing a vacation property, or simply creating a comfortable family home, Central Cebu deserves serious consideration. From the highly urbanized areas of Cebu City and Mandaue City to the rapidly developing communities of Talisay, Minglanilla, Consolacion, Liloan, Compostela, Danao and Carmen, Central …
Insulated Tropical Homes: Bringing Western-Style Comfort to the Philippines
Luxury Living Should Not Mean Choosing Between Comfort and the Tropical Lifestyle The Philippines offers something that few places in the world can match: warm weather, beautiful coastlines, friendly communities, affordable living, and an extraordinary tropical lifestyle. For foreigners, retirees, OFWs returning home, and affluent Filipinos, the Philippines can be an ideal place to build …
Keep it Cool: ICF is the Solution for cooler Homes in the Philippines
If you’re building a home in the Philippines—especially in the hotter areas of the country like Cebu, Iloilo, Bohol, and most southern areas of the country, comes with a major challenge: the heat. Most traditional concrete hollow-block homes turn into “ovens” during the afternoon, leading to high electricity bills from air conditioning. Your home should …
DIY ICF forms
Right during pandemic all the way to the current wars happening in Ukraine and now Iran, moving ICF blocks from the US or Canada to the Philippines or Asia have become impossible due to the shipping costs and logistical hoops. ICF builders tried to get ICF from China but the quality is not the best …
Spacious Farmhouse in Antequera Bohol with Insulated Walls
This farm house have very spacious kitchen and living room. The bedrooms are bigger than most average homes in the country today. The entire ground floor is an open type space designed for a backyard farming type of living as the lot is more than a thousand square meters nestled in the middle of a …
Insulated Composite Concrete pre-Fabricated Wall Panels (ICFp)
ICFp or insulated composite concrete pre fab wall panels is your next great choice if the original ICF (Insulated Concrete Form) is currently beyond your budget range. These insulated pre fab wall panels costs lower than ICF but is slightly faster to build but its major difference is that the factories are only in major …
How to build an ICF home in the Philippines
Here in the Philippines there are major stumbling blocks when trying to build an ICF Insulated Concrete Forms home. The stumbling blocks are: 1. Local building code requires columns and beams; 2. Its very hard to find a concrete conveyor. Ready mix concrete companies here usually only have high pressure pumpcrete; 3. Workers need in …
Wide tiles always bend over time
You have noticed here in the Philippines if you use wide tiles – they always bend over time – and when they bend – they detach from the floor causing accidents and other problems. Wide tiles like the 60cm tiles easily bend over time because it’s wider surface area means there are more chances of …
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