In order to protect yourself, and your investment, you need to order a complete home inspection, prior to closing on the home. A Home inspection is crucial because you should make sure that the home you intend to buy is in good condition.
Spending a couple thousands of pesos on a home inspection could in fact, save you thousands of dollars down the road. It could also prevent you from purchasing a home that just isn't as good as it looks.
A home inspection evaluates the condition of a home through the eyes of a trained expert. A qualified inspector will take an impartial look at the property you want to buy, and provide you with a written report of findings, usually within five to seven days.
Here are a few links for you to go to, for more in depth information about what you can expect from a home inspection:
What is a home inspection?Get A House Inspection Before BuyingFor Your Protection Get A Home Inspection10 Important Questions To Ask Your Home Inspector
Remember, a home inspection will reveal things about the home that the eye cannot see. Protect yourself, and know the facts about the home you intend to buy before you make it final.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Tips on preparing to sell your house
Are you really sure you want to sell your house, are you ready to move out and have a new change in life? Well if yes, then let me give you some tips on preparing to sell your house.
-Set your self to let go your house, as you’ve decided to sell it. No more dramatic moments that you’re holding something in what memories you’ve had with it. Yes, happy memories are good to keep, but then again let go of the house and start with a new one.
-De-personalize or get off all your personal stuff. These include pictures on the wall and everything that will make the house belongs to you with your personal touch or something. Ask yourself, that if you’re a buyer would you buy this house, if you can see stuff what kind of people lived there. I mean show to your buyer that they can live in this house and make them feel that they can see themselves living in the house for a long haul.
-Clean off everything. This would include the old stuff in the cabinet to your dirty kitchen. Show to the buyer how you manage this house properly as you also want them to do the same.
-Rearrange everything as if you’re renovating your house. If necessary, clean and paint your walls. Rent a Storage Unit, almost every home shows better with less furniture. Remove pieces of furniture that block or hamper paths and walkways and put them in storage. Since your bookcases are now empty, store them. Remove extra leaves from your dining room table to make the room appear larger.
-Set your self to let go your house, as you’ve decided to sell it. No more dramatic moments that you’re holding something in what memories you’ve had with it. Yes, happy memories are good to keep, but then again let go of the house and start with a new one.
-De-personalize or get off all your personal stuff. These include pictures on the wall and everything that will make the house belongs to you with your personal touch or something. Ask yourself, that if you’re a buyer would you buy this house, if you can see stuff what kind of people lived there. I mean show to your buyer that they can live in this house and make them feel that they can see themselves living in the house for a long haul.
-Clean off everything. This would include the old stuff in the cabinet to your dirty kitchen. Show to the buyer how you manage this house properly as you also want them to do the same.
-Rearrange everything as if you’re renovating your house. If necessary, clean and paint your walls. Rent a Storage Unit, almost every home shows better with less furniture. Remove pieces of furniture that block or hamper paths and walkways and put them in storage. Since your bookcases are now empty, store them. Remove extra leaves from your dining room table to make the room appear larger.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Summerfields Construction Updates
Summerfields: As of November 27, 2009
SF Finishing of Road Curve & Gutter at Main Road Entry and Gate
Model House: Tulip
Summerfields Perimeter Fence
Summerfields Guard House
SF Finishing of Road Curve & Gutter at Main Road Entry and Gate
Model House: Tulip
Summerfields Perimeter Fence
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Redefining the Meaning of Living
When it comes to finding a property the three most important factors in determining the desirability of a property is: Location, Location, Location. While that may be true, a property must have what it takes to redefine the meaning of living.
Come to Summerfields A Master-Planned Village that offers a San Francisco, California themed Community in Metro Baguio, where Fun and relaxation need not be far… it’s just around you. Conveniently located in the fast-developing community of La Trinidad, Summerfields is positioned in close proximity to the city proper of Baguio, major industrial zones in La Trinidad and highly education institutions.
