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“IT'S GREAT TO CREATE MEMORIES WITHIN A WONDERFUL SPACE WITH YOUR LOVED ONES”

Derek Ramsay has always been passionate about building homes. On one hand, he has been the longtime ambassador of Habitat for Humanity in the Philippines, supporting and participating in the organization’s housing advocacies for displaced communities. On the other hand, his current creative project—a four-level house in the South—is the fourth home that he has built in the last five years.

“Maybe I should try to [build, style, and sell houses] as a profession. Why not?” he quips. The actor confesses that

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