Thread: Teak Houses

Originally Posted by Fingers_in_pies

I think these houses are so beautiful but i was a concrete house when i finally start the village crib however i wouldnt mind two small guest houses, that would solve my problem and have somewhere to hide when my missus's family parties in my place.

Great idea a place of escape

This house is bang on the beach in a small bay next to Khao Kalok, but it seems to have been abandoned by the owner.

Thanks for the info

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

CVS Thai Modern Home

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^ Sorry - Unintentional.

Originally Posted by tony9665

I've been looking into this for sometime now because I want to build a small resort in Kanchanaburi. I have visited a few places in the bangkok area over the last few weeks. Here is a few that I found, these websites are in Thai so you will need your wife, girlfriend or who ever will translate for you.

sampaohomes.com (Floor Plans)
bannsongthai.com
thailannahome.com (Chiang Mai)
siwalai.com

If I find out some more info then I will post here.

Regards,

Tony.

hi Tony , just found this website & am considering doing similar to you ( small resort ) but back in australia on my land. Did you have any luck with your endevour ?
Thanks.

^ Don't hold your breath waiting for a reply.

He only had one post and that was on 09-02-2008 and he was last online 30-09-2008.

correct , he's probably left town by now ... just thought i'd see.

Good thread this.
I was on that cvs website many years ago and i have taken an interest in teak since.
A couple of points first,these houses are beautiful and of course expensive.
Where does the teak come from?
Burmese logs are declining in quantity and size but if the floor boards are up to 400 wide these are still quite big logs.
The houses seem to cost from 800 to 1500 a square metre which is probably about right.
Teak prices in europe are about $6500 a cubic metre.
Here in cambodia even old teak is impossible to find,our best timber is koki.Also rot and insect proof and about $600 a cubic metre in phnom penh.Thats rough sawn and green.
Timber here needs to be either dried for a year stacked properly or as in the west kiln dried.
I have seen all the new construction arounf preah vihear,all koki buildings,shitloads of them.The khmer military fell and sell koki and up there it is only $180 a cubic meter but only the military can transport or smuggle it.
A koki house on concrete columns is aropund $150 a square metre around phnom penh.
Teak if oiled will never rot or crack if properly dried,boat decks were always teak.
The price of timber will always go up,there is an australian company who grow teak successfully-good move.
I was going to build a koki house on the river here but now going for brick.Fire proof and bullet proof-priorities here in cambodia...
PS kiln dried australian hardwood machined into sections sold in bunnings even three years ago-$10,000 a cubic metre!

thank you)))

Sung Men, between Phrae and Den Chai has lots of furniture and carving in teak mostly middle quality.

There is a quality shop in Phrae city that uses golden teak only but it is pricey

Thailannahomes are advertising teak houses on their website quoting prices around £50,000 - £60,000 for buildings sized 1000 sf including transportation, all sanitary ware including the septic tank and electrical wiring to European standards.

This strikes me as very reasonable, almost too good to be true?? Anyone had personal experience of this company?

I too like the idea of a teak home but have wondered about the practicality of living in a wooden structure in a modern environment. What about the acoustic properties of these houses? Is it possible to design realistic soundproofing?

I saw similar houses on the net years ago and lusted after one.
They are actually good value if they are all teak.
If one googles teak it costs about $6000 a cubic meter in europe today,most comes from burma.
The timber of choice in cambodia is koki,rot and termite proof and about $600 a cubic metre in phnom penh as a comparison.
I might look into growing teak here,there is already a 150 hectare farm in kampot.
The returns are excellent and as the timber gets rarer it will become much more expensive.
In australia dry dressed hardwood mouldings cost about $10,000 a cubic meter.

I have already looked at Thailannahomes product and have ruled them out. They had built a small resort in Udon Thani and I was not very impressed with the craftsmanship. The wood was OK, but not used to its full potential. It is a family owned bussiness with a Thai wife and farang husband and I spoke to them both as they showed me around the resort. If it were me, I would not buy one of their houses until you have a chance to look at them first hand. As of now, I am doing the same as Andy and others and looking for an old house for the wood and will build to my specifications (probably wind a combo since the builders will be Thai). There are lots of teak houses in the Phrae area if you are stuck on teak, but they are expensive.