Building a Thai Teak Wood House

[sabang]

Originally Posted by BosseO

Hi DD, any ideas about how much for house like this? We can get a 5 rai riverfront patch, with a fishpond on it, up in Phayao.

BosseO.

It's a nice house alright, but it will likely cost a packet around here.
You're far better buying a couple of old teak houses from up north, Chiang Rai to Phrae area, having them renovated up there than transported down. I think wooden houses around Pattaya are well over priced, same around Udon actually.
See Dr. Andys thread 'house in the ricefields'.

[BosseO]

Originally Posted by sabang

It's a nice house alright, but it will likely cost a packet around here.
You're far better buying a couple of old teak houses from up north, Chiang Rai to Phrae area, having them renovated up there than transported down. I think wooden houses around Pattaya are well over priced, same around Udon actually.
See Dr. Andys thread 'house in the ricefields'.

Plans changed, again. We have to look for something else. A phone call yesterday told us that the lady offering the land to us had sold to her FiL.
Sad though, as the land once was my wifes grandfathers, and he traded it for a few sacks of rice when everythihg went wrong and the family was hungry.

BosseO.

[DrAndy]

true DD

A lot of the old wood houses are quite ugly, just built by themselves without much thought about appearance etc

but they often have really nice wood, thick teak planks, hard wood beams

[mcc]

dd am i hearing you right

you actually buy that house and then they move it to your land?

how much you reckon i could buy one like that for?

i am talking everything complete??

thanks mcc

[dirtydog]

1 million or 100 million, your being a bit vague, to buy the wood is like real cheap, but to build a luxury mansion from several of these isn't, your question is too vague.

[dirtydog]

I went to check on my land yesterday, yes, it's still there, anyway my neighbour who used to have coconut trees has cleared them and planted something else, look like palm trees to me, also he has started building himself a nice teakwood house

[dirtydog]

This teak wood house is nice, they are making them down off of Soi Khao Talo, they have a few different designs, only got a picture of this one as you know they think you are stealing their special designs that nobody else could think of.

[lozillionaire]

If you was to purchase one of these small teak houses and have them put up just for a few years can you just take them down and move them when you want? I have a great plot of land but no house at the moment but i would like something small and stylish just for now on the land.

[Marmite the Dog]

Originally Posted by lozillionaire

can you just take them down and move them when you want?

Yes, you can.

[DrAndy]

I have just bought a nice old rice barn. It is similar to a house except it has no stairs (they think that fools the rats). Very cute, 6 big posts, cost B10,000 and another B10,000 to move and rebuild to similar specs. I will need some new wood to replace old, useless bits though.

you can do that with any wooden house, but the rebuild can vary depending on the standard you want.

[Marmite the Dog]

Originally Posted by DrAndy

cost B10,000 and another B10,000 to move and rebuild to similar specs.

Jeez, that's cheap.

Who finds these places? Your missus?

[Thetyim]

^^
Got any pictures ?

[DrAndy]

no pictures yet, just a heap of wood

I will post when up and finished

as for cheap, I thought it was OK. Our builder knew we had rice and needed a barn, so he mentioned a neighbour wanted to sell one

it is quite high (3 metres) so I will use the underneath as a workshop for wood

[sunsetter]

nice golden oldie thread, dr andy, pics please

[panthira]

from what I've observed upcountry teak is insect proof?

[Marmite the Dog]

Originally Posted by panthira

from what I've observed upcountry teak is insect proof?

Is that supposed to be a question or a statement?

[DrAndy]

Originally Posted by sunsetter

nice golden oldie thread, dr andy, pics please

already done as a thread here

http://teakdoor.com/building-in-thai...rice-barn.html (DrAndys Rice Barn)

all the pics and more!

[DrAndy]

Originally Posted by panthira

from what I've observed upcountry teak is insect proof?

as it has a question mark, that is self evident Marmite

but does it mean "upcountry teak", or was he upcountry observing the teak?

whatever, yes, teak is insect-proof except for the wood just beneath the bark

[Marmite the Dog]

Originally Posted by DrAndy

as it has a question mark, that is self evident Marmite

Except that the rest of the sentence is definitely a statement.

[DrAndy]

you have to make allowances Marmite; I think we are lucky there was a question mark and teak was spelt correctly