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Block 23, Lot 19, Allejo Street, Vista Grande Subdivision, Talisay City, Cebu, 6045 Philippines
in the PhilippinesBlock 23, Lot 19, Allejo Street, Vista Grande Subdivision, Talisay City, Cebu, 6045 Philippines
On April 30, 2012, we moved into our new
house!
This was 2 years and one month after we came to the Philippines; after we considered building a house in Surigao, where we first lived;
after 6 months of looking in Cebu - 2 months commuting from Surigao, and 4 months of renting a Cebu apartment.
We were using 4 different Cebu real estate agents. We looked at close to 50 houses.
When we came across this one, online, we just knew it was our house. It was so unique. We called it "wonky."
It is a 3 floor house with 3 bedrooms plus a maids room/storage room, 4 bathrooms, and a roof deck with an ocean view.
We had purchased our house at the end of January 2011, but it required extensive renovations (which took 3 months plus 1 week).
This was a good thing.
Now we have a new kitchen; a new "dirty kitchen;" a new office; a new master bath; a new master closet; all new windows & all new doors; all new appliances;
new sinks; new toilets; a couple of new interior walls; new plumbing; new electricity & new lighting fixtures; some new tiles; a new security fence;
and new paint inside & out.
And much, much more!
We have, in essence, a brand new house!
This was 2 years and one month after we came to the Philippines; after we considered building a house in Surigao, where we first lived;
after 6 months of looking in Cebu - 2 months commuting from Surigao, and 4 months of renting a Cebu apartment.
We were using 4 different Cebu real estate agents. We looked at close to 50 houses.
When we came across this one, online, we just knew it was our house. It was so unique. We called it "wonky."
It is a 3 floor house with 3 bedrooms plus a maids room/storage room, 4 bathrooms, and a roof deck with an ocean view.
We had purchased our house at the end of January 2011, but it required extensive renovations (which took 3 months plus 1 week).
This was a good thing.
Now we have a new kitchen; a new "dirty kitchen;" a new office; a new master bath; a new master closet; all new windows & all new doors; all new appliances;
new sinks; new toilets; a couple of new interior walls; new plumbing; new electricity & new lighting fixtures; some new tiles; a new security fence;
and new paint inside & out.
And much, much more!
We have, in essence, a brand new house!
This is what
the house looked like when we first saw
it |
HERE IS THE
NEWLY RENOVATED HOUSE |
| A
video walk-thru of the empty house before renovations. is coming some day - when I get around to editing it! |
A
video walk-thru of the finished
house: all new furniture and appliances. is coming some day - when I get around to editing it! |
------------------------- Here are some Before, During, and After photos. -------------------------
(click each image for a larger view)
| BEFORE
RENOVATION |
DURING |
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DURING |
FINISHED |
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| FRONT OF HOUSE |
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| LIVING ROOM |
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| OLD KITCHEN BECOMES OFFICE Office Slideshow 6 photos |
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| OLD DINNING AREA BECOMES NEW KITCHEN Kitchen Slideshow 38 photos |
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| DIRTY KITCHEN An outside kitchen for doing smelly or splashy cooking. Also for laundry. |
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| outside the new kitchen |
new wall, window & counter |
opposite view |
new security wall & fence |
finished with washing machine |
finished with dryer |
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| MEZZANINE For now this area will be used as a playroom for the kids. |
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| NEW MASTER BATHROOM Totally gutted and enlarged Master Bath Slideshow 55 photos |
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| NEW MASTER BEDROOM ENTRANCE & CLOSET Moved the door from the corner of the room to the center of the wall - to make space for the new closet. |
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| DOMINICK'S ROOM Originally for Cecile's sister, Chona and Ryan, her husband - and. Rap Rap, their little boy who is 5 months older than Dominick. Thy lived with us for a year. We have since re-renovated the bathroom. |
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| LOWER LEVEL -- CHEN CHEN'S ROOM Chen Chen is Ryan's sister. She came to live with us and will be a freshman in college. She will also help with the kids. |
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| old wall between 2 rooms torn down |
new walls plus window in the storage room |
new doors - storage & Chen Chens room |
finished outside |
finished inside |
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| ROOF The wooden steps up from the mezzanine - to the roof, and the view to the southwest. |
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| from mezzanine to roof |
paint scaffold and clothes line |
looking north |
panoramic view |
to the southwest |
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| More Random Photos Random Photos Slide Show |
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| Our little family: When we moved in to our new house. |
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| Cecile, Dominick, Bo |
Chona,
Rap Rap,
Ryan,
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Chen Chen |
| TOTAL COST | |
| House: | P4,000,000
($93,000) |
| Renovation: | P1,000,000
($23,000) |
| Furniture and appliances: | P300,000
($7,000) |
| Electric fixtures & tile: | P80,000
($1,900) |
| Misc.: | P20,000
($465) |
| GRAND
TOTAL: |
P5,400,000 =
$124,000 |
| CASH (Thanks to
my Local #1 Annuity) = PRICELESS the house is now estimated to be worth P10M ($230,000) |
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