Moncello Crest is a 40,768 sqm Modern Filipino leisure residence in the Benguet highlands — water gardens, an elevated boardwalk, a fire pit, an outdoor jacuzzi and pine-forest air. There is no swimming pool: DMCI publishes no pool of any kind for this property, and this page previously claimed one.
It is not in Baguio City. DMCI’s published address is Sitio Bato, via Bontiway, Barangay Poblacion, Tuba, Benguet — a separate municipality about 5 km from the Baguio city centre. Baguio is also a chartered city of the Cordillera Administrative Region, not part of Benguet province, so the old “Baguio City, Benguet” line on this page was wrong twice over. You get the cool climate and the Baguio access; you do not get a Baguio address.
Units & Pricing
Studio · 1821 Bedroom · 262 Bedroom · 48
₱8,050,000 – ₱18,120,000
256 units · Blanca Nov 2028 · Ciela & Silva Aug 2029
Why Moncello Crest
✓A condotel, not a plain condo — DMCI classes this as Leisure Residences, with a cafe, spa, business centre and golf carts on the estate
✓40,768 sqm across three buildings — Blanca (18 residential levels), Ciela (20) and Silva — on a mountainside, with water gardens and an elevated boardwalk
✓15% downpayment across every building to 31 October 2026 (memo PD-26-07-013) — or take a standard tier for a real discount: 4% at 30% down, 5% at 40%, 6% at 50%
✓Zero agent fee to buyers — full guidance, free
Live availability · September 2026
What is actually available at Moncello Crest
There are 256 units on the current DMCI availability list for Moncello Crest. Units are spread across 3 buildings: Blanca, Ciela, Silva. Turnover dates on the current list run from November 2028 to August 2029.
Everything below is taken from that list, not from a brochure — areas and prices are as
issued, and are confirmed again at reservation.
₱8,050,000Lowest-priced available unit
35 sqmSTUDIO · Blanca
₱230,000Price per sqm on that unit
Unit type
Available
Area
Price range
Per sqm
STUDIO
182
34.5 – 45 sqm
₱8,050,000 – ₱9,300,000
₱206,667 – ₱234,783
1BR
26
62.5 – 68 sqm
₱12,760,000 – ₱13,050,000
₱191,912 – ₱204,160
2BR
48
69 – 91.5 sqm
₱14,280,000 – ₱18,120,000
₱191,803 – ₱208,696
Availability moves daily and this list is a snapshot — the units open
right now are confirmed on enquiry. Prices are the developer’s list prices before any promo
discount; closing fees are exclusive and parking is transacted separately.
Ask for the live list below, or run your own numbers on the
computation sheet.
Moncello Crest is sold as one address with a single “November 2028” turnover. That is true of
Blanca only. On the September 2026 list, 145 of the 256 available units — 57% — turn
over in August 2029, nine months later. Which building you buy in is the single biggest decision here.
Building
DMCI levels
Types
Units left
From
Turnover
Blanca
18 residential · 4 basement parking
Studio, 1BR, 2BR
111
₱8,050,000
November 2028
Ciela
20 residential · 9 podium parking
Studio, 1BR, 2BR
125
₱8,100,000
August 2029
Silva
3 podium parking
Studio only
20
₱9,300,000
August 2029
Levels are DMCI’s published figures. Units, prices and turnover dates are from the
DMCI availability list, September 2026. One further row on that list carries a 0.0 sqm area — a data
gap in the export — and is excluded rather than published with a guessed size, which is why 256
appears here against 257 elsewhere.
Reading the price list
Studios are two-thirds of the building and the most expensive floor area in it. 182 of the 256
available units are studios, at a median ₱230,000/sqm against ₱198,036 for a 1BR and
₱197,041 for a 2BR — roughly 16% more per square metre for the smallest home.
Silva’s studio is the most expensive unit of its type and the best value of its type. At
45 sqm and ₱9,300,000 it is the dearest studio on the list in absolute terms, but at
₱206,667/sqm it is the cheapest studio floor area — Ciela’s 34.5 sqm studios run
₱234,783. If you want a studio here, price the Silva against the Ciela before the total decides it.
