Quote Originally Posted by ice15 View Post
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!
Skill is best developed & learned than scooped up somewhere. Chances are greater for unexpected loyalty with the former than the latter....but these days, you'd see self worth & entitlement more than old school values. And understandably....Times are tough. Plus, skill & quality come w/ a price not everyone may be willing to pay.
Going back to painting...the key is to have the least covering. Less is more here. Therefore, how the bones & structure are squared, plumbed & lined matter more than what's applied over. Who doesn't wish inner & natural beauty? Painters are so like makeup artists, they're not homogeneously gifted, few can perform miracles....I advocate focusing more on the pre-paint surface execution & quality than rely on cosmetic skills that may not be there or products that won't stand up to time & promise.
I can't speak for peers in the industry, but I see deficiency & huge voids in education, skill development, & even professional value formation from the humblest to the highest. And then there's that ill habit of non-refusal. Yes to everything. May it be from good nature of wanting to please or from greed. Both sad. I always believe professionals have the sacred responsibility to deliver products the lay can't do better. I'm more a realist who prefers to stay on the side of honesty. If we can't hack it, or may be spread thin, or see impossibility to some request, I'd never hesitate to say an honest NO. Taking ownership & constructing like it were your own are ethics every constructor must practice. If it's not good enough for the doer, flunk it, not pass it.
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