How It Began
A Family Farm Finds Its Calling
The land that would become Lily Vacation Farm House had always belonged to the family, but for years it sat largely untouched — a property in Barangay Pagkalinawan, Jala-Jala, Rizal with a dilapidated structure that kept owners from visiting often. The farm was beautiful in its way, facing Laguna de Bay with the profiles of Mt. Banahaw and Mt. Makiling on the far shore, but it was waiting for someone to believe in it.
The decision to renovate changed everything. Once the work was done, the family began spending real time at the farm — swimming, cooking outdoors, watching the sun set over the lake — and they realised what they had was too special to keep private. In 2015, they opened Lily Vacation Farm House to guests, and it became the first-ever vacation rental in the Municipality of Jalajala.
Word spread quietly but steadily. Families from Metro Manila discovered they could be on the lakeshore in two hours. Barkada groups booked it for birthday weekends. Couples renewed their vows under the acacia tree. Every stay taught the hosts something new about what their guests truly needed: not luxury in the conventional sense, but ease, privacy, and the feeling of being genuinely welcomed.
