Building and/or Buying a House: PART 3
- Because of phantom building inspectors, you’re on the honor system when it comes to building your house to blueprint specs and to the local codes.
- How the cost of a building permit is arbitrary (and subject to bribes) and how to avoid getting charged ‘gringo’ prices.
- Hiring an architect. Why good architects are a dime a dozen, unbelievably affordable, and will do practically anything to land an expat’s building contract (a 1st world style project is a huge portfolio booster).
- How to disperse funds and how to avoid (er.. minimize) pilferage and ripoffs.
- Getting big cash discounts on materials and how Latins skirt the taxman.