The cheapest square metre on the whole list is a 2-bedroom — Blanca’s 91.5 sqm 2BR at
₱17,550,000, or ₱191,803/sqm. There are two of them.
Orientation is not really priced here, which is unusual. What is priced is the view: rear units
facing east and northwest look into the valley, and 182 of the 256 units face one of those two ways.
The 15% promo is a payment term, not a discount
The promo below gives you a lighter 15% downpayment across every building to 31 October 2026
(memo PD-26-07-013). It carries no discount. The standard tiers do, and they are the alternative
worth pricing:
Downpayment
Discount
Saved on the ₱8,050,000 entry studio
Net price
15% (promo term)
None
—
₱8,050,000
30%
4%
₱322,000
₱7,728,000
40%
5%
₱402,500
₱7,647,500
50%
6%
₱483,000
₱7,567,000
Reservation fee ₱30,000. The promo term and the standard discounts are alternatives
and do not stack — you take whichever suits your cash. Discounts apply to units only; closing fees are
exclusive and parking is transacted separately. Ask Jeffrey to run both side by side on your shortlisted unit.
Location
Near Baguio, not in it
DMCI’s published address is Sitio Bato, via Bontiway, Barangay Poblacion, Tuba, Benguet.
Tuba is its own municipality; Baguio is a chartered city of the Cordillera Administrative Region and is not
part of Benguet province. Everything in Baguio is a drive away, and DMCI publishes how far:
Category
What is near, and how near
Medical
Baguio General Hospital 4.46 km · Notre Dame de Chartres 5.42 km · Pines City Doctors’ 5.91 km
Schools
UP Baguio 4.88 km · University of the Cordilleras 4.99 km · University of Baguio 5.32 km · St. Louis University 5.52 km · Brent International 5.81 km
Retail
Baguio City Public Market 5.11 km · SM City Baguio 5.15 km · Baguio Center Mall 5.27 km
Leisure
Burnham Park 4.77 km · Camp John Hay 5.86 km · Baguio Country Club 6.87 km · Wright Park 7.30 km · Mines View Park 8.37 km
Transport
Loakan Airport 6.25 km — the only transport terminal DMCI lists for this address
The honest read on the address. DMCI’s whole key-places list for
Moncello Crest is 22 entries — against 166 for Mulberry Place and 206 for One Delta Terraces.
That is not a data gap; it is what a mountainside site 5 km outside a small city actually looks like.
Nothing is walkable. You will drive to everything, on Benguet mountain roads, and in Baguio’s peak
season that drive gets long. If you want a Baguio address rather than a Baguio view,
One South Drive is the property to compare.
Construction status
About a third built
DMCI Homes publishes a monthly site-progress log with dated photography for Moncello Crest. The most recent
entry is 32.41% complete as of May 2026 — 30.58% in April, 28.78% in March. That is roughly
1.8 percentage points a month, against a November 2028 turnover for Blanca and August 2029 for
Ciela and Silva.
DMCI site photo · April 2026 · 30.58%DMCI site photo · June 2026Site works · crane and excavatorSite development plan
Note the date on that number. DMCI’s progress log for Moncello Crest
stops at May 2026, while their logs for other properties run to July. That is a two-month gap in the
developer’s own reporting, not something this page can fill in. The photographs show structural work on
a cut mountainside with tower cranes — consistent with roughly a third complete. Ask Jeffrey for the
latest construction bulletin before you reserve, and get your building’s turnover date in writing.
The water gardens and the elevated boardwalk are the real amenity here, and they are unusual
— a landscaped stream and a raised walk through the pines, not a podium deck with planters.
Nothing else in the DMCI range looks like this.
It is genuinely a condotel. DMCI classes it as Leisure Residences and publishes a cafe, a spa,
a business centre, golf carts inside the property, 100% power back-up and high-speed internet in
all common areas. Those are operating-hotel facilities, and they are the reason the per-square-metre
price is what it is.
The Sky Patio is DMCI’s Lumiventt feature, published under Building Features —
worth more at 1,400 m elevation than at sea level, because the air you are ventilating with is cold.
