The architectural thread connecting all houses in the publication is the bahay-na-bato. The houses featured are all variations on the Philippine architectural archetype of the detached ...

Other descriptions visitors have used include “spooky,” “an Amityville-looking house,” “a plantation house,” and “bahay na bato.” It may look old, but it was finished only last year.

She lives in another bahay na bato, several blocks away, which was built by Joaquin. Francisco’s house could be older than Joaquin’s, she said. Interesting memories filled Balay ni Bayot. One ...