[ 7 Comments ] Posted on 07.16.09 under Our House Project
How to dig a water well in the Philippines – problems, digging techniques, digging tools, depth, well tiles, cost of digging a water well.
[ 2 Comments ] Posted on 07.11.09 under Our House Project
The Malunggay tree is a fixture found in just about every Philippine yard. The nutritious leaves are used in soups and other dishes. I especially like them in monggo soup, so of course we wanted our own supply of Malunggay. One kindly lady at a plant nursery gave me a tiny little Malunggay plant. My [...]
[ 22 Comments ] Posted on 01.18.09 under Our House Project
Detailed description of building a hollow block (concrete block) perimeter wall in the Philippines – supervision, hiring workers, buying materials, problems and successes.
[ 18 Comments ] Posted on 01.10.09 under Our House Project
Shopping for cement blocks (called hollow block) in the Philippines is certainly not a top pick adventure story but anyway, perhaps someone will benefit from our experiences. Really, this is one chapter in the building of our Philippine house in Tigbauan, Iloilo. We’re fencing the lot we bought in Tigbauan with a cement block wall. Why? [...]
[ 4 Comments ] Posted on 01.09.09 under Our House Project, Tigbauan, Iloilo
All about Internet service options in Tigbauan, Iloio and on the “SmartBro” wireless Internet available from Smart Telecom.
[ 1 Comment ] Posted on 09.15.08 under Our House Project
These are snapshots of other tropical houses, tropical house details and so forth to help us define the design of the retirement house we plan to build on our Tigbauan, Iloilo land. They are an unorganized hodgepodge of things we’ve seen, things which caught our eye. Maybe something here will be an inspiration to your [...]
[ No Comments ] Posted on 09.09.08 under Iloilo Real Estate, Our House Project, Philippine Retirement
Most Philippine cities have drainage systems of some kind. You will not see separate storm water and waste water (sewerage) systems. Wastewater freely mixes with the stormwater. In practice this is not as bad as it sounds as the volume of storm water is large and may well flush out the drainage system and its [...]
[ 3 Comments ] Posted on 09.04.08 under Iloilo Real Estate, Medical and Dental, Our House Project, Perspectives, Philippine Retirement
Buying rural real estate in the Philippines. Real estate in the Philippine provinces. There are so many beautiful rural areas in the Philippines. I think of the lush, unspoiled area around Lucban, Quezon Province, I think of the spectacular rural landscapes in the hills of Bohol. Closer at hand for us, are the mountains and [...]
[ 12 Comments ] Posted on 08.12.08 under Iloilo Real Estate, Our House Project, Perspectives, Tigbauan, Iloilo
Our new home in Tigbauan, Iloilo where we’ve learned a whole new meaning for “small town” and “rural”.