Thursday, March 12, 2015

Substandard Drainage System in Lancaster


Haunted by a substandard drainage system while inside a flood hazard area as distinguished by scientific studies of University of the Philippines, Lancaster New City Cavite is sure to get flooded on extreme rains evident from  Typhoon Haikui and Maring that gave 180-235mm of rain last 2012 and 2013.

The drainage system in Lancaster Residences is way below the standards in fact our main drainage pipeline is less than the diameter of a MERALCO meter.

Worse, quality control is sub-par; even leaving some drainage boxes with missing pipes to continue the waste water flow.

Our village is under a moderate to high flood hazard area as plotted by Nababaha.com to which a working drainage system must have been created to ensure water to subside at a faster rate in case of heavy rains. However, how can this be possible when the drainage system itself is substandard and lacks quality control?




Flood Hazard Map of Lancaster New City Cavite


Below is one of the open drainage box at Lancaster Residences that we were able to take a peek. It is one of the major road-side drainage system where flood water from the streets are supposed to flow on a heavy rains.

Drainage Lancaster New City Cavite

To our surprise, this what we saw. A drainage pipe so small we have placed it beside a small Yakult bottle for reference.

Drainage Lancaster New City Cavite
Very small "main" drainage pipe compared to a Yakult bottle

And worse, when looking at its opposite, there is no other pipe for the water to continuously flow therefore this drainage box will overflow and flood the adjacent houses and streets.

Drainage Lancaster New City Cavite
Discontinued drainage pipe which will flood the road once it gets full


All the main road-side drainage system in Lancaster Residences are like this. Either Pro-Friends are retards and unintentionally foresaw the sheer miniscule size of the drainage system or is just a pure manifestation of deceit and greed and intentionally creates a hell out of their communities. A manifestation of their sole interest with the money they get from the homeowners via a developer-controlled homeowners association which is against RA9904.


The standard drainage system is a box culvert drainage shown below:

Box Culvert Road-side drainage

The Village Administration controlled by employees of the real-estate developer are very much informed of this issue, in fact it has already been escalated to the predecessor of the incumbent administrator. It either fell on deaf ears or resulted to a talk with no walk.


But of course, what changes can we expect when the company behind this gross drainage project is the same entity that is holding the homeowners association. How can the residents protect themselves from a scam such as this when the association that must protect their rights is held by the company that is to blame?


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25 comments:

  1. read and share, help potential buyers become aware! www.profriends.com.ph

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    1. hindi available yung webpage.

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  2. I am not sure if this still the problem as of present? I thought this has been addressed and remedied?,kindly enlighten me otherwise I won't proceed buying here a house.

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    1. PTPA..

      Kindly like & share this video for all the OFWs out there.. beware of this company called PROFRIENDS.. DON'T BE A VICTIM..

      https://youtu.be/fpd0JWsiLc0

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  3. I am not sure if this still the problem as of present? I thought this has been addressed and remedied?,kindly enlighten me otherwise I won't proceed buying here a house.

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    1. It was never addressed in the first place.

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  4. No kidding?...I was planning on acquiring a property with them...
    i read the reviews done with Ben Tulfo...dated May 2 2015... you mean, nothing has been done?...

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  5. PTPA..

    Kindly like & share this video for all the OFWs out there.. beware of this company called PROFRIENDS.. DON'T BE A VICTIM..

    https://youtu.be/fpd0JWsiLc0

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  6. You until now? Or is there any update with this developer? I'm also planning to get a property here. Hope anyone can update us with the current status of those issues if there were addressed or not. Thank you in advance!

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    1. kung ako sau hwag knlng kumuha ng property under profriends develper kung ayw mong mastress..marmi nmn jan developer na ok..mrmi ng biktima..nkpagbsa bsa lng ako agd sa google eh di nsa ngaun hindi ako biktima ng Profriends n ang alm gatasan ng pera ang mga unit owner!!!

