Thread: A hillbilly shack in the jungle...

well done Bobfish

nice to have you onboard

great thred hillbilly just shows you what can be done in the los
great house good luck with the resort maybe stay there one day

good all round effort Khun HB. I aapplaud your accomplishment.

I just found this thread today and read the whole thing in one sitting. I too need a beer! I will raise my glass to you Hillbilly and congratulate you on a great project. I too have bought a 'modern developement' house in Bangsean and wish I had waited. I have bought some land near CM and will buy more, closer to the river hopefully.
You and the good Doctor have provided me with inspiration to get going asap. I only hope my money stretches far enough!
Anyway, once again, well done on the house and the thread.

A very good post HB enjoyed it all. Got thinking if you did this in the so called civilized part of the world you would now have to get a second job just to pay the annual tax bill.

After a pleasurable afternoon/evening sipping suds , and chewing the fat in the "pavillion" ... a short note of thanks and congrats on what an amazing job you guys have done with the place HB.
Looking forward to coming back again and hope to get some fishing in next time.

Oh , the food in the restaurant was "top notch" .... keeping the cook happy would be a good investment :-) .

i thought i would bump this one along also, after looking back to where this humble hillbilly shack started, and haveing the good fortune of visiting/meeting,bloody well done mate, its really good to see some dreams come true, i really enjoyed myself that night and will remain one of the many highlights of my life..bravo!

Wow, all I can say is thanks to everyone for their input. Ok, now here is the latest updates.

The concrete buffalo is in, the old Thai style way of making charcoal in a mud dome is half way through. An old rice storage building has been bought and will soon become a mini-museum.

The biggest news is that the wife is finally excited!! About the possibility of a swimming pool...

New to the forum and I was looking for posters in Phetchabun. I am married to a thai lady from Wichian Buri in the Phetchabun provence. She owns 10 rai just outside of town that we plan to build on some day, 15 or so years from now. I am a Yankee by birth but live across the Mississippi from New Orleans and my local friens call me a damn yankee, a yankee that came to the south but didn't go home. I find it funny knowing they mean it in jest, at least in my case.

Enough about me, I like your new home on the river. Have you tried the fishing there yet? I saw a pic of some of the neighbors selling fish and the look a good size. Hope it's all you dream it to be.

^ Welcome aboard and enjoy...

And by the way, if you are born north of I-10, you are a damn yankee...

Not bad for a 4 yo. thread .. is the ricebarn still standing Hilly?

Great story...enjoyed it so much

Originally Posted by hillbilly

Putting the fancy Thai finishes on the bathroom.


This is one main reason that I believe that the owners should visit the job site often: unless they have a trusted builder. What do you see wrong with this portion of the fence?

The tape across the top is not level?

Spectacular effort Hillbilly. It is certainly the best construction I have read in my short time here on TD. Mate you not only have the gift of vision to imagine your paradise but you have a storytelling gift to be able to make your story flow so well...congratulations

Originally Posted by hillbilly

To try and address all the questions.

Yes, this property is on my land. If you look closely one can see the semi-traditional Thai bathroom in the background.

This photo was taken by a 16-year old Thai girl with not a clue of what I wanted. Regardless, this 2nd home will be available soon. Nothing fancy, just walls, roof and a terrace. As I predicted, the cost has doubled, I am now looking at B100,000 for the first cabin.

We are looking at buying some land next to us.

The initial landscape upkeep is expensive. Just remember that almost 300,000 clams has already been laid out.

A 'bore hole' is coming soon. I say a foking well.

The goal? Why not a homestay project? We pick the customers up from P-Lok, boat them down the river and then they can spend loads of money at hillbilly's resort.

Coming soon, a concrete buffalo.

Wait until July & August. I see a massive tree house iin the future. Perhaps one of the first in Thailand...

Last year we stayed at at Resort on the river in Pai (Mae Hon Song ) that had a 3 story treehouse - so the kids loved sleeping up there...I am sure yours will be very popular also HB

I hate to read and run so I thought I'd pass on my equally happy experience reading this thread. I can't seem to get enough of these house building threads. I learn something different from each one. I expect to build in the next 2-3 years. Although to go from a budget of B300,000 to B2 million gave me pause Never mind though because you created an awesome homestead. I don't know which I like better, the handsome wooden house or gorgeous grounds.

BTW, where's your Elly Mae?

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Pine wood comes in many different types.

Deal is very soft and pitch pine is the hardest wood I have ever seen

If you want real hardwood, take a look at some of the Australian gums like River Red Gum etc, hard as bloody iron, this is why Aussie competition wood cutters are the best in the world.

[quote=RandomChances;165960]

Originally Posted by hillbilly

Originally Posted by RandomChances

What was the problem with the guy catching bird's ? Did you want them ?

The problem is that I sorta like to have wild birds around the place. The workers would have caught birds everyday to either eat or for temporary pets that soon die.

After a couple months or so, well you could imagine the bird population.

Ok

Probably would of even put a dent in the population, they catch quite a few on my land, always give us a few. Nothing wrong with a bit of bird curry.well except picking the bones out.[/quote


Find any long furry tails in the curry.......

Great thread Hillbilly, have looked at it briefly before but finally sat down and read the lot. A fine piece of work.

Have you the WiFi sorted out yet HB ?

gday Hillbilly
great thread, gotta laugh from the local builders
my wife has a guest house in Mae hong son, and done some minor building. scored a truck load of teak floor boards 30,000 baht, from a friend delivered and built a 4mx4m laundry weatherboard style with the planks till I can build the house .only they builder brought a cage to trap birds??? not on I said .(we have a white rumped sharma that eats wasp larvae from my hand and many birds feeding on our fruit trees and flowers)
we had a local cop discharge his weapon outside our bedroom one night went out to investigate and he was standing over two bodies on the ground, turnded out the two boys were being chased ,decided to hide in the bush which was covering our 6 strand barbed wire fence rode their honda into the trap ,the cop untied the poor boys and took them away, he offered to bring some fellow officers to fix the fence, the missess said our workers would fix ,doesn't like BIB,he said not fire pistol but I found a shell in the morning .
we built a concrete fence that will maybe stop a car.
we use citrus trees near soak drains as they are thirsty and will not invade soak drains as some trees block up the pipes,
had to build some new steps (concrete) as the one's we had were 600 deep treads and 300 high,bloody hard on old legs, built using the formula 2x rise + 1x going =between 560 - 650mm , rise 160 going 300, work's a treat more steps but easy.
keep smiling

Great work ... beautiful place Hillbilly.

Originally Posted by Storekeeper

Great work ... beautiful place Hillbilly.

Welcome back SK!

Yes, Billy, great work.