Need advice: rent or purchase a home

10 years ago and with 2 kids, we lived in a house. Had to drive an hour going to work. Relocated to Manila, sold the house and bought a condo near the office. Let go of the househelps and do the chores ourselves. The smaller condo space is something manageable to maintain and the family bonding is a lot better.

Sent from my SM-N910C using Tapatalk

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by dreamur

10 years ago and with 2 kids, we lived in a house. Had to drive an hour going to work. Relocated to Manila, sold the house and bought a condo near the office.

---

... and now he just drives 45 minutes to work ... :):):)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Walter

... and now he just drives 45 minutes to work ... :):):)

---

ha ha ha! A lot of my driving are less than 1 km and I still take my car.

But when I am in the office I prefer to walk or uber because I don't want to lose my parking slot.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by _Cathy_

40k sq/m daw sa teacher's village? Ang dami ko kasi nakitang townhouse na 3 floors. My Tita just moved there. Nasa 15M mga bagong townhouse dun? !? Pero ang lapit daw nila sa Ateneo

Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk

---

sabi ng friend ko who lives in teachers' village e dami daw akyat bahay going on there, almost same na ng scout area. dami kasi pwede daanan.

go a little further north to don antonio area, the prices are better. tiis lang sa traffic sa commonwealth, short distance lang naman from qmc to don antonio area. don't go any farther so di affected by ralies during the sona. avoid the east side also kasi lapit sa fault line, that is if you believe philvocs that the big one is coming this year.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by yebo

sabi ng friend ko who lives in teachers' village e dami daw akyat bahay going on there, almost same na ng scout area. dami kasi pwede daanan.

go a little further north to don antonio area, the prices are better. tiis lang sa traffic sa commonwealth, short distance lang naman from qmc to don antonio area. don't go any farther so di affected by ralies during the sona. avoid the east side also kasi lapit sa fault line, that is if you believe philvocs that the big one is coming this year.

---

Open pala yung teacher's village, it was my first time there, akala ko may guard/gate. Mixed din yung bahay, may small, medium and large :) The large ones parang built in the 70s or 80s?

Yung friend ko sa Tierra Bella, malapit din daw sa UP/Ateneo. Pero nagrereklamo kasi likod nila squatter. Ayoko din siya puntahan kasi ang layo hahaha

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Walter

... and now he just drives 45 minutes to work ... :):):)

---

Lol. Sometimes I do. :)

Sent from my SM-N910C using Tapatalk

isa pang advantage nang condo bukod sa malapit sa work place is security.. di ka mag worry na baka mapasok ang unit mo kung walang tao..

^
Mas madami nakawan sa condo.....

Dahil ang tumitira/sumasalisi usually mga nasa loob din ng condo nakatira..

Bihira lang umabot sa news.

Idodownplay ng condo managment/security.

^

May point si *kagalingan

May issues ng nakawan na hindi na nakakarating sa media dahil hinaharang na ng management and ng security.

Pero kahit san naman kasi yan, condo or town houses, pag may balak talaga, makakapag nakaw yan in any way possible hehe.

Ang gusto ko lang sa Condo yung view. All the rest sa bahay pa rin ako.

Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk