This comment is not to offend or put down anyone or any vloggers. I did watch and used to watch the juicy vlog. For years. But after a while, ive noticed their videos are … how can i describe it … Their videos felt “ stay away from the poorer or typical streets, stay in the tourist spots such as restaurants, places to visit etc” In other words the juicy vlogs just stayed in the safe or tourist spots. Dont get me wrong, ive seen foreigner vloggersactually eating the streets or slums food stalls or restaurants where no foreigners would go to. What ive noticed with your videos, you arent afraid to actually talk, interact with the actual locals not just locals in tourist spots. You also go on rides, streets rides in actual manila streets not just the “tourist spots roads”. You are actually interacting with locals not just a hi, how are you. Maybe not too risky as other foreign street vloggers. But very entertaining. The juicy vlog was just getting repetitive. “Playing safe” . Still a great vlog to watch dont get me wrong. Your vlog is more “detailed” if that makes sense. Also i like how you show certain aspects on manila, such as the highways , how crazy the traffic is , or a coffee shop thats opened 24/7. As an example.

Folks - make this 60k before the end of the month. The info that Mergim is providing are very educational and valuable. I've learned a lot already from watching his vids and I'm learning a lot more about Manila and other locations he visited. His videos and presentations are top-notch.

@sherinick7523

Жыл бұрын

And he is being paid for vlogging the condos 😁

@Dongitzclem57

Жыл бұрын

@@sherinick7523 and so what's wrong with that? Do some condo vlog too so you get paid. Fair enough?

@leovinoclavel6154

Жыл бұрын

Educational??? 40 yrs na akong pinoy pero hndi pa ako nakapunta sa lahat ng pinuntahan nya..

@cordapio7478

Жыл бұрын

@@sherinick7523, wtf, Marites in the house…umatake n nmn yng pagka inggetera mo iha…mag blog k din pra d k naiingit, leche k😡😡😡🤬

I have been watching your videos for weeks now. Seeing this and giving us tours to condominiums in Taguig really helps the real estate industry ☺️ Thank you, Mergim. You're nailing it! These kinds of videos are indeed educational not just to the expats, but also to the locals who have interest in buying units

Salamat!💥 Good job!💫 always impressed how you narrate and described things in all your videos! 👍

Seen you riding a scooter in person while I was walking on the way home from the office. Glad you’re enjoying life here in BGC! 😊

Killer questions for those who plan to buy a luxury condo unit are: 1. How much is monthly association dues? 2. How much is insurance for the building and common areas? 3. How much is the annual real property tax (amilyar)? 4. How much is estimated insurance premium for the unit? 5. How many generators are there? What can these generators support? Aircon or electric fan only? For how many hours?

@get2riz

Жыл бұрын

These are great questions. But I'm thinking that those who can afford 40M+ pesos for housing would have enough equity or access to financing to cover the condo fees. My bigger question is why would these projects need a separate power generator?

@alfredhitchcock45

Жыл бұрын

Bibili ka ba jan kung mahirap ka

@Division2412

Жыл бұрын

Pinaka mababa monthly due payment mo dito 30k

@islandrepublic9166

Жыл бұрын

@@get2riz correct. The main issue of concern is the insurance policies and the law of land since most of the owners that purchase this property ry can afford buying this. All others are and should be embedded into their contraft anyways I mean at this price the customer should not be even worried about standard inclusion of amenities etc c

@isnhart

Жыл бұрын

condo only last 20~25 years after that you have to rebuy it double the price

A few things… 1) TINY wardrobe space! A rich person would have so many clothes and shoes etc those tiny wardrobes wouldn’t be enough. Only the master bedroom has ok walk in wardrobe 2) Compared to other buildings in BGC, this is low? How high does it go? Not even 20 floors? So if a developer builds a building nearby or in front of it, there goes the view and the sunlight coming in 3) About ownership, are all condominiums on a lease? So basically it’s not freehold. For how long? What happens after a certain amount of time? What happens to the building?

