Penny...I wasnt slagging off Filipino builders as there are some damned good ones..Just greedy Filipino designers with money and time restraints to follow..Also those that build a hollow block oven with fixed window grills (death traps) paint it white and put it on the market for 6 million (nice round figure) knowing that some dumb foreigner will snap it up eventually ...
Happens all the time here!
Value for money comes from a little construction DIY is all Im saying..

Bahala ka!!

Ingat,
Fred.