Couple moves in Ayala Greenfield

Moving into a haven for daily living

Business Mirror

SOURCE: http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/life/15011-moving-into-a-haven-for-daily-living.html

FOR businessman Cristina Leon-Yu and her lawyer husband who both lived their entire single lives in the city, moving out of the metro to Ayala Greenfield Estates, the 350-hectare Ayala Land Premier residential community in Calamba, Laguna, seemed like a bold decision to make.

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“We recently got married and we’ve been looking for properties in the south where we can settle down and build a family. When our friend invited us over to Ayala Greenfield Estates to check the place, we thought it would be too far,” says Cristina

“We would visit our friend every now and then. We came once a month, then it became twice a month,” reminisces Cristina. “And then we realized that of all the communities we’ve been to, Ayala Greenfield Estates was just incomparable. The more we visited the area, the more we fell in love with it. And it really is just 30 minutes from Alabang! That’s when we finally decided to live here.”

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With their Asian contemporary house now standing on the adjacent lots the couple has acquired, the two have never been happier. Aside from the natural beauty surrounding the community, its full range of village amenities, the excellent security and, most of all, the friendly neighbors, Cristina loves how close the community is to important establishments. “I find everything accessible. Actually, we still do most of our errands in Alabang. It only takes 30 minutes for my husband to get to his work every day.”

But most important, what drew the couple to the residential subdivision was the change of life it provided them.

“When my husband and I were single, we were both very, very busy,” muses Cristina. “Now, we’re more relaxed and we have more time for ourselves. We love seeing Laguna de Bay from our bedroom and the living area. It feels like we have a living painting surrounding our house every single day. The place allows us to just spend time and commune with nature together. It’s really more of an emotional investment for us as a couple. Our home here is our very own sanctuary.”

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LOT INVENTORY as of August 26, 2009

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Regards,

Coco Midel

AYALA LAND PREMIER

Mobile +63 917 580 2013

Email midel.jerico@ayalalandinc.com / cocoayala@gmail.com

August 26, 2009 Posted by cocomidel | Ayala Greenfield Estates, Blogroll, Real Estate News, Uncategorized | | No Comments Yet

Ayala Greenfield

Dear valued Ayala clients:

For discerning homeowners and investors, Ayala Land Premier has come to define distinctive living experiences – combining superior locations, innovative designs and thoughtful planning to create communities that are alone in their class.

We are privileged to introduce to you one of Ayala Land Premier’s distinctive communities in the South

- AYALA GREENFIELD ESTATES

Ayala Greenfield Estates is an international award winning 350-hectare residential and golf community in Calamba, Laguna. Its location is a short 30-minute drive from Alabang and is anticipated to be less than an hour away from Makati once the ongoing refurbishment of the South Luzon Expressway is completed.

Exceptional Standards

two words that describe every development of Ayala Land Premier.

The property’s elevated setting at 315 meters above sea level provides not only cool mountain air, but also three signature views: Mt. Makiling, Laguna de Bay and the Tagaytay Ridge.

Imagine waking up to sunrises over a shimmering lake, picture windows framing a majestic mountain, and neighbors getting together over early morning rounds of golf at one of the countries most exclusive courses. Ayala Greenfield Estates is a true sanctuary for daily living, where nature blends flawlessly with world-class comforts.

We invite you to visit Ayala Greenfield Estates and experience an authentic sanctuary for daily living still close to the city. Please contact me at 0917 580 2013 or email coco.ayala@gmail.com to schedule a village tour.

Your Ayala Land Guide,

Coco Midel

Mobile 0917 580 2013

coco.ayala@gmail.com / midel.jerico@ayalalandinc.com

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January 17, 2009 Posted by cocomidel | Ayala Greenfield Estates, Blogroll, Nuvali, Uncategorized | | No Comments Yet

Why I Love Ayala Land

In this environment, they relish life

By Marge C. Enriquez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:48:00 09/28/2008

MANILA, Philippines – A photograph of a woman, placidly sitting under a mango tree, in a garden of orchids and ornamentals, won a prize in the photo contest “Why I love Ayala Westgrove Heights.” The winner, businessman Joselito “Joel” Santos, remembers how his subject, his wife Geraldine, was relishing a tranquil moment in their garden when he snapped his D70 Nikon. His photo was trying to say that in Westgrove, one finds peace. The Filipino word for serenity, he says, is “tahan.” Add a suffix, it becomes “tahanan” (home).

