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LIVING IN A CONDO

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Mentalist:
I guess you all had a bad experience of living in a condo. That's sad to hear. Can you drop the name of that condos in Cebu?

Lee2:

--- Quote from: Mentalist on September 27, 2017, 07:44:05 PM ---I guess you all had a bad experience of living in a condo. That's sad to hear. Can you drop the name of that condos in Cebu?

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I am not sure who your post was directed at but we have had good luck living in condos, just that I would not live in the penthouse in a condo that was in any part of the world because even in Florida I have seen many wet ceilings in penthouse units when we were out looking to buy one.

I think another thing people should take into consideration is their health and ability to walk up or down stairs from the floor they decided to live on, we recently had a hurricane in Florida and the building shut the elevators for safety so no one would possibly get stuck in one for what could be days to weeks when there is a lot of damage from a hurricane, so I had to walk down and up a few times when our power was out for 26 hours, which also made me very happy not living too high up to be able to do that for my health situation.

Lee2:

--- Quote from: Mentalist on September 27, 2017, 07:44:05 PM ---I guess you all had a bad experience of living in a condo. That's sad to hear. Can you drop the name of that condos in Cebu?

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I forgot to give you the name of the condo, the one we live in is far from high end, it is called Winland Towers, nothing fancy but IMO the best value for the peso at about half per sq meter what newer buildings are now costing per sq meter and about a third of what condo monthly fees are in other buildings, but with that comes lower upkeep on the things that are cosmetic in nature.

Bisaya gyud:
My Philippine condo experience hasn't been bad at all. I bought a brand new budget/economy priced studio that cost a little over 50,000 PHP per sqm.

Construction/finish quality was fully acceptable for a unit in that price range. On-site management is competent.

Monthly condo fee is only 1000 PHP.  The site is completely walled/gated, with 24/7 security guards at the entrance gate and the elevator area of my building, as well as a roving guard after dark.

Buildings and grounds are kept pretty clean and neat. No garbage chutes/areas inside the building, there's an outside dumpster area for trash.

Free first-come, first serve parking. There are always at least a few unoccupied spaces available.

No problems whatsoever with insects, rodents, geckos etcetera. Have never seen any rodents and geckos. Virtually never see any insects, the very few I see get up to my floor via the elevator. I've never seen any come through the window.

My high-rise building isn't far from the ocean and my floor is near the top, thus I get a nice breeze year around, so no air-conditioner needed. Just a ceiling fan.

Water pressure in the sinks, toilet and shower are quite good. The building has its own filtration system, so the water is safe to drink, though not the tastiest/refreshing.

All things considered, I've got no major complaints regarding my condo.

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