Personal Residence #1 - Renovation Spending Update (April 11, 2019)
Prior to completing the purchase of Personal Residence #1, I really had no idea how much a full-blown renovation would cost, but in the back of my mind, I was already budgeting around ~$15,000 USD. I thought the aforementioned figure would be
Personal Residence #1 - First Week of Renovations (April 10, 2019)
Well, it’s been roughly 1 week now since I obtained the keys to my new personal residence in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), Manila. I’ve still got plenty of work to do, but as the saying goes, slow and steady wins the race.
Here’s an update to some of what’s been going on
Day 1 - Living in BGC
After closing the deal on my first personal residence ever (up to now, I’ve only previously owned rental properties), I wasted no time in getting started on rehab/renovation work (which I am familiar with, having undertaken this rather fun assignment a few times before in the past).
I arrived to BGC early in the morning, but before
Personal Residence #1 - Dreams Comes True
Well after much thought, deliberation, and talk, today marked the culmination of a lot of things when I finished signing all the requisite paperwork and was able to obtain the keys to my very first ever personal residence, located in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), Metro Manila.
Yup, the
BGC - Property Progress Tracker (April 2, 2019)
Ok, by now it’s really no secret to readers that I’ve got this strong affinity thing going on with Bonifacio Global City (BGC), located in Metro Manila, Philippines. The short and long of it is that for early FI, I absolutely want to own a property in BGC that I can call my own.
For one, I always thought it would be so awesome to