Would You Pay This To Live Here? Santa Barbara, Iloilo Philippines
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- čas přidán 27. 01. 2024
- Welcome to "That Philippines Life" - Golf Course Millionaire Life Santa Barbara, Cheaper THAN YOU THINK Philippines, the oldest gold course in Asia, built by the Scots and then taken over by the Americans then Filipinos. Santa Barbara is one of the best Suburb towns of Iloilo City that many pass by leaving the airport but don't realize how beautiful this part of the Philippines is. Lets See how The Wealthy live and how it compares cost of living for westerners from USA and Canada.
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Next video full tour if the golf course and many more places in Santa Barbara. Thanks to my friend Feancis for showing me all over Santa Barbara.
With FRANCIS, you got the red carpet treatment, Michael. What a treat for you -- and for your Subs, too! SANTA BARBARA Heights looks very much like an upscale development in the U.S. -- with a tropical ambiance and comforts only found in Pinas.
@@gg_Javier he really is a great guy, been friends for a while and I'm grateful for his friendship
The more I see videos like these, for all their splendor, luxury and beauty, the more I realize the most dazzling thing about the Philippines, is the great warmth and kindness of the Philippine people. ❤️🤙
A nice place to built my retirement house.the danish food looks so yummy.i chik the subd.lot prices to this place.thanks for the info.
The splendor of this place is staggering! Serious eye candy, what a wonderful place to live. 😎👍
Many are enamored with mansions, it’s like a cultural thing. But most these homes are almost empty and lonely, because the spouse or children are abroad hustlin. I am relieved to sell our 7 bedroom house in Mandurriao, too much cleaning and maintenance for only a couple & 1 child to live in and kind of eerie coz it’s huge. My next vacay house will be smaller but with a huge lot for gardens.
Great video! It’s good to see the full range of options. So many channels only catering to those who want to live on $1000 per month.
Looks like an awesome place and so much room in the houses and lots.
Looks great bro....and thanks for the shout out on your live stream. I'm jettin to the Phillipines in 2 days.....surfs up bruh
Have a safe journey and great surfing! Pictures or it didn't happen! 😉🤙
Absolutely love all the newer videos !!
Great content and coverage...
Keep up the great work brother !!
See you soon ...
Nice Video Thanks for sharing ✌️✌️👍👍👍👌💪🙏
Super cool place
we Verry Like it,Informative Scenes.
That will definitely be a place I will visit when I go!
Sir Thank you very much for showing us all these High end, luxury type properties and accomodations! ❤❤❤ i love it! Never mind the haters( unhappy ) people who likes to find fault in everything! Keep going! You are doing the right thing! ❤❤❤
Thank you Michael this place is beautiful.
My gosh! Is this the same Philippines i last saw from the 90's?? Incredible development. I swear it looks like the next Jupitar, Florida. Thank you Mike for updating me on how far the Philippines has come and where its going
Really enjoyed the tour of the area, your commentary was really good. Great video!
Missed this place , we had a Christmas party (sibling reunion) on that 2nd clubhouse a few years ago. Yes it is a beautiful place with that lagoon. Hope to visit again soon. Thank you for the video Michael.
I’m loving yr content lately and the many more videos u r uploading, thx for the tour, great video
Looking good there Mike! 🌞 smooth and fluent, nice stuff man
Finally! Thank you Mike for vloging about sta barbara heights, sta barbara down town and the golf club!
Will definitely check the munk for their delicious burgers! It is gorgeous there!!
Great vlog as always. Another Megaworld development project.
Frank Lloyd Wright is well known in Buffalo, NY. Our city of light is blessed by his work.
And....we enjoy furnishings from the Arts and Crafts movement - thank you Elbert Hubbard.
Thank you!!
One of my favorite songs is Santa Barbara by Ronnie Milsap. My favorite singer, he has at least 40 number one hits.
Great vid , I would have liked to see that nice central park across from the church,looks like should be community gathering place,thanks
Since I had already done a video on the other channel featuring it I tried to show different parts this time
Ok this is great good luck good press.
