Feb-ever in Love: Normando & Gerlie Love Story
16 February 2022Love month is already here, and we hope that you feel loved and in love. Today, we will give the spotlight to a couple's untold love story as well as their journey as a Lumina Homeowner.
Join us as we uncover Normando and Gerlie's love story in our Feb-ever in Love segment.
How can you describe your love story in 3 words?
Gerlie answered this question with a sweet smile.
"Strong, happy, and contented."
What do you love most about your spouse?
You can feel the sense of pride from Gerlie as she answered the things that she loves with her husband the most. She said with pride:
“Mabait, mapagmahal, at saka talagang nagsasakripisyo siya para sa aming pamilya. Lumalayo siya sa amin para maibigay ang mga pangangailangan namin.”
(My partner is a good and loving man. He is also making a lot of sacrifices for our family. He bears the pain of being away from us just to attend and provide for our needs.)
Memorable moment as a couple
Each couple has their special moments together. Normando and Gerlie's story started when they were still children as they grew up in the same neighborhood. She related that:
“Ang pinakamasayang alaala naming ay noong kami ay mga bata pa, halos magkakakilala na kami kasi lumaki kami sa iisang barangay. Sa mga bagets kumbaga, parang M.U.”
(The happiest memory that we have together was when we were young children. We've known each other well at an early age since we grew up in the same community. I think the millennials call it these days as M.U.)
Since they grew up in the same neighborhood, Normando and Gerlie became closer to each other.
“Habang tumatagal, nararamdaman mo sa kanya na mayroon siyang gusto sa’yo. Nanliligaw siya pero hindi siya umiimik. Hindi ko nga alam kung paano ko siya sinagot eh.”
(As time passed, I could feel that he liked me. He tried to court me, but he was not showy. I couldn't even tell how he made me say yes to him at that time.)
Soon enough, they started dating, and their relationship with each other became stronger than before.
“Pagkatapos, naging mag-boyfriend-girlfriend kami halos apat na taon. Nag-propose siya ng kasal. Naging masaya naman ang pagsasama namin hanggang sa nabiyayaan kami ng dalawang anak.”
(After that, we started dating for almost four years until he proposed to me, and we married. We have a happy married life and got blessed with four children.)
What made you choose Lumina Homes?
Gerlie also shared why they decided to choose Lumina Homes as the community provider for their family.
“Napili ko po ang Lumina Homes sapagkat ang lokasyon nito ay malapit sa simbahan, sa hospital, sa school, sa market, at sa mga malls.”
(I chose Lumina Homes because the subdivision is located near the church, hospital, school, local market, and malls.)
She also mentioned her satisfying home buying experience with Lumina.
“Ang gusto ko rin po sa kanya ay maganda ang pagkakagawa ng kanilang bahay at kayang-kaya ng masa. Very affordable po.”
(What I also like with Lumina is that they built the house with quality materials aside from being so affordable.)
Every house and lot package from Lumina Homes is built with reinforced concrete and through Cast-IN Place or CIP and Industrialized Building System or IBS. That is why every Lumina Homeowner can have the assurance that their brand new home can last the test of time and any natural disaster.
As a couple, what are the benefits of having your own home?
At this time, Gerlie also recounted how they were able to free themselves from the apartment's monthly rental fee.
“Marami ang nagiging benepisyo naming kapag may sariling tahanan. Sa katulad namin na dati ay umuupa, malaking tipid na din po sa amin iyon. Iyung ibabayad namin sa inuupahan namin, nababayad na din namin sa Lumina.”
(We have had a lot of benefits since we got our own home. For people like us who were formerly renting an apartment, we definitely have more savings. The money that we should allot to our rental fee becomes a payment for us to have our own house with Lumina Homes.)
“Habang tumatagal ang pagbabayad mo, magiging sa’yo din naman yun. Parang umuupa ka pero sarili mo namang bahay ang inuupahan mo.”
(As you continue on paying your monthly amortizations, the house will be yours at the end. It's like you're still renting a space, but you can own the home in the near future.)
Lumina Homes, in its effort to deliver the best housing experience to every Juan, is offering flexible payment methods to its homebuyers, allowing them to ease the burden of home investment. They even offer house and lot packages that can be paid through a bank housing loan.
What is the advice you can give to young or married couples who are starting to build their own home and family?
In the end, Gerlie also partakes some great messages and advice to all young couples who are also planning to have a space that they can call their own.
“Mai-advice ko lang sa mga bagong mag-asawa ay habang bata pa sila or wala pa silang anak, mag-invest na sila ng bahay sapagkat habang tumatagal lalong nagmamahal ang value ng house and lot.”
(One thing that I can advise to a newly married couple is that, while they are still young and don't have their own children yet, they should already start their home investing journey because the house and lot value increases throughout the year.)
What Gerlie advised to every young couple is true, especially to communities like Lumina Homes that are located in strategic places—key cities and municipalities—all over the country.
These areas continue to be developed, and as the infrastructures gradually advance, the areas are also becoming highly urbanized resulting in more opportunities and businesses around the community. This paves the way for industrialization that, in return, causes the high demand for house and lot in the town or city.
So just like Normando and Gerlie from Lumina Bauan, make sure to invest in a brand new house and lot from Lumina as early as now!
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