@tequilainmanila

Жыл бұрын

Good point #2. But if you get a unit on the other side, it's overlooking a residential area with houses. They're up to 3 floors, so all good and that's not gonna change

@caspian0ffline925

Жыл бұрын

Pag inggit pikit 😂

@usersubscriberSC

Жыл бұрын

Foreigners are allowed to own/buy condo units. But there are various related costs in buying a unit, i.e. monthly association dues, property insurance, annual property tax (amilyar), etc.

@maharlukomaharluka4811

Жыл бұрын

i am interested in question number 3. it is very important if you have a plan to buy a condo unit.

@caspian0ffline925

Жыл бұрын

You complain a lot but you have nothing to buy.

40 million is ridiculously expensive. I'm living in the middle east and at that price you can buy a villa. My dream is to live on BGC and Mckinley but it become more and more expensive for me 😅

@mylesgarcia4625

Жыл бұрын

That's PESOS -- NOT US dollars!!

@get2riz

Жыл бұрын

@@mylesgarcia4625 "Affordability" is relative to income. 40 M Pesos converted to my Canadian currency is a luxury suite in downtown Toronto. I could get a big house on 2 acres of land outside of Greater Toronto Area for about the same price. The BGC and MckInley markets are not for everyone. These planned neighborhoods are "economic-gated communities".

@mylesgarcia4625

Жыл бұрын

@@get2riz I NEver said everyone could afford it. We all have our levels of affordability. Chacun son gout.

@dannycarlos5595

Жыл бұрын

40M is pretty reasonable for the location and size tbh

@imdark4975

Жыл бұрын

@@get2riz that is true, 40M for a condominium sounds a lot of money for me, especially that it is here in the Philippines. I thing that is because of its location tho and that price would triple in the future so that is also a good investment

Keep up the good work! I love your vlogs. They're both entertaining and infomative.

Mergim, the ongoing construction is the Mckinley Park West condos (and there'll be a Mckinley West Village too) and the 3-level Houses you can see are in the exclusive Mckinley Hills Village (they are not townhouses).

Some of the comments here amuse me. If you think that these units are expensive, you're probably not their target market. Don't be mad.. 😆😆

@noeminoemi1350

Жыл бұрын

overpriced for ordinary looking units, no one is mad.

@michaelorfanos7416

Жыл бұрын

Why, they are high.

@millennialinmanila5621

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. I dont think Megaworld is dumb to build buildings that no one will buy because its too expensive. They know their market. Its not for people who watch youtube vlogs all day lol

@erniegonzales3525

Жыл бұрын

Too much money for an ordinary looking unit, its not even worth 15 million

@hushancheta8389

Жыл бұрын

Guys,. it's expensive because of the location, not just for the unit.. kung namamahalan ka, it's either you don't know much about real estate, or you don't have money,. peace ✌️

Whoa wait, I know this condo. This is where Mike and Nelly's condominium is!

Please do a video on Villa Escudero and let me know if you are going. Thank you.

I'm surprised that the lower units already have big size condo units. Big units are usually at the top floors of the building. Unless all the units there have the same big size units.

for ₱35 million, you could have bought a Lot and built your own house and made more space and rooms with a inground pool.

Would love to see other BGC apartments that are more affordable for us peasants please.... and preferably not units where TJV and MIH Vloggers are already living in....

@amaliahightower

Жыл бұрын

Outside Manila there are plenty! Cavite have lots of developments and infrastructures that are being done right now ie MRT, CALAX, Evo City etc.

@ihn2023

Жыл бұрын

@@amaliahightower Thanks

hi mergim im very proud of you andmire you. You are now like a filipino.i can see that you now so relax in bgc as resident.take care always.

I was at St Moritz, looking at the exact same units last week. They are not worth the money at-all!! That's all total commission and profit. On the roof where the pool is, is a awful sight. On one side of the pool it's construction the other its the hood, anywhere you look it's not kind to the eyes.They want the best part of $750,000,00 for 130 sqm, what a joke!! You can do way better for the money.

That's where mike from making it happen lives.