Im glad you for exploring my own town ILOILO. ❤❤❤
Mike, every consider getting an external mic to use such as the dji mic? Will do wonders and we would be able to hear you even on windy days. Just a thought. 😉
Thanks sir your back in your home Iloilo
Santa Barbara wonderful location with high end architectural homes with so fresh and peaceful environment. First choice for the millionaires. Good to watch mate. 👌🇵🇭
Never drink the water lol, nice video very informative. You found a lot of very helpful people, awesome work.
Thank you Michael, nice one, next time you must also try the burger :)
Noted! I can only imagine
Cool place to live, out of my price range.
Great job Michael!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Robert (Bob)
My Dad and Mom played golf there almost daily.
Wishing I could visit this place
Oh, that's the Francis Maravilla? I remember him visiting us at the UP College-Iloilo in the middle 1976s to give us tips on theater acting because he was friends with our UPCI Theater Arts Guild (TAGUPCI) Adviser, the beloved Miss Nuria Ballesteros Castells. He was with the best professional theater company in Manila at that time - the Repertory Philippines.
Hmm I think he is only 40 so he wouldn't be born in 1976? Perhaps his Father?
@@ThatPhilippinesLife Yes, maybe, because Francis the elder may now be 68. I believe the family also owns the Muelle Restaurant at Esplanade 8.
Now we see you exploring that’s what up
Tomrorow?? LOL Enjoyed the video!
The church here is nice.
We have a lot for sale at Eastland heights in antipolo and it 5 million pesos and size is 464 sqm. That’s just over 10k pesos per sqm. A lot cheaper than areas you mentioned in Iloilo 😇. So. Yes there can be deals had on golf courses. May have to look harder now but some can be had still. Ours is an empty lot ready for clearing. One can google Eastland heights to find its location and amenities…. An example of a golf course lot
Thanks
Mark
Yea I have mentioned often Iloilo is not the cheap place to live in the Philippines, it's booming here in the city and so places like this on the outside are too, it may seem like there is so many unsold lots but they are mostly all sold. Look forward to seeing Antipolo!
It’s a couple degrees less warm than Manila proper and there’s lots of stuff nearby too
Beautiful place! Denmark was a regular stop at one point years ago (Aarhus)...
The dude has a nice operation...Will definitely check out when I get there...
Cheers!
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Mike...you look Fresh and Young 🎉🎉🎉
Proud taga Sta. Barbara.kami.
We hung out with Peter and his wife for several hours. I really liked them.
Great suit 🎉
Peter is a real genuine guy, could tell within minutes
I live outside, Gardens, Balcony and rooftop, 😂🇺🇸🫡🇵🇭Salute, Belus
Come to Sindangan, Mindanao. Stay at D' Crown Hotel. The owners will give you a big discount on your room.
Thank you will keep that in my mind for when I travel that way!
Mike, how's the Toe coming along ?. Give us an update on your next Video if you would. Don, California. 1-28-2024.
You should be a real estate agent here❤💯
Frank Lloyd Wright is the architect you're thinking of. He worked mostly in Chicago during his career.
Yes 👍
Good to see you Michael wearing a pair shoes now means your busted toe is healed.
I noticed that too! Good for him.
Sadly no this was prior to Duma I had to shelve it as it wasn't time sensitive
Been watching your vlogs Michael..been there in most towns in Iloilo. My late wife is from there. Have you learned how to speak Ilongo. Take care
How big a house can be built relative to the lot is usually set by the developer. For example, a house cannot be more than 48% of the entire lot, meaning 52% must be exterior space.
Since many of these houses built take up almost all the lots maybe Megaworld doesn't have that?
@@ThatPhilippinesLife Perhaps. I know that planning divisions and zoning departments of a city typically do not set the regulations on subdivision. Heck, city inspection doesn't even inspect the construction of a house except during the start and once it's finished.
@@J-Tyson558 are we talking the Philippines or in America? I Wasn't aware there are such strict restrictions here?
@@ThatPhilippinesLife I'm talking about the Philippines. Housing regulations and construction standards do not come close compared to the US. In the US the planning and building divisions typically set rules and regulations in place to ensure the safety and construction standards of each house/subdivision. These standards might even be on a state and federal level.
