Moving to Metro Manila? Your expat move-in checklist.

For expats, retirees and Filipinos coming home who are thinking about a condo. The calm, practical checks I’d go through with you, from wherever you are now.

• 1Documents to prepare before you move
• 2Choosing an area by daily life: commute, schools, hospitals, walkability
• 3Renting first or buying, and how to buy safely
• 4Foreign ownership in general, and buying from abroad by video call
• 5Move-in steps: building admin, utilities and internet, association dues