A Thailand tree house

[JohnTB]

Originally Posted by hillbilly

This is what we are calling our Thai tree house. Ok, it ain't really a true tree house, but it is the best I could do. It's not done yet as we have a few more options to add.

The house is a simple one room that has electricity. Notice the electrical wires are still hidden. I wanted a tin roof in order to put a Thai leaf roof on top on the steel. I say tin, some say steel. Same, same...

You can see the stairways is not done.

Out tree house has screen windows and a sliding screen door.

One big problem that we ran into was the trees. What we decided and that you can see is the wire cable holding the one tree back. One of two things will happen. Either the bad tree will grow the way we want or if not then we will have a vine type of plant to hide the cable.

One other thing. This pic also shows the view looking directly through our pavilion and into the back part of the main house. The fengshui type of thing...



A front view.



BTW, you have probably noticed the fake tree supports. All concrete.

Anybody want to test a hillbilly tree house out?

Nice place - is it for rent?? #Waiting on prices and loction/map! (NO JOKE) Thanx

[Marmite the Dog]

Originally Posted by JohnTB

Nice place - is it for rent?? #Waiting on prices and loction/map! (NO JOKE) Thanx

If you read the OP properly, you'll see a link to his website.

Here it is for blind people D & G Resort

Don't use the downloadable map unless you're into getting lost.

[minime]

great to see the pictures Hillbilly, your wife did a great job with the tree house.

Would love to visit but the dress code? I havn't got any dungarees.

[Marmite the Dog]

Originally Posted by minime

I havn't got any dungarees.

Or trousers apparently.

[minime]

Or long sleeve shirts....

[hillbilly]

When I went to our tree house a couple of weeks ago, this is what I saw.



The work had stopped. Now what I asked myself. Here was the problem.



Let's see what you think.

[JoGeAr]

^ Are they bricks ?

[hillbilly]

Yes, they are.

[JoGeAr]

Looks like your land may have been built up at some stage. Those bricks seem to be lying there loose, are they? If not, and they are part of a structure, what the hell is/was it?

[Marmite the Dog]

Looks like they've uncovered an ancient city. You're going to have to demolish D & G Mate.

[DrAndy]

so what is the dress code? do men have to wear them too?

[Aquaman]

an ancient temple. awsome.

[JoGeAr]

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

You're going to have to demolish D & G Mate.

Nah, just change the name to D & G Resort and Shrine !!

[hillbilly]

Local history says at one time many years ago there either a giant spirit house or a temple of some sort located in this area.

You know the story, an old lady says that her grandmother told her a story from her grandmother.

The local Wat school also recently ran into the same problem. The teachers called the government officials to have a look see. Eventually, the school had to stop construction and move their building elsewhere.

You can see some perfectly formed bricks that appear to be either a foundation or steps of some sort.



Still digging away and finding even more bricks.

[hillbilly]

After the main monk came and poked around the site, he said relax "the spirits are okay."

The locals all agreed as they want to work. Guess I was the only one concerned.

Anyway construction resumes!



Personally, I think a lot of this history is nothing more than folklore. Yes, it is true that the Burmese devasted much of this area over 400 years ago.

However, we have a numerous bricks evaluated by experts both Thai and 'falangs.' They all say that the bricks are only about 100-150 years old. So who really knows?

[cimboc]

^ so they going to on sale in the D & G souvenir shop "Take a piece of Ancient Thailand home for 500 baht"

[JaiYinYin]

How much did that cost to build if u dont mind me asking ?

[hillbilly]

This a rather difficult question to answer. The problem is that we had already many of the building materials and I have forgotten the prices. Materials such as PVC pipe, wood and tiles.

Having said that in my experience, one project always leads to another. Anyway, if I was to guess about the total cost for building just the tree house I would gather about B250,000.

[DrAndy]

if you used proper teak trunks for the support, an extra B40,000

[WhiteLotusLane]

Teak trunks are that cheap? 6 of them for 40K ?