Week #01 – Digging ditches
We are off and running! A small team is on the job, digging out the path for the boundary walls. Some of the crew is involved in the Ramadan monthly fast in honor of the first revelation of the Quran…
Category Preliminary Work
As close to a blank slate as possible
There are two times during the building process when you are faced with a world with infinite possibilities: one is during the first meeting with your architect, when you share your vision; and secondly, when the land has been cleared…
Property boundary pins in the ground (finally!)
Thanks to: – two realtors – two Indonesian nominees – two notaries – a government land survey department – the BPN office – Badan Pertanahan National (Ministry of Agrarian And Spatial / National Land Agency) – a road building crew…
Legitimately bending the truth
Let’s be realistic for a moment: to lie is to be human. From our earliest days of playing in the sand, we tell stories with partial or metaphorical truths. In the case of building a house, we need to tell…
The excitement of boundary pins
You might be saying to yourself, “Yes! Please tell me all about the time when the government surveyors came to mark your land for boundary pins! Please!!!” Ok ok, I know it’s thrilling. The drama of getting four red marks…