Alea
Residences

Alea Residences is on the Las Piñas–Talaba Diversion Road, Barangay Zapote 3, Bacoor, Cavite — on the Cavite side of the Las Piñas boundary. Note that Bacoor is in Cavite, part of CALABARZON (Region IV-A), not Metro Manila, although almost everything residents use daily is on the Las Piñas side: Christ the King General Hospital is 670 m, St. Dominic Medical Center and St. Dominic College of Asia 1.01 km, Las Piñas General Hospital 1.07 km, Star Mall Las Piñas 2.38 km and SM Center Las Piñas 2.63 km.

Yes. Alea Residences is complete and all four buildings have been turned over — the units still on the availability list were handed over between January 2019 and February 2020. DMCI has publicly announced the completion of the development. There is no waiting period and no construction risk left to price.

Yes, and it is the largest markdown DMCI Homes runs anywhere. Alea Residences is on DMCI's Legacy Projects list, memo PD-26-05-026, carrying a flat 20% special discount on units, valid until 30 November 2026. Applied to the current list prices: the entry unit, a 55 sqm two-bedroom at ₱6,203,000, comes to ₱4,962,400. The best-value unit, an 85.5 sqm three-bedroom at ₱8,943,000, comes to ₱7,154,400 — about ₱83,677 per square metre. The 20% applies to units only, not parking, and no other special or regular discount stacks on top of it, though regular and promo payment terms can be used alongside it. Standard turnover, move-in and closing-fee guidelines apply.

Eighteen units, all two- and three-bedrooms. Fourteen 2-Bedrooms of 55, 58 and 64.5 sqm from ₱6,203,000 to ₱7,067,000; and four 3-Bedrooms, all 85.5 sqm, from ₱8,943,000 to ₱9,141,000. Alea has never built a studio or a one-bedroom — the smallest unit here is a 55 sqm two-bedroom. By building: Budi has 7 units, Surya 6, Darma 3 and Raja 2.

Raja 711 — an 85.5 sqm three-bedroom at ₱8,943,000, which is ₱7,154,400 after the 20% Legacy discount. It is the cheapest floor area on the estate at ₱104,596 per square metre before discount, or ₱83,677 after. There is exactly one of it, and only four three-bedrooms left in total.

Because DMCI prices the small plans at a premium here, as at most projects — the difference is just unusually clear at Alea. All four 85.5 sqm three-bedrooms sit between ₱104,596 and ₱106,912 per square metre, while the 55 sqm two-bedrooms run ₱112,782 to ₱117,236. In cash terms, ₱2,740,000 more than the ₱6,203,000 entry unit buys 55% more floor area at about 7% less per square metre, plus a third bedroom. The dearest floor area on the estate is Budi 605, a 55 sqm two-bedroom at ₱117,236/sqm.

Effectively, yes. At a median of ₱110,207 per square metre, Alea has the cheapest floor area of any DMCI Homes property with more than three units left on the September 2026 availability list. Only East Ortigas Mansions and Maricielo Villas price lower, and between them they have five units and no dedicated page. After the 20% Legacy discount Alea's median falls to ₱88,166 per square metre, which nothing else in the DMCI catalogue approaches.

Sonora Garden Residences is DMCI's nearest project, 4.49 km away on Alabang–Zapote Road in Las Piñas — a Metro Manila address rather than a Cavite one. Sonora's two-bedrooms are 56–58.5 sqm from ₱7,007,000, at a median of ₱129,926/sqm; Alea's are 55–64.5 sqm from ₱6,203,000, at ₱110,207/sqm. So Alea is ₱804,000 cheaper before any discount, and ₱2,044,600 cheaper after the 20% Legacy markdown, which Sonora does not qualify for. On three-bedrooms the gap is wider: Alea's 85.5 sqm lands at ₱7,154,400 after discount against ₱10,314,000 for Sonora's 81.5 sqm. Sonora offers a Metro Manila address, 199 units to choose from and better resale liquidity; Alea offers the space and about ₱2M.