@@J-Tyson558 looking it up and it says developers must maintain 50% green space in the overall development but I can't find home owner code that limits how much green space?
$400K VIEW & LOCATION
$100K HOUSE
It's MORE FUN (AND EXPENSIVE) In The Philippines!!
no at 79 I'm tired of people assuming I'm a hater because I offered my honest opinion on some thing sorry your mind works like that
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Frank Loyd Wright is the famous architect.
The oldest golf course in Southeast Asia (1907)
You are very friendly, articulate/talkative: you remind me of used-car salesmen. You can sell anything!
Haha I'll take that as a compliment, I'll have to work up to new car salesman :)
Frank lloyd Wright is the architect
It’s Frank Lloyd Wright
Shoutout fr Wall Street, Manhattan, NYC!!!
How about a little further out from that area. Can you buy property with more land? Beautiful houses but they are part of a community with small lots. Very pretty area
Oh yes plenty of land that isn't inna subdivision outside if town
Hello mike , where is this in Sta. Barbara? What is the name of the Subdivision?
Santa Barbara heights
Michael. I would like to support your channel but I am a senior in Alberta. Canada , who can't afford to support the channels that we watch for entertainment. Thanks.😢
Watching is great support 💯
26:30 Frank Lloyd Wright
Oh my God, I thought you're vlogging in Santa Barbara, Ca. USA. I felt so ecstatic until I read your welcome message. 😂
Lol 😂😂 sorry
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Ok it has access go a golf course
Why are the sidewalks and streets so dirty in that subdivision? Is it mold from the humidity?
Not sure where you saw that?
That’s the color of cement with sand its very common in the Philippines, its not mold .
Thats amost the price in candada knce evefything is finished. Except labour is 25x more to build a house
What part of Canada? I'm from Canada and a 25 sq m house is 1.3 million dollars! These are 10x that size
I live in kelowna, b.c. that house looked like a regular 3 bedroom to me, here a new house from 750k to 1.5 .y guess but you said 450k and it was unfinished but it costs anywhere 15x to 26x more to live in canada that house in philipines looks like it needs another 100k to finish the inside and at least put 3 appliances in and still nee.ds lots of work done inside, and what I see in thailand on other vlogs it's way out of order comparing to thailand or even Malaysia especially thaila d with so much better infrastructure , I'm just making a bit of a comparison they are all third world countries or developing countries
agreed was shocked to see 444k and not even started inside with no yard or proper parking!@@acaciomadeira5147
Mike, why do they call it a Dirty Kitchen ?. Also, why are all the streets Cement. And not Black Top like most countries ?. And Last, at that price no Central A/C or Garages . Just a Car Port ?.
Tropical climate, every rainy season the roads would have potholes, so concrete mix last the longest. Central AC isn't a thing here in the Philippines (I'm sure someone imported but let's say I never see it) dirty kitchen is to cook smelly fish haha, garages are rare here yes. But people will still build them.
@@ThatPhilippinesLife Back in my military days in the south, The asphalt pavement would melt under my boots in the summer sun.
The sun will be much more intense in the Philippines, black asphalt would probably turn to liquid. And be a real danger for burning
Cement streets, if mixed and constructed properly will outlast asphalt lifespan by 2 to 3 times.
maintenance/upkeep cost are very low also. Potholes and cracks in asphalt/blacktop are basically a part of its life cycle 😆
1 - 10% fuel efficiency/savings because it’s harder, smoother surface. Asphalt is softer and uneven depending on temperatures. This creates friction/resistance which take more fuel to overcome or compensate.
Tough weather, hard rains, and high heat break up asphalt quite easily
Dirty kitchen is where you use firewood or charcoal. Usually outside at the back of the house. There’s another kitchen with gas range, oven, cooker hood, kitchen cabinet inside the house.
Super, Thank you Mary.
