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Originally Posted by wanna  Quote:
Originally Posted by dirtydog I can't imagine many builders taking on a job without plans, it takes about an hour to get a rough guesstimate of materials needed using a rough plan. | hi DD
i will contract with the builder for labour only. after agreement on the labour costs, then i will ask him for calculations on material based on his experience
possible to be done this way? |
i know that i am going to collect some flak for this, but:
depending on where in thailand you are building, i would say that this is the way to go, or you could end up paying "farang prices " for materials, paying for more materials than were actually used, etc.
if you have any construction experience, you can kick their arses when you see them adding too much water to the concrete mix, etc.
i would strongly advise doing progress payments, too. (pay only after certain predetermined milestones have been reached)
never pay the buggers in advance for labour and materials, or they will blow the money and you will wait for them to get the next deposit from the next sucker who pays in advance before you get any work done.
they will probably use enough rebar, but they WILL fuck up the concrete mix.
better to be there ALL THE TIME