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Bangyai · 23-07-2009, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Norton

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I reckon being on site during construction is another must.

If you have any wish to have the house remotely resemble the plan it is essential.

Too true. During my last project in Khon Kaen about 20 years ago, I wandered off site for a day to do some shopping leaving the father in law in charge to ' keep an eye on things ' . When I got back he had dabbled a few improvised improvements to save a few feet of wood, resulting in a skewiff roof to the carport . It gave me little pleasure to ream the old fart out especially as I knew it was my fault leaving in the first place.

Bangyai · 24-07-2009, 05:12 PM

Another 1 bedroom design from a Thai site. This one is quoted as coming in at around 550,000 baht with ' standard fittings ' if built by the company who supply the plans.

Probably beyond the capabilities of the adverage village farmer/builder.

BillyBobThai · 27-07-2009, 11:41 PM

I do not know if it has been mentioned, but supposedly when the square faced one was PM, he had 30 or so house plans drawn up and put on the web free for anyone to download. These plans are suppose to be able to be legally built in all provinces in Thailand. All of the plans are bassed on the Thai building style. I downloaded the design I liked and took
them to a printer in Pattaya who does blueprints and had 2 sets printed. It seems like there are about 12 to 14 sheets.
Everything is included, foundations, walls, roof, plumbing, electrical.

This link, Untitled Document, should take you to the government website and let you download all of the designs.
The only problem is the web site is in Thai.

There is a good web site for house construction in Thailand.
Thailand - Expat Builders' Guide and Forum

DrAndy · 23-08-2009, 09:56 PM

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It seems you can build any house any size if you have any money.

quality stuff

Marmite the Dog · 25-08-2009, 08:46 AM

The Green Gecko looks much nicer than that shabby White House place.

Norton · 03-09-2009, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Boon Mee

ot thon (patience)

Also endure ; bear ; stand ; put up with ; tolerate.

Marmite the Dog · 03-09-2009, 02:30 PM

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Well, it's finally happening...moving back to our little mooban in Suphan in <3 weeks for, like, permanent this time. 1st going to build some kind of small guest house on the wife's 5 rai perhaps like dpicted in post #57 on this thread. Me & the missus will be staying next door at some friend's house during the construction but she does not want to stay there too long - they are in BKK 99% of the time - does not want to use up too many favors so we'll build some kind of guest house to live in during construction of the main house.

Maybe do a thread on what it's like to visit Thailand for the first time, too?

Boon Mee · 04-09-2009, 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

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Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Well, it's finally happening...moving back to our little mooban in Suphan in <3 weeks for, like, permanent this time. 1st going to build some kind of small guest house on the wife's 5 rai perhaps like dpicted in post #57 on this thread. Me & the missus will be staying next door at some friend's house during the construction but she does not want to stay there too long - they are in BKK 99% of the time - does not want to use up too many favors so we'll build some kind of guest house to live in during construction of the main house.

Maybe do a thread on what it's like to visit Thailand for the first time, too?

I'll be doing all kinds of threads of the non-political variety so hang on to yer seat belts!

klongmaster · 04-09-2009, 07:05 PM

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Thanks for that 'white house '. It looks like a real nice place from what I can see and at a reasonable build budget. Unfortunately , the pictures are a bit small even when they are enlarged by moving the cursor over each frame. Anyway , I'll repeat the link for those wanting to look for themselves : http://http://www.travel-library.com...ite_house.html

double http doesn't help BY: try this

Bangyai · 04-09-2009, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Bangyai

Thanks for that 'white house '. It looks like a real nice place from what I can see and at a reasonable build budget. Unfortunately , the pictures are a bit small even when they are enlarged by moving the cursor over each frame. Anyway , I'll repeat the link for those wanting to look for themselves : http://http://www.travel-library.com...ite_house.html

double http doesn't help BY: try this

Oooops. Sorry about that, posted in a hurry without checking. Thanks for the correction KM

jandajoy · 27-10-2009, 01:27 AM

FMD ! 2000 a night. Good luck to you mate.

cambtek · 27-10-2009, 09:15 AM

Slab is fine,my land on the bassac river is solid clay and water at a metre.
German engineers are drawing a slab with thickenings running down the perimeter and down the centre to support the columns.
Thickenings maybe 600mm deep by 1200 wide and slab 150mm.
Columns and suspended slab on top.
Necessary to run drains down both sides though as we are effectively just sitting on the ground and dont want slab washed away.
Alternative was five four metere deep piles per column base,thats 75 piles at maybe $25 a lineal metre expensive even in cambodia.
The bassac river has been the highest in over 20 years,encroaching onto my block by 15 meters.
Another few hundred mill and we would have been awash.
The ketsana storm event may have been a once in 40 years storm,or may be a sign of things to come with global warming....

Marmite the Dog · 27-10-2009, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Boon Mee

I'll be doing all kinds of threads of the non-political variety so hang on to yer seat belts!

Still waiting...

wichenburi · 07-11-2009, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Bangyai

The gf has some land in Wichien Buri and we were thinking of building a small holiday home on it with a view to moving there permanently in the future. I've checked all the threads in the construction forum but it seems other peoples ideas of small are not the same as mine. I call 2 - 3 bedrooms big already !!

What we were thinking of was a 1 bedroom bungalow with living room, kitchenette and bathroom.....about 45 - 50 sq metres with a budget of around 400,000 baht. Is this possible.?

Lastly, the last time I built a place in the sticks ( Khon Kaen ) no planning permission was required and there were no inspections of work carried out. I understand this is not the case now. What hassles can I expect ?

Interestingly, the walls of the house I had built in Khon Kaen were built on just 6" of reinforced concrete !! No deep footings as the ground was rock hard. Amazingly, the place is still standing !

An interesting location you have selected for your build. Maybe i could help you with a couple of names of tried and tested builders. I think you can build a one bed in Wichenburi for 450,000, I know of one being built for that same money in the village today.

Bangyai · 08-11-2009, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by wichenburi

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Originally Posted by Bangyai

The gf has some land in Wichien Buri and we were thinking of building a small holiday home on it with a view to moving there permanently in the future. I've checked all the threads in the construction forum but it seems other peoples ideas of small are not the same as mine. I call 2 - 3 bedrooms big already !!

What we were thinking of was a 1 bedroom bungalow with living room, kitchenette and bathroom.....about 45 - 50 sq metres with a budget of around 400,000 baht. Is this possible.?

Lastly, the last time I built a place in the sticks ( Khon Kaen ) no planning permission was required and there were no inspections of work carried out. I understand this is not the case now. What hassles can I expect ?

Interestingly, the walls of the house I had built in Khon Kaen were built on just 6" of reinforced concrete !! No deep footings as the ground was rock hard. Amazingly, the place is still standing !

An interesting location you have selected for your build. Maybe i could help you with a couple of names of tried and tested builders. I think you can build a one bed in Wichenburi for 450,000, I know of one being built for that same money in the village today.

Thanks for that . If and when the time comes I might take you up on the offer. At the moment we are in no hurry and nothing has been decided yet. We have prepared the land though by raising it up 18 " but thats about it for now. Slowly slowly catch the monkey

mooncake · 08-11-2009, 11:44 AM

Banyai
You should bring your idea of wants to our design competition thread, for the #3 that is. The #2 is already closed.
It should be fun for us there.

Bangyai · 08-11-2009, 12:01 PM

I might do when the next one comes up Mooncake. At the moment I'm busy preparing for the imminent arrival of my mother who is coming from the U.K. to stay for a month. I am also following Somtamslaps thread with interest to see if he can bring his house build in on budget. Thanks for the invite though

I'll post some pictures of our plot though.

mooncake · 08-11-2009, 12:06 PM

The next one will be in January......so be prepared
hmm....u might have to be in a cat fight with JJ-jandajoy first

Bangyai · 08-11-2009, 12:31 PM

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The next one will be in January......so be prepared
hmm....u might have to be in a cat fight with JJ-jandajoy first

O.k. I'll be ready by then. In the meantime here are some pictures of the plot :

Luckily for us a concrete road was just recently laid down connecting our road to the main road, 500 metres in the opposite direction. Continuing this way just leads to rice fields.

This is the plot next to ours which also runs to the fence line. Our plot is 5 x 20 dtarangwa ..... 100 square. The adjacent plots are owned by the girlfriends sisters. This is about 500 metres from the main road and a further 1 k to the sahm yaek Wichien Buri. They are talking about building a Tescos there which would be handy because as it is now the nearest big store is in Petchaboon town a 1 hours drive away.

Ban H · 08-11-2009, 01:04 PM

Before you get too excited check water & power prices to the land

dancing girl has nothing to do with the thread but i like it

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24-07-2009, 05:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bangyai Yala Last Online: Today 10:38 AM Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 695	Another 1 bedroom design from a Thai site. This one is quoted as coming in at around 550,000 baht with ' standard fittings ' if built by the company who supply the plans. Probably beyond the capabilities of the adverage village farmer/builder.

27-07-2009, 11:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
BillyBobThai Chanthaburi Last Online: Yesterday 10:51 PM Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Khao Sai-60 km south of Phichit Posts: 198	I do not know if it has been mentioned, but supposedly when the square faced one was PM, he had 30 or so house plans drawn up and put on the web free for anyone to download. These plans are suppose to be able to be legally built in all provinces in Thailand. All of the plans are bassed on the Thai building style. I downloaded the design I liked and took them to a printer in Pattaya who does blueprints and had 2 sets printed. It seems like there are about 12 to 14 sheets. Everything is included, foundations, walls, roof, plumbing, electrical. This link, Untitled Document, should take you to the government website and let you download all of the designs. The only problem is the web site is in Thai. There is a good web site for house construction in Thailand. Thailand - Expat Builders' Guide and Forum

25-08-2009, 08:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
Marmite the Dog ผู้เชี่ยวชาญเปล่า Last Online: Today 09:14 AM Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Simian Islands Posts: 30,327	The Green Gecko looks much nicer than that shabby White House place.

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jandajoy Thailand Travel Forum Last Online: Today 01:28 PM Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: out bush Chiang Rai way Posts: 14,129	FMD ! 2000 a night. Good luck to you mate.

27-10-2009, 09:15 AM	#12 (permalink)
cambtek Krabi Last Online: 18-11-2009 09:35 PM Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 62	Slab is fine,my land on the bassac river is solid clay and water at a metre. German engineers are drawing a slab with thickenings running down the perimeter and down the centre to support the columns. Thickenings maybe 600mm deep by 1200 wide and slab 150mm. Columns and suspended slab on top. Necessary to run drains down both sides though as we are effectively just sitting on the ground and dont want slab washed away. Alternative was five four metere deep piles per column base,thats 75 piles at maybe $25 a lineal metre expensive even in cambodia. The bassac river has been the highest in over 20 years,encroaching onto my block by 15 meters. Another few hundred mill and we would have been awash. The ketsana storm event may have been a once in 40 years storm,or may be a sign of things to come with global warming....

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mooncake Yao Last Online: Yesterday 01:50 PM Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Star Tracking Across the Universe Posts: 856	Banyai You should bring your idea of wants to our design competition thread, for the #3 that is. The #2 is already closed. It should be fun for us there.

08-11-2009, 12:01 PM	#17 (permalink)
Bangyai Yala Last Online: Today 10:38 AM Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 695	I might do when the next one comes up Mooncake. At the moment I'm busy preparing for the imminent arrival of my mother who is coming from the U.K. to stay for a month. I am also following Somtamslaps thread with interest to see if he can bring his house build in on budget. Thanks for the invite though I'll post some pictures of our plot though.

08-11-2009, 12:06 PM	#18 (permalink)
mooncake Yao Last Online: Yesterday 01:50 PM Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Star Tracking Across the Universe Posts: 856	The next one will be in January......so be prepared hmm....u might have to be in a cat fight with JJ-jandajoy first

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