Dipolog house and Lot For Sale

Original Article @ Dipolog house and Lot for Sale

Dipolog house and lot for sale
Moving In

Jasmin was determined to move in on the full moon, so we arrived at 0300 with a lorry following us. First problem was no keys to the house, but then I remembered that the door from the dirty Kitchen in to the living area did not have a lock. The electrics was working. Jasmin and her mother and friends did their religious bit. Our Bed had been delivered the day before so the next task was to move our possessions into the house. Putting the packing cases in the car port and suitcases and cardboard boxes in the Maids Room.

As dawn began to break the goat was slaughtered and we discovered the mains water supply valve so switched on the water in order to start cooking. We could see there was a lot of work to complete so when the workmen arrived at 0730 we had to start redirecting them to our priority jobs.

One task was to redesign the flimsy bar to make it more substantial in fact over the course of the first week we had to change out and fit dimmer switches on the lights, fit windows in master bedroom,stairway and toilets, together with fly screens. We also had to replace three wooden floor tiles which were not correctly laid. air con was also installed.

During the second week we engaged a Garden designer to start work on the garden and also to supply curtains and blinds. Finally the plastic guttering arrived and was installed, apart from the down pipes which the developer will supply. Overall we were frustrated in the way that no one job was ever completed, for example the cook top arrived and a hole was was made in the worktop, which took all day using a six inch nail as a chisel to chip concrete. I was then left to enlarge hole using my own chisel to in order to install retaining clips and connect everything up.

Dipolog house and lot for sale
Sell my House

Dipolog house and Lot For Sale

Original Article @ Dipolog house and Lot for Sale

Dipolog house and lot for sale
Final Visit

We made our final visit to our Dipolog house and ;ot for sale on 5th January and it looks like completion will overrun our timeframe. We spotted one problem in the kitchen area, where a joiner was installing a cabinet where we will have a fridge/freezer placed, There are still some wiring and painting to be completed. The guttering was due to arrive that afternoon.

The Gas/electric hob had not been ordered, so we went to Better living Mediatrix Homes normal Supplier, but they did not have any so we got Mediatrix homes to order one from Emcor, but it will not arrive for a further 8 days.

We went to the District Water board to arrange connection, but it seems they have some kind of dispute with Mediatrix Homes at the moment, so will connect our house. Mediatrix will provide us with a temporary solution.

The most time consuming part was arranging electricity connection at Zanaco . we went armed with blueprint and completion certificates. Now we discovered they calculate the deposit based on estimated consumption. now we have a lot of lights and sockets put in by architect, many of which will not be used, which results in a high estimate, if we had known this in the beginning we would have modified the lighting and socket plan. We had to go to 3 different departments, and then pay the deposit, so that they would carry out a final inspection. This means we will rely on Mediatrix to supply a temporary connection when we first move in.

We also Visited smart to arrange move of our Internet connection, now it seems at last minute there could be a problem as they now are not sure if our canopy device will work. Its strange for months they say no problem and then at 11th hour they are not so sure. They have yet to confirm, so am preparing to use a USB modem as a temporary solution

There is some local superstition and ceremony involved in moving which involves killing a goat at sunrise of the full moon, so we will be travelling at night with a truck carrying our possessions arriving in earlier hours of morning, hoping we have electricity and water.

Dipolog house and lot for sale
Sell my House

Dipolog house and Lot For Sale

Original Article @ Dipolog house and Lot for Sale

Dipolog house and lot for sale
Looking Good

Our latest visit showed that our Dipolog house and lot are proceeding fine with an estimated completion date at end of first week of January. All the doors and windows are now in place and the upstairs is virtually complete apart from cupboard fronts,bath screen.hot water supply and a couple of electrical fitting.

We met with the owners of Mediatrix homes, to finalise the final details which includes the fitting of the guttering which is in transit. We also requested an estimate for two walls and gate. we would like to build up the garden to the original height so need to have the top soil that was originally removed returned so we can organise landscaping of the garden after we have moved in.

We have also ordered a built in oven which will need a cabinet building in the dirty kitchen as we want to have the oven at eye level. This will be delivered along with other items that we have ordered from Emcom, one of the best sources of equipment in the southern Philippines

We are now starting to plan our move and will make a further visit on 5th January with the idea of moving on the Moon of the New year, Monday the 9th.

Dipolog house and lot for sale
Sell my House

Dipolog house and Lot For Sale

Orignal Article @ Dipolog house and Lot for Sale

Dipolog house and lot for sale
Still Slow Progress

As the year draws to a close it is evident that the workers are eyeing the holiday season as very little progress is being made. One of the holdups is with the Guttering which was promised for last week but now is expected to arrive next week. This has delayed the outside painting.

Door frames are being painted, so the inside is slowly taking shape. Master bedroom bathroom and communal bathroom tiling is completed. Powder room is virtually finished apart from shower, not sure on where hot water supply comes from and notice that light switches are inside bathrooms, which can be a cause of electrocution and is banned in UK, but of course we are in the Philippines where health and safety have little bearing on the matters.

Whilst we were in Dipolog we choose the various light fitting, it was a bit chaotic not knowing exactly where the fitting would be placed as we did not have the lighting plan with us, so we will be in for a surprise on our next visit to our Dipolog house and Lot for Sale.

We have now been promised a date in January for completion, so can now start sourcing furniture in the year end sales, so long as the shops are prepared to store it until our house is complete.

Dipolog house and lot for sale
Sell my House

Dipolog house and Lot For Sale

Dipolog house and lot for sale

Slow Progress

The optimism from out last visit to out Dipolog House and lot for sale has disappeared, with very little progress from out last visit. Room painting is underway, however the Rain gutters have not been delivered and are not due for another week, this will result in missing our December deadline.

Jasmin and I had some discussion on the window tinting, I would have preferred a light blue colour to enhance the the colour of the skies but Jasmin wanted a darker grey to provide more privacy. we also need to contact the architect to design and provide a costing for fence/walls on the two open sides of our property.

So many items unfinished means it is difficult to see real progress so we will do not plan to visit again for a couple of weeks. We still have some issues on fittings which were ordered as part of the contract and regret that Mediatrix homes did not accept our proposal to have a detailed specification attached to the contract, rather than their standard wishy washy contract which is vague.

Dipolog house and lot for sale
Sell my House

Dipolog house and Lot For Sale

Dipolog house and lot for sale

Architect Meeting

Yesterday we had the long awaited meeting, at our Dipolog house and lot for sale, with the Architect and it was most productive. We reviewed the suggested colour scheme and have arranged to have some sample area coloured to finalise the colours on Wednesday. All doors will be varnished.

Our driveway has been completed and the conduit laid under the carport to the junction box below the stairs. Covings have been added to all the rooms and will be painted white.

The bath has been installed in our en suite bathroom and we will be having modifications to provide a sliding screen. The bathroom will also be fully tiled with white tiles.

The target completion date is prior to Christmas so we are now entering the final phase. Windows will be fitted next month and we will choose the tinting on our Wednesday visit.

Dipolog house and lot for sale
Sell my House

Dipolog house and Lot For Sale

Dipolog house and lot for sale

Good Progress

Progress on Our Dipolog house and lot for sale. proceeding at a pace. wooded flooring has been completed on first floor, And tiling on ground floor is being completed. The task for us now is to finalise what colours we want to pain the rooms and exterior. It is a pity that Dulux pains are not available in the Philippines ad they have an excellent mouse paining tool on their Australian website, which allows you to upload photographs of you room and then use you mouse to intuitively fill the various areas with colours. Once you have named an area which can be quite time consuming you can quick test out a number of combinations.

The painter will give us an idea of what we want then we will pass our colour selection to the developer for then to match them up with what is available locally in Dipolog city.

foundations for our driveway are also being made and we expect our driveway to be completed this week. we have not heard from the architect yet, nut he has given plans of base our Kitchen island bar to the foreman, but has not sent it to us. We note however that the top section is missing. we hope to meet with the Architect when he visits next week.

Dipolog house and lot for sale
Sell my House