Steve
Seems we're after the same sort of thing. Trying to find a house with a lot thats got some sort of a garden seems to be fairly difficult. I think it due to the fact that most filipino's don't really like spend too much time outside in the heat and sun, where as I want to sit out in it and bbq, drink, relax. So it seems that a garden is a waste of usable space to them so why not make your house bigger to use the available space.
100 quid a month for long term rental sounds very good, a lot I've looked at on the net seem to be 20000 /month.