Summerfields is accessible to business districts, key educational institutions, churches and hospitals in Baguio and La Trinidad for great Baguio life.
Inspired by American Suburban living, this master planned community with a substantial forest reserve allows you to luxuriously experience quietude right at the bustling metropolis. Yet with its classy features, Summerfields offers affordable units designed to meet its residents’ high standards of aesthetics and functionality. It offers everything a family needs to live in uncompromised comfort.
Come and experience the old Baguio Charm. Come to Summerfields, A community that Re-defines The Meaning Of Living.
Come to Summerfields A Master-Planned Village that offers a San Francisco, California themed Community in Metro Baguio, where Fun and relaxation need not be far… it’s just around you. Conveniently located in the fast-developing community of La Trinidad, Summerfields is positioned in close proximity to the city proper of Baguio, major industrial zones in La Trinidad and highly education institutions.
Summerfields is accessible to business districts, key educational institutions, churches and hospitals in Baguio and La Trinidad for great Baguio life.
Inspired by American Suburban living, this master planned community with a substantial forest reserve allows you to luxuriously experience quietude right at the bustling metropolis. Yet with its classy features, Summerfields offers affordable units designed to meet its residents’ high standards of aesthetics and functionality. It offers everything a family needs to live in uncompromised comfort.
Come and experience the old Baguio Charm. Come to Summerfields, A community that Re-defines The Meaning Of Living.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Nature, Culture put RP on National Geographic ‘must’ list
By Kristine L. AlavePhilippine Daily InquirerFirst Posted 11/15/2009
MANILA, Philippines--After National Geographic magazine included the Philippines in its list of “25 Best New Travel Destinations in the World in 2010,” it appeared the country had finally overcome the “bad PR” that had caused tourists to shun it and head for its perhaps less dazzling neighbors.
Travel executives began putting out the word the country is one of the most exciting and undiscovered places that tourists should begin exploring now.The list, published in National Geographic’s November 2009 Adventure issue, is directed at “travelers who want their money to do more—for others, for the planet and for themselves.”It cited the Philippines’ ancient cultures, structures and biodiversity as key reasons for visiting the country.
Tourism Undersecretary Eduardo Jarque Jr. said the Department of Tourism was thrilled that the Philippines was getting the attention of travelers.“We’re very pleased. It’s also very nice to be part of a list that people want to see,” he said. He noted that it was the first time that the country was included in a list of must-see destinations by National Geographic.
Bad rap
The magazine said the Philippines had largely been ignored because of “bad PR.”“While it harbors as many islands as the Caribbean and some of the most spectacular reefs on the planet, the nation sees only a fraction of the visitors of nearby Thailand,” the magazine said.“Even travel companies, it seems, have bought the bad rap: Other than the occasional sea kayaking trip, US guides have largely avoided the archipelago,” the article said.But travel organizations have “finally gotten wise,” the magazine said.The Philippines’ image is indeed changing, travel professionals agree.
Pat Alberto, president of the Philippine Travel Agencies Association, said the country saw an increase in tourist arrivals in the past two years, and sees this as proof that the Philippines is coming out of the shadow of Thailand and Malaysia, two of Southeast Asia’s more popular destinations.
Adventure mecca
She noted that the Philippines has become a magnet for adventure travelers because of its unspoiled beaches, mountains, rivers and dive sites.Jarque said the Philippines has become a mecca for travelers looking for off-the-beaten track adventure.
These are the travelers who eschew luxury hotels in favor of home stays, who would rather spend a day in the outdoors than in a mall, he said.National Geographic cited Wilderness Travel, an adventure and ecotourism company, as one of the travel organizations that has gotten past the country’s image.It said Wilderness Travel will be organizing a tour to the Philippines next May that will showcase the country’s terrain and aquatic wonders to its American clients.It described the trip as taking participants “high into the 5,000-foot Cordillera Central, then deep into the world’s most biodiverse marine environment.” The 12-day trip to the Philippines costs $3,300.
