Is It Worth It? Living in a $340/Month Beach House 🇵🇭

Ever wondered what it actually costs to live beachfront in the Philippines in 2025? In this video, we give you a full house tour of our renovated rental, break down our monthly expenses (rent, electricity, internet, food), and show you the reality of maintaining a home by the ocean.

Cost Breakdown (Approx):

Rent: 20,000 PHP (~$340 USD)

Internet: 1,600 PHP (~$27 USD)

Cell Phone: 500 PHP (~$8 USD)

Groceries: 16,000 PHP (~273 USD)

Electricity: ~4,000 PHP (~$79 USD)

Water: ~300 PHP (~$5 USD)

We also show our new DIY movie theater setup and how we fixed the house after the typhoons!


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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro: Living on the Beach

00:30 The Reality: Typhoons & Seawall Repair

01:55 Tour: The Kubo & Outdoor Movie Setup

03:43 House Exterior & Parking

04:33 Bedroom Tour (2nd Floor)

05:25 The Best View in the House

06:20 Kitchen & Downstairs Tour

08:08 Outdoor Dirty Kitchen & Laundry

09:08 How I cut my budget from $800 to $600

10:48 How much we spend on Groceries

11:40 Is it worth it?

13:12 Night Time: Beach Cinema Reveal

14:49 Giving Back to the Community


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