Philippine Construction Cost; Quality at Affordable Prices

... If you are looking for the lowest price we can not help you ...

You can easily find a local architect / contractor who is very eager to design- or build your house at a low price. Only the problem is that you force him to use inferior materials and use any trick to keep his cost down to still make a profit. The sad result you will see after the contractor finished your house...

We focus on quality, durability and after-sales service.

Our 30 years experience is your profit; we will lead you step-by-step through the design- and construction process.

Affordable; We developed over the years a method to reduce the cost of building in the Philippines, whether for small renovations, high-end houses, big commercial projects or high-rise.
Only a few of our staff members and skilled workers will manage the building-process; we use mostly local labour and -resources to minimize costs and the more projects we have, the more discount we get from our material-suppliers.

Is your budget sufficient?

The most affordable house we can build cost US$ 20,000 (Php 900,000)

What is the cost to build a home in the Philippines?
 

The price normally depends on the design, floor area, location, materials & method of construction, even the timetable will adversely affect costs.

Basically YOU are the one who deceide the construction costs; we let our clients select what house design they want, how big the floor area, which kitchen they like and what quality doors, colour of tiles etc. All of this effects the price.

Example:

Cost of building a 100 sq mt Philippine house (1,100 sq ft) turn-key package deal; including design, labor, materials (doors, paint, kitchen, roof etc.), supervision, paperwork (but not including furnitures/fixtures/appliances, landscaping and fence);

a) 'Average finish' (ordinary tiles, plain paint finish, steel casement windows) roughly Php 1.5M up to Php 1.8M
b) 'Medium-end finish' (sliding windows, China made granite tiles for floors, plain paint finish for walls) roughly Php 1.8M up to Php 2M
c) 'High-end finish' (first class) roughly Php 2M up to Php 2.5M

For 200 sq mt (2,200 sq ft) multiply the prices by 2
For 300 sq mt (3,300 sq ft) multiply the prices by 3
etc.

Manila, Cebu, Davao, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Tagaytay, Isabela, Tuguegarao, Laoag, Ilocos, Baguio, La Union, Pangasinan, Pampanga, Angeles, Zambales, Subic, Olongapo, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Malolos, Rizal, Antipolo, Metro Manila, Makati, Imus, Quezon, BICOL, Samar, Albay, Legaspi, Iloilo, Boracay, Negros, Dumaguete, Bacolod, Camotes Island, Leyte, Tacloban, Ormoc, Maasin, Bohol, Tagbilaran, Panglao, Iligan City, Cagayan de Oro, General Santos, Cotabato, Zamboanga, Davao, Samal, Tagum, Butuan, Palawan, Agusan, Surigao, Bukidnon, Malaybalay etc.

How to select a Philippine contractor?

If you ask a Philippine contractor to calculate the price of building your house he needs to know exactly what design you like, all measurements and what materials you select; maybe you want imported materials or Philippine-branded or 'not-branded with the same quality' (which is cheaper) etc. etc. The cost of building a house in the Philippines normally depends on the design, floor area, location, materials & method of construction, even the timetable will adversely affect costs.

So you need to show the blue prints which itemizes all scope of works and materials; only then the contractor can tell you the price which you can compare with other Philippine contractors.

If you ask a contractor to give a rough construction-estimate by only showing him some pictures from the internet you have no idea what quality of materials he will use...so you can never compare with other contractors...

(By the way; Philippine architects and contractors can not give you a free list of materials or make the design for free; this is a professional service that has to be payed for.)

For the building cost of commercial buildings in the Philippines (warehouse - factory - condominium - townhouse - apartment - subdivision - resort - office - store - industrial building - call center - boarding house - bar - restaurant - hotel - multi-storey building - dormitory - memorial complexes - school - clubhouse - bank - church) and physical planning, land development projects, mining management, site development, low cost housing, road construction of subdivisions and industrial estates; please contact us for more information.

Faster Construction at No Extra Cost
No 'hollow blocks' but Solid Concrete Walls
Stronger
More Durable
Less Labor
Insulation optional
Save money on electricity bills for aircon
Reduce noise from outside

The Trump Tower in America is built using the same construction method

More info about Philippine Architects...

You can not simply 'build the same house like a picture you see somewhere on the Internet'; it is intellectual property of an architect, it is not designed according to your preferences or to fit your lot and a 'foreign design' (blueprints which you buy abroad) has to be changed according to the Philippine Building Code anyway. So you need an architect, always.

...more about Philippine house design...

Lately we hear more and more stories from our website-readers about the problems which they encounter because of the fact that they get the services of a 'contractor' or an 'architect' which happen to be a friend or relative without an office, without a contract...And they are offered very low prices...
The result is:
- 'contractors' disappear when the house is half finished
- houses that look nice when built start to crack/leak soon because the low price you pay forces the 'contractor' to use cheap materials
- 'architects' make a ridiculous design with a foundation of half a meter thick (yes believe it, we have seen this ourselves!)

Our latest example was in Medellin (Cebu) where the prospect showed us their house; half built. Their 'contractor' (a foreman; a friend of a friend...) disappeared because the low price that he offered turned out to be impossible...There was no contract...The septic tank was at the wrong place...The walls were not prepared to receive electrical/plumbing...they learned it the hard way...

Same story in Siquijor where the 'contractor' suddenly left to work as OFW abroad...leaving a half built house behind...

Your house needs to last for generations; hire a professional...