All thats missing is a rescue dog and cat and you have the makings for a lovely happy home. Congratulations!.

Love this man. Breaking out of the shackles to travel and see what else life has to offer...nothing better.

Gotta love how the guy at the start started listing off all the things wrong with the place and told you what needs fixed before offering help removing things. They're pretty good people there.

You're the first guy I've seen do a rehab over there. I wondered how often they could be found. For that price and terms, you can't go wrong. It's turning out nice and if you ever leave, the owners have a nicer place to rent.

I would live there in a heartbeat!!

Make sure the owner shows you a home title with his name on it. And have a paralegal make a lease agreement… you don’t want to spend all that $ and then find out he doesn’t even own the house… you could fix it up and then get kicked out by the real owner…😊

Great value, and theyre lucky to have a tenant who will improve and maintain the property.

This is the first time ive seen a westerner living on filipino on prices .....this is eye opening

It's a charming house. It needs some greenery inside. A small garden outside for fresh produce. If I could find a place like it I would move there in a heart beat.

i lived in Oroquieta for 1 year and found huge house with 5 bedrooms and a pool. It also was gated and the lot was very big. I paid 200 dollars a month for it. I think your place is a great deal and it looks really good fixed up. I f i was single i could live there with no problem. Take care man and congrats on your home

A local artist could paint some cool artwork. Jungle theme. Waterfall. Whatever you like. Top spot mate.👍

I'll follow your renovation videos. This is very interesting content.

Dang a very nice place... Even if you spend 5K USD to fix it is still worth it. The lot size is what I like the best. you can basically have a farm and an oasis. I would built me a small pond and plant

Awesome idea and carry through ! Shows what you can get done by stepping out of the box . Instead of an ' ugly ' foreigner you become a positive asset to the home owners and the neighborhood. OUTSTANDING. .M B.

36$ mansion in the making, that's great brother!! I'm looking for something like that, can fix most things myself, great way to pass time as well 🥳

Good for you brother, just like remodeling an old Florida block home. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

Paint the roof above the carport/leanto pure white as you can! White reflects 89 percent of the heat. I painted the ex’s father’s steel roof above the indoor kitchen, it went from unbearable heat radiating into the house to not even noticeable. Paint everything you can on the roof white if you can.. can send pics if you want.

Wow, what a find!!! I love it!!! You’re doing a great job rehab in the place! The owner is probably tickled to death!!! That will make a good home for you.

I love the house. Price is definitely spectacular, but the house itself, the yard and fence walls are exactly what I would be looking for even at a higher price. And the fact that you’re in a cooler mountain climate makes your Philippine homestead ideal. I enjoyed your interview with Paul, and I will be following your videos . If I end up in the Philippines, one day, it will either be in Baguio or MalayBalay…

I knew we could find deals there, but you have just blown my mind! I am so grateful you put this up, brother, I could watch an hour video on this easily. THIS is the dream! Thank you for sharing!

Oh wow, I looked away for a few sec and the house already improved by a lot. I was expecting a separate video. Nicely done sir. Improved by a lot

Man that is an absolutely killer deal great job mate - and great video

Wow. What a quick and nice transformation. The white looks great and makes sense in a warm climate. I think you have made some good choices here.

Looks great so far and I’d definitely, keep the outside & inside white, it looks so open and bright, plus you can add color with furnishings.

Excellent deal, I paid 60.00 USD a month for 1 bedroom 1 bath 23 yrs. ago in Dumaguete.

The thing that will make the house pop to life would be some foux shutters on all the windows. I think a wine color, maroon, burgundy will make it look like a million dollars.

Wow, that’s incredible. Thank you so much for the video tour of your new place. Looking forward to seeing more videos in the future of what you have done to it. Yes you are very inspiring and I have hope for my future retirement on a beer budget.

That’s a good size place to live for 36 a month great find

Brilliant Darrell, congrats 👏, job well down. Just goes to show what some paint, patience and creative thinking can do to fix up a run down. Looking forward to seeing thd end results. Cheers 🍻 from Australia 🇦🇺

I did something like that. I rented a 2 bedroom, 2 CR, 1 kitchen and 2 dirty kitchen for US100. I re-built walls, plumbling, electric, cieling, paint. Built a new room. Installed aircons., insulation, and totally furnished it myself. It took me a long time, but 22 years later, my rent is only half of what it could be, and I have got back all the money I invested into it. It could now rent for US400. I am now considering putting in a small pool.

Beautiful! Man with vision!!! Thats what most women need in their life!!!! Great job!!!

TY for sharing your story, really opens my eyes on the craziness of American (California, Bay Area) living. Your home is as big as my home yet I pay nearly 2800 a year in property taxes, not only could I survive there but dare I say very comfortably on my social security benefits, where here I’m counting pennies.