$682,000 USD to live in the Philippines on a Tourist Visa is wild... but as the West gets crazier and crazier, I have no doubt that someone will snatch these up

@KWPZ21

Жыл бұрын

There are a lot of rich folks out there. There much more expensive ones out there. The new one on Makati Ayala Triangle is one of the most expensive. There one worth P500 million+ condo and that's not even the most expensive one there. There are even P40 million + , Ayala lot. That's only a lot but those expensive ones are the 1st ones to sold out.

@usersubscriberSC

Жыл бұрын

At 1/8 of that price, you may buy a similar unit in the Makati City areas like Salcedo village and Legaspi village. More laid back neighborhoods.

You should be an estate agent for expat. 👍👋🌈🇬🇧🇵🇭🙏🏼

@timothyurabe8303

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Mergim, you’re very good at this. You have to continue doing this because your vlogs on condos are very informative and inspiring. You’re a top notch influencer. You should win the top award for the competition they have for all vloggers. Keep up the excellent work that you do. I’m sure you’re very happy to make BGC as your home base. Cheers!

eventually they should put in a street car to connect these different areas of BGC

@mylesgarcia4625

Жыл бұрын

That's a great idea!

I'm planning to move to bgc but i live abroad so i can't visit the apartments, If you can could you visit the fort victoria. I've been eyeing the 45k semi furnished one. I would love to see it on your vlogg!

@melissadelossantos2134

Жыл бұрын

Hi! Im Liz. I can provide you options for your search of BGC condos with Rent to Own terms.

@mariapug

Жыл бұрын

Danna, I know that Fort Victoria has good promos and seems more affordable for BGC condos. I almost bought there. However, please google reviews of people who stayed there ( some units are being rented for day rentals, hence the reviews). The maintenance is a huge problem like pool not functioning, smell of sewage, bugs, etc. I ended up buying a resale condo built by Federal Land. My unit is in uptown BGC and across Mitsukoshi mall. Btw, I’m NOT a real estate agent. I’m based here in US and just wants to invest in BGC.

Excellent presentation at Mckinley West, St Moritz condo Mirgim. Could you please find out how much is the monthly maintenance fee? I don't think they don't call it Condo Strata Fee.

informative vlogger.i salute u mergim.

You know you can get from 1-5% commission from ALL condo sales from the corporate sales team. You don’t have to stay with one. You can sustain your BGC life.

You look good together that that woman bro... go for it... the bird needs a companion!

@fernan5320

Жыл бұрын

...nest

@kuwa333

Жыл бұрын

lol if he's no longer with his Thai gf then he's free to mingle

mga kabayan lets help Mergin to reach a million sbscribers👏👏👏

This is ₱40M? LMAO our unit only costs ₱4.5mil and it has 2 BR.

Good job here, Mergim. You should join our Meetup for experienced investors. We usuallly meet in Makati. But sometimes in BGC

Same layout as mike and nellys place where they also live. Or used to live?

Kinda looks like Mike & Nelly's Apartment.

@chimtheslim3122

Жыл бұрын

I believe this is Mike's place from Making It Happen Vlogs

$800K USD seems a bit expensive for that unit. It’s not as posh as one would think at that price.

@wavemaker2077

Жыл бұрын

The location is important. In real estate all they talk about is location, location, location.

@jrent52002

Жыл бұрын

Seems overpriced for PH even with a potential prime location

OH MY, ₱40 Million Luxury Condo! Tonyo Stark is gonna buy a unit. 😅👍

for £600k / 41,000,000 - it's not that big and the hob being off centre to the units, would drive me crazy... I think your paying for the location, some very nice touchers, but just not right - shows you what profit is in it, if you can buy it for £460k (cash price)

Hello Mergim❣️✋🇺🇸 Good Saturday morning🇵🇭 Good afternoon here 🇺🇸❣️

@dragonsalazar9723

Жыл бұрын

good morning @Annette Alegre-Dy

Thanks Mergin for the great post, I would be interested in the Annual Community Costs

If you pay CASH you would get 25% discount. WTH who would have and much more bring that cash. Lol The real estate in BGC is a big Joke, overly expensive even for westerners. Average Americans have difficulty getting a 1 Million loan in the bank . Just rent in Philippines period.

