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Old 10-01-2008, 12:19 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Around B1,300 per sq. wa then. That sounds pretty good. Can't compare directly with moo-baan prices obviously but just goes to show how much of a profit they make on the land - ours would've paid around the same and we end up paying B10,000 per sq. wa.
can't compare at all.

the moo bahn we have our house on now is around the 9,000 baht a dalang wah range.
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I think a million baht per rai is too expensive in Chiang Mai.
Kinda depends where it is though. Clearly you can get significantly cheaper as CMN has done but the closer to town you get the more the prices go up.
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Old 10-01-2008, 12:26 PM   #63 (permalink)
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A million baht a rai is not bad at all for that location.

saw some scrubland land in the city the other day at 30,000 a dalang wah.
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I have been quoted 500,000 Baht for 3 rai not too far from Noony's place, but I think between 300k & 400k Baht is more reasonable.
you are also getting to the waaay too far to commute stage out there marmers.
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I like the pic of the house u are copying, lots of angles and glass, nice.
& comfortable.

We did a similar thing with our house in paying a fixed amount to the boss for labour, and let him get on with who & how many helpers he employs. It worked out OK.

Our mistake was buying tools:-

Metal cutter
tile cutter
saws
T square
Spirit level
buckets
ladders
spades ..sorry shovels
hammers, screwdrivers, chisels and drill
exteriior cosmetic cladding (excess)
paint and brushes ( diito)

all the above disappeared upon conclusion apart from one folding ladder which is borrowed extensively even to this day.

Even the architects plans were sold on.

Are you bothering with guttering?
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Old 10-01-2008, 12:56 PM   #66 (permalink)
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you are also getting to the waaay too far to commute stage out there marmers.
As long as I have an internet connection, I don't need to go into town except for beer, food & fanny.
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As long as I have an internet connection, I don't need to go into town except for beer, food & fanny.
you can get all that in Sang Khampeng.

no need to go into town at all.
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you can get all that in Sang Khampeng.
Really? Even Beer Laos?

I'm not so sure being entertained by local 'entertainment specialists' is such a good idea though.
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Really? Even Beer Laos?
I dunno.
I don't drink.
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WOW, it's looking great!

Will you have a house warming complete w/ Coyote Girls?
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I think a million baht per rai is too expensive in Chiang Mai.
Me too.

I have been quoted 500,000 Baht for 3 rai not too far from Noony's place, but I think between 300k & 400k Baht is more reasonable.

Ricefields on our side of town cost about B320-350K per rai; these are just ricefields so you need to add lots of earth to get them a bit elevated. If next to a road the land costs more too; if next to a busier road and there is potential for business, even more.
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bloody ell, the building only started 2 days ago.

sadly, i can't be there every day to take pictures.


hang on, my wife took a few more today.
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lom wants pictures so i have some pics that my wife snapped this afternoon.

those metal things are now upright in the ground.



I was quite shocked to see a cement mixer on site.
i watched my entire moo bahn be built without ever seeing one of these.

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Anyone know how much to buy a cement mixer? I think i might have a lot of use for one in the very near future.
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they usually use a female Burmese immigrant and a shovel.
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Hard at work picking grass.

all present and correct though.
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a picture of a hole half filled with cement.
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Around 10,000 Baht for the model/size in the picture.
Motor not included, that is another 4000 Baht.
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a picture of a hole half filled with cement.
Footings, columns and beams are what you'll see them do now and coming weeks. That is a footing..
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