No way I’d drink that water! I live in Florida and have same water. I bought a whole house Reverse Osmosis system well worth it. Otherwise it will destroy your appliances in a few short years. You’d have to get that there if you wanted clean water to drink
The houses don't have this water they have city water this is natural sources that they vent the gasses out. He did mention the local government tests the water regularly
Obviously there are some very wealthy people in the Philippines. There would be very few expats that would pay big money for a property that they cannot own.
Vast majority of expats are married though, so like we have in Savannah subdivision many will buy under their wives name and build. Iloilo doesn't have a huge amount of expats but a decent number regardless
It's NOT in Iloilo City. Depending on traffic 20 to 30 minutes by car.
Correct, did I say it was in the city?
Funnily enough you discuss about a wig factory in the Philipinnes with a bad Danish man behind you, lol
A bad Danish man, what is that about 😊
Bald 😂
I'm guessing Francis is one of your rich friend in Iloilo considering he got married in Tagaytay...Ok so who is Francis :-)
25 Million Peso's? For a un-finished home? Okay, things have really changed in the Philippines.
This video was made on the 13 of January. Because the the new king was crowned on the 14.01.24.
Yea prior to pandemic prices were much less
@@YWYW476 I totally agree with you on the inequality of wealth here.
The new Danish King's wife is an Aussie ....mate.
Interesting
@@ThatPhilippinesLife Princess Mary..a commoner. He met her in a pub during the Sydney 2000 Olympics in Sydney. She was on holiday from Tasmania.
His name is Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Wrong or Wright? 😂😂😂
@@Resmith18SR maybe Right 😄👍
Some of his work is just amazing. Ennis House, Mayan Revival, stamped concrete blocks, thousands of them.
The thing forginers cnt own property and homes on phlippines only condos
Lease the land for 50 years, build a house of your dreams and you are good. Condo towers are torn down by 50 years so it's essentially the same terms
@@ThatPhilippinesLife vow thanks didn't know condos are finish after 50years
@@Davirdcarrol not guaranteed but the condo act requires the building to pass many inspections to current building standard (standards in 59 years from now) in order to be considered habitable. So for the majority they will just not be maintained that long. Some condos are also never turned over to a board of residents, like the one in Dumaguete the property there remains the developers property and not a share of the condo owners. It's complicated and risk is involved with no guarantees
That’s a Beautiful building in the Middle of Nowhere 😂😅😂
Yea until people build the houses it sure seems that way
I can't believe you drink that water and you are on fire. I would get gallons of it and use for cooking at the same time drinking.
Yeah, there's got to be a way to capture that and maybe run a nice big air conditioning compressor!
😂😂 two for one!
Nice cool place to spend here.. especially for senior citizens! 🥸
No, you can't go in shorts and t-shirt 365 days a year. Go to any government building and they require long pants and nice shirt.
😂 I'm not sure how that changes the weather tho
Frank Lloyd Wright
How can you buy it if you are not married to a phillipino??
Check out the lawyer video I posted not long ago she explains the legal options
Just an observation Mike, your vids are too long! you need to cut it down to 20 minutes or ppl are going to stop watching. We are looking for property in North Bacolod area now.
What's the pricing looking like?
Do they have vegan options?
Hmm not sure check out the link to his Facebook I think the entire menu is there. Even will deliver to Iloilo city!
Yes, they can ef off.
i am trying to figure out if you can afford a $500,000 dollar house why are you moving to the Philippines?
That is why a lot of foreigners in every nations digging Philippines, we have Americans, Canadians, Europeans, Africans and rest of the East Asians living here in the Philippines, and now majority of the pilipino’s that lives in the US also moving here building their houses, for consideration United States become just a land of work and any other opportunities but can’t stay there because whatever, how much you’re making it’ll burn down in a month, pensions and retirement is the only key but other than that, to fulfill a real good rich healthy life is to get out United States and settle somewhere else
That is cheap for the house and lot. In Canada you are talking about 1950 house made of wood and small rooms, uneven floor and ready to demolish and cost like $3.5 million dollars. But I will suggest to Mikey that Dumaguete by the beach or 360 view from the top mountain with pool for about $100,000 dollars
@@humminbird6990 sounds like a scammers hahaha, If I have a 100K USD I would build a luxury hotel in the Philippines
pretty simple ..... your $500K house in a lot of western countries & your $5K or $3K a month doesn't guarantee you a young girlfriend or a wife .... you already know the standards of young western women ..... it's pretty high that only rich & famous & celebs can afford it ..... & if you can afford it, they're still a good chance, they'll divorce you in 5 or 10 years in favor of a young boyfriend ...... see what happened to the great kevin costner ..... her wife ditched him for in favor of their neighbor/49 year old guy ......
