DrAndys Wooden Cottage in the ricefields

[DrAndy]

thank you all

It is nice when something you dream up on paper works out even better than you hoped

more to come, some progress, some not!

[DrAndy]

Originally Posted by buad hai

I thought you said "cottage". Looks palatial to me.

actually it is only a wooden house on stilts, not palatial at all

upstairs there are two bathrooms and a kitchen, all in the concrete bit at the end

then there is only one room, about 7m square, and a verandah 7m by 3m

OK, as you will ask, we have two bathrooms as the wife and I could not agree on how the wall tiles should go (horizontally or diagonally), and what type of shower head. So we each designed our own. I will post pics when they are finished later on.

I bet mine is better, we shall see

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by DrAndy

I bet mine is better,

I bet your wife arranges for the workers to make some irratating mistakes in your bathroom

[DrAndy]

I will have to watch carefully

mind you, it works both ways

her toilet bowl could face the wrong way

[Thetyim]

Tell her she has a complete free hand to have any sort of bathroom she wants.
The budget is unlimited as she is paying for it herself.

[DrAndy]

no problem Thetyim, and she is also paying for mine

she lost a bet that I would not eat some snake

that was easy, drinking the blood and whiskey was not

[Thetyim]

Originally Posted by DrAndy

drinking the blood and whiskey was not

Shit, that bit is easy. Only did it once but I liked it and would do it again.

All the chewy 'meat' is inedible.

[DrAndy]

maybe you should get a better cook!! mine was fine

drinking the blood was difficult because of the thought, not the reality

shudder, gulp, swallow, retch

[Thetyim]

^ OK thanks.
Maybe I should give it another try.
I ate cobra before, do you know if other types taste better.

[a. boozer]

Certainly looks nice! When's the housewarming party?

[a. boozer]

[quote] 'drinking the blood was difficult because of the thought, not the reality

shudder, gulp, swallow, retch [quote]


In the words of Rudyard Kipling "You are a better man than me!"

[sabang]

Originally Posted by DrAndy

I will have to watch carefully

mind you, it works both ways

her toilet bowl could face the wrong way

Make sure she has the traditional Isaan squat toilet, with the traditional bowl of water and delux plastic bucket next to it then DrA.

[sabang]

Originally Posted by DrAndy

maybe you should get a better cook!! mine was fine

drinking the blood was difficult because of the thought, not the reality

shudder, gulp, swallow, retch

It's meant to make you horny. Did it work?

[DrAndy]

Originally Posted by sabang

Make sure she has the traditional Isaan squat toilet, with the traditional bowl of water and delux plastic bucket next to it then DrA.

why? in our house in the city, we don't have that facility

if you wish to be scatalogical, we prefer the western style toilets at home, but the Thai trad toilets in public places, for obvious reasons

It's meant to make you horny. Did it work?

Don't know, I was horny already

[DrAndy]

Originally Posted by a. boozer

Certainly looks nice! When's the housewarming party?

Maybe next year; we hope to combine that, our 5th anniversary and my 90th birthday

[DrAndy]

anyway, so far so good

this is the inside of the verandah roof. All the roof will be lined under the eaves, inside the house as well. That will leave the roof trusses showing, and a very high ceiling. The architect keeps trying to make me finish the ceiling at the horizontal trusses, but I want to keep it open inside right up to the roof.




this is inside the house, the arch goes into the kitchen, the doors to the bathrooms (his and hers)




this is the latest view of the house



and this





so, we still have to line the roof, tile the bathrooms, sand down the floors, tile the downstairs area, sand the deck etc etc

lots of work, but most of the main jobs are done

that is it for now, I am back in Europe, my wife is joining me next week, so no more progress until we return

to be continued.........

[hillbilly]

I am now jealous. Can't wait to see how everything pans out.

[breezer1]

Looks a lovely place your building keep the photos coming please enjoying this thread .

Breezer

[DrAndy]

me too Hillbilly!

and Breezer, read my post above, there will be a short intermission as we will be in Europe for a while

[lozillionaire]

The house looks beautiful, congratulations so far.