Thread: D&G Resort

Lookin good, HB. Congrats to you and the #1.

Lovely looking place, like the door

Gotta love your projects hillbilly, the place is looking great.

That is a very stylish looking place, everything fits together nicely.

Originally Posted by hillbilly

We place the tables and chairs in the pavilion.

That photo shows how well the plants and trees are coming along. Well done.

Dam its looking good HB

Here you can see the tile floor being sprayed. This is done in order to make the tile a bit more shiny.

The new back gate being put in to place. To the left of the photo is the old gate. Hopefully, it will be incorporated into our fishing dock.

Soon there will be a rather large arched sign that will be on top of the teak posts supporting the gate.

Shhh...This is my hi-speed latest technology home safety bolt system.

One of the local boys thought my fishing dock looked like a nice place to spend an afternoon.



But not today.

And still more furniture for the area below the house.

Now who is going to clean all this mess up?

See if you can find the big plank that will be used for a bench on the fishing dock.

The construction boss wife brings in some ice. Work still has to be done.



And her son is taught at an early age how to sleep.

Jaew our local caretaker in the middle of figuring out the bills.



Now she is recycling. BTW, we are going to have that concrete electrical pole painted green.

Good idea to paint the pole green, I was thinking along similar lines as we are going to need two to make it to the house.What did that nice new gate set you back, if I may ask?

This photo was posted to point out several possible problems while building in Thailand.

We have allowed these builders to order the material as is needed. However, one does need to be careful.

For example, one has to keep watch on all of those water bottles. They tend to vanish. The satangs do add up. Additionally, look at the cable laying around. Many times workers tend to forget where materials are at and want to order more.

Then we have the working tables. They have been built out of my wood, with my paying for the labor, but often times while cleaning up the workers will take everything.

You can also see the one cement bag out in the open. Don't be afraid of telling the workers to put it out of the rain.

Finally, while I am on this issue, be carefull when you tell workers they can have the scraps of wood or metal. Their definitions of scrap may differ from yours.

There is much more in this photo that I could point out, but you get the idea.

Originally Posted by Loombucket

Good idea to paint the pole green, I was thinking along similar lines as we are going to need two to make it to the house.What did that nice new gate set you back, if I may ask?

We also thought about painting the poles brown. Who knows...

The cost of the gate is sorta hard to say. We already had some of the wood and metal from before. However, I would guess the gate will probably cost about B50,000. That price should include the arch (not shown).

The total cost for this latest project was close to 1/2 million baht.

Originally Posted by hillbilly

Finally, while I am on this issue, be careful when you tell workers they can have the scraps of wood or metal. Their definitions of scrap may differ from yours.

This will also encourage them to create scrap by cutting into new material.

Enjoying the thread read Hillbilly. Project is looking good and the picture with narrative of the progress is interesting. Keep up the good work.

wonderful pics.