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  7. Is this really inside Lancaster? I am surprised na merong tricycle sa loob... kase for four years, never ako npayagang magpasok ng tricycle, either public or private, kase my tito has a tricycle at hndi xa pnpasok... lol

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  8. Is this really inside Lancaster? I am surprised na merong tricycle sa loob... kase for four years, never ako npayagang magpasok ng tricycle, either public or private, kase my tito has a tricycle at hndi xa pnpasok... lol

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  9. I just read this post Substandard Drainage System in Lancaster , it is so interesting post.


    who to call when you get a flat in Lancaster

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  10. Just curious, pati rin po ba sa mga katabing subdivision ng Lancaster Alapan Imus binabaha, like Parc Royal at Antel Village??? appreciate response!

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  11. Hello po! I know this is out of topic, but I have a small favor to ask po sana. I hope you don't mind. :)

    I am currently doing my thesis on BS Architecture and my project is a Regional Heart Center in CALABARZON. It will be situated in Cavite. My utmost reason for choosing this project (besides statistical data) is my love for the Filipinos and our nation. We, Filipinos, deserve health facilities that are of quality and quantity. Currently, we have only one specialized hospital on heart diseases which is the Philippine Heart Center.

    It will be very helpful for me if you can answer this short and simple survey about my thesis: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RjCHWifqyGRTupvPQgmRAy3c1T520hzRJzmArn4D_io/viewform#responses

    I hope that you will find time to answer it. Looking forward to your response! Thank you and God bless.

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  12. Hi, tanong ko lang po...Nagpalit po ba ng company name ang PROFRIENDS or Nabili ba at iba na ang may-ari nito? May page po kasi sa Facebook na nagbebenta uli ng mga properties. Ang name po ng developer ay Mivivienda Corporation. Nagtaka lang po kasi ako kasi under ng developer na ito ang Lancaster at ang iba pang villages na dinevelop ni Profriends.

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  13. Tricycle sa Loob ng LANCASTER? Talaga lang? hahaha makapanira lang talaga e hahaha

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  14. Hi!sino po nka bili sa phase SS- margaret model, pde po txt nyo ako 09277358324 may mga katanungan lang ako please

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  15. Hi may nalalaman ba kayong issues in MS-2 kabibili ko lang kc ng unit. Kinakabahan ako sa lahat ng nBabasa ko

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  16. Drainage system has been addressed and yung picture na may tricycle eh hindi lancaster new city yan.

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    1. are you sure po? what about ung issue sa mabahong tubig daw?

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    2. Hindi pa rin lancaster?
      O ayan, may tricycle at may water tank ng lancaster. may libre pa baha
      https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45497939/images/tricycle-lnc.jpg

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  17. A good article about drainage system.
    Quality Outdoor Drain Grates

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  18. Pro-Friends The Pines at Carmona Estate compromised the safety and security of each family who is buying and have bought the property here. This is a very high risk of danger not only to human who is about to live in here but also to every human being living in the surroundings. The house has been distorted, cracked walls, uneven walls, falling debris, unable to closed doors, misaligned doors, roof that has been found with hole. Disaster place that they call home. No standards and unacceptable. #isumbongkayTulfo #abscbn #cnn #radyopatril #hlrub #assistOFW

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  19. Good Morning,
    It is with a great deal of concern and urgency I’m writing to you!
    On Friday 2 security guards plus a senior security officer arrived at my door step claiming our construction permit was “fake” “ illegitimate this is despite us showing them the approved construction drawings stamped and signed. They instructed us to stop all work!
    Our serious concern is this is a corrupt, unethical, breach of procedure protocol and outside the assigned duties and professional conduct of either the security company or Lancaster New City Management. I suspect this comes from 1 home owner and member of the “illegitimate non official” MS ?? home owner association member who I have disagreements with. This means 1 of 2 things they are colluding with security or members of Lancaster management and let me state for the record this is the second incident involving security, Lancaster and involving the local Barangay. The last incident was proved that lies and false allegations were made by Lancaster and head of security involving forged documents and false allegations and verified by the Barangay Captain and officers.
    I have copied my attorney in on this illegal activity for pending action only dependent on the result of your immediate investigation with a written response including action to be taken against all involved.
    Note we have more than 5 material witnesses to the conversation, allegations & discussions with Security, Lancaster via my engineers, all willing to supply written affidavits to my attorneys.
    Please take this as serious as I do and respond immediately after your internal investigation.

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