I'm not sure the furnishings warrant that price tag. Could be a lot more luxurious. Cabinets look no better than the ones IKEA sells. But perhaps the video doesn't do the unit justice......

A presale condo japanese co owned starts at 20+M. So 40M is just right pricing. I live in 1BR somewhere in Makati 100sqm with current value of 35M

Share it with friends or expat who wants to move or invest in Philippines.

Excellent presentation! I love it, that’s a great way to show each room and even showing off the computation of the payment schedule. Indeed it’s expensive, but I think it’s worth it, if you can afford it then it’s not a big deal. Very nice and modern.

These builders should hire you Mergim. You are so good in explaining the details of each unit/condo More power to you👍😊

@kenneth_mirez

Жыл бұрын

better give that job to a fellow filipino. lagi nalng tayo nagkecater s mga foreigners. sila nlng yumayaman sa pinas. hayst

Good day mate , how much is the building maintenance fee of this place every month ? Cheers from Australia 😊👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

@tettignacio-mallari3621

Жыл бұрын

approx. P100 plus per sq. m. depending on the location. Higher rate for the BGC area, as Mckinley Hills & Mckinley West are in Taguig too, but a different barangay, Bgy Pinagsama. Uptown Bonifacio, Forbes Town, High Street, Burgos Circle, Serendra are in Barangay Fort Bonifacio or Bonifacio Global City (BGC). We are residents of an Uptown Bonifacio condo (near Mergim's condo) and we pay P117 per sq. m. Condo Assoc. Dues with a P5k one time membership for the Condo Assoc.

@kardoe1273

Жыл бұрын

McKinley West is in barangay Fort Bonifacio and McKinley Hill is in barangay Pinagsama. Monthly dues is 140/Sqm.

Wow you are really helping us expats on many choices of real estate on and BGC thank you we really appreciate your efforts it is a decision time.❤

For 40m i’d rather buy a modern mansion with a massive garden.

@mizukienriquez3197

Жыл бұрын

Maybe an exclusive house and lot in a subdivision in Province

@michaelsalvador9099

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Fresh air

@hondafitz

Жыл бұрын

Then You are not the target buyer. People buying this kind of properties are the rich people who lives and have a business there.

@thinkertech9841

Жыл бұрын

@@hondafitz you can say idiot rich can buy that rectangle

@skinnyhands5761

Жыл бұрын

True, kesa sa polluted na area ka magstay.

Great shots, it helps as well that you know your appliance brands and statistics.

$700,000 USD ~ I do not think so?

I'm not familiar with the going price in that area, but for 40M.... Ceilings are low in amenities/ certain area, hallways seems cramp, fixtures or design of common areas doesn't seem to look premium, saturation per floor are high and it's a low/ mid-rise building with limited view (mainly your neighbor from the other buildings, unless you're lucky enough to have a road side unit which may come with a price as well) not sure if I'll spend my 40M for that. You can really see here that you are paying for a premium price for the location. I know it's a 3 bedroom and maybe it's for a near turn-over unit with furnishings, but still. With the price, appreciation of your investment here seems kinda tight compared to other projects in the area. The 1.5M worth of furnishings doesn't seem like it as well. Doors looks cheap, the bed frame and head board looks like you can buy that for just less than 10k. Amenities cannot even serve atleast 1/10 of the expected population of the condo. It seems like bookings/ reservation of amenities will go to months, you cannot really simply just walk right in once most units are occupied.

@markymark3700

Жыл бұрын

40M for 100 sqm area, sounds about right for that location.

Good work, my man! I shall be flying in within the month with my entourage. Btw, can you get me Samantha's number? 😉

For the people who confused why this unit is expensive it's because it's located in bgc one of the most expensive city in Philippines businessman lives there and also the room is quite big unlike in other places part of the Philippines u can live without to much money to spend usually u can buy a unit much cheaper in different places in Philippines just like that, u

@shanedevera24

Жыл бұрын

But can it compete with Shanghai or Bangkok?