Don't buy anything here
The dutch royal family... mfg !
No Danish Royal family
@@classictarget I know, but he didn't, he said Dutch
@@paulgriffin6256 yes but anyone can make a mistake, 🤣
no watching Binaca
No offense but kinda of a pointless video showing us houses that arent ready and still under construction with no details on the process of how to buy the property
I don't represent anyone, just showing you the neighborhood and Francis who lives there provided some of the prices. Most people build their own houses so there is just a few model homes they have listed for 25 million pesos.
Megaworld is the same company as BGC and Eastwood in Manila they are master plan type places.
Why are you promoting this, when foreigners can not buy land I the Philippines
overpriced
your an expert at finding people to mooch off , go to a derma
Another way to look at it is, people who watch his videos, see that he works himself basically to exhaustion to bring quality content for you to enjoy.
Even yesterday, he did a live stream nearly 3 hours long.
It's easy to want to help someone succeed, when they work so many hours not just filming, but editing as well.
He even takes the time to love the comments and reply to many of them.
@@tryscience or else he can not eat
@@user-eh1ie2se8m family is big in the Philippines. Maybe you will understand that.
If you had to leave your family, would you take your wealth with you, and leave them to struggle for themselves?
Or would you be generous and give your family what they need, before you leave and then work very hard to support yourself?
@@tryscience you should try getting a passport. and stop watching you tube
@@user-eh1ie2se8m I have a passport, and, don't tell me what to do
40 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT GOLF COURSES AND WEALTHY PEOPLE? SMH
I thought it was interesting, to see this variety. A lot of the other videos are not of places so extravagant.
I would never have the resources to live in such a wonderful community. Call a vicarious experience. I get to see the beautiful places, but I don't have to pay any of the bills 😉🤙
Well, I thought he showed the new houses buying built not only the golf course.
why do you think the average expat wants to hear about high end establishment's instead of the average areas sorry you site is getting boring
Dude you’re a hater, get a life dude 😂
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I wouldn’t say boring, but I do get what you’re saying. It’s definitely not what I’m expecting nor necessarily wanting to learn before visiting or moving to PH.
I think this is great information and very interesting.
Maybe he should have a 2nd channel that has a real estate/rental focus.
I can’t imagine the majority subscribers or viewers really being interested in looking at new homes/condos for sale or rent for long term content.
Maybe if you are really moving there very soon or if you are in the real estate business. Otherwise viewers could start to get bored or lose interest.
But again, I do find it informative and enjoy the content. But it really narrows the reasoning for coming/staying on the channel.
No hate here
I enjoyed the video...
It's good to see that the Philippines isn't all poverty and challenges, speaking for myself it's fun to imagine waking up in such a beautiful place, even though realistically it'll only ever happen in my dreams.
@jeffswift. Well, it’s not only for expats. Other viewers are interested. I’m happy to watch get updates of Iloilo area.
what the hell man !!! why you always deleted my comments or each time i replied on a post from someone else ..... i'm a filipino who supported your SMALL channel ..... your lucky that i supported your channel, especially that you are in my country ...... if i was attacking you i totally get it,but i wasn't,i even defended one time or twice here ....
I just woke up, guaranteed did not delete your comments, was there any links? CZcams may have flagged for even a single word I'm not sure
Please don't take offense, some trolls will falsely flag a comment to remove it. I found the same thing with some of my posts as well.
Other viewers can report and have your comments deleted.
THE OLDEST GULF IN SOUTH ASIA IS SANTA BARBARA ILOILO 👍😘
Frank Lloyd Wright