This is the honest weakness of the address. The nearest rail is LRT-1 EDSA / MRT-3 Taft at 8.76 km, so there is no train and no realistic walk to one. Every route out runs the Alabang–Zapote Road, the Coastal Road or CAVITEX, three of the most congested corridors in the south. NAIA Terminal 1 is 6.11 km, Aseana City 7.39 km and SM Mall of Asia 7.79 km. If your work is in Makati, BGC or Ortigas, price that journey honestly before you buy. If your life is already in the south — Las Piñas, Bacoor, Alabang, Sucat, Parañaque — the objection largely disappears.

Alea qualifies for the DMCI Homes Modified Third Quarter Deals (memo PD-26-07-031): from September 1 to October 31, 2026 you can spread a 12% downpayment over 32 months with a 1% discount, with the 88% balance via bank or in-house financing. But take the payment term, not the 1% discount — that 1% cannot stack with Alea's 20% Legacy discount, and the 20% is worth twenty times more. The payment terms can be used alongside the 20%; the discounts cannot be combined.

Yes. Alea Residences qualifies for DMCI Homes' 5% downpayment promo (memo PD-26-05-028), valid for reservations from June 1 to November 30, 2026: pay just 5% down over 12 months with a 2% discount, and finance the 95% balance through Chinabank or BPI bank financing. As with the Third Quarter Deals, the 2% discount does not stack with the 20% Legacy markdown — the payment structure can be used with it, the discount cannot. DMCI's selected buildings list (Cypress Towers, Illumina Residences, Royal Palm Residences, Tivoli Garden Residences, Willow Park Homes) carries a higher 4% discount under the same terms.

Yes. Alea Residences in Bacoor, Cavite qualifies for DMCI Homes' Home Advance (Rent-to-Own) program, so you can move in now and pay your balance later instead of waiting for full bank financing. Monthly HomeAdvance lease starts at PHP 12,500 for a 2-Bedroom. To pre-qualify you complete 4 months of downpayment, either paid in advance or monthly (qualifying after the 4th payment). Promo validity July 1 to September 30, 2026, per DMCI memos PD-26-06-014 and PD-26-06-020. Home Advance is a payment route rather than a discount, so it can be used alongside the 20% Legacy markdown.

At Alea Residences the monthly HomeAdvance lease rates are 2-Bedroom (55–64.5 sqm) from PHP 12,500/month with a PHP 50,000 move-in cash-out, and 3-Bedroom (79.5–87 sqm) from PHP 16,000/month with PHP 60,500. All four three-bedrooms on the current list are 85.5 sqm, so the PHP 16,000 tier is the one that applies — the 88–93.5 sqm tier at PHP 18,000 is the programme rate for larger layouts and none is available. The move-in cash-out is 1 month advance rental plus 2 months security deposit plus a PHP 12,500 utility deposit; PMO turnover fees (joining fee and water service deposit) are free. Minimum lease is 6 months.

Three pools in a single central courtyard — a lap pool, a lounge pool and a kiddie pool — plus a fitness gym, game area, AV room, lounge area, children's play area, landscaped gardens, an open lawn and picnic grove, gazebo and cabana, grill pits, a pool deck and shower area, a convenience store, laundry station, water station, 24-hour security, perimeter fence, CCTV provision and a standby electric generator. Note that Alea does not have DMCI's Lumiventt Sky Patio system — it is a four-building mid-rise estate of six and seven storeys, and DMCI does not claim Lumiventt here.

You are the buyer from Day 1. Home Advance at Alea Residences is not a rent-first arrangement — you reserve and sign a Contract to Sell on that specific unit before any occupancy begins, and every peso of your downpayment is equity in that purchase. The unit leaves the market the day you reserve and your price is locked at your contract price. There is no later conversion step and no separate approval needed to make you an owner, because you already are one; the only approval remaining is the bank loan on the balance, which every buyer on every payment term goes through. The Home Advance lease covers occupancy of a unit you have already bought while the balance is processed for bank drawdown, and that lease payment is not credited to the purchase — your ownership runs on the downpayment, in parallel.