Warning..This is a long but interesting read of a Yank building his retirement home..Worth a bookmark IMO.
I feel so sorry for the guy already and I am still only on the section of him struggling to build a perimeter wall!!
Man!! He is hemorrhaging cash on this stage of construction simply because he doesn't know if what his workers are doing is right or wrong!! Hopefully,things will improve for him as his blog goes on and he is quick to learn..
Poor ole bugger!

http://yourlifeinthephilippines.com/...struction-1-6/