Building a Thai Teak Wood House

[Aquaman]

Its two bedroom, one main room and a small sort of in-between room. big porch, and sala. these guys travel, as do all the materials from Phrae.

[Thetyim]

Originally Posted by jlmcneil

I want to build a home next year outside of Si-Sa-Ket

The prices quoted in Phrae usually include erection anyway in Thailand.

[lom]

Originally Posted by Thetyim

The prices quoted in Phrae usually include erection anyway in Thailand.

Can you get them to quote some prices for me - desperately need it

[dirtydog]

Obviously the money has run out, the builder is actually building this to resell it, trouble is it's about 10 meters from the main road so I should imagine the traffic noise is horrendous, they have filled all the holes and varnished what they have completed, shame they aint got the rest of the walls and stuff up

[Aquaman]

i was driving near rayong the other day and saw a company that does the houses. they looked nice. on route 3 i believe, past rayong tword chanthaburi.

Originally Posted by Thetyim

The prices quoted in Phrae usually include erection anyway in Thailand.

mine did. and i could have had it built anywhere, its the same price. they build them everywhere. after they finished my house they went down to ko chang and built a bunch of places for a resort there.

[dirtydog]

Something seems to have gone drastically wrong, for a few weeks they have only had a couple of guys poncing around filling the wood and varnishing and that, now they are taking apart the right hand side building, will this house ever be finished?

[lozillionaire]

Shame not to finish such a nice house.

[dirtydog]

Well I sort of know why they are taking this house apart, it has been sold and being rebuilt in Ban Chang, but I am not sure if this was just a marketing technique or not, seems a lot of work just to sell something, but then again labour is cheap I suppose, then again it would be a better idea just to get some more wood and build a new one in Ban Chang and keep that one as a show piece.

Here is one of the posts that hasn't been finished yet.



Yep the right building has completely gone.

[dirtydog]

The roof tiles are coming off the left building.



Down the wooden slide they go, quite a good idea albeit labour intensive.



And put into a nice neat pile at the bottom.

[DrAndy]

It is quite common for wooden houses to be moved

as for keeping one for "display" purposes, maybe they cannot afford the cost of a spare house

as you said before, it is on a noisy road so must have been seen by many people...good marketing

[Thetyim]

Originally Posted by DrAndy

it is on a noisy road so must have been seen by many people...good marketing

Yep, they have probably sold the same house to 15 different people, taken 2 million deposit from each and are now dismantling the evidence.

[DrAndy]

cruel....but possible

[dirtydog]

Well it is being taken apart a lot quicker than it was put up

[caller]

Originally Posted by Aquaman

Its two bedroom, one main room and a small sort of in-between room. big porch, and sala. these guys travel, as do all the materials from Phrae.

Hi Aquaman,

Great house a page or so back!

I tried sending you a pm, but as I'm a newbie, I wasn't allowed. So rather than post 15 pieces of junk to get to the required level, I thought I'd ask a question or two here if that's okay?

I guess others might have the answers?

Any idea where I could get more information about such places? Are there other designs - 3-bed for example? Do they or similar companies have websites? If not, is there anywhere I could visit? When next in LOS, I will be around the Korat area (with a trip to Hua Hin thrown in). But I could change my plans.

Whats the life-span of such a house?

Now this will make me seem real dumb, but no mention was made of a kitchen or bathroom! You must have them, but are they in the main house?

Sorry for so many questions but I'm keen to learn more and need some help.

Many thanks.

[Aquaman]

There are a few companies near Phrae. i think the district is called den chai, its on the road up to chaing mai. ive seen a few companies in ayuthia as well. you can design anything you want. i'm not sure about websites. as for the kitchen and bathroom we built them on the ground floor, not really attached to the house. just walk down the trap door stairs and there is the kitchen and bathroom. it woul dbe nice to have a toilet up top here but didnt feel like doing it. good luck.

[caller]

Thanks Aquaman,

With luck, someone else will post with some more info?

Time for me to do some research methinks - both here and elsewhere.

Thanks again,

Caller

[DrAndy]

caller, you dont need to buy a ready made house. That is the nmost expensive way to do it

I bought an old house, just for the wood, not the design. I then had it transported to my land. I used an architect to draw up our plans, and to get planning permission. Then we found some builders who followed the plans, and any changes we wanted

in the end, we had a nice big wooden house, bath and kitchen upstairs at the back in a concrete part

easy peasy...sort of

[caller]

Originally Posted by DrAndy

caller, you dont need to buy a ready made house. That is the nmost expensive way to do it

I bought an old house, just for the wood, not the design. I then had it transported to my land. I used an architect to draw up our plans, and to get planning permission. Then we found some builders who followed the plans, and any changes we wanted

in the end, we had a nice big wooden house, bath and kitchen upstairs at the back in a concrete part

easy peasy...sort of

Thanks DrA, early days for me yet, but its got me excited. Like I said, I'll have to do the rounds to learn more!

Mnay thanks.

[NickA]

^^Any pics DrA?

[Thetyim]

Originally Posted by DrAndy

Then we found some builders who followed the plans

That is the hard bit. The buggers usually build what they want not want you wanted. f you can find a quality builder then yes your way is better.

At least the other way to can actually see exactly what you are getting before you start.