To him, there’s no place in the world like a Westgrove home. Santos has lived most of his life in Ayala Land subdivisions—Ayala Alabang, Dasmariñas Village and now, Ayala Westgrove Heights. His father, Joselito Sr., then with Makati Development Corporation, the construction subsidiary of Ayala Corp., was the project manager of Ayala Alabang Village (AAV). The Ayala real estate development business was with the Ayala Corp. holding company back then.

On May 12, 1978, the family moved to 5 Molave Drive, the first home to be completed in AAV. Inspired by the bahay-na-bato, it was made of bricks, tropical hardwood and with capiz windows. Santos was 14 then and lived there until 1986. The development then was so new that the concrete road ended at their place.

A decade later, the Ayala real estate business was spun off into a separate company, Ayala Land. Today, Ayala Land Premier is the brand that carries the Ayala tradition and heritage of building the most distinctive and highly valued living communities, whether subdivisions or condominiums.

Pioneering communities
Thirty years ago, AAV was very suburban. There was hardly any traffic to get there from Makati. The wide tree-lined avenues and clean air were a refreshing break from the pollution in the central business districts. He recalls that at night, one could hear the musical chorus of the tropics—the crickets, cicadas and frogs. “Ayala Alabang back then was like what Westgrove is today,” he says.

Since he was enrolled in high school at Marist, Marikina, he’d spend weekdays in the family compound in Cubao and go home to AAV on weekends. In college at De La Salle University, Santos found it convenient to commute from AAV to Taft. There was a village jeep that did its rounds on the hour for commuters. Santos would drive up to Alabang Town Center and take the air-conditioned Love Bus. Ayala Corporation also had a daily shuttle bus from AAV to Makati Stock Exchange. It was travel in style, he recalls—a bus with a bar and lounge chairs. Sometimes he’d be the only passenger taking that 20-km ride that took only 30 minutes.

In 1986, the family moved to Makati where they already owned a house on Paraiso Street, Dasmariñas Village. Although he wanted the quiet environs of AAV, the family wanted accessibility to the heart of the city. As in most Ayala Land developments, the village has kept the trees that fringe the landscape. To this day, residents still relish the chirping sound of the birds and the sight of squirrels—yes, squirrels—scurrying around. The proximity cut down his travel time to La Salle.

Their home was a walk away from Ayala Center. It was so accessible that the boys could watch movies twice a week, have snacks at Pancake House near Rizal Theater, enjoy nature in the aviary near the old Ayala Museum.

In 1993, Santos got married. He and wife Geraldine stayed in Dasmariñas where his daughters were also raised.

One day, his brother, performer Jon Santos, guested at an Ayala Land corporate launch. Given a Westgrove brochure, Jon was impressed with the amenities and thorough masterplan of the community—underground cables for utilities, parking bays that eliminate the litter of cars on the streets, and wide pedestrian lanes.

He broached to his older brother the idea of moving to Westgrove. His eldest, Gabrielle Marie or Gabbie, was studying at St. Scholastica’s Manila. On learning that Ayala Land donated land and generously funded the construction of a school building at St. Scholastica in Westgrove, the Santoses decided to move south to Westgrove. Geraldine found work in the school to keep her busy.

Distinctive living
Today, aside from St. Scholastica’s, other schools near Westgrove are Caritas Don Bosco and La Salle Canlubang. Santos appreciates the fact that the development is slow yet steady. At Westgrove, some 150 households have sprung up in eight years, compared with subdivisions with rapid population growth of some 500 households at the same time.

When the family moved to Westgrove, Santos’ children (all girls), Gabbie, Josephine Marie, Therese Marie and Andrea Marie, missed the hustle and bustle of city life. The twinkling fireflies and the noisy crickets were new to them.

“You can live longer here. It’s far from pollution,” says Santos. “You’re not in the mall as often and you find yourself closer to nature.”

During Holy Week or summer vacation, relatives stay over. They would organize a barbecue cookout in the backyard and watch an outdoor movie.
Saturday nights, residents hear Mass at the clubhouse; the community church is being built. Since Westgrove was originally a mango orchard, during harvests, residents hold a festival and enjoy the bounty. The most romantic place is the lagoon where joggers meet and small-talk, or people can sit on a bench and read, or gather in a picnic at the gazebo.
There are three big clubhouses being planned in the subdivision for the convenience of the residents. The main clubhouse and Kidsgrove are now in full use. A comprehensive Sports Center will be completed soon.

