| If I was going to build a small 1 bedroom bungalow I would base it on the maximum 4 meter spacings for the supporting piers in order to get maximum floor space for cost. One 4x4 bedroom. One 4x4 living area. And 2, 4x4 blocks out the back comprising kitchen, bathroom and toilet, with a little room left over for a nice semi open sit down patio area. Total living area under roof 64 sq meters less the space taken up by walls.
I am sure Thais build these kinds of dwellings all the time for well under the 400k mark. But when you start adding in some western fit out trimmings like a decent kitchen, metal window frames, hot water, ceiling fans etc.. , I doubt you would get much change out of 6 to 700k by the time the job was finished.
My assumptions are only based on information I have gained here and elsewhere through research as I havent started building our place yet. But I would be surprised if any of the more experienced expat builders here would say I am far off the mark.
You could probably build a little Thai style humpey with bare concrete floors, , no kitchen fit out, no ceilings and a toilet shower which consists of a hole in the floor with a big tub of water next to it for well under 400 k. |