Life is all about balance.

Living in DMCI Homes’ One Castilla Place community for the past two years has helped young professional Chris make this important realization. 

A self-confessed geek in his younger years, the 36-year-old bachelor shared that growing up, all he cared for was his love for computers.

“Noong nag-aaral ako, tingin ko ang future, computers. Medyo tumama naman ako, kaunti. Kaya nga medyo introvert ako, laging nakaharap sa computer. Lahat ng friends ko ‘virtual,’” Chris chuckled.

But as he went to college and later on landed a job as programmer in an IT firm, Chris learned to better appreciate the simple joys that life has to offer.

His attitude towards life all the more changed when he was asked to be a part of the Community Development Council of DMCI Homes’ One Castilla Place project when he moved into the resort-inspired condo community in February 2015.

“Before kasi never akong nag-absent sa work. But I realized I’m not getting any younger. And I think to enjoy the zest of life you have to find the balance between work and family and also friends,” Chris pointed out.

DMCI Homes, the country’s first Quadruple A developer, has unveiled plans to construct a new residential condominium development in Pasay City following the sales success of its previous projects in the area.

Dubbed as Aston Residences, the planned single-tower resort-inspired development along Dominga St. is walking distance away from the company’s first condo venture in Pasay which is the sold-out two-tower La Verti Residences project along Taft Avenue.

The property arm of DMCI Holdings, Inc. has also sold out the 403-unit inventory of its second venture in the city, single-tower Fairway Terraces in Villamor Air Base, which is due for completion next year.

DMCI Homes President Alfredo Austria said Pasay City has always been a real estate hotspot because of its strategic location in the middle of urban centers. 

“Pasay City has always been a sensible choice of address for urban dwellers looking for a convenient and dynamic lifestyle because of its strategic location near business centers,” Austria said.

In commemoration of the country’s “Elderly Filipino Week,” DMCI Homes’ La Verti Residences condominium community in Pasay City recently held an outreach project in the Anawim Home for the Abandoned Elderly in Rodriguez, Rizal for the benefit of its poor and abandoned residents. 

Dubbed as “A Special Date with Lolo and Lola,” the outreach activity held last October 13, 2018 was the culmination of a month-long donation drive organized by La Verti Residences Community Development Council.

The donation drive was the condo community’s post-commemoration activity of the “Elderly Filipino Week” which is observed every first week of October to promote the wellbeing of senior members of the Philippine society.

La Verti Residences Property Manager Alex De Luna said the community-wide donation drive generated boxes of non-perishable food, cleaning and toiletry supplies which the Community Development Council turned over to the nursing facility.

"This is the first CSR (corporate social responsibility) activity organized by the La Verti Residences Community Development Council since the group was formed last year. The activity was suggested by one of our council members and we deemed it fit for the commemoration of the ‘Elderly Filipino Week’ in our country,” De Luna shared. 

La Verti Residences homeowner Dinah Oraiz who has been serving the Anawim Lay Missions for 10 years said she wanted to involve her fellow residents in her advocacy of helping the poor and abandoned elderly, noting how routine visits improve the quality of life of the elderly occupants of the Anawim community.