Since they moved to their new environment, the family has taken up triathlon. When they were in Dasmariñas, Santos was a partner in a rock-climbing gym. “When we moved here, we had to find a new sport.” The girls got into biking and pedal around the village for a good 15 km every week. They also walk to and from the clubhouse—a total two kilometers. They do 60-80 laps in the 25-meter clubhouse pool.

Santos has coached the Westgrove team for several summers now. He trained some kids how to swim, then formed a triathlon team that joined competitions. “I didn’t charge. I wanted to keep the neighbors’ kids away from trouble. As a support, Ayala Land Premier would help sponsor the annual youth triathlon in Westgrove which I organize,” says Santos. One girl who lived in Bel-Air, joined the summer competition. When the parents came over to watch the event, they decided to buy the property. Since then, she’s been training in triathlon.

The Santoses’ athletic lifestyle is augmented by a vegetarian diet. The family buys organic vegetables in the country market in the shopping area outside the subdivision and vegemeat at the Adventist University in Silang, Cavite. Rustan’s grocery is near the Laguna Technopark, an industrial park for manufacturing plants.

Close to the subdivisions, a community center has a salon, Bank of the Philippine Islands, a drugstore and a convenience store. When the Santoses want a variety of leisure activities, they still prefer Alabang Town Center, Ayala Center in Makati or Tagaytay City. The place is also near Southern Luzon Memorial Hospital, a tertiary hospital and a police station near Technopark.

Worry-free living
The family feels secure in the environment—guards patrol the place, even the hilly terrain. When the family moved in in 2000, the security guards would even escort the residents to the Technopark. Given the vast space and adequate security, the children feel free to move around.

One of the charms of living in Westgrove is, it is conducive to building a close-knit community. Visitors could knock on the door to look at the architecture of a home. Once a couple, a British national, Peter Sutcliffe, and his Filipina wife, did an ocular of the Santos residence. On learning that Santos had a construction business, they tapped him to be their contractor. Sutcliffe had a studio built in his home and gave painting lessons to Gabbie. When the painter held an exhibit, Gabbie joined and sold a few works.

When a severe typhoon would disable power lines, Westgrove would be the first subdivision to have electricity restored. Santos quotes a priest saying that Westgrove villagers were more privileged in that aspect.

Water was never a problem. “Ayala Alabang has been around for 30 years, even as the population increased and became more developed, there was never any water shortage. Same with Dasma,” Santos says, noting how the Ayala Land subdivisions are properly conserved and their value remains strong over the years.

A balikbayan from Australia who wanted to retire in the Philippines bought a property beside the Santoses. “Some subdivisions are abandoned in 20 years. A nearby subdivision has only one household after all these years. With an Ayala Land development, he knew he was making a sound investment.”

SOURCE: http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20080928-163341/In-this-environment-they-relish-life

For Ayala Land inquiries, feel free to call me.

Coco Midel

AYALA LAND PREMIER

0917 580 2013

October 13, 2008 Posted by cocomidel | Abrio, Anvaya Cove, Ayala Greenfield Estates, Ayala Westgrove Heights, Blogroll, For Balikbayans / Foreigners, Montecito, Nuvali, Real Estate News, Serendra, The Residences At Greenbelt, Uncategorized | | 2 Comments

Oct 2008 All projects update

Hi Valued Ayala Clients,

Latest UpDATES for October 2008

ANVAYA COVE

- launching of the much awaited Multi Dwelling Units – MDUs – 21 unit of 165-200sqm – apartment type units with views of the Fairway and limited Sea View units

- Great Sea View lots at N2C( 39 new lots )

- Small cut lots at N5B ( 21 new lots )

- We are now accepting letter of intent for these great properties

ABRIO in NUVALI
1. New price will take effect in 12 days – Oct 15, 2008
2. Old price buyers will immediately save/earn 10% if you reserve by Oct 14, 2008
3. Only a few good lots left
4. Ayala target village sell out by Dec of this year
5. Lots payable with only 20% down, 7 months of Payment Holiday, then start of Monthly thru BPI
6. Eg. 2.5M down, 7 months Payment Holiday, 90k monthly starts April of next year

AYALA GREENFIELD ESTATES

- 2 Makiling view lots left – P5.8M, 450sqm lot, on promo right now for only 550k down, 40k monthly

- Ayala Greenfield Golf & Leisure Club share still free with every purchase of an AGE lot ( free share for a limited time only )

o The AGGLC share is pegged to be worth 1.5M – it is still free for every lot purchase at AGE

AYALA WESTGROVE HEIGHTS
1. Still a few good lots left at Phase 11 Orchard Terraces
2. A few single loaded lots beside the Orchard Park still available
3. Available for as low as 10% down, balance over 11 yrs to pay
4. 5.8M down, 58k /month for 11 yrs

MONTECITO
1. A very quiet ready to move in village in the midst of Nuvali
2. A low density village with only 200++ lots
3. A place where Rural and Urban life is balanced

If you are interested to purchase a property from Ayala Land Premier, pls feel free to call me anytime at 0917 580 2013.