The trip will begin in Banaue in the Cordilleras, described by the magazine as a must-see destination for those who want a serious hiking adventure.The tour will then move to Cabilao island off Bohol for diving on some of the reefs that form part of the Coral Triangle, the world’s greatest concentration of diverse and valuable coral reef ecosystems. The Philippines sits right in the middle of this center of marine biodiversity.President Macapagal-Arroyo spoke at the National Geographic Society’s headquarters in Washington, DC in August and appealed for international support for preserving, promoting and protecting biodiversity in the Coral Triangle.
The NGS is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical conservation, and the study of world culture and history.
CamSur
top gainerThe DOT, which has been promoting the country’s natural and cultural wonders as the ultimate travel destination, has noted that tourists have been seeing more of the provinces.The province of Camarines Sur, known for its beaches and surfing sites, was the top tourism gainer this year. The province received 902,000 local and foreign visitors during the first semester, the DOT said.
Other popular provincial destinations were Cebu, Bohol, Aklan and Zambales.Jarque said travelers appear not to mind the stories of calamities, disasters, bombings and kidnappings that have put the Philippines in the headlines, seeing these events as part of life in the 21st century, post 9/11.
They know that these tragedies could happen anywhere, even in First World countries, he said.“In our travel fair recently, nobody asked us about terrorism and security,” Jarque said.Adventure travelers take negative news with a grain of salt, he noted.Jarque and Alberto both said that the tourism sector has bucked the global recession and the threat of swine flu that wreaked havoc on the economies of the Philippines’ neighbors.Tourism arrivals in the first semester have been robust, the DOT said in its first semester report.There were 3.89 million tourists from January to June, a 16.5-percent improvement over the same period last year.Of the total, more than 808,000 were foreign tourists. The figure compared favorably with the 760,000 foreigners who visited the Philippines in the first semester of 2008.
Saved by locals
Tourism officials said what saved the tourism industry this year was the Filipino tourist.Instead of spending their holidays abroad this year, many Filipinos fearful of the swine flu pandemic chose to vacation in their own country.According to the DOT’s first semester figures, the number of domestic tourists jumped 20 percent to nearly 3 million.
“Domestic tourism grew very, very fast this year,” said Alberto.“More and more hotels and resorts are opening so it’s much more affordable and air fares are cheap. It’s a very, very good time to travel right now,” she said.Jarque said local governments have realized that tourism brings jobs and income to their communities.
They realize that it’s better to spend their funds on improving tourism infrastructure and developing tourist attractions than on “basketball courts and waiting sheds,” he said.“Tourism is being taken seriously…there are more and more concerns about airports, about roads,” he said.
MANILA, Philippines--After National Geographic magazine included the Philippines in its list of “25 Best New Travel Destinations in the World in 2010,” it appeared the country had finally overcome the “bad PR” that had caused tourists to shun it and head for its perhaps less dazzling neighbors.
Travel executives began putting out the word the country is one of the most exciting and undiscovered places that tourists should begin exploring now.The list, published in National Geographic’s November 2009 Adventure issue, is directed at “travelers who want their money to do more—for others, for the planet and for themselves.”It cited the Philippines’ ancient cultures, structures and biodiversity as key reasons for visiting the country.
Tourism Undersecretary Eduardo Jarque Jr. said the Department of Tourism was thrilled that the Philippines was getting the attention of travelers.“We’re very pleased. It’s also very nice to be part of a list that people want to see,” he said. He noted that it was the first time that the country was included in a list of must-see destinations by National Geographic.
Bad rap
The magazine said the Philippines had largely been ignored because of “bad PR.”“While it harbors as many islands as the Caribbean and some of the most spectacular reefs on the planet, the nation sees only a fraction of the visitors of nearby Thailand,” the magazine said.“Even travel companies, it seems, have bought the bad rap: Other than the occasional sea kayaking trip, US guides have largely avoided the archipelago,” the article said.But travel organizations have “finally gotten wise,” the magazine said.The Philippines’ image is indeed changing, travel professionals agree.
