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Kalma Bukid Community Update

kalma bukid community progress update

A lot has happened since the last update we posted on the continuing progress of The Kalma Bukid Community.

Since that time we have completed several homes, which have been turned over to happy clients, are in the late stages of finishing 2 other houses and just recently broke ground on another home. We have also revised our concept a little for Phase 3, which will now have a reduced density and more yard space for each home owner. We will maintain  a common area with a pool and small fitness center, but will be putting off the medical clinic and lounge until phase 4. With all these new things happening, maybe now would be a good time to contact us and get together for a site visit. We would love to have you as a happy meber of this spectacular community.

 

Finished Homes at the Kalma Bukid Community

Margriet and Willem’s Home

This house was a similar model to David and Monica’s home, with a few revisions giving more floor area and a backyard pool. Rather than have 2 bedrooms upstairs, one wall was removed to give more open space in the living/dining room. As an added features, the clients also had us build a pool in the backyard as well as a hybrid solar system.

Randal and Paula’s Home

Randal and Paula moved in last year and are in love with their 2 bedroom bungalow with a spectacular view of the ocean.  The location of the Kalma Bukid community also gives them the perfect lifestyle opportunity for their retirement years with many pleasant and relaxing moments, and the added benefit of being able to walk out their front door and partake in one of their favorite activities, a mountain run.

Homes Under Construction in The Kalma Bukid Community

Craig and Juvy

We started this home as a spec build, but about months into it, Craig and Juvy came along and saw their dream home in the making. They did want to make some revisions from the initial design, which we gladly accommodated. Though construction had been delayed due to supply chain issues and lock-downs, we are on track to turn this house over in the next month or two.

Maria and David

This couple purchased a lot last year and pulled the trigger on construction of their nice little getaway home earlier this year. We are about 6 months into construction now and hope to be finished within the next month or two. One of the spectacular features of this custom designed home is a full roof deck patio, affording a 360 degree panoramic view of the ocean, valleys and mountains

Peter and Nelgen

Peter and his lovely wife were interested in a custom house and lot in the Kalma Bukid community, however the only lots available were in Phase 3, which did not allow for much flexibility in design or in lot size. Their interest spurred us to redesign phase 3 to provide less home density, bigger lots and more flexibility in design. After a 2 month design process , we were able to get started on construction about a month ago, and hope to have them moved in by mid 2021.

Phase 3 Redesign

Phase 3 will now offer more land, more flexibility in custom design, but also a common area with pool and fitness center. The medical clinic will be incorporated into phase 4. which will be coming in 2021 and 2022.

For more information on pricing etc, please visit this listing https://philippine-islandproperties.com/property/overlooking-lots-for-sale-or-lease/

 

 

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New Spec Home-Kalma Bukid

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New Spec Home Under Construction

This new spec home we are building will be awesome!! It is a 2 story model with a huge upstairs master suite that includes a spacious washroom and 2 terraces. There is a garage with gym, and options for a pool and 2 extra guest suites . This house will have it all and certainly earns it place in our dream home inventory!

To see more details, visit our affiliated real estate sales website at https://philippine-islandproperties.com/property/sibulan-dream-home-for-sale/

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Home Completion and Turnover-Kalma Bukid

Modern Style Home Completion

Our first turnover has taken place and we are pleased to announce that they are thrilled with the finished product. David and Monica, Swiss retirees, took possession at the beginning of March and will be furnishing then moving in to their spectacular new residence over the coming weeks.

This Dumaguete dream home is a modern style 2 story house with a great open concept plenty of indoor-outdoor living space, optimizing the spectacular views of the Tanon Strait.

We wish you guys an awesome retirement in your new dream home!!

 

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SITE DEVELOPMENT UPDATE MARCH 15TH, 2018

The very first thing we did was lay out the markers for the road. This was done by our surveyor Josh Cabio from I-Sukod. We then got heavy equipment in and cut out where the road was going then put in the gravel bed consisting of several different layers of gravel. While the heavy equipment was on site, we had them excavate where our future water reservoir and pump house would be going.