@jocelynlao4509

Жыл бұрын

@@shanedevera24 absolutely

Great vid mergim keepit up

@dragonsalazar9723

Жыл бұрын

good morning @Gene Peters

Very helpful thanks , going to have a look next week ,

@MergimVlogsYT

11 ай бұрын

Contact the email in description and they can help you out with anything you need :)

Mergim....good job showcasing this Megaworld condo. However I don’t believe the products used in this condo are not all worth 1.5 million pesos. I can tell the quality used in the cabinets are cheap materials 😂 All these imo and not worth 40 million pesos. I own a house and lot in a gated village with 24hr security service with all the amenities and the cost is way lower than 40 million. My suggestion to anyone who wants to buy....keep looking.

Mergim vlog is now about Condo’s in BGC 🤣 where is the next condo location hunting?? 😂

You should open a separate channel for real estate. that would somehow leverage your income stream in youtube.

Great vid thank you watching from the US

You should get a real estate broker’s license. Your vlog is pretty effective in advertising condos. 😊

@investmenttalk4975

Жыл бұрын

He is a foreigner so that would be illegal

Love it. 40M seems a bit steep but the quality of the condominium + location could make it worth *trying to buy

good morninggggggggg bro.Mergim Vlogs

It's a bit distracting how the rest of the people didn't move at all when you were presenting the living and dining area, even though they can clearly see you are filming.

Good info Mergim, I have learned from this vlog.. Keep vlogging.. Be safe always..

the price might get higher once the construction is done...

Awesome 👏

Absolutely beautiful indeed.

Thank you so much for this! We are going to Philippines in April and this condo was on our list to tour. 😁

Wow, few years back you could get a unit so much better and bigger at that range in Essensa etc.

Sorry, these condo tours ... not my cup of tea. Other than this type of content, I find your vlogs engrossing. I'm still a huge fan of your work.

Rents are cheaper than buying in Asia, right? The buy/monthly rent ratio is often over 145 (the ratio in coastal us cities). The problem in Asia is people invest in real estate rather that stocks. This leads to overbuilding, hence cheaper rents. Is there a big difference in used property vs these shiny new condos? I’d imagine that these builder models are rather expensive compared to a 10 year old property.

@wavemaker2077

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, real estate prices in the Philippines just keep getting higher. The 10 year old properties of the same size might be more expensive that this brand new unit. Especially if the unit is in bgc. This same unit will be more expensive next year.

@wavemaker2077

Жыл бұрын

@@stebopign the law of supply and demand still works. if there are really no more buyers, then they have to lower the price of the properties. it's not happening so far. i would be very glad if the property prices finally go down.

So beautiful love the interior

@melissadelossantos2134

Жыл бұрын

Would you like an actual unit viewing?

Wow 40 million pesos, omg.but its Worth it🤩 . . Good for celebrities

Please can you also ask how much is the yearly property tax and the monthly condo fees. I pay 1 to 1.2 percent property tax here in Los Angeles and $480 monthly on HOA. I PLAN to move there if cheaper. Thanks

I have nothing against vloggers creating contents on condos in the Philippines especially for foreigners who do it for their youtube content, but I wish you guys also add your agents contact info so anyone interested can reach them. Because it's a little unfair for them to be taking their time to show you condos and not getting anything out of it while you guys can earn through your content. Time is the most valuable commodity we have that once spent we can never earn back. There's another new American vloggers in the Philippines who also mostly create content around condos in BGC and other areas and I just feel sorry for the agents who show him around since their time and money is kind of wasted, them thinking they have a solid buyer but just a vlogger creating content about condos. I have nothing against you vloggers creating content on condos but I just hope that those agents showing you the units are also compensated for their time and effort. ✌️

@oxoelfoxo

Жыл бұрын

Eh? Juvy's contact info was in the description in the videos she appeared on and so is Samantha's here

@halo-halo9244

Жыл бұрын

@@oxoelfoxo if it was then apologies. I didn't really watched this video in its entirety, but seen some videos of foreign vloggers not providing the contact info of the agents and it ticks me off a bit coz I too am a real estate agent and people don't know how difficult sometimes our work is. Time is very valuable for us. The time that you could be spending on the right client might get robbed by a wrong client who just wants to view properties but have no interest in renting/buying one. Fortunately we don't have vloggers in my place who makes appointment to view properties just to create content and make money out of it. So this is just a kind reminder that our time is as precious as yours. ✌️

Rockwell in Makati have roofdeck pool. One Rockwell West and East Tower specifically.