Pat Alberto, president of the Philippine Travel Agencies Association, said the country saw an increase in tourist arrivals in the past two years, and sees this as proof that the Philippines is coming out of the shadow of Thailand and Malaysia, two of Southeast Asia’s more popular destinations.
Adventure mecca
She noted that the Philippines has become a magnet for adventure travelers because of its unspoiled beaches, mountains, rivers and dive sites.Jarque said the Philippines has become a mecca for travelers looking for off-the-beaten track adventure.
These are the travelers who eschew luxury hotels in favor of home stays, who would rather spend a day in the outdoors than in a mall, he said.National Geographic cited Wilderness Travel, an adventure and ecotourism company, as one of the travel organizations that has gotten past the country’s image.It said Wilderness Travel will be organizing a tour to the Philippines next May that will showcase the country’s terrain and aquatic wonders to its American clients.It described the trip as taking participants “high into the 5,000-foot Cordillera Central, then deep into the world’s most biodiverse marine environment.” The 12-day trip to the Philippines costs $3,300.
The trip will begin in Banaue in the Cordilleras, described by the magazine as a must-see destination for those who want a serious hiking adventure.The tour will then move to Cabilao island off Bohol for diving on some of the reefs that form part of the Coral Triangle, the world’s greatest concentration of diverse and valuable coral reef ecosystems. The Philippines sits right in the middle of this center of marine biodiversity.President Macapagal-Arroyo spoke at the National Geographic Society’s headquarters in Washington, DC in August and appealed for international support for preserving, promoting and protecting biodiversity in the Coral Triangle.
The NGS is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical conservation, and the study of world culture and history.
CamSur
top gainerThe DOT, which has been promoting the country’s natural and cultural wonders as the ultimate travel destination, has noted that tourists have been seeing more of the provinces.The province of Camarines Sur, known for its beaches and surfing sites, was the top tourism gainer this year. The province received 902,000 local and foreign visitors during the first semester, the DOT said.
Other popular provincial destinations were Cebu, Bohol, Aklan and Zambales.Jarque said travelers appear not to mind the stories of calamities, disasters, bombings and kidnappings that have put the Philippines in the headlines, seeing these events as part of life in the 21st century, post 9/11.
They know that these tragedies could happen anywhere, even in First World countries, he said.“In our travel fair recently, nobody asked us about terrorism and security,” Jarque said.Adventure travelers take negative news with a grain of salt, he noted.Jarque and Alberto both said that the tourism sector has bucked the global recession and the threat of swine flu that wreaked havoc on the economies of the Philippines’ neighbors.Tourism arrivals in the first semester have been robust, the DOT said in its first semester report.There were 3.89 million tourists from January to June, a 16.5-percent improvement over the same period last year.Of the total, more than 808,000 were foreign tourists. The figure compared favorably with the 760,000 foreigners who visited the Philippines in the first semester of 2008.
Saved by locals
Tourism officials said what saved the tourism industry this year was the Filipino tourist.Instead of spending their holidays abroad this year, many Filipinos fearful of the swine flu pandemic chose to vacation in their own country.According to the DOT’s first semester figures, the number of domestic tourists jumped 20 percent to nearly 3 million.
“Domestic tourism grew very, very fast this year,” said Alberto.“More and more hotels and resorts are opening so it’s much more affordable and air fares are cheap. It’s a very, very good time to travel right now,” she said.Jarque said local governments have realized that tourism brings jobs and income to their communities.
They realize that it’s better to spend their funds on improving tourism infrastructure and developing tourist attractions than on “basketball courts and waiting sheds,” he said.“Tourism is being taken seriously…there are more and more concerns about airports, about roads,” he said.
BAGUIO : WOW PHILIPPINES CORDILLERA’S BEST 2009 SHOWCASES BAGUIO CENTENNIAL FESTIVAL
by Lito DarBAGUIO CITY – The festive mood is back in the City of Pines as the Department of Tourism, in coordination with the City Government of Baguio and the Baguio Centennial Commission, is all set for the fifth staging of the “Wow Philippines Cordillera’s Best” on November 25 -30.
