Under normal circumstances, it would seem unlikely that a young professional could afford to purchase a home.
Amaia Land, however, has just turned the improbable into a probability. In fact, at the recent grand turnover event of Amaia Skies Cubao, most of the new homeowners were professionals in their 20s, who claimed that Amaia Land made buying units in the condominium easy and convenient.
Two such young professionals, Camille Naredo, 25, and Suzette Cabase, 26, received the keys to their new units on Nov. 19, disputing the common notion that millennials are more inclined to party, travel and shop for expensive gadgets than invest in worthwhile ventures.
The young women says Amaia Skies Cubao’s location and affordability were what ultimately drove them to buy their units in the recently completed project.
Naredo, a sports editor for a major television network, recalls how she used to travel for one hour, going through eleven train stops on the congested Metro Rail Transit 3 to reach her office. Thus, when a realtor friend of her mother offered a pre-selling unit in Amaia Skies Cubao, she had no second thoughts about saying yes.
“I took the opportunity of acquiring my own home out of necessity. The commute was killing me,” Naredo says. “The costs of the commute were not an issue; it was the stress of riding nearly the full length of the MRT that got to me every day.”
Naredo says she used to stay in her grandmother’s two-bedroom house in Pasay, which is spacious and comfortable. But the location was not ideal for her since her office is in Quezon City.
“The daily trips took their toll on me,” Naredo laments.
Now happily settling down in her new digs, Naredo hopes that her new Amaia home would bring positive changes in her life. “The proximity to Araneta Coliseum, where majority of the games are played, is a big help. First of all, the games usually finish at night. Now, I can just walk home after my coverage is done,” she says.
“I can finally do more with my time, too,” she adds with a smile.
On affordability, Naredo asserts that the payment method soon became easy after careful planning. “After some time I realized the upside far outweighed what little adjustments I had to make.”
Meanwhile, Cabase, an accounting supervisor and a new mother, also says the hassle of commuting between San Mateo, Rizal, and her workplace in Cubao made her decide to buy a unit in Amaia Skies Cubao.
Cabase now says spending less time on the road would give her more time for herself and her child.
“I chose Amaia Skies because of the convenience,” she says. No longer compelled to take long trips through horrendous traffic, she also feels that she has more energy to do other things.
The affordability of Amaia Skies also encouraged the young women to go ahead and invest in a unit. “I chose bank financing as my payment scheme for this property, and I can say that it is easy on the pocket,” Cabase says.