we call it Tahanan, a filipino word that means a house or home. A place to be at ease and feel the love of the family.
Tahanan comes from the root word 'tahan' which means cessation of the crying or abolition of grief. It is said that your sadness goes away when you are in your own home.
Home Building 101
Our first home building adventure.
Tahanan Time Line
All about the land
Land auction (28-Mar-2009)
Land Settlement (11-May-2009)
Land Title Transferred (25-June-2009)
Construction
Free quotation / Initial Tender Security Payment 1st Draft of Drawing 2nd Draft of Drawing Hydraulic Plan Colour Selection Final Drawing for Approval Revision Requested by Certifier Revised Drawing Approved Plans via private certifier (24-March-2010) Final Contract Review / Signing (21-April-2010) Tree Removal (1-May-2010) Submission of Letter to Commence Construction (9-May-2010)
Drawings Revision Required (22-29 May 2010)
Rev2 drawings sent to the Private Certifier (24-June-2010)
2nd revision of the plan approved by Private Certifier (30-June-2010) Day 1 - Construction (11-June-2010 ??, within 28 days) - 12-July-2010 Piering - 28-July-2010 Slab - 16-August-2010 Frame - 23-Sept-2010
Brickwork - 10-Nov-2010
Roof Tiles - 12-Nov-2010 Lock Up - 16-Feb-2011 Fixing Out -4-March-2011 Painting - 8-April-2011
Final Inspection 13-April-2011
Completion -
Handover -
Move-in -
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Rainy Day = no work
Since we are in the concreting stage ... i visited the site at 9am today and no work since it has been raining all morning. I did take a few photos of the progress so far.
