⌛ Is it really neccessary to.............

have the windows of your property covered with metal grills and your nice new house made to look like a jail? I am concerned that I have totally missed something about "owning property" / retiring in Phillipines. I am considering seriously purchase of LOT south of Bacong Dauin area and just want a quiet life with my beautiful Filipina and child.
Advice please, Thanks

 

In a word: yes!

 

I rented a house in Dauin without that grills for about 2 years. I had no problems at all. BUT I also think I was a lucky one.

A simple metal-frame around window connected to a electric-fence-transformer helps and does not destroy the view...

 

The answer is YES & especially more so for a nice house.

 

Especially if it is not inside of a guarded subdivision inside of an eight-twelve foot fence and has plenty of family living there.

 

wait 18 months it will be cheaper

 

Grills for good reasons

Grills render your house safe from burglars, for as long as your pick--able items are far enough from your grilled windows. If you travel out a lot and your next reliable neighbor is quite a distance away, grills are good to have. Grills can be decorative at the same time that they keep your house safe. They really are not 100% burglar proof since these days, robbers are well equipped but at least grills can delay any of those undesirables. If you heard about that incident in Manila in which a heavily grilled house trapped some people inside during a fire--well, it would be practical to have one or two windows strategically located, maybe the closest to the fire escape, to have a hinged portion enough to allow an adult person to exit. Such same size can accommodate children. Well, I should correct myself: perhaps the best measure would be the biggest person's size in the house. If one does not like the idea of grills, maybe a neighbors' watch coop/pool would be a good thing to have. IMHO.

 

Grills

Why would I want to move to a country where I have to cower behind bars
in my own home? Where I come from, the criminals are behind bars, not the
citizens. I don't have bars on the windows, nor do I have a 10 foot wall or a
security guard. Live with common sense, not fear.

 

...common sense in connection with the Philippines is the undisputed number one on the oxymoron lists worldwide

 

Another poster who might as well stay at home. Either Pecos isn't listening or just enjoys spoutimg!