Nice Place with some tender loving care... Very Cool... big lot, yard and yeah the Man Cave outside.. Frugally and Simple at it's Best in the Phils.. You got a Real deal, with some work and fixing up.. Wow ... Great Job

Thank you for doing something different! Currently selling my home and plan to move to the province in Pangasinan and build a small home within my wife’s family compound. I prefer the province life to the city. Easier to get to know the locals and enjoy their customs. Looking forward to seeing more from your experience.

A nice smooth color for the inside would look good in a earth-tone tan. Still a cool color and pleasing to the eye

I like how you gave that old house some love ! Looks great ! I’m happy I found your channel !

Win/win! That’s just perfect and you can’t go wrong. For that sort of investment you can easily walk away while leaving the place vastly improved. Aircon is a must and the outdoor kitchen is a great idea to keep cooking odours out of the house. I’m in Western Australia and do most of my cooking outdoors. A cheap kitset garage would be a bonus for overflow storage/workshop too. I hope it goes well for you and congratulations on making the great escape! 👍🏻

very nice find and you did a great job having it fixed up. The white gray and black make a good combination.

Enjoying your videos. Thanks

The painters did a great job. I love the security porch in the front to lock up your motorbike. My friends in Manila had to put their motorbike in the living room every night, so it wouldn't be stolen. It sucks that the kitchen didn't have a sink, so you had the expense of trying to figure that out.

Yes I could live there for $36 a month.

New viewer/subscriber here… I agree, finding a place for that price and doing an inexpensive quality rehab is a great way to go. I think you’ll become known as the man in the ‘white house’. Congratulations on your project.

luv luv luv it! absolutely amazing, and the colors are fitting. you can simply add colors from natural accents, e.g., large indoor plants, tropical indoor/outdoor plants; but moreover, $36.00 buck a month is extraordinary. CONGRATS! It's really a big deal ❤️

I really like watching your videos because you're living the way I hope to one day be able to live over out in the province where there's not very many expats

I love a white house, and the grey doors, and I could live there without a doubt. Add splashes of colour inside with curtains/blinds, cushions, duvet cover etc. It's a great size. with carport, dirty kitchen and huge garden. The owners will benefit from your work which didn't cost that much, whenever you leave that rent will rise!

Insane price for renting and how fresh it looks now you painted it out n inside ...owner must be happy how your looking after his investment, only thing I'd worry about is Security their....keep smiling Dude

Leave the house color white. Love it. White also reflects heat so that helps keeping it cooler inside.

Looks great! What a great deal! Well worth investing to fix it up. Just my opinon: Sink below the window, on the left walking into the kitchen. Washer spin dryer to the left of the sink. Stove centered, and counters on the wall below the Aircon.

Please do an AFTER video. Sounds like you can turn that dump into something nice and respectable

I'd love to live in the countryside of the Philippines.. it's like a home away from home. 😊

Wow! I definitely see all the potential - growing a big garden, having chickens, digging a dip pool, outdoors/indoors living with a big screened in porch, with a brick bbq outside... wow. The tropical fruits you can plant and grow there, fantastic! 😮🫡🙏🏼

Love the white and grey! Clean and crisp.

I could easily afford and live there, when I get to retire I would like to find something comparable in a province area. (A little more isolated) Two or three more years and I'm done with all the craziness here in the USA. I love my country but I really want to be able to enjoy my retirement years and the philippines looks like the perfect place for me. I've been doing my research for about five years now looking at the positive and negative sides of the Philippines and I see more positive than negative aspects of retirement in the Philippines. I enjoyed your video and looking forward to seeing more of your thoughts and subjects there. Thank you.

This is amazing. Great videos. You should write a book detailing how to live on a shoestring budget there.

Living the dream. Nice concrete box.

Nice find man. Love what you done to the place. Yep $36 is a bargain. I would grab that in a blink. Imagination will be key in fixingg. Great job. Im sold.

I vote for white or green outside paint. Definitely white for inside the house coz it's neat and easy in the eye and the place will looked spacious...and you can throw some colors in your furniture of choice....I'm really curious on the update of this house...specifically the outside kitchen...so long 👋

This is really great content bro, too many videos about people discussing budgets and saying stuff like you can't live well with X amount here yada yada. Really like to see what all you end up doing and all the costs associated so i'll definitely be following.

Great going my brother. The price is right, a few details is all you need.

Sir...that is an awesome find!! Can't wait to see more of your house...very cool indeed.

