I am not sure about the house design, but I also think that a lot of you are being very patronising
a nasty trait that a lot of expats acquire to defend themselves from new experience
another remark
is inