Thread: Newbie Build in Chiang Mai (Don Kaew)

Hey oldgnu, I PM'd you. Did you get it OK? And thanks for the compliments.

Originally Posted by oldgnu

Hi Terp,
I live in Maerim. I read through your thread with great interest and enormous respect for all the work you put into creating your lovely home. You have taught me a great deal. Thank you!

Am about to build a single storey 280 m2 house. Just received the BOQ and Plan from my architect/engineer and am now looking for a builder/overseer. Do you think your team may be interested to talk to me? I tried to PM you but this is my first post and can't do that! Could you perhaps PM me instead with an email address? Would love to meet you too if possible.

Many thanks

Welcome OldGnu... Best of luck on your build.. Terp is a stand up guy and shared a tremendous amount on his build.

Originally Posted by JPPR2

Welcome OldGnu... Best of luck on your build.. Terp is a stand up guy and shared a tremendous amount on his build.

"Terp is a standup guy" is about as nice a compliment as I could have. Thanks JP. I'd be happy to have that as my epitaph.

Well, maybe not happy.

I'd be dead.

QUOTE="nigelandjan"]I have done one myself in the past to , mind you not turned out quite as salubrious as Twerps , but its functional + basic[/QUOTE]

You have nice country house Nigel. Thanks for the comment . . . at least I think it was a compliment.[

Originally Posted by terp80

Originally Posted by JPPR2

Welcome OldGnu... Best of luck on your build.. Terp is a stand up guy and shared a tremendous amount on his build.

"Terp is a standup guy" is about as nice a compliment as I could have. Thanks JP. I'd be happy to have that as my epitaph.

Well, maybe not happy.

I'd be dead.

True True but at least you know it was cut into stone before you were burned.

Cheers Terp

Great thread.
Just starting to read it now

I dont suppose your builder travels to Phayao ?

Love the water feature, Is it hard to maintain ?

Originally Posted by irlguy

I don't suppose your builder travels to Phayao ?

I'm not sure, but I'll ask him tomorrow when I see him about reviewing an estimate for an automatic gate for me. Exactly what part of Phayao are you in?

Originally Posted by irlguy

Love the water feature, Is it hard to maintain ?

Thanks, but no, not really, except for the large trees that more or less shade the pool. They lose their leaves at slightly different but overlapping times during the dry season, so I have to net them out regularly - about 2-3X a day. And now we put new drain covers (upside down 10cm plastic baskets) over the drains because leaves were quickly blocking the drains. That solved that problem nicely.

The pump runs 24/7, so my electric bill is high: about 4,000 baht per month, but I haven't really looked closely to see how that has tracked (A/C or not, etc.). I have a half dozen (or more?) sucker fish that eat the algae. I don't feed them or the little toe nibblers either. My 15 koi are getting bigger, so they're eating a lot more now.