Retirement living in the Philippines 🇵🇭

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  • Опубліковано 31 гру 2024

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  • @mariomejia1701
    @mariomejia1701 2 місяці тому

    Great tour. Thanks

  • @Chickenlegs836
    @Chickenlegs836 2 місяці тому +1

    HI 👋 U2. I told you so Greg on trimming those bushes 👍😉. Thanks for the update on the neighbors house 🏠 build. Going to be nice when done. Blessings 🙏🌺🌸🌼

  • @WolfgangRohm
    @WolfgangRohm 2 місяці тому +2

    Very informative video. Btw, please highlight Sandy in one of your next videos. I miss seeing her. Thanks and recover soon!

  • @frankkie3849
    @frankkie3849 2 місяці тому +1

    Nice tour,,thanks for sharing,,😊

  • @Loigis
    @Loigis 2 місяці тому +1

    Very impressed with the Quality of craftsmanship

  • @co...ahjack2818
    @co...ahjack2818 2 місяці тому +1

    Great

  • @rrt-town6818
    @rrt-town6818 Місяць тому +1

    I am a retired plasterer superintendent, from Seattle. My wife is from Siaton. We are older around your guys ages. 🤣🤣🤪🤪🤪 We have a house in Balugo Dumaguete and a home just past Siaton. To stop the cracks, do 2 coats and wet the walls down with water for 2-3 weeks after second coat. The walls dry to fast.

  • @endabutsoy6071
    @endabutsoy6071 2 місяці тому +1

    Greg and Wilma, you really have a healthy environment full of anti oxidant from the green trees around. The air you breath must be very fresh and clean.

    • @buildingthephilippines
      @buildingthephilippines  2 місяці тому

      We are certainly far enough from the national highway where all the pollution resides. Thanks for watching.

  • @nicklanger9600
    @nicklanger9600 2 місяці тому +1

    Nice

  • @paulmckeown6041
    @paulmckeown6041 2 місяці тому +1

    That’s a big change since your last update. Sorry to hear about your heel hope you’re on the mend soon

    • @buildingthephilippines
      @buildingthephilippines  2 місяці тому +1

      They are moving along nicely. Definitely taking a long time to mend. Appreciate the concern.

  • @BobP-yf6qe
    @BobP-yf6qe 2 місяці тому +1

    I fractured my left heel in 2007 and I couldn't walk on it at all. A few weeks later had surgery, 2 plates and 11 titanium screws and around 6 weeks of not even putting pressure on it. Slow recovery process, still hurts if I am on it for long periods. Hope yours is not broken!
    Thanks for all the updates.
    We are heading to Samar next Sunday to spend 2 1/2 weeks with my wife's family and hopefully be able to look for some properties for a future move there.

    • @buildingthephilippines
      @buildingthephilippines  2 місяці тому +1

      Travel safe and enjoy your visit. Yes, hopefully heals soon. Quite painful.

    • @jedidazed3390
      @jedidazed3390 2 місяці тому

      If you wait too long to do an x ray, you could be doing more damage to your heel. What wouldve been a simple cast and pain medication might end up becoming full blown surgery.​@@buildingthephilippines

    • @buildingthephilippines
      @buildingthephilippines  Місяць тому

      Thank you for that information.

  • @LoganJoannesRollerCoaster
    @LoganJoannesRollerCoaster 2 місяці тому +1

    Sucks not being 20 anymore. Youth is wasted on the young! Great update. Missed you guys!

  • @mrc3458
    @mrc3458 2 місяці тому

    Very nice update. That is going to be a big house. I have been going to ask, why are the houses so close together? With all of the land, why not some separation between the houses?

  • @Ray_Warren
    @Ray_Warren 2 місяці тому +4

    You should know by now Greg, they’re always right (even if they’re not).😂

  • @foreignerescapestothephi-lj3ls
    @foreignerescapestothephi-lj3ls 2 місяці тому +1

    I just broke my hand/wrist. Getting old and working too hard and my body doesn’t take the abusive jarring it used to. Take care 😊

    • @buildingthephilippines
      @buildingthephilippines  2 місяці тому +1

      @foreignerescapestothephi-lj3ls Our mind says go and our bodies say otherwise. Take time to heal. Appreciate the comment.

  • @smellard63
    @smellard63 2 місяці тому +1

    What do you think will be different between the metal in his wall and what you used to be in your wall? Do you anticipate his to rust and require frequent painting?

    • @buildingthephilippines
      @buildingthephilippines  2 місяці тому +1

      Not sure what you mean? The rebar in the walls or the metal in the roof rafters?

