Originally Posted by
tiger31
well i,m building a 2 storey extension onto the side of my bungalow and my builder has told me not to engage a building inspector unless I want to pay 60,000 pesos and be subject to lots of visits .he said once you have built it then get the permit because there is not a lot that can be done once you have built it .The thing I like here is that you can build more or less what you want on your own land without planning permission ,once you engage city hall then a barage of fees follow in most cases .If things were to get to hot then I would just jump on a plane back to blighty lol.only buy or build here if your are prepared to write off your money is my advice as it takes a long time and lots of fees to sell a house here unless its in the low end of the market .The only reason I bought this little house was because it was very cheap and if I lose it all then so what i,ve still got my house in the u.k to fall back on .
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