GK information with Butch Villanueva dated January 2017

  • One house will be built in a 50-sq. meter lot
  • One thousand square meters can house 60 units
  • Two thousand square meters can house 60 units with facility, like a community center and playground
  • 125,000 / 150,000 Philippine pesos or $3125.00 USD is the cost of one house or $5416.00 for a duplex (will depend on transportation cost).
  • Arao lot allotted to the foundation may house 70% uprights and 30% space or 60% uprights and 40% space
  • Relocation site is 1.17 hectares or 11,746 sq. meters (a little over 2.2 acres)
  • Residents will have water wells. Soon, there will be running water and residents will pay their own water meters.
  • Residents will pay for their own electricity
  • Each home will have a septic tank (multi chamber, anaerobic, baffle reactors.) It will be communal; one block per baffle reactor.
  • House size is 24 sq. meters. 4×6 sq. meters or 12ft x 20ft
  • Would prefer to build 4 to 6 houses simultaneously for time and cost efficiency.