Lovely home! Amazing what a difference paint and a few repairs can make! 🤩

Great job, nice idea finding a place that needed some fixing. I've lived in the Philippine for 7 years so far and have known two other expats who did the fix up route. As long as you have a signed lease and the owners are semi honest you should be good. I love the yard. I also live in the province of Zamboanga Del Norte but own a small home there

My friend (ex military) works as an air traffic controller in Kuwait but has a "vacation" home in the Philippines. He also owns a bar there. It's always amazed me how cheaply someone can have nice things over there. I enjoyed this and hope to see part 2 with the finished product.

Dude that's a steal and a half good job making it look nice all white is the best option.

You scored buddy, congratulations

Congrats I’m so wanting to do something like this i spent quite a bit of time in the Caribbean miss that water and the food as well as the people

Wow, fantastic deal!! Really impressive!!

I love what you have done with place. You need BBQ grill / wood stoves kitchen for that aromatic abodo mate.

Great deal and looks awesome.🙏🏾

Nice job.

Awesome work!!! Can’t wait to see the finished product. 😍

That's awesome man. You can't beat that price at all ! That's my kinda budget right there . 😊

Are the windows really old? They look amazing. I love the style! Will subscribe for more updates and cost.

AWESOME 🎉 CongoRats 🎉 Brother! 🎉 I'd love a place like that! 🎉

I've renovated shitholes and crackdens that were going for cheap and transformed them into awesome studios. My biggest investment was always into security locks and doors.

New sub here. Can not wait to finish your home improvement. ❤

That looks really great and you are doing an excellent rehab job. I saw a bluish-green paint on the frame around the front door. That might add a bit of color if you put it on the outside trim. Or, if gray is going to be the final color of that balustrade, maybe the trim should also be in gray.

Great forward project and very cheap indeed, especially the labor costs. Sliding doors from the kitchen onto a nice big patio with outside bar would be amazing when it is finished....good luck

Theyre so nice ❤ the nicest landlords let you paint ❤

Excellent work Sir!

fantastic what a find

Landlord hopefully lets you stay after it is finished , you never know

Great job! New paint makes everything better!

What a steal! The compound and gate alone is enough for me to think! I would probably start negotiating on owning the land after.

One idea is to install some new windows with screens. Cost may not be bad. Have fun with the project!

Interesting. Great to see some low price options

Wow looks good. I'm glad John Goodman is doing so well....

I'm thinking of moving there myself. Simple living, no idiots around you. What an awesome idea!

Darrell, very nice job, what a difference in before and after! I appreciate you posting your walkthrough and and repairs as promised. I completely agree that these costs are incredibly low, in comparison to America, and make it affordable to bankroll projects like this. However, will you share why, in your perception and with your experiences in financing, real estate and construction, you believe it's worth the risk; is there a Filipino version of a lease agreement; are landlords pretty trustworthy as a general rule; are landlord scammers/opportunists rarely heard of out there? Thanks for the great videos, keep them coming!

White looks good in and out. Have some potted plants in the veranda and you have colors. Add some shutters on the window for the coming typhoon season. That's what we did to our house in the province and it helps a lot specially during the Easterly season. What province are you located? We are moving back to the Philippines in 7 months and maybe our paths will cross. I love your content, you and my husband I think have the same idea of retirement - simple, laid-back, easy life in the province. I'm subscribing so he can follow your vlogs. Cheers!

the place is so nice with privacy and looks so cool place because there are trees

Well done! I am envious. Good luck

That’s my kind of bargain… I don’t mind dropping a grand to improve someone’s property to make my stay better. Great yard for dogs.

My brother is moving to Dumaguete. Are you near Duma? This is a great option for him. Very inspiring video. Subscribed👍

Outstanding, Darrell.. looking forward to your progress/updates.. Thanks for Sharing!

Wow nice big yard. And for that price is just incredible . And look at the work that's been done.

Nice little place cheap good enough it’s a roof over your head . Great deal. We’re in what province are you situated 😊

Saw one fixer upper apartment in Angeles City (not province) by a 72 year old US expat spend less than 2K fixing up like new paint flush toilet ac microwave fridge...... and got a lifetime lease - until he dies - for $100/mo. on a $70 original priced apartment - contract w/owner ! Owner keeps it all upon his death. --- Some owners are willing to deal and see the value when your gone. - - - Frugal me thought of that idea prior to seeing the video ! I'm 73 and apparently our minds think alike even though I'm still in the US. I will be trying to do the same and negotiate a deal til death if I like the place. - - - You certainly did well. I believe I would take the 5 years. Then @ your age you could do it again somewhere perhaps ? At my age I'll shoot for lifetime. > You should be quite happy there. --- Perhaps others doing this w/o videos ?

Interested in the upcoming improvements of your new home. Good luck and hope you will have a happy and healthy life in the Phil! I'm your new sub fr SoCal. God bless!

Nice simple life man. Nice job on the house. Provincial setting. Inexpensive. I’m sold! 👍