What is oversold
There is no swimming pool. This page previously advertised “pool, gardens, and cool
mountain air”. DMCI’s published amenity list for Moncello Crest contains no pool of any
kind — not a lap pool, not a leisure pool, not a kiddie pool. What exists is an
outdoor jacuzzi and the water gardens, which are landscape features, not for swimming. The
claim has been removed.
“Baguio” does a lot of work in the marketing. The nearest Baguio landmark is
4.46 km away and the address is in another municipality. The views and the climate are real; the
address is not Baguio.
Every image above except the four construction photographs is an artist’s render of a
building that is about a third built.
The full list as DMCI publishes it: Basketball Court/Playcourt,
Children’s Play Area, Fire Pit, Jacuzzi, Landscaped Gardens, Open Sky Lounge, Sky Deck, Sky Patio
(Lumiventt Technology), Reception Lobby, Viewing Deck, Water Garden, Open Lounge, Boardwalk, Cafe,
24-hour Security, Arrival Court, Business Center, Children’s Recreation Space / Daycare, Entertainment
Room, Fitness Gym, Game Room, Gazebo/Cabana, Jogging/Biking Path, Lounge Area, Main Entrance Gate, Open
Lawn/Picnic Grove, Perimeter Fence, Spa, 100% power back-up, golf cart inside the property, and high-speed
internet in all common areas.
★ MONCELLO CREST PROMO · UNTIL OCTOBER 31, 2026
A lighter 15% DP payment term
Reserve at Moncello Crest from August 1 to October 31, 2026 for a 15% downpayment option across every building.
Downpayment
Applies To
Financing
15% DP
Units only — both Condotel and Residential
Cash, In-House, or Bank Financing
Applicable to all Moncello Crest buildings.
Applicable to any inventory released during the promo window.
Promo validity: August 1 – October 31, 2026 · per DMCI memo PD-26-07-013 (Special Promo Extension). Final figures are confirmed at reservation — talk to Jeffrey Cepillo (TeamExodus) to avail.
The honest read
Who Moncello Crest is and is not for
It suits you if
You want a second home in the cold. This is a leisure buy: pine forest, mountain views,
a fire pit and a jacuzzi at roughly 1,400 m. Nobody buys here to commute.
You want condotel economics — a managed leisure property you can let when you are not
in it, with a cafe, spa and business centre already on the estate.
A studio is genuinely what you want. 182 of the 256 available units are studios, so the
choice and the floor plates are widest there.
Look elsewhere if
You are buying on price per square metre. At a ₱230,000/sqm median on a studio this is
among the dearest floor area in the DMCI range — you are paying for the mountain, not the
square metres.
You need a Baguio address for school or work. Everything in Baguio is a 4.5–8 km drive.
One South Drive is the Baguio-proper comparison.
You want a pool. There isn’t one, and no amount of marketing changes that.
Unit counts and entry prices from the same September 2026 DMCI availability list. The
three leisure properties are not like-for-like with a Metro Manila tower on either use or floor area —
The Valeron Tower is included only to show what the same money buys in the city.
The verdict. Moncello Crest is the most distinctive property on this site and
the least like a condo. The water gardens, the boardwalk and the pine forest are real and genuinely unusual;
the condotel services are real; the mountain views are the product. What you should go in knowing is that it
is in Tuba, not Baguio, that there is no pool, that studios here cost about 16% more per square
metre than the two-bedrooms in the same buildings, and that 57% of what is available turns over in
August 2029, not the November 2028 the headline gives. If Blanca’s 2028 date matters to you, say so
to Jeffrey at the start — only 111 of the 256 units can meet it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Moncello Crest
Where is Moncello Crest located?
At Sitio Bato, via Bontiway, Barangay Poblacion, Tuba, Benguet (16.388989, 120.555841) — DMCI publishes the exact address. It is not in Baguio City and not in Metro Manila: Tuba is a separate Benguet municipality about 5 km from the Baguio city centre, and Baguio itself is a chartered city of the Cordillera Administrative Region rather than part of Benguet province. Using DMCI’s own distances: Baguio General Hospital 4.46 km, Burnham Park 4.77 km, UP Baguio 4.88 km, University of the Cordilleras 4.99 km, Baguio City Public Market 5.11 km, SM City Baguio 5.15 km, Camp John Hay 5.86 km and Loakan Airport 6.25 km.
