Buyer Guides
Site visit checklist
What to look at, what to ask for, and what not to pay during the hour you spend at a village or a showroom.
Published October 18, 2026
Before you leave the house
Write down the project name, the unit or model you were offered, and the price you were told. Bring a phone with space for photos, and a notebook. If someone else will decide with you, put them on the site visit or ask them to join by video. A second pair of eyes is more useful than a second brochure.
Decide in advance the number you will not cross for a reservation that day. A site visit is for looking. It is not a deadline the developer gets to set in the parking lot.
What to look at on the ground
Walk the unit you would actually buy, not only the dressed-up model, if a finished unit exists. Open the windows. Check where the afternoon sun hits. If it rained recently, look at the road in, the drainage, and the path from the gate to the door. Ask which barangay this is, and how long the drive took you, not how long the flyer says it takes at dawn.
Photograph the unit number, the floor plan on the wall, and anything the seller says is “included.” A photo of a promise is not a contract, but it is better than a memory of one.
What to ask before any payment
Ask for the DHSUD License to Sell number and match it to the project name. The numbers on the sample pages of this website are not real licenses. A developer that sells subdivision lots or condominium units to the public needs that license. Ask which account receives a reservation, and whose name is printed on the official receipt.
Separate three numbers out loud: the reservation, the down payment you pay while papers and construction move, and the balance a bank or Pag-IBIG would be asked to cover later. If the seller will not split them, that is a reason to leave without paying.
What not to do on the spot
Do not pay a reservation into a personal account or an e-wallet because the official account is “under maintenance.” Do not sign a blank buyer’s information sheet. Do not treat a calculator on a flyer as a loan approval. Pag-IBIG and the banks publish their own rules, and a site visit does not change them.
If the hour was useful, book a longer online presentation and bring the photos with you. The sample listings on this site, including the reservation fees written on them, are not homes you can reserve. Use the checklist on a real project, and keep the official receipt if you do decide to pay.
Sources
Walk through a real set of numbers
These guides use sample listings. Book a site visit or an online presentation and Vincent will go through the reservation, the equity, and the balance with you.
More updates
- Buyer GuidesJapanese buyers and what you can ownA foreign national may own a condominium unit in the Philippines, inside the project’s 40% foreign cap. A foreign national may not own the land.
- Buyer GuidesWhat a licensed real estate broker doesA licensed broker can put two projects side by side. A developer’s seller is paid to sell that developer’s project. The contract is still with the developer named on the page.
- Buyer GuidesPag-IBIG housing beside a bank loanPag-IBIG and a bank can both be asked to cover the balance. Neither computation on a flyer is an approval, and the equity is still yours to pay.