    • @smellard63
      @smellard63 2 місяці тому +1

      @@buildingthephilippinesI was referring to your front wall and how you replaced the metal with hollow blocks. I thought part of the reason was the need to repaint it so often. I was wondering about your neighbors use of the metal in the fence so they have a view.

    • @buildingthephilippines
      @buildingthephilippines  2 місяці тому +1

      @smellard63 oh OK, it's a personal choice. I have not found any type of paint that lasts. Metal fades quickly, starts to rust as well as stain the concrete below it. We decided to replace with concrete. More privacy and less maintenance.

  • @cnakaahiki
    @cnakaahiki 2 місяці тому +1

    That driveway entry looks really steep 😬

  • @smellard63
    @smellard63 2 місяці тому +1

    With the limited sunlight over the past week, have you been getting enough solar to recharge your batteries and run your necessities during the day and batteries last the evenings?

    • @buildingthephilippines
      @buildingthephilippines  2 місяці тому +3

      Out of 6 days, the battery got to 100% 4 of 6 days. The other 2 days, we got to 82 and 86%. We simply turned on the generator once the sun goes down for less than an hour and that takes the battery to 100% easy peasey.

    • @smellard63
      @smellard63 2 місяці тому +1

      That’s great. Sounds like you’ve sized your needs almost perfectly.

    • @buildingthephilippines
      @buildingthephilippines  2 місяці тому +1

      @smellard63 Yes, as close as possible. Definitely working for us.

  • @timothyrehfeldt5709
    @timothyrehfeldt5709 2 місяці тому +1

    Greetings. Please tell me who they chose to be the architect and contractor. I love the design.

  • @jrpjrpjrpjrp
    @jrpjrpjrpjrp 2 місяці тому

    A question about the septic in the carport.
    Is there any problem with smell when it’s operating?

    • @buildingthephilippines
      @buildingthephilippines  2 місяці тому

      @@jrpjrpjrpjrp don't know, I don't think so.

    • @jrpjrpjrpjrp
      @jrpjrpjrpjrp 2 місяці тому

      Hopefully it doesn’t smell. I’m not a plumber, but I’ve smelt some pretty pungent septics, so I’m a bit curious about having it close to the house entrance.
      I assume the waste is stored for collection when it’s full. Although I suppose they could have a leech field in their tree area next door.

    • @buildingthephilippines
      @buildingthephilippines  2 місяці тому

      Septics are sealed here.

  • @brianbentz3931
    @brianbentz3931 2 місяці тому +1

    Greg, it sounds like you bruised your heel bone. It will be tender for about 6 weeks, but it will heal. Plan for about 4-6 months until it is pretty much unnoticeable. Be careful and listen to Wilma.

    • @buildingthephilippines
      @buildingthephilippines  2 місяці тому +1

      I certainly hope so. Appreciate the information. Yes, Wilma is always right.

  • @jsully4064
    @jsully4064 2 місяці тому +2

    Yes you are getting older, better listen to Wilma more...lol Thanks for the update, Greg..Jim

  • @pukavoket
    @pukavoket 2 місяці тому

    Noticed your SUV in your carport still has a "Yellow Sticker" on the right side?

    • @buildingthephilippines
      @buildingthephilippines  2 місяці тому +1

      It's called a conduction sticker. Proof car was legally brought into the Philippines. Used to track the vehicle, before it's actually registered.

    • @pukavoket
      @pukavoket 2 місяці тому

      @@buildingthephilippines Even though you have plates doesn't mean it is registered. How long is the registration period?

    • @buildingthephilippines
      @buildingthephilippines  2 місяці тому +1

      @@pukavoket 3 years

  • @michaeljefferson4338
    @michaeljefferson4338 2 місяці тому +1

    Always a problem getting the brain to catch up with the body😂 hope it gets better soon.

    • @buildingthephilippines
      @buildingthephilippines  2 місяці тому +1

      Just can't do what I was able to do in the past. Not as nimble and bulletproof. A little depressing to be honest.

  • @davidstout6599
    @davidstout6599 2 місяці тому

    that is called policeman's heel here in the uk .

    • @buildingthephilippines
      @buildingthephilippines  2 місяці тому +1

      I've never heard of that. Walking the beat, I guess right. It's definitely painful. Thanks for commenting.

  • @frankmazzie4855
    @frankmazzie4855 2 місяці тому

    Not for me...all show no go..

  • @peterconnolly9828
    @peterconnolly9828 2 дні тому

    Mate why would so close that stupid