The adage “home is how you make it” stems from the belief that it doesn’t matter what kind of house or condominium unit you live in, so long as you nourish the elements of making a home, it’s the best place to seek shelter from the storm. The same can be said for making a home that’s conducive to raising a family.

Enter Ajoya Capas, one of  AboitizLand’s premier residential properties located in the heart of Capas, Tarlac. This 13-hectare master-planned community seeks to provide families with a location that’s catered to help its individual members grow. Through its generous open spaces like greenbelts and pocket parks, excellent amenities, and homes that are uniquely designed to fit everyone’s needs, Ajoya Capas provides its vecinos with a better living environment.

If you’re looking to build an ideal home for your family, it helps to live in a property that’s already catered to do that like Ajoya Capas. However, your home is what you make it and it’s important that you take action and make it happen. Here’s how you can potentially build your family’s ideal home.

Foster Creativity And Privacy

A family that creates together, is one that knows how to get creative when times get difficult. It’s also one that has a lot of fun, regardless of the form of creativity you or your children manifest. In order to spark creativity however, you’re going to need a lot of space. Whether you prefer to express your creativity through paint and canvas, or through musical notes and tones, you’ll need space.

Luckily, if you live in Ajoya Capas, you’re given that opportunity to create as much creative space as you can. For instance, the Duplex Back to Back model unit has a total floor area of 67 square meters fitted with 2 levels and 2 bathrooms, with the upper level acting as the main bedroom. If you have a small family, this unit allows for you to make space for a small electric keyboard or a canvas for painting. The 2nd floor also has an open layout that allows you to design your home according to the lifestyle that you want to have.

For married people who have extended family or who live with their parents, one relatively annoying thing that happens is having different opinions on how to raise children. This sometimes gets in the way of child-rearing and can potentially ruin the home. This is why privacy is significant when it comes to raising a family. After all, being able to build your home and raise your family without other people meddling is healthy.

Privacy is also an important factor to teach your kids because it helps them maintain appropriate social boundaries. This is something they’ll carry with them as they grow up. If a person isn’t taught the value of privacy, he/ she tends to become awkward towards other people and at the same time, he/ she won’t value other people’s sense of privacy. Another important factor about privacy is that it operates on trust. Without trust, relationships can be shaky and easily broken, and you don’t want this for your family. Fostering trust and privacy creates a stronger relationship between you and the individual members of your family.

Unfortunately, given how some properties aren’t big enough to accommodate even a small family, privacy can sometimes be overlooked. It helps if you have a big enough home that allows you to teach this value to your children – that’s why Ajoya Capas is an ideal place to raise a family. With units whose floor areas span 49 square meters to 75 square meters, you are given the room and the ability to fashion your home as you see fit and as accommodating to foster the values of both creativity and privacy.

Maintain Openness and Communication

Regardless whether it’s just you and your spouse, or if you already have a child or set of kids, being open to communication is an important part of any relationship. While it’s true that there are some things that need to be kept confidential (in matters that concern privacy), that doesn’t mean that you can’t be honest about certain topics or things.

Just like in work, being open and transparent about certain things at home allows individuals to be more receptive to alternative solutions and, at the same time, have a more positive outlook in life. It also results in being able to communicate feelings and emotions to other people so it doesn’t get in the way of getting tasks or chores done.

When you’re open to your feelings and emotions and practice communicating them in a non-combative and prolific manner, you’re not only able to solve problems, you’re also opening the path to a more positive life. This is something that you can show your kids and something that they’ll benefit from in their relationships for the future.

Make Time For Family Activities

There are many love languages, but none can be as effective for your children in their growing years as time spent with them. The same can be said even if it’s just the two of you with your partner. Spending time with a family member doing any task or activity is a way of showing love and it’s definitely something that your children will be thankful for in the future.

Family bonding activities can range from anything like working on a common creative hobby together (as mentioned earlier) to just hanging out and talking with members of your family in the living room. Not only does spending time with each other enhance your relationship, it also helps you get to know each other better.

It helps if your location is built specifically to cater to creating genuine and memorable family experiences. Ajoya Capas, just like the rest of AboitizLand’s Ajoya properties, has generous spaces conducive to walking and interacting with other people. These wide greenbelts (that are 5 minutes away from your home) and spacious pathways are great for family members who just want to walk around the neighborhood and catch up. Living in a place with like-minded people is like living in a tribe, and the entire tribe helps with raising children. So if you like your neighbors, there’s a good chance that they’ll like you and your family too.

Ajoya’s Amenities also allow for you to bond with your spouse or children. The swimming pool, for instance, is a great place to bond and play in during the weekends. The Ajoya Capas Town Plaza is a good place to have dinner with your family or just get chores done together. Finally, if you and your kids are into shooting hoops, you can make use of the readily available basketball court in the area.

Ajoya Capas is also very accessible to places where you can get the needs of your family settled. Its proximity to New Clark City gives you access not only to shopping malls but also to schools and hospitals.

As mentioned earlier, home is what you make it. But it helps if your home is built specifically to become the ideal one for a growing family. If you’re interested in looking for a home that you’d like to build a family in, Ajoya Capas might be for you. If you’re interested in taking a virtual tour, visit this link.