A House at the Peak of the Pueblo Golf Estates
By: Pueblo de Oro (Added: 2008-04-30)
For the Sergio Yap family of Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, it was an easy decision to build their house in Cagayan de Oro, their first and only one in the City, at the Pueblo Golf Estates.
Though they looked at some other subdivision projects in CDO and despite their being non-golfers, they decided to by a 1,000 square meter lot in Cluster 2 of the Golf Estates in 2006 and immediately started building their dream house there. The house took all of 10 months to construct.
"We chose to locate here because of its quiet, serene atmosphere," says Sergio "Yocyoc" Yap II, the 28-year old second child in the family who has made the place his home since March last year. His parents remain based in Tagoloan to tend to their poultry dressing plant and other businesses but come to the house on weekends and whenever they would host parties for special occasions.
top: (The man of the house: Yocyoc Yap)
The youthful Yocyoc is a lawyer and is the incumbent vice-mayor of Tagoloan, a municipality in Misamis Oriental. While he needs to traverse the nearly 30-kilometer distance from his home to his office in Tagoloan daily, he loves coming home to the Golf Estates as he loves the peace and quiet and the security and privacy that his home offers. Obviously a nature lover, he enjoys tending to their wide backyard garden where he has also built birdhouses in the trees.
top: (Floor-to-ceiling windows and balconies in every second floor room take advantage of the view)
The six-bedroom, two-storey house stands on what appears to be the most elevated area in the Golf Estates, affording them not only a panoramic view of the Golf Course but also a sweeping view of the rest of the township, including Xavier University and SM to the North and even as far as the waters of Macajalar Bay. To take advantage of the view, the house has generous glass panels and windows and a balcony for each of the bedrooms.
While he has not yet taken to playing golf, Yocyoc says he enjoys jogging around the area on Sundays. A member of an off-road club, he also likes driving his 4X4 during practices and competitions. He loves traveling, dreaming of visiting Italy and Egypt someday, though ironically he hates flying.
top:(The panoramic view from the top.)
He says he and his family really find the Pueblo Golf Estates as the best place to be in Cagayan de Oro City. What better testimony to this view than their decision to purchase the lot beside their home to build a less grand house with a generous space for a swimming pool.
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