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Twocam · 28-10-2009, 08:03 PM

Following on from Ciaphas' great effort, ta-da, here is the beginnings of our very own Little House on the Prairie..oops Rice Paddy. Wood is mostly from father-in-law's 30-40 year old Mai Daeng trees, cut 12-18 months ago and left to season under the pig-shed roof. A few bits of wood to be purchased here and there including some floorboards cos the father-in-law underestimated and didn't cut enough. Land raised up 2 metres 2 years ago and settled through 2 rainy seasons.

We have no electricity and no running water, although plenty laying around in the paddies. This is a real country-style build, with a toothless foreman and a bunch of village guys being ordered around by my partner, who has visions of the house being the same quality as a 5-star hotel villa....

When we started 2 years ago we budgeted 400,000 baht but will probably be closer to 600,000 once I add in all the bits I forgot before (the wood milling, transport for the traditional roof tiles etc). Building expected to take 2-3 months depending on the weather and my finances!

jandajoy · 28-10-2009, 08:22 PM

That's great 2cam.

Anything missing ?

Marmite the Dog · 28-10-2009, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twocam

once I add in all the bits I forgot

Like the photos?

Loombucket · 28-10-2009, 08:26 PM

Good start twocam, It sounds wonderful!

*Edit* I see that those above have already mentioned the apparent lack of 'colour'.

Chairman Mao · 28-10-2009, 08:26 PM

Can't ye see the pics?

shunpike · 28-10-2009, 08:36 PM

Good on ya 2cam! Love these threads..got some rough floorplans to show the fans?? Some piccies??

Marmite the Dog · 28-10-2009, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chairman Mao

Can't ye see the pics?

There are none. I had already checked the coding.

Chairman Mao · 28-10-2009, 11:41 PM

Yes. Sorry about that.

Ciaphas · 29-10-2009, 05:25 AM

Looking forward to hearing your experiences, and watching your dream house come to life.

luangtom · 29-10-2009, 05:33 AM

Yup, the pix would be nice to see......

BKKBILL · 29-10-2009, 05:28 PM

Now look what you’ve done no pictures and now no twocam although it hasn’t been a full day yet.

Twocam · 29-10-2009, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BKKBILL

Now look what you’ve done no pictures and now no twocam although it hasn’t been a full day yet.

haha, I'm actually at WORK. Unlike some lucky buggers I still have to clock on every day. Will have another go at pics tonight, our ISP is so slow it refused to upload anything last night.

By all accounts the 'sao ek' ceremony went well today and the puu-yai baan and orbortor were suitably plied with father-in-law's sato and are nursing nice headaches. No photos though because the better half forgot to charge the camera....typical.

hillbilly · 29-10-2009, 07:28 PM

Don't worry Twocam. Some of these spoiled posters of TD want instant gratification.

Ok, that is enough of a warning. Now where are the damn pics?

shunpike · 29-10-2009, 07:39 PM

The hell's wrong with instant gratification??

Yeah, don't worry 2cam...good luck uploading tonight.

Twocam · 29-10-2009, 09:01 PM

The land before, relatively close to the front of our 10 rai and between rice paddies and the mango trees. Hmm, let's see if I can get this picture to post....hmm maybe not!

Twocam · 29-10-2009, 09:09 PM

Ah, that's how the photos should work! Land after filling and settling. After a few months we ran a tractor over it and ripped it up a bit and patted it down flat (hmm not sure about the technical term, sorry guys).

Twocam · 29-10-2009, 09:13 PM

And these are the smaller bits of wood that we cut The larger stuff was stored up in the eves, so it was less obvious to thieves.

Twocam · 29-10-2009, 09:23 PM

Someone asked about plans. Well we kind of have plans...they were originally from a Thai house, scaled down for model-making and now we're scaling it back up to real size. Hoping to get something based on one of these. Would love to build the whole compound but just can't afford it.

We officially have one post in the ground as of today 29/10.

No more pics until late November I fear as that's when the better half will next visit and collect the next tranche of money!

ShilohJim · 03-11-2009, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twocam

Someone asked about plans. Well we kind of have plans...they were originally from a Thai house, scaled down for model-making and now we're scaling it back up to real size. Hoping to get something based on one of these. Would love to build the whole compound but just can't afford it.

We officially have one post in the ground as of today 29/10.

No more pics until late November I fear as that's when the better half will next visit and collect the next tranche of money!

Looks great, why can't you build it in portions as you can afford? Would seem you intend to stay and that is a beautiful plan. I do suppose electricity and modern plumbing are in the plan?

ShilohJim

shunpike · 30-10-2009, 12:24 AM

Looks nice 2cam..good luck!