I wish I could come and buy one right now 😊

Aurelia Residences Located 21 St. McKinley Parkway

Crazy...Considering you could already buy a 300-400 sqm lot and build a nice two-story house in other provinces / major cities outside Metro Manila for just a quarter of that price

@markymark3700

Жыл бұрын

location location location.

Furniture isn’t really more like Americans’. Large couch is hugely a preference but maybe can be rearranged.

Does it have a laundry area

I did get a kick out of his saying that you can't hear the outside from inside the unit. I would imagine that would change somewhat when the road is open to free traffic flow.

Thank you, Mergim!

Wow that roofdeck pool is superb

Don't use floor cleaner, get strong vinigar and poor a little on the floor and scrub with a hard broom and rince with clean water

Wow super modern!

long time sub. i do have to comment on your choice to showcase BGC which you do better than anyone else on YT. Sadly history shows that most YTbers fail 100% of the time living and producing content to less than 1% of us who can afford to provide this silly lifestyle for the rich. please be the only one in years to accept this fact. you are smart and we cannot wait for you to expand your horizons after a few months and be more like us.

P40 Million is very expensive and to have a smaller bedrooms leasehold ??? Convert to Sterling British Pounds Freehold countryside... in Oxfordshire UK

Your videos are very informative, keep it up bro

It is amazing to think that there are people who can afford them. While I am personally struggling making even 500k 😅

you can earn more in real estate in Philippines...I like the way you do it.

Amazing

Furniture had to be built in to maximize the space. Otherwise, when people buy their own, it could get small pretty quick and they look like they have small hallways. For 40m, you could do better

Thanks for the cost breakdown

Could you show some quality one bedroom units please.

St Moritz, McKinley West

good job nice content for future investors

Are you kidding me? My wife and I own a house in Baguio which cost us a total of P6 million for a 3 story residence in the posh John Hay region with a golf course within walking distance and a lifetime membership to this golf course to boot. We need no air conditioning even though we have it in case and the beautiful view from our house is heavenly. They are getting crazy in Manila,

@hondafitz

Жыл бұрын

Baguio is different from manila BGC. It is a business center. a Lot there could cost 20x more.

@markymark3700

Жыл бұрын

thats like comparing NYC to some random city in the south lol

@danneyboy1000

Жыл бұрын

@@markymark3700 Baguio is a beautiful city with great weather most of the year. You just have to remember to avoid it during Holy Week. Manila is too crowded with traffic that is crazy. The skyway was supposed to take care of it but it still messed up.

@markymark3700

Жыл бұрын

@@danneyboy1000 yeah, but were not talking about whether it is beautiful there or not, what i was saying is that the exact same 6M house in Baguio will probably cost you 100M PHP or more if its located in BGC. BGC is like the NYC of the US, getting a space there is gold.

@danneyboy1000

Жыл бұрын

@@markymark3700 I don’t much like the big city. I’m a country boy and Baguio is my type of city. We actually live out of the city where the pine trees are and the traffic is not much between camp 6 and camp 7 when we are there. Right now we live in Corpus Christi as my wife is a Nurse Practitioner and I contract inspections on offshore and on land oil fields. We will be retiring in the a few years and I want to get a place in Palawan most likely will open a drive shop.

I wanna go to the phillipines was it visa on arrival for phillipines?

This gives you an idea ..what you can get for a P40M …very informative !✌🏻🇫🇷

Way too expensive. I'm from NYC and can get a Manhattan coop for that price.

Watching from Canada