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ChiangMai noon · 08-01-2008, 03:30 PM

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.

ChiangMai noon · 08-01-2008, 03:31 PM

I think the front door is going to be where this old chap is working.

ChiangMai noon · 08-01-2008, 03:33 PM

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.

ChiangMai noon · 08-01-2008, 03:36 PM

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.

AntRobertson · 08-01-2008, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

126,000 baht

That seems extraordinarily cheap for a 3brm house! Anyways, good luck with it. I shall be following this thread with interest.

ChiangMai noon · 08-01-2008, 03:40 PM

So far i have paid out a total of 76,000 baht for the stuff that we have there, whatever it is.

ChiangMai noon · 08-01-2008, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by AntRobertson

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.

rawlins · 08-01-2008, 03:47 PM

^ 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.

AntRobertson · 08-01-2008, 03:52 PM

^^ Even then it's still pretty cheap. Our extentsions came to about 170-180,000k, that was labour and materials but still...

ChiangMai noon · 08-01-2008, 03:55 PM

^
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.

AntRobertson · 08-01-2008, 04:01 PM

^ Don't get me wrong, more power to you I say. I'm starting to wonder why ours cost so much

ChiangMai noon · 08-01-2008, 04:02 PM

^
I should think that quite a bit of yours was materials though Ant.

peterpan · 08-01-2008, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by AntRobertson

^ 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.

AntRobertson · 08-01-2008, 04:13 PM

^^ 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!?!

AntRobertson · 08-01-2008, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by peterpan

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.

ChiangMai noon · 08-01-2008, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

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.

63chalky · 08-01-2008, 04:41 PM

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

ChiangMai noon · 08-01-2008, 04:45 PM

^
I think you'll find rather a difference between Phukett labour prices and little backwater village prices in San khampeng.

Ban Saray · 08-01-2008, 05:03 PM

Good to see you finally started Noon, that is cheap, cost me about the same to do a complete top floor over an existing ground floor place in Korat.
That included an A'c in bedroom and fully insulated walls and ceiling.

ChiangMai noon · 08-01-2008, 05:06 PM

^
that sounds very cheap to me if it includes material.

I think we are looking at around 600-800,000 for material.

08-01-2008, 03:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon punk douche bag Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 28,056	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. __________________ Pictures of Lily make my life so wonderful. Pictures of Lily, help me sleep at night.....

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08-01-2008, 03:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon punk douche bag Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 28,056	I think the front door is going to be where this old chap is working.

08-01-2008, 03:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon punk douche bag Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 28,056	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.

08-01-2008, 03:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon punk douche bag Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 28,056	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.

08-01-2008, 03:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon punk douche bag Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 28,056	So far i have paid out a total of 76,000 baht for the stuff that we have there, whatever it is.

08-01-2008, 03:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
rawlins Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 12:52 AM Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,021	^ 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.

08-01-2008, 03:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
AntRobertson Ich Bin Ein Auslander Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 14,437	^^ Even then it's still pretty cheap. Our extentsions came to about 170-180,000k, that was labour and materials but still...

08-01-2008, 03:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon punk douche bag Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 28,056	^ 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.

08-01-2008, 04:01 PM	#11 (permalink)
AntRobertson Ich Bin Ein Auslander Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 14,437	^ Don't get me wrong, more power to you I say. I'm starting to wonder why ours cost so much

08-01-2008, 04:02 PM	#12 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon punk douche bag Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 28,056	^ I should think that quite a bit of yours was materials though Ant.

08-01-2008, 04:13 PM	#14 (permalink)
AntRobertson Ich Bin Ein Auslander Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 14,437	^^ 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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08-01-2008, 04:41 PM	#17 (permalink)
63chalky Bangkok Last Online: 15-01-2008 06:13 PM Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2	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

08-01-2008, 04:45 PM	#18 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon punk douche bag Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 28,056	^ I think you'll find rather a difference between Phukett labour prices and little backwater village prices in San khampeng.

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Ban Saray Nonthaburi Last Online: 23-12-2009 07:30 AM Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 446	Good to see you finally started Noon, that is cheap, cost me about the same to do a complete top floor over an existing ground floor place in Korat. That included an A'c in bedroom and fully insulated walls and ceiling.

08-01-2008, 05:06 PM	#20 (permalink)
ChiangMai noon punk douche bag Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: o dan y bryn Posts: 28,056	^ that sounds very cheap to me if it includes material. I think we are looking at around 600-800,000 for material.