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Building in Thailand Famous Threads Thailands Building Threads that got the most interest. From how to build a wooden shack in the jungle to how to build your own swimming pool, threads where projects have been documented from the beginning to the finish, from Thai Teak wood houses to building your own Thai style shophouse.

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Old 08-01-2008, 04:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
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The construction of my new house..

After months of faffing about, we finally decided on a house design.
a little 3 bedroom bungalow affair that is affordable without having to sell my other place.

I was actually ready to get going a few weeks back but January the 8th was deemed an auspicious day by the monks.
No way am i being blamed for any inevitable future misfortunes because I insisted on starting on the 2nd or something.

I will try to update the progress at least twice a week when i have time to get up there and also post a running cost tally.

We finally settled on a local team of builders, primarily because the head builders father is a decent chap that lives opposite us and also they were cheaper than anyone else.

cost: 126,000 baht.

I went up there a bit earlier and was pleasantly surprised to see how much they had managed to do so far.



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Old 08-01-2008, 04:31 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I think the front door is going to be where this old chap is working.

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I must say it does look very good. See you soon!
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My wife is in charge of this.

She is buying all the material herself.

We got the cement mix, stones, and sand from a local building yard in Sang Kampheng.

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A hole being dug with a hoe.
I don't know.

Why do Thais work with hoes.
They are fukking useless tools I think.



especially when they could use one of these things that is just sitting there in the sun.

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Old 08-01-2008, 04:40 PM   #6 (permalink)
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126,000 baht
That seems extraordinarily cheap for a 3brm house! Anyways, good luck with it. I shall be following this thread with interest.
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So far i have paid out a total of 76,000 baht for the stuff that we have there, whatever it is.
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That seems extraordinarily cheap for a 3brm house!
for the labour only of course.


we had other quotes in the 165-200,000 baht range.

they are saying it will be done inside 3 months.
not overly bothered about the time scale so long as they are on a fixed fee.
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to be able to build a house like yours! We have no land, except the old family property in Uttaradit. Where I do not want to live.

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That seems extraordinarily cheap for a 3brm house!
for the labour only of course.


we had other quotes in the 165-200,000 baht range.

they are saying it will be done inside 3 months.
not overly bothered about the time scale so long as they are on a fixed fee.
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^ Still seems cheap to me, but I know feck all about the subject and costs involved..... I'll be watching this develop as I may be in the same boat one day... Good luck with it all.
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^^ Even then it's still pretty cheap. Our extentsions came to about 170-180,000k, that was labour and materials but still...
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I dunno, 5 blokes, around 40,000 a month.

Say the boss man gets 20 a month and he gives his minnions 5,000 each.
seems about right to me.
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^ Don't get me wrong, more power to you I say. I'm starting to wonder why ours cost so much
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^ Don't get me wrong, more power to you I say. I'm starting to wonder why ours cost so much
Could it be because your a Lawyer and people just lurve to sink their teeth into a Lawyer.
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I should think that quite a bit of yours was materials though Ant.
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^^ Yep I expect you're right. Which reminds me... What do I have to do to get you to come and take this door and shite away, pay you!?!
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Could it be because your a Lawyer and people just lurve to sink their teeth into a Lawyer.
No that can't be it. I may be a lawyer but I'm a throughly decent chappie otherwise.
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Yep I expect you're right. Which reminds me... What do I have to do to get you to come and take this door and shite away, pay you!?!
a small tip to the driver should do the trick.
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lucky sod, at least you have managed to find a builder and underway, I am still pulling my hair out seeking a builder and a price range. keep us posted on the progress
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I think you'll find rather a difference between Phukett labour prices and little backwater village prices in San khampeng.
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