Terms and Conditions

1. Introduction

1.1 These terms and conditions shall govern your use of Housecienda.

1.2 By using our website, you accept these terms and conditions in full; accordingly, if you disagree with these terms and conditions or any part of these terms and conditions, you must not use our website.

1.3 If you register with our website, submit any material to our website or use any of our website services, we will ask you to expressly agree to these terms and conditions.

1.4 You must be at least 18 years of age to use our website; and by using our website or agreeing to these terms and conditions, you warrant and represent to us that you are at least 18 years of age.

1.5 Our website uses cookies and local storage; by using our website or agreeing to these terms and conditions, you consent to our use of cookies and storage in accordance with the terms of our privacy and cookies policy.

2. Copyright notice

2.1 Copyright (c) 2026 Housecienda.

2.2 Subject to the express provisions of these terms and conditions:

• (a) we, together with our licensors, own and control all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our website; and
• (b) all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our website are reserved.

3. Licence to use website

3.1 You may:

• (a) view pages from our website in a web browser;
• (b) download pages from our website for caching in a web browser;
• (c) print pages from our website;
• (d) use our website services by means of a web browser, subject to the other provisions of these terms and conditions.

3.2 Except as expressly permitted by Section 3.1 or the other provisions of these terms and conditions, you must not download any material from our website or save any such material to your computer.

3.3 You may only use our website for your own personal and business purposes, and you must not use our website for any other purposes.

3.4 Except as expressly permitted by these terms and conditions, you must not edit or otherwise modify any material on our website.

3.5 Unless you own or control the relevant rights in the material, you must not:

• (a) republish material from our website (including republication on another website);
• (b) sell, rent or sub-license material from our website;
• (c) show any material from our website in public;
• (d) exploit material from our website for a commercial purpose; or
• (e) redistribute material from our website.

3.6 We reserve the right to restrict access to areas of our website, or indeed our whole website, at our discretion; you must not circumvent or bypass, or attempt to circumvent or bypass, any access restriction measures on our website.

4. Acceptable use

4.1 You must not:

• (a) use our website in any way or take any action that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the performance, availability or accessibility of the website;
• (b) use our website in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity;
• (c) use our website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software;
• (d) conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to our website without our express written consent;
• (e) access or otherwise interact with our website using any robot, spider or other automated means;
• (f) use data collected from our website for any direct marketing activity (including without limitation email marketing, SMS marketing, telemarketing and direct mailing).

4.2 You must not use data collected from our website to contact individuals, companies or other persons or entities for purposes outside of legitimate property inquiries.

4.3 You must ensure that all the information you supply to us through our website, or in relation to our website, is true, accurate, current, complete and non-misleading.

5. Inquiries, rental requests and leads

5.1 Our website includes an inquiry form that you can use to request information about properties.

5.2 Our website includes search and filter tools to help identify property listings that meet your criteria.

5.3 Inquiries and requests made on our website are classified as leads.

5.4 We may supply the information that you provide through inquiry forms to rental providers and carefully selected partner organizations (including but not limited to landlords, property managers, real estate brokers/agents, leasing specialists, and developers referred to as "suppliers").

5.5 Telephone and email enquiries that you make using the details published on our website will be directed to or passed to a supplier.

5.6 We may earn a fee in respect of each lead or transaction that arises out of the use of our platform.

5.7 You acknowledge that:

• (a) we do not vet suppliers;
• (b) we do not check, audit, monitor or control the identity, creditworthiness or bona fides of suppliers, the security of supplier websites, or the accuracy of the information published by suppliers;
• (c) we are not party to any contract for the sale or purchase of goods or services entered into between you and a supplier; and
• (d) we do not check, audit or monitor the accuracy of information provided by suppliers, and accordingly we will not be liable to you in relation to any loss or damage arising out of any use of a supplier website, any information provided by a supplier, any offer made by a supplier, or any contract with a supplier.

5.8 We are not responsible for the enforcement of any obligations arising out of a contract between you and any third party, and we will have no obligation to mediate between the parties to any such contract.

6. User Reviews

6.1 Our website includes a review feature that allows users to post feedback and ratings on properties, landlords, and neighborhoods.

6.2 You are solely responsible for the content of the reviews you post. Reviews must be based on actual, first-hand experiences and must be truthful and accurate.

6.3 You must not post reviews that are defamatory, biased, offensive, or intended to harass any individual or business.

6.4 We reserve the right to edit or remove any review at our sole discretion, especially if it violates our content rules or is suspected of being fraudulent.

6.5 By posting a review, you grant Housecienda a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use and publish that content on our platform or in marketing materials.

7. Registration and accounts

7.1 To be eligible for an individual account on our website, you must be at least 18 years of age.

7.2 You may register for an account with our website by completing and submitting the account registration form.

7.3 You must not allow any other person to use your account to access the website.

7.4 You must notify us in writing immediately if you become aware of any unauthorised use of your account.

7.5 You must keep your password confidential and are responsible for any activity arising out of a failure to do so.

8. Your content: licence

8.1 In these terms and conditions, "your content" means all works and materials (including reviews, text, graphics, images, and files) that you submit to Housecienda.

8.2 You grant to us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, store, adapt, publish, translate and distribute your content in any existing or future media.

8.3 You grant to us the right to sub-license these rights and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights.

8.4 You hereby waive all your moral rights in your content to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

9. Your content: rules

9.1 Your content must not be illegal or unlawful and must not infringe any person's legal rights.

9.2 Your content must not:

• (a) be libellous or maliciously false;
• (b) be obscene or indecent;
• (c) infringe any copyright, trade mark right, or right of privacy;
• (d) be in breach of racial or religious hatred or discrimination legislation;
• (e) be untrue, false, inaccurate or misleading;
• (f) constitute spam;
• (g) be offensive, deceptive, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, harassing, or hateful.

10. Limited warranties

10.1 We do not warrant or represent the completeness or accuracy of the information published on our website or that the website will remain available.

10.2 We reserve the right to discontinue or alter any or all of our website services at any time in our sole discretion without notice or explanation.

11. Limitation of liability

11.1 We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of any event beyond our reasonable control.

11.2 We will not be liable to you in respect of any business losses, loss of profits, or loss/corruption of data.

11.3 You agree that you will not bring any claim personally against our officers or employees in respect of any losses you suffer.

12. Damage to Property

12.1 As owner, you agree that you shall not hold Housecienda liable for any damages to your property from tenants obtained from the use of the site.

12.2 As tenant, you are responsible for leaving the owner’s property in its original condition.

12.3 Any settlement for property damages should only be between the parties directly involved. We are not part of any agreement arising from settling property damages.

13. Disclaimer

13.1 You agree that by using the site and availing of our services you do so at your own risk.

13.2 We have no obligation to conduct background checks on all of our users or to verify the truthfulness of information submitted. We do not guarantee the behavior of users or the quality of listings.

14. Law and jurisdiction

14.1 These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Philippine law.

14.2 Any disputes relating to these terms shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Philippines.

15. Our details

15.1 This website is owned and operated by Housecienda.

15.2 You can contact us by email at: support@housecienda.com