Decide beforehand exactly what you are looking for (must-haves): Price, Size of house, location, furnished/unfurnished, with garden, high rise or house and lot, townhouse, number of bedrooms or toilets, presence of maids room, age of property etc. Communicate this clearly with the broker if you are working with one and let them know you are [...]

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We are currently on “waiting” mode.  After seeing countless houses and talking to many brokers I have found a nice and charming 3-bedroom bungalow sitting on a 500 sqm lot with (semi)manicured garden.  This is actually how it happened.  One day I received a phone call from a lady with a nice voice that sounded [...]

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Well, I just wanted to share some of our little issues with the office lately as well as our apartment. Right now, we have decided to look for a new place. We prefer something far from the main (read: polluted) roads and not on a high-rise apartment complex. We still want to stay within the [...]

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Warning: Explicit Nagging and Ranting may be found in this posting. I would be a hypocrite to admit that I am all happy happy joy joy during these days.  But the truth is, I may be experiencing some sort of reverse culture shock.  In a way, I am quite shocked to realize that I have [...]

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Our shipment has been scheduled to be examined by the BIR Inspector today. The broker sent me a text message at around 1:30pm that if I want to be present during the examination I should be there at around 3pm. I immediately sent him a reply that I can make it. I did make it [...]

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