What it costs today
Rents I saw
Long-term rentals in the towers beside the mall. I asked for a one-bedroom, a year's lease, and the dues included. What follows is what was asked of me, not what I signed for.
What a long-term unit asks
| Level | PHP a month | CAD | USD | EUR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 12,000Groups I look in | 272 | 191 | 170 |
| Mid | 15,000Groups I look in | 341 | 239 | 212 |
| High | 18,000Groups I look in | 409 | 287 | 255 |
The posts I saw
The cards below are drawn from my own file of the posts I read in the rental groups. Each one carries the blurred screenshot, the date of the post, the group it came from, and what was asked for the unit.
Where I look
The groups and the pages where I read the listings. A page here is a business page on Facebook, not a group; the word group is used only where it is one.
| Name | Where |
|---|---|
| Shore Residences 1 2 3 Owner & Tenant Mall of Asia | Facebook group |
| Shore Residences Staycation MOA | Facebook group |
| Shore Residences Unit Owners, SPA & Tenants | Facebook group |
| Pasay City For Rent (Room, House, Condo, Bed Space) | Facebook group |
| Shell Residence Condo Rentals Daily/Weekly/Monthly | Facebook group |
| S Residence Units for RENT/SALE | Facebook group |
| Shore Residences (SMDC) | Facebook page |
| SM MOA Condominium, Shore Residences | Facebook page |
| SHORE Residences 1, 2, 3 | Facebook page |
| Shore Residences MOA Complex Staycation | Facebook page |
| Shore Residences For rent | Facebook page |
| Shore Residences Condo Units, For Rent | Facebook page |
| Sea Residences Condo, MOA | Facebook page |
| SMDC MOA Condotel | Facebook page |
The law, as it reads
I am a tenant, not a lawyer. These are the documents people quote at me when the question of owning a unit comes up, and they are here so you can read them yourself.
| Buying a unit | Republic Act 4726, section 5: a condominium corporation must stay at least 60 percent Filipino-owned.lawphil.net, read 7 October 2026 |
| Holding land | The 1987 Constitution, Article XII, section 7: private land may be held only by those qualified to hold public-domain land.lawphil.net, read 7 October 2026 |
| The retiree visa | Two documents of the Philippine Retirement Authority list different deposit amounts for the SRRV. I link both and publish neither, because I could not tell which one is current.Philippine Retirement Authority, read 7 October 2026The expanded program (PDF), read 7 October 2026 |
A post is an asking price, not a lease. Two people can be shown the same unit in the same week at two different numbers. What I write down is what the poster wrote, with the date they wrote it.