Building our house and garage in the Philippines
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SimonV8ster said:
I was in Thailand when there was some building work being done behind the hotel I was staying.
All construction being done wearing flip flops, bamboo used for for holding up floors etc !!
I watched some polish builders put an extension on the house opposite me a few years ago and to my horror they leapt around the 'scaffolding' with toe post plastic flip flops on!!All construction being done wearing flip flops, bamboo used for for holding up floors etc !!
The builders have started work on the centre walls for the roof top rooms, plus laid the base for the perimeter walls. The architect has turned out to be a total flake and doesn't seem to be able to draw the roof for us. He has had all his fee already, so obviously feels he has no need to do anything more. Just the sort of thing I expected. So, I guess I'll have to break out the Sketchup once again and design the trusses etc.
Just read an article in a 'homes abroad' type magazine saying that you can buy new apartments in the Philippines starting from 10K ??
I looked at the property developers they mentioned (century-properties) but could find no prices on their site.
Any truth that you could buy something as new as that in the Philippines ?
I looked at the property developers they mentioned (century-properties) but could find no prices on their site.
Any truth that you could buy something as new as that in the Philippines ?
£10K? You could buy a place for that, but it won't be in some lucrative resort or anything like that.
Our whole project, land, garage and house, will end up in the region of £80k, so you will find you can buy a small basic condominium/apartment for £10k. And bearing in mind Angeles is one of the most expensive areas in the country, you'll get better value for money further off the beaten track for that price.
Foreigners can't own land in the PI, but condos are okay.
Do a Google for 'condominiums Angeles - Cebu - Subic' or something like that.
Our whole project, land, garage and house, will end up in the region of £80k, so you will find you can buy a small basic condominium/apartment for £10k. And bearing in mind Angeles is one of the most expensive areas in the country, you'll get better value for money further off the beaten track for that price.
Foreigners can't own land in the PI, but condos are okay.
Do a Google for 'condominiums Angeles - Cebu - Subic' or something like that.
Roo said:
I'd be worried about putting a nail in that wall to hang a picture.
I'm away working, and as soon as my wife sent me that piccie through I sent a stern message to the contractor stating that sort of stuff is NOT happening in this house. There are enough pipes and conduits and stuff running in the walls already without random diagonal wires running hither and yon. The other wire at the top is for the wall air-con, but there is no excuse for that diagonal abortion, apart from laziness and that certain third world lack of really giving a fxxk.....
We're keeping a detailed 'journal' of photos and drawings so we know just what runs where in the walls/floors.
Edited by King Herald on Tuesday 9th August 16:00
The in-laws live up near San Fernando in North Luzon. Their place is of a similar construction but much smaller. The biggest problem they had was finding furniture they liked. The Ph people are a great. I love the country, Palawan is paradise.
Edited by astroarcadia on Tuesday 9th August 22:05
There's a San Fernando about ten miles from us, but I think there are more than a few of them dotted around the country.
We have most of our furniture already, some local, some from the UK. We recently had a huge king size bed custom made from local mahogany. Not exactly cheap, by local standards, but I'd hate to have paid for it to be made in England.
We have most of our furniture already, some local, some from the UK. We recently had a huge king size bed custom made from local mahogany. Not exactly cheap, by local standards, but I'd hate to have paid for it to be made in England.
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