You have read about our retirement location and the specifics regarding where our property is. Now its time to introduce you to your home design. Our property if you remember is located within a gated subdivision just outside Davao City. http://www.philippinesorbust.com/2010/09/our-retirement-locale/ The lot itself situated on the golf course and having a fairly severe slope. [...]

I recently posted that we had finally decided and purchased our retirement lot. It is located in the Subdivision Rancho Palos Verdes within the Barangay of Mandug / Indangan Davao City, Mindanao. It is about 20 minutes drive outside of Davao City proper. We looked at lots and subdivisions all over Davao City during our [...]

After our latest trip to Davao this past winter we have finalized our retirement location. It is in the outskirts of Davao City (about 20 mins from city center, no traffic View Rancho Palos Verdes in a larger map Rancho Palos Verdes ( http://www.palosverdesdavao.com/ ) Palos Verdes is a unique, exclusive residential and 18-hole championship [...]

When I first realized the extreme costs of electricity in the Philippines ( Energy Costs in the PI (Not What You Think They Are?!?) ), I immediately started looking for solutions to the problem. The very first thought that came to mind was: “Hey, I’m saving up money for this whole retirement thing, what’s the [...]

This is the first of many “Energy Conservation” related articles, I will feature here. Lets first say that the “energy conservation” articles are not for the benefit of the environment (although its a nice side story They are solely for the environment of my bank account. Looking to reduce one of the largest re-occurring bills [...]

In my research for finding a hard budget that could rely on to base my retirement fund off of, I started researching re-occurring bills and what they would need to be. There are articles on the web that kind of gloss over the topic, many saying “retire on $800 USD per month in the PI” [...]

As you all read in my last installment, Location is a very personal choice.  There are so many choices when it comes to where one would like to retire. From my experience it seems to be determined by a persons likes, dislikes, hobbies, and mostly family. Obviously I have no one on my side of [...]

After the initial decision to retire in the Philippines, the first question to be answered is where to settle down.  That can almost be harder than making the initial choice to move.  The Philippines consists of approximately 7,107 islands ranging from, no formal name given land masses of about 4,000 square meters to Luzon weighing [...]

In my first on topic post, I would like to talk about what we call here at home Living Local. This means when you are visiting a country for more than a couple days to live as the locals do. This is the best way to get a good understanding of their culture and their [...]

Hello, Glad you found my space on the net. I will be keeping this blog to help myself with the daunting task of planning and implementing my retirement to the Philippines. I hope that the information I find along the way will be helpful to you (the readers) as well. The blog will cover topics [...]