In a Kapihan forum held to launch the scheduled activities for the said event, DOT Regional Director Pura Molintas stressed that this year’s staging of the Wow Philippines Cordillera’s Best would be different from the previous annual staging of the event, as the said festival will be highlighting the city’s centennial celebration.
According to Molintas, instead of the usual one day staging of a grand parade of Cordillera festivals, there will also be a second parade, dubbed as Baguio Centennial festival, which will feature a summary of the City’s festival. Other major activities in the said annual tourism event include indigenous games, ethnomusicology exhibition, and a rice wine competition.
In the same forum, Molintas also confirmed that the city’s tourism is now back on its feet, after it suffered a setback during the onslaught of typhoon Pepeng. Tourist arrivals is already perking up as reported by the city’s various hotels and restaurants. She also stressed the importance of continuously having such tourism activity so as to spur an economic impact to hasten the period of the city’s recovery.
Baguio Centennial Commission and event steering committee chair, Dr. Virgilio Bautista also stressed that there is time to mourn and time to celebrate and what is important now is to show the rest of the country that Baguio is back to normal. With the college students back for the second semester, it is also a way of showcasing or teaching them, the different festival of the different provinces in the region, Bautista added.The scheduled activities for the Wow Philippines Cordillera’s Best 2009 are: Travel, Trade and Tourism Expo (Nov 25 -30); Rice Wine Competition (Provincial/City level o Nov 25 and Regional level on Nov. 29); Delphic Games –Arts and Crafts festival (November 27-30); Grand Parade of Cordillera Festivals and Baguio Centennial Festival (Nov. 28); Cordillera Theatrical Cultural performances (Nov. 28); Baguio’s Contemporary Festivals & Creative Performances Parade (Nov. 29); Indigenous games (Nov.29); Food Festival with Cordillera Fusion (November 28-29); and a centennial tour on Nov 30. ** /PIA
In a Kapihan forum held to launch the scheduled activities for the said event, DOT Regional Director Pura Molintas stressed that this year’s staging of the Wow Philippines Cordillera’s Best would be different from the previous annual staging of the event, as the said festival will be highlighting the city’s centennial celebration.
According to Molintas, instead of the usual one day staging of a grand parade of Cordillera festivals, there will also be a second parade, dubbed as Baguio Centennial festival, which will feature a summary of the City’s festival. Other major activities in the said annual tourism event include indigenous games, ethnomusicology exhibition, and a rice wine competition.
In the same forum, Molintas also confirmed that the city’s tourism is now back on its feet, after it suffered a setback during the onslaught of typhoon Pepeng. Tourist arrivals is already perking up as reported by the city’s various hotels and restaurants. She also stressed the importance of continuously having such tourism activity so as to spur an economic impact to hasten the period of the city’s recovery.
Baguio Centennial Commission and event steering committee chair, Dr. Virgilio Bautista also stressed that there is time to mourn and time to celebrate and what is important now is to show the rest of the country that Baguio is back to normal. With the college students back for the second semester, it is also a way of showcasing or teaching them, the different festival of the different provinces in the region, Bautista added.The scheduled activities for the Wow Philippines Cordillera’s Best 2009 are: Travel, Trade and Tourism Expo (Nov 25 -30); Rice Wine Competition (Provincial/City level o Nov 25 and Regional level on Nov. 29); Delphic Games –Arts and Crafts festival (November 27-30); Grand Parade of Cordillera Festivals and Baguio Centennial Festival (Nov. 28); Cordillera Theatrical Cultural performances (Nov. 28); Baguio’s Contemporary Festivals & Creative Performances Parade (Nov. 29); Indigenous games (Nov.29); Food Festival with Cordillera Fusion (November 28-29); and a centennial tour on Nov 30. ** /PIA
Saturday, November 14, 2009
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