Happy Homes: An ideal abode for one's family
Abbygail model perspective
* The park will feature a Japanese garden where there is serenity and where one can commune with nature
Having a home is a basic need. Choosing one that suits the person or family's needs is important. After all, most of one's memories will take place here.
At the heart of Zarraga, Iloilo is Happy Homes, a subdivision that is located some 600 meters from the municipal town hall. This area is very accessible. Even more so when it will have four-lane access road from Montinola Bridge/Jaro to Zarraga, a distance of 12 kilometers.
Happy Homes is a subdivision whose scheming divided the property into lots of 80 square meters cuts in order for them to address the issue of affordability because prices of residential lots have been skyrocketing.
They were among the developers who first introduced the cutting of lots into 100 square meter cuts. Now, they are the first to introduce the 80 square meter cuts in the economic housing category.
Gabrielle model perspective
There are 82 regular lots of 80 sqm, and 33 corner lots of 100 sqm to a much as 147 sqm. . There are 62 irregular lots of 103 to 164 sqm.
The front lots are considered as commercial lots, that is, they can allow the use for commercial purposes other than residential.
Underground Storm Drainage. Happy Homes has adequate underground storm drainage system , designed to carry up to 350 mm of rainfall. The previous designs were based on 250mm of rainfall. But with the occurrence in 1998 of the adverse effect of the El Nina phenomena where rainfall in Iloilo reported reached the heaviest of 350 mm, they had to adopt their storm drainage to this level.
Multipurpose Hall. On a 240 square-meter lot, a modest multipurpose hall will rise for use of the community in holding meetings, services ,health activities such as immunization, and web surfing or WI-FI access.
Children Playground and Park. There will be provided equipments for an area where children can play and enjoy. The park will feature a Japanese garden where there is serenity and where one can commune with nature.
HOUSE MODELS. Their 30 sqm single-storey Patricia is attached on an 80 sqm lot. Meanwhile, the 50 sqm and one-and-a-half-storey Gabrielle is detached on a 80 sqm lot. The 36 sqm single-storey Abbygail sits on a 100 sqm lot.
Basic Features
There are two bedrooms for all models . The roofing is made of Aluminum-Zinc Galvanized Iron Sheets, more familiarly known by its brand Galvalume. It is the latest technology in roofing. It is factory guaranteed not to rust in 15 years. Ordinary Galvanized Iron (G.I.) Sheets start to rust in three to five years. Galvalume is expected to last six times longer than ordinary GI Sheets.
Their roofing is long span. Thus ensuring that rain seepage along overlaps does not occur because in long spans there is no overlaps.
It is profiled to give aesthetics and beauty to the roofing.
Galvalume reduces the ambient temperature inside the house by as much as seven degrees Centigrade. That is, by using Galvalume you have a house that is cooler than the outside temperature.
In the Gabrielle model, they have further provided another layer of aluminized foam insulation to insure the coolness of the upper rooms.
The room on the second floors are loft type to reduce the need for air-conditioning. A half horsepower aircon can suffice for a loft type room while one horsepower is needed for a high roofed room. In these times of high energy cost , it is a cost advantage if our appliance consume less energy.
They use plastic doors for the bathrooms for durability. They have a stainless steel kitchen sink to last a lifetime.
They use vitrified floor tiles, except on the Patricia model. On the Patricia, it is only red oxide floors For second floors, they use vinyl tiles with the natural wood look.
The house units are mostly made of concrete and steel, except for the ceiling and the partitions which are made of wood.
The units were structurally designed and signed by a structural engineer. Ordinarily, only high rise building are evaluated by structural engineers. But since Pag-Ibig requires that they guarantee the existence of the units for 25 years, so they asked their engineers to analyze the worthiness of the units against typhoons of 250 kmph and earthquakes of 7.8.