Quote Originally Posted by travajante View Post
Don't blame the hands. Knowledge & commitment play a much bigger part. Value engineering & quality execution are supposed to go together...can't just be one or the other. Frustrating to see compromises the norm.....how ideals get lost, corners get cut....& the craft, stuck....in a nation that exports sought labor. Ironic, isn't it?[emoji852]

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the problem I can see with local contractors is the labor they get are NOT skilled enough to do the job

as I mentioned earlier.

maganda design ng house namin (halos 6 months meeting namin with the Interior Designer just to make my wife happy)

sabi ni (1st) Contractor, kaya

pero ang baba ng standards ng workers nya. puro "pwede na," "matatakpan yan," "di na yan mapapansin"

at first, I told my wife na hindi sila carpintero if their standards were higher and their brains were sharper. pero nung napansin ko na di nila kakayanin yung completion date as per our contract, di ko na sila pinalagpas. sila na ng lawyer namin nagusap.

as I said, maayos si (2nd) contractor namin. pero old school sila kaya madaming request si misis na aminado silang di nila kaya.

in the end... nag-meet sila ni misis sa look na "pwede na" -> as long as the wife is happy.

25K/sqm on renovation (cost ng 2 contractors combined) for a job na "pwede na"

I now friends in Singapore who spent less than 10K/sqm for their house renovation...

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nakaka-lungkot lang na we can't import blue collared workers kasi "kawawa yung mahihirap"

pero if they can't meet our standards, magtitiis na lang ba talaga tayo?

eto ba yung maiksi ang kumot? kailangan talaga mag bend? di ba masama sa likod yun?

kaya sa daughter ko...

kung maiksi ang kumot. hinaan mo yung aircon!

or

kung maiksi ang kumot. work harder and bili tayo ng bago!