For the fourth consecutive year, DMCI Homes has once again hosted a Christmas party for underprivileged children living in its host community in Barangay Bangkal, Makati City, drawing commendation from the barangay council and the local social welfare department.

Dubbed as “DMCI Homes Christmas Blowout,” this year’s edition of the annual gift-giving activity held a carnival-themed party for 75 beneficiaries composed of children under the Makati Social Welfare Department’s Street and Urban Working Children Program, kids with disabilities, and those belonging to families enrolled in the government’s conditional cash transfer program.

“I would like to thank DMCI (Homes) for again hosting our kids for their Christmas Blowout. It’s been several years now that they have been giving us a venue for the kids to have fun this Christmas,” said Barangay Bangkal chairman Mario Montañez who graced the event last December 1 at the DMCI Homes Corporate Center Multi-Purpose Gym.

“DMCI (Homes) has been a very good partner of our barangay not only in business but in community relations and I’d like to applaud the efforts of the company in helping us create projects that benefit our residents,” he added.

There is something alluring about walking into a home glowing with a family’s love and support for each member.

It’s the same vibe that IT professional Teddy Dullano felt when he moved into his two-bedroom unit in DMCI Homes’ One Castilla Place in Castilla St., Valencia, Quezon City two years ago.

After staying for a decade in a condo adjacent to a business center in Pasig, Dullano longed for a different kind of scenery which he gladly found in the single-tower resort-inspired condo community.

“I was looking for a place na different naman. Sa Pasig kasi I lived there for 10 years kaya sabi ko different environment naman. (I said) I’ll try QC so nahanap ko yung One Castilla Place,” he explained.

And as he got to know his new neighbors better, Dullano discovered the difference of living in a “family-oriented” DMCI Homes community.

“Most of the homeowners are couples with kids. Masayang tingnan kasi even extended family members kasama nila. Pati grandparents kasama nila,” the 35-year-old said.

“Unlike sa ibang locations na malapit sa offices, ang napansin ko mostly doon working professionals lang talaga ang nagre-rent lang. Alam mo ‘yung malapit sa office kaya they stay there for work? Dito it’s more of family ang makikita mo,” he continued.

The Iloilo native said having good neighbors was an important consideration in his search for a new condo unit as he believed that “a home should be a place where people live together harmoniously.”

“Maliit man o malaki as long as yung mga tao sa loob live in harmony, that’s a home for me,” he related.

Having seen DMCI Homes’ previous projects in its Acacia Estates township development in Taguig, Dullano had the country’s first Quadruple A developer as his top preference when he decided to move to a new home.

“First choice ko is DMCI Homes. Kasi proven na ang DMCI kasi I know yung CCP (Cultural Center of the Philippines), sila pa ang gumawa noon dati,” Dullano disclosed.

DMCI Homes has already started the turnover process of the final building of its Mirea Residences development—Aleia—in October 2018, marking the completion of the medium-rise enclave in Santolan, Pasig City months ahead of committed schedule.

The country’s first Quadruple A developer has successively made all Mirea Residences’ eight midrise buildings available for turnover to unit owners starting with the early turnover of Maia building in February 2017. 

All the other seven buildings – Sitara, Vespera, Selenia, Solana, Antara, Marinda and Aleia - have also marked ready for occupancy (RFO) status in sequence to conclude the construction of the 38,895 square meter-development months ahead of the committed completion date of August 2019.

Mirea Residences was launched in 2014 to give start-up families and young professionals a secure and relaxed living environment near business centers like Eastwood City and Ortigas.

The property's sophisticated Neo Asian-minimalist architecture is complemented by resort-inspired amenities that include a kiddie pool, leisure pool, lap pool, gazebo, tree court, grill pits, clubhouse, picnic grove, game area, audio-visual room, and function hall to make modern living a pleasurable experience for residents especially busy professionals.