Residence for Sale in Brgy Irawan, Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines

All Modern, All-Electric, New Home in Quiet, Safe Neighbood

Asking Price: $140,000 USD (Negotiable)
Address: Fatima Subdivision
Purok Freedom
Barangay Irawan
Puerto Princesa (One of the cleanest cities in the Philippines!)
Palawan, Philippines 5300
Price: Amount invested in this property is 7 million 600 thousand pesos (about $190,000). Due to health of one of us we had to return to the United States.
This house is located in a quiet subdivision surrounded by forest. A cement wall bounds one side of a large 1,300 sq. meter lot;(14,000 square feet). The house and maid house together measure about 307 square meters (3,300 square feet) of living space. The concrete house bounds another side and a metal fence surrounds two sides.
The subdivision owner lives on the property. Just a few others have built in this exclusive neighborhood as yet. One large property with house and several outbuildings is across the lane diagonally about 30 meters (100 feet) from our house. It’s owned by a Wales dentist and Filipina wife, but is taken care of by a relative. Their house has a swimming pool that is often used by neighbors and friends.
Our lot has mahogany and other tree species. The lot is surrounded by banana trees.
A large outbuilding for a maid is located at the end of our lot with private bedroom and bath and a storage room alongside.
Our house is all-electric — two 37.5 KVA transformers, refrigerator with water/ice dispenser, large washer and dryer, electric/gas stove, centralized air conditioning, food disposal, curtains, and ceiling fans.
There’s an automatic iron gate opener, motion sensing lights, and many outside lights around the property. There’s several external water faucets. Cold and hot water pipes are first class throughout the house.
Much of the wood inside the house is expensive Nara and Ipil on all floors that are wooden and are first class, including the stairwell. Nara and Ipil are termite resistant but termite treatment is kept up to date on both structures.
It has large kitchen cabinets and counter space, clean city water, 3 beds (not counting maid’s bed), 2 small bedroom cabinets, and ceramic top kitchen table with 4 chairs. Kitchen cabinets are large. Kitchen counter is also ceramic top. There’s many built-in storage cabinets in the washer/dryer alcove outside off the kitchen. The washer and dryer are both large size.
Outside is a large septic tank with 28 meters (90 feet) of field lines (leach lines) for sewage and another separate 40 meters (131 feet) of drain pipe for gray water (wash water + roof rain water). Unlike most Philippine houses the 1,300 square meter lot was properly perc tested for proper dimensions of leach lines and the large septic tank was placed outside of the house. It probably won’t need any attention for many years.
The house is mainly concrete with an all metal roof.
The three bedrooms and three bathrooms inside the house — and the two external doors — all have solid, expensive wooden doors and two baths have a tub with shower and independent water heater. One bath has shower with water heater but all have wash basin and toilet stools surrounded by colorful ceramic tile. The maid’s bath is a shower also with ceramic tile.
Although the city of Puerto Princesa is a huge area (many kilometers), the shopping district proper and airport is about 16 kilometers distant, which provides for welcome privacy as well as huge reduction in city noise. In fact, it’s country living at its best.
Our house is probably for foreigners who enjoy modernity with peace and quiet but Filipinos enjoy it also — residential, vacation home, rental property.
The city of Puerto Princesa is a rapidly growing tourist community with one of its prime attractions a UN award-winning underground river as well as other Philippine attractions. Prior Japanese American soldier internment is world historic.
We built this house in 2010 as a modern, Americanized retirement home for my wife and I. Unfortunately health problems caused me to return to the United States for medical treatment. Our asking price (negotiable) is much less than our original cost.
The Philippine National Bank will lend 80% of the appraised value. We are in the process of getting the property appraised.