 

We then contracted to have a well dug by Ric Rose Drilling. Using a circa 1950 rig (considered modern here in Negros Oriental), he went down to approximately 450 feet. Casement, pump, piping and electrical supply lines were installed and the well capped off until the reservoir and pump house are completed.

While the well was being dug, our own workers built a large storage shed and wood-shop which we will use for the ongoing construction of the planned 20-25 homes we intend to build in this community.

 

Currently we are trenching the site in order to lay out the underground water supply system and power supply.

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CASA ALEXANDRIA SEMI DETACHED HOME UPDATE MARCH 12

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Over the past 3 weeks since the last update, things have really moved along at the Casa Alexandria Semi Detached Home Construction

 

On the floor, we first roughed in all the plumbing pipes and electrical conduits, then we back-filled and compacted. After compaction we laid out and tied our 10mm reinforcing steel matting. Once that was complete, we poured our floor slab on grade.

We tied all our 16mm rebar for the columns and made sure that any plumbing or electrical that need to be in them was finished. We then formed and poured all our columns.

While doing the columns our masons got to work on the walls, and over the course of the past few weeks have set most of the ground floor walls in place.

Currently we are working on tying all re-bar for the first floor suspended beams and floor slab, the preparing all the forms. Once complete we start roughing in all plumbing and electrical that will  be buried in the floor slab.

This Casa Alexandria Semi Detached Duplex is shaping up very nicely.

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VILLA HOME CONSTRUCTION UPDATE – FEBRUARY 2OTH

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Villa Home Construction Update – February 20th

At the end of January, we finally broke ground on our first show home. This spectacular and unique 3 bedroom villa home has been designed to showcase the amazing North East ocean view of the lot it will sit on.

The first step was to do the layout. We used our regular geodetic engineer, Josh Cabio, from I-sukod and while he was on site, we made our own tweaks to the home positioning to line it up perfectly with the best views. Then our men got to work excavating the hard underlying substrate so that we could ensure that the column footings are set properly on sound base. With the large rocks we encountered, our workmen certainly earned their pay, lol.

While some crew members were digging, others started fabricating and tying the rebar supports for the structural footings, and columns. With the difficulty of the excavation, as well as the desire to raise the ground floor up a little to maximize the view, we decided to change the design a little by planning on a suspended ground floor slab instead of a slab on grade. Consequently there will also be  added lateral stability incorporated into the design with the floor beams now acting also as tie beams.

Construction is going smooth and on schedule at this stage as we work on the forming for the beams and floor.

 

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FENCING AND SEAWALL CONSTRUCTION

Sea Wall and Fancing Construction Casa Alexandria

Fencing and Seawall Construction

With the cottage complete and turned over to the client, we have turned our attention to the seawall construction, CHB wall, fencing and other site development work. We started by submitting our design to the necessary authorities in order to obtain the proper permits including an ECC (Environmental Compliance Certificate).

With the proper permits in hand, we began construction of the main concrete hollow block wall by excavating and building our footings and column. After the columns were complete, we moved onto the wall footing over which we started to lay the hollow blocks. The last step was cement parging or “rendering of the whole wall structure. Upon completion of the rendering we started to apply primer and elastomeric paint.

For the seawall, we excavated approximately 2 meters deep, then formed an engineered rip rap wall with boulders and cement. Within that wall we set our galvanized iron fence posts which would serve as our vertical supports for the wrought iron rail and pickets.

We are in the last stages of completion of the seawall construction, and are currently back-filling and leveling the site. The final part of the process will be to fabricate all the gates and finish painting.

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SEMI DETACHED HOME CONSTRUCTION UPDATE – FEB 15TH

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Home Construction Update Feb 15th – Dauin Semi-Detached Duplex

We started home construction of this 2 story 2 unit semi-detached house in late January, and things are going well so far.

After laying out the building, we dug appropriately 1 1/2 meters down to start our footings and foundations. Being on sandy soil, we went a little deeper than normal, beefed up all our structural pads and columns and incorporated tie-beams into the building base.

Once the footings were in we proceeded to the columns and at the same time laid out all our necessary plumbing roughing on the first floor. We then put in the proper steel matting for the floor and poured our slabs.

We are now working on the forming for the second floor beams.

 

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