General info:
Our clients are 90% non-Filipinos (‘foreigners’ from Europe and USA) and we have built anywhere in the Philippines for them (Surigao City, Cebu, Antique, Iloilo, Negros, Ilocos Norte, Isabela, Pampanga, Metro Manila, Tagaytay, etc.) because they know we finish any project according to contract and on time.
We can make a concrete foundation and add steel, glass or wood to the interior/exterior; just show us some pictures of your dream-home.
When we build your house it will cost the same, compared with your local contractor; but the difference is that we build with the latest technology (solid concrete walls, 10X stronger, 2X faster) while your local contractor still use the old style hollow blocks…
Hollow blocks in combination with the ‘Post and Beam’ method of construction is NOT the best way to build a home, read here why;
http://www.sibonga.com/cement_hollow_blocks_philippines.htm
The homes we build are unique; never the same, we do not offer ‘model houses’ but make a UNIQUE house-design for you that will fit your LOT, WISHES and BUDGET.
We offer a total package from design to construction, interior design, landscaping etc.
If you definitely want to hire your local contractor; then let us at least make a better foundation and walls with ‘solid concrete’ instead of those old redundant hollow blocks; your local contractor can do the finishing like tiles, paint etc.
A quick overview of our services:
1) We give a quote to build your dream-house anywhere; just show us the blueprints.
2) (In case you do NOT have blueprints yet;) at a small fee we inspect your building-site (lot) and make a floorplan plus 3D-design for your house. After this we can estimate the cost to build.
3) We can start with building only the ‘shell’ of your home (foundation, walls and roof) using the ‘solid concrete’ method; NOT hollow blocks.
4) And of course we can also do the finishings like tiles, paint etc. which is the next (separate-) contract.
See our staff and a map to reach our office and some examples of our designs, finished homes, pools etc. here;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/solidcon/sets/72157628007869682/
We can also build insulated walls:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_BTneYS7_A
or we use more steel, glass or wood if you do not like a ‘concrete home’.
“SO WHAT IS THE COST TO BUILD IN THE PHILIPPINES?”
While other contractors probably give you ‘a cost per square meter’, we itemize all work items of your project and price it accordingly. That’s fair for both you and us; we do not like ‘guesswork’.
The construction of a house in the Philippines is a process involving more than a dozen trades, hundreds of products, and thousands of steps that must be scheduled, coordinated, and performed quickly and correctly; to give a cost for that WITHOUT knowing the following details would be GUESSWORK which is not in your advantage, nor in ours.
The cost to build your house or commercial building depends on the exact location (city or province or island?), total floor area (make the house 2x bigger and the price will become 2x higher), the logistics/accessibility (is it possible to use a truck to bring the materials or do they have to be carried?), regulations/restrictions of the local government or subdivision (‘they all have their own different rules’), soil-type, site preparation (Maybe your house need to be higher than the road, or need excavation, backfilling, compaction or a retaining-wall, dewatering and/or runoff control measures etc.) neighbor-buildings (fire-wall?), availability of local skilled labor, source of electricity/water etc. plus you have to select what construction methods have to be used (solid concrete with- or without insulation etc.) and we need to know exact which brand, quality and color tiles you want or what kind of windows, doors, kitchen etc. etc.
About 90% of our clients are from USA or Europe (with strict requirements) resulting in ‘a little higher than average construction cost’ because they demand- and select better quality materials.
Yes, there is a difference between cost to build for a Filipino or for an Expat.
No, we don’t mean the ‘Kano Price’…
It’s just a fact that most Filipinos are satisfied with a simple home. (look at most subdivision homes here; are they quality..??)
Expats demand higher quality and that comes with a higher price.
If you are looking for ‘cheap’ we can not – and will not – help you; you would run into problems lateron…
Here is the cost to build:
http://sibonga.com/construction-blog/?page_id=73
“SO WHERE DO I START?” Here!
For a (negotiable) initial payment (deductible from future contracts) we do the following (no strings attached):
A: verify location and orientation of your house- and window positioning/alignment with the sun, shadow plus wind (this effects design)
B: verify soil-topology and neighbor-buildings (this effects design)
C: verify local government or subdivision’s regulations/restrictions (‘they all have their own different rules’)
D: verify logistics/accessibility
E: verify availability of building-materials and manpower
F: verify source of electricity/water
G: make pictures
H: make a short report of our findings
I: make a computerized floorplan and 3D-design of your house (not yet ‘the blueprints’) which is banpaper-size (finished in 10 to 15 days); We make for you a UNIQUE house-design that will fit your LOT, WISHES and BUDGET: just tell us what it is you want to change about our design and we revise it until perfect.
J: we have the design approved by the subdivision, so that you are assured that the design we make for you is acceptable.
K: we layout the floor plans on site (on your lot with some wires and lines) so that you have the physical feel of the room sizes and the house as a whole. It is better to revise the room sizes etc. on paper, rather than wait for it to be constructed…
After this we can give you a good ‘estimate’ (not the exact quote) of how much the cost to build will be, and you have the choice to continue to let us construct the shell of your home (foundation, walls and roof) using the ‘solid concrete’ method.
And of course we can also do the finishings like tiles, paint etc. which is the next (separate-) contract.
We can also give a FREE quote/bid (not an ‘estimate’ but the exact cost to build); just show us your blueprints, all in metric and signed by a Philippine architect or engineer.
(If you are bidding-out your projects to 2 or more bidders, then you have to provide all the bidders with complete sets of plans and specifications. That practice will assure you that you are comparing apples with apples.)
We do not provide ‘free design’; only companies who have problems to get clients do that. But here is a good website for getting ideas;
http://www.theplancollection.com/house-plan-styles/
and if you want a high-end first-class home;
http://www.dreamhomedesignusa.com/interiors.htm
Complete construction (including finishings) takes on average 4 to 6 months but before that we need about 6 weeks for blueprints and building permit.
Expect progress photos emailed to you during the construction period.
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