http://www.residencesmanila.com Manila Home Buyers & Home Sellers Guide Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:57:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/09/27/manila-green-home-a-beautiful-house-from-salvaged-materials/ http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/09/27/manila-green-home-a-beautiful-house-from-salvaged-materials/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:04:37 +0000 Maita Siquijor http://www.residencesmanila.com/?p=376 A good part of the budget for building a house goes into the finishing. But why buy, when you can re-purpose materials? Cut your costs, go green! Here's what homeowners Chito and Aleli Salazar did to inject style and substance into their house while saving Mother Earth.]]> http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/09/27/manila-green-home-a-beautiful-house-from-salvaged-materials/feed/ 4 http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/09/05/stage-your-house-to-attract-more-buyers/ http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/09/05/stage-your-house-to-attract-more-buyers/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:20:17 +0000 Maita Siquijor http://residencesmanila.com/?p=286 Has your house been in the market for sale for some months now, yet you haven’t received any serious or acceptable offers? Or you’ve only had few qualified viewers for it? Repackage your house's look and feel, increase viewings by using this simple technique. ]]> http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/09/05/stage-your-house-to-attract-more-buyers/feed/ 0 http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/08/27/simple-ways-to-invest-in-real-estate/ http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/08/27/simple-ways-to-invest-in-real-estate/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:44:00 +0000 Maita Siquijor http://www.residencesmanila.com/?p=345 You may wish to buy a second house or condo to generate additional income for you. But what type of real estate investment will best suit you?]]> http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/08/27/simple-ways-to-invest-in-real-estate/feed/ 0 http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/08/18/philippine-home-buyers-avoid-common-buying-mistakes/ http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/08/18/philippine-home-buyers-avoid-common-buying-mistakes/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:39:17 +0000 Maita Siquijor http://www.residencesmanila.com/?p=339 It takes just some prudence, patience and a little research to avoid the most common of home buying mistakes.]]> http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/08/18/philippine-home-buyers-avoid-common-buying-mistakes/feed/ 0 http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/07/21/after-basyang-thinking-of-selling-your-house/ http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/07/21/after-basyang-thinking-of-selling-your-house/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:50:04 +0000 Maita Siquijor http://www.residencesmanila.com/?p=323 If news of yet another typhoon and thoughts of avoiding yet another prospective flood are making you want to move homes, don't rush. Review your options with the help of these simple guide questions. ]]> http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/07/21/after-basyang-thinking-of-selling-your-house/feed/ 0 http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/05/31/how-to-help-sell-your-house-reinvent-your-bathroom/ http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/05/31/how-to-help-sell-your-house-reinvent-your-bathroom/#comments Sun, 30 May 2010 17:16:34 +0000 Maita Siquijor http://residencesmanila.com/?p=293 During one of my presentations, a buyer of mine decided to get the house I listed because she felt that it had the best bathrooms among all the re-sale properties I showed her. One of the best investments you can make to help sell your house is to renovate an old, smelly bathroom. If you’re [...]]]> http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/05/31/how-to-help-sell-your-house-reinvent-your-bathroom/feed/ 0 http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/05/20/put-your-home-in-selling-shape-at-any-budget/ http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/05/20/put-your-home-in-selling-shape-at-any-budget/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 07:51:33 +0000 Maita Siquijor http://residencesmanila.com/?p=245 I found an interesting link to getting your home ready to sell at any budget. It’s a nice slideshow from Kim Hildebrand of RenovateToSell.com,  with bullet points on doing a room makeover from USD 100 to USD 5000.  I recall many homebuyers making decisions to purchase a house based on how they liked the bathrooms [...]]]> http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/05/20/put-your-home-in-selling-shape-at-any-budget/feed/ 0 http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/05/20/at-home-with-change/ http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/05/20/at-home-with-change/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 01:39:06 +0000 Maita Siquijor http://residencesmanila.com/?p=208 There’s a change in the horizon for Residences Manila. Back home in Manila, the latest Comelec and PPCRV official tallies without a doubt show that Benigno Simeon Cojuanco Aquino III, or Noynoy as he is fondly called, will soon be proclaimed as the country’s next President. The apparent success of the country’s first computerized elections, [...]]]> http://www.residencesmanila.com/2010/05/20/at-home-with-change/feed/ 0 http://www.residencesmanila.com/2009/12/19/neighborhood-first-before-class/ http://www.residencesmanila.com/2009/12/19/neighborhood-first-before-class/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:48:35 +0000 Maita Siquijor http://residencesmanila.com/?p=144 People out there are looking for Manila’s best residences.  “Best” alludes to ‘close to perfect’ or ‘most suited to one’s needs’.  But I believe that “best” really means “best-in-class”, do you agree?  When you search for properties, you have an internal checklist, with one home or neighborhood that’s top ranked for that one, qualifying feature that matters most to you.  [...]]]> http://www.residencesmanila.com/2009/12/19/neighborhood-first-before-class/feed/ 0 http://www.residencesmanila.com/2009/12/19/how-elevators-can-make-or-break-your-condo-choice/ http://www.residencesmanila.com/2009/12/19/how-elevators-can-make-or-break-your-condo-choice/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:14:06 +0000 Maita Siquijor http://residencesmanila.com/?p=179 The condo elevator may be such a trivial thing to consider when selecting a condo to buy or rent. But  in the past  viewings I’ve had in the Fort and in Makati, the kind of elevators a condo estate had became an important consideration! Here are my buyers’ and tenants’ concerns, a real eye opener for me: 1)  [...]]]> http://www.residencesmanila.com/2009/12/19/how-elevators-can-make-or-break-your-condo-choice/feed/ 0