28-10-2009, 08:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
Twocam Angthong Last Online: 17-11-2009 12:57 PM Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bangkok Posts: 43	My Traditional Thai House Too Following on from Ciaphas' great effort, ta-da, here is the beginnings of our very own Little House on the Prairie..oops Rice Paddy. Wood is mostly from father-in-law's 30-40 year old Mai Daeng trees, cut 12-18 months ago and left to season under the pig-shed roof. A few bits of wood to be purchased here and there including some floorboards cos the father-in-law underestimated and didn't cut enough. Land raised up 2 metres 2 years ago and settled through 2 rainy seasons. We have no electricity and no running water, although plenty laying around in the paddies. This is a real country-style build, with a toothless foreman and a bunch of village guys being ordered around by my partner, who has visions of the house being the same quality as a 5-star hotel villa.... When we started 2 years ago we budgeted 400,000 baht but will probably be closer to 600,000 once I add in all the bits I forgot before (the wood milling, transport for the traditional roof tiles etc). Building expected to take 2-3 months depending on the weather and my finances!

28-10-2009, 08:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
Loombucket Cacoethes scribendi Last Online: Today 08:57 PM Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Southern England and Korat Posts: 3,006	Good start twocam, It sounds wonderful! Edit I see that those above have already mentioned the apparent lack of 'colour'. Last edited by Loombucket : 28-10-2009 at 08:29 PM. Reason: Others beat me to it

29-10-2009, 09:01 PM	#15 (permalink)
Twocam Angthong Last Online: 17-11-2009 12:57 PM Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bangkok Posts: 43	Okay Okay you asked for it The land before, relatively close to the front of our 10 rai and between rice paddies and the mango trees. Hmm, let's see if I can get this picture to post....hmm maybe not! Last edited by Marmite the Dog : 30-10-2009 at 08:41 AM.

29-10-2009, 09:09 PM	#16 (permalink)
Twocam Angthong Last Online: 17-11-2009 12:57 PM Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bangkok Posts: 43	Ah, that's how the photos should work! Land after filling and settling. After a few months we ran a tractor over it and ripped it up a bit and patted it down flat (hmm not sure about the technical term, sorry guys). Last edited by Marmite the Dog : 30-10-2009 at 08:41 AM.

29-10-2009, 09:13 PM	#17 (permalink)
Twocam Angthong Last Online: 17-11-2009 12:57 PM Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bangkok Posts: 43	And these are the smaller bits of wood that we cut The larger stuff was stored up in the eves, so it was less obvious to thieves. Last edited by Marmite the Dog : 30-10-2009 at 08:42 AM.

28-10-2009, 08:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
jandajoy Thailand Travel Forum Last Online: Today 07:26 PM Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: out bush Chiang Rai way Posts: 14,224	That's great 2cam. Anything missing ?

28-10-2009, 08:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
Chairman Mao Thailand Expat Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,439	Can't ye see the pics?

28-10-2009, 08:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
shunpike Kamphaeng Phet Last Online: Today 09:18 PM Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Klong Samwa Posts: 330	Good on ya 2cam! Love these threads..got some rough floorplans to show the fans?? Some piccies??

28-10-2009, 11:41 PM	#8 (permalink)
Chairman Mao Thailand Expat Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,439	Yes. Sorry about that.

29-10-2009, 05:25 AM	#9 (permalink)
Ciaphas Chaweng Beach Last Online: 06-11-2009 05:45 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 78	Looking forward to hearing your experiences, and watching your dream house come to life.

29-10-2009, 05:33 AM	#10 (permalink)
luangtom Wat Arun Last Online: 02-11-2009 10:34 PM Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: GA(USA)/SakhonNakhon(TH) Posts: 36	Yup, the pix would be nice to see......

29-10-2009, 05:28 PM	#11 (permalink)
BKKBILL Chaweng Beach Last Online: Today 10:06 AM Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: BKK Posts: 78	Now look what you’ve done no pictures and now no twocam although it hasn’t been a full day yet.

29-10-2009, 07:28 PM	#13 (permalink)
hillbilly Still trailer trash Last Online: Today 06:13 PM Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: BKK & 'D&G Resort' Posts: 6,446	Don't worry Twocam. Some of these spoiled posters of TD want instant gratification. Ok, that is enough of a warning. Now where are the damn pics?

29-10-2009, 07:39 PM	#14 (permalink)
shunpike Kamphaeng Phet Last Online: Today 09:18 PM Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Klong Samwa Posts: 330	The hell's wrong with instant gratification?? Yeah, don't worry 2cam...good luck uploading tonight.

29-10-2009, 09:23 PM	#18 (permalink)
Twocam Angthong Last Online: 17-11-2009 12:57 PM Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bangkok Posts: 43	Someone asked about plans. Well we kind of have plans...they were originally from a Thai house, scaled down for model-making and now we're scaling it back up to real size. Hoping to get something based on one of these. Would love to build the whole compound but just can't afford it. We officially have one post in the ground as of today 29/10. No more pics until late November I fear as that's when the better half will next visit and collect the next tranche of money! Last edited by Marmite the Dog : 30-10-2009 at 08:42 AM.

30-10-2009, 12:24 AM	#20 (permalink)
shunpike Kamphaeng Phet Last Online: Today 09:18 PM Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Klong Samwa Posts: 330	Looks nice 2cam..good luck!

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