What is the price of units at Moncello Crest?
On the September 2026 DMCI list there are 256 available units from ₱8,050,000 to ₱18,120,000: 182 studios (34.5–45 sqm) from ₱8,050,000, 26 one-bedrooms (62.5–68 sqm) from ₱12,760,000 and 48 two-bedrooms (69–91.5 sqm) from ₱14,280,000. Studios are two-thirds of everything available here.
Is Moncello Crest ready for occupancy?
No — it is pre-selling and turnover depends on which building you buy in. Blanca turns over November 2028; Ciela and Silva both turn over August 2029. DMCI’s own published site-progress log reads 32.41% complete as of May 2026, and their site photography shows structural work with tower cranes. Ask Jeffrey to have DMCI confirm your building’s date in writing before you reserve.
Does Moncello Crest have a swimming pool?
No. DMCI Homes publishes no pool of any kind for Moncello Crest — not a lap pool, a leisure pool or a kiddie pool. What the property does have is an outdoor jacuzzi, water gardens with a landscaped stream, an elevated boardwalk, a fire pit and a sky deck. An earlier version of this page advertised a pool; that was wrong and has been removed.
Is Moncello Crest in Baguio City?
No. DMCI's published address is Sitio Bato, via Bontiway, Barangay Poblacion, Tuba, Benguet — a separate municipality roughly 5 km from the Baguio city centre. Baguio itself is a chartered city of the Cordillera Administrative Region and is not part of Benguet province, so the old “Baguio City, Benguet” description on this page was wrong in both halves. Using DMCI's own distances, Baguio General Hospital is 4.46 km away, Burnham Park 4.77 km, SM City Baguio 5.15 km and Camp John Hay 5.86 km.
Which building at Moncello Crest turns over first?
Blanca, in November 2028 — 111 of the 256 available units. Ciela (125 units) and Silva (20 units) both turn over in August 2029. The single “November 2028” turnover often quoted for Moncello Crest applies to Blanca only; 57% of what is available is a 2029 handover. DMCI publishes 18 residential levels for Blanca and 20 for Ciela.
How many units are available at Moncello Crest, and at what price?
256 on the September 2026 DMCI list, from ₱8,050,000 to ₱18,120,000: 182 studios (34.5–45 sqm, ₱8,050,000–₱9,300,000), 26 one-bedrooms (62.5–68 sqm, ₱12,760,000–₱13,050,000) and 48 two-bedrooms (69–91.5 sqm, ₱14,280,000–₱18,120,000). Studios are just over two-thirds of the inventory.
Is the 15% downpayment promo at Moncello Crest a discount?
No — it is a lighter payment term with no discount attached. Memo PD-26-07-013 gives a 15% downpayment across every Moncello Crest building, Condotel and Residential alike, until 31 October 2026. If you can put more down, the standard tiers carry real discounts instead: 4% at a 30% downpayment, 5% at 40% and 6% at 50%. On the ₱8,050,000 entry studio that is ₱322,000, ₱402,500 and ₱483,000 respectively. The promo term and the standard discounts are alternatives and do not stack.
What is the best-value unit at Moncello Crest?
On price per square metre, a 91.5 sqm two-bedroom in Blanca at ₱17,550,000 — ₱191,803 per square metre, the cheapest floor area on the list. There are two of them. Among studios, the 45 sqm Silva unit at ₱9,300,000 is the dearest studio in total but the cheapest per square metre at ₱206,667, against ₱234,783 for the smallest Ciela studios. Studios overall run a median ₱230,000/sqm, about 16% more than the two-bedrooms.
Jeffrey Cepillo
DMCI Accredited Agent since 2015 TeamExodus
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Talk to Jeffrey Cepillo — your DMCI-accredited agent since 2015 — for the complete price list, unit availability, sample computations, and a free, no-pressure consultation.
