Legend of the Condo Heroes

Uhm, the title is a kind of lame pun on the Chinese story / legend / anime, now telenovela, "Legend of the Condor Heroes." Yes, the pun is somewhat related to my blog content :)


In the news this week... been condo unit hunting. (see?) Unfortunately, there's always something off about the units we've seen. Of course, there's a budget so we're limited by that. And there's a preferred location, which narrows our choices even further. So far, what we've turned up are either:


- Accessible but too cramped / small for 3 people (2 girls and a boy pa, so there'd be dressing up problems)
- Accessible, nice neighborhood, but the unit itself has no windows (Live on aircon air? These people are nuts!)
- Accessible, hotel-like, what the unit lacks in kitchen amenities, it makes up for with a roomy bathroom (duh), but the street is close to seedy bars


It's hard to look for a nice place on a budget. :-( (That's another duh comment, isn't it? Hehe.)


Most recently, just this morning, we looked at some DMCI homes in Taguig (mid-rise, residential condos with resort-type amenities... yes, they have POOLS!!!! Waaah!). DMCI, the makers of allegedly 90% of the stuff in Makati (shouldn't that be the Ayalas? :)) and the sultan's palace in Brunei.


And the units are nice. Really nice. Except they're for sale. But they're actually affordable! Except they're too far from well, CBDs (Makati and Ortigas). As in public transport coming from Cainta is probably more convenient to get.


But there's a pool!


Except if we're going as far as Taguig, we might as well get the DMCI condo units near Cainta. (Which I just found out now also have pools. Waaah!) But we just learned this morning that all the 2-bedroom units are sold. That's the smallest unit for the East Ortigas Mansions.


Waaah!


What looked like a weekend of unexpected accomplishments turned out to be a weekend of eliminations. Actually it was a whole week of such. >Sigh<. I want to move out. Take myself to the next stage of evolution. Or growth. The Adult Stage. ============== Note: Yes, childhood lasts a long time in our house. Up until the age of 30, if you don't do anything about it. I better do something, and fast!