Coco Midel

Ayala Land Premier

Trinoma Mall, Level 4, ( Beside Cinema 5 )

North Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines

0917 580 2013

October 10, 2008 Posted by cocomidel | Abrio, Anvaya Cove, Ayala Greenfield Estates, Ayala Westgrove Heights, Blogroll, Montecito, Nuvali, Serendra, The Residences At Greenbelt | | No Comments Yet

Ayala Greenfield Article

In the Swing of Things at Ayala Greenfield Estates

SOURCE: Phil Star 6/28/2008

Ayala Greenfield Estates’ 18-hole, par 72, all-weather championship golf course designed by-the father of environmental golf course design, Robert Trent Jones II, served as venue to the Junior Golf Interclub Championship, a gathering of the best and brightest junior golfers in the country.

While some courses tend to favor players who have strong swings, the Ayala Greenfield Estates’ golf course takes pride in its challenging course design.

“The golf course at Ayala Greenfield Golf and Leisure Club offers a balance between those who use their head and those who hit the ball well,” says club manager” Juami Rocha. “This provides a good training ground for golfers who learn not only to hit the ball properly but to strategize as well.”

“You can’t overpower the course. You really need to use your mental skills,” says 14-year-old Maan Legaspi, champion in the Class B (13-14 years old) division and a member of the Philippine Team.

The golf course, due to its location nestled at the foot of the famed Mt. Makiling, has exceptionally strong winds. Sixteen-year-old Filipino-Brit Edward Reyes, a champion golfer in both the Philippines and the United Kingdom, loves the fact that the conditions are very challenging.

The surroundings make Ayala Greenfield’s golf course incomparable, offering panoramic views of Laguna de Bay, Mt. Makiling, Tagaytay Ridge, and the Metro Manila cityscape. Aside from the views, the course boasts well-maintained greens and a dedicated staff that ensures the club is always a step ahead. All of these factors make golfting in Ayala Greenfield Estates an enjoyable experience, one that makes you want to come back because it is a thrill to play.

THE JUNGOLF CONNECTION

The Jungolf has been running for 37 years, having started by Mommy Amanda Montecillo whose son was an avid golf player. She thought of giving children a venue where they can compete and showcase their golfing skills which can be their stepping stone to competing in international golf tournaments. Winners of the Jungolf are sent to represent the country in an international golf tournament.

Jungolf has played a crucial part in the development of young golfers, like Juami Rocha who was once a Jungolf participant, and other budding talents who are now making waves in the international golfing arena such as Maan Legaspi and Edward Reyes.

As Rocha puts it, “Hosting the tournament is a. way of giving back to Jungolf and to the future of Philippine golf.”

Ayala Greenfield Estates is an exclusive 350-hectare residential development located in Calamba, Laguna. About half an hour from Alabang by car, this unique neighborhood with its own private golf course and club is anticipated to be less than an hour from Makati once the ongoing refurbishment of the South Luzon Expressway is completed. With one of the finest elevated locations in Laguna, Ayala Greenfield Estates provides homes with incomparable lake, mountain, and fairway views, while remaining accessible to schools, hospitals and commercial establishments.

I hope you enjoyed the article. Contact me for any questions.

Coco Midel 0917 580 2013

August 11, 2008 Posted by cocomidel | Ayala Greenfield Estates, Blogroll, Nuvali, Uncategorized | | No Comments Yet

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Buying a home is a touchy-touchy matter. Even those who buy properties purely for investment can’t help but be emotional at some point. It’s a basic human trait that goes long way back when primitive men grunted in happiness about their nice caves. Of course, in time, we got smart, got tired of caves, and moved into modern living spaces where there’s that perfect spot to hang the high-definition two-inch-thick TV. Deciding which house or condo to purchase remains a matter of taste. We are still inclined to be mushy about home-sweet-homes. The downside is the heart doesn’t always make good investment sense. So the emotions, I leave to you. Now, the investment-sense, if you read on, I will try to add some more. Happy reading.

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