This is intended as a sample showing what we can do to promote Vacation houses for rental purposes in Argao, Cebu Island, The Philippines.
A Beautiful fence and a lockable door can be opened to allow guests to walk down steps to the softly lapping tropical ocean. When the tide is high a swimmer can gently lower herself to the surface, push off and swim with small fish. At low tide the steps may be slippery. Carefully construction banisters allow us to hold the railing with two hands if necessary and step down two or three steps onto the beach sand or step up onto dry concrete steps rising to the fence door.
Stepping in from the roof sheltered wood deck, we pass through a sliding glass door into the kitchen which expands into a great room and leads to 2 side by side air-conditioned Bedrooms and the indoor Bathroom. There is a large dining table, with seating for 6 and an ample food preparation counter covered with plastic laminate.
The floor was tiled STEVE, CHECK ALL OF THESE FACTS TO BE ACCURATE!
A Spiral Steel Stairway leads to the second floor. I estimated the house size at very close to 2,000 square feet or if you prefer, approximately 222 square meters. It is certainly large enough for privacy when desired.
I was amazed at the colors. I intend to return with a better camera for more photos. I have visited the New York coast looking over the Atlantic, but never saw such beautiful colors as I did here.
I was there overnight. The house was full of guests, many age 18 and 19, 2 babies, several adults, and a 2 week old Persian white kitten.
Add Kitten Photo. It won’t load today. Something happened with the photo library. I’ll have to retrieve it and the missing 2nd balcony photo can go above.
We are on the second floor balcony looking out the longer distance. The beach is easy to see. One can safely look down to the expansive furnished deck, which includes a big sink for food preparation or rinsing saltwater wetted clothing.
I wanted to be away from the others who found mattresses on the upper floor to “crash” for the night wherever it was agreeable. I found a bamboo couch on the balcony and rested there through the night. Beyond the roof balcony fence was darkness and lights from fishermen working the near beach shoreline for a while. Apparently they caught what they wanted and beached their boats at a house next to this one.
The house has two bedrooms with bunk beds and air conditioning, an indoor bathroom, and a second bathroom as is customary in The Philippines, placed outside of the house for the convenience of short term guests. A door beside the kitchen leads down 2 steps to the outdoor bathroom. Generally in The Philippines these are referred to as comfort rooms or a C.R.
The Philippines has many buildings built by people who imagine they can do it themselves with no knowledge or experience and there is no state inspection. For someone from the US , UK or Europe this is “strange” to put it mildly.
Not so with these homes or vacation rental houses in Argao. There are several American, and German craftsmen around, probably more whom I have not met. They are well experienced and follow building code practices or may build more stringently than codes require. I suspect they do, because no one wants to lose a roof during a typhoon, and I saw no evidence of any buildings damage by a typhoon anywhere in the community.
The house was built by fine craftsmen. I was very much impressed with the woodwork and joinery. Everything was stronger than it had to be and was built well and intended to last.
I felt as if I were at a home on the beach in Hollywood. Then looking out to sea the colors left me feeling as if I were on a Greek Island overlooking the Aegean Sea. I was emotionally overwhelmed with it.
The kitchen is modern with a small electric stove, a single, deep stainless steel sink with the faucet placed thoughtfully so that it’s convenient for rinsing. The land lord left two sachets of Joy dishwashing liquid. That was a considerate help to us.
The land lord maintains a policy that furniture must not be moved from upper to lower floors. We made certain the resin chairs were where we had found them. I was the self-designated dish washer and made sure everything was clean, in the drying rack and the stove was wiped and dried to look decent and leave no need for further cleaning.
I cannot tell prices until I have a word from the land lord This house at that May 2026 date was renting for 12,000 Philippine Pesos which at this moment is 194.80 US Dollars per day/24 hour period. Exit time should be at 12 Noon.
It is wise to call the landlords when you are leaving so they know to come look and be sure everything is in place and secured. I wish to inform you, Argao is a very safe community. I never have heard of any theft, or any sort of crimes. When you arrive in Argao you’ll discover a modern recently built shopping mall as good as any in the US. There are many cafes and restaurants, and two world famous fast food burger shops, a “public market” (farmer’s market) and near the public market is Joni Miranda’s Sprice: Fun Dining cafe In Beautiful Argao, Cebu. If you want to taste what is perhaps the worlds best batter dipped, deep friend chicken, you must visit Sprice.
For the beautiful colors of the Agiean sea and the peace you want on a vacation or a survey to consider retirement here, you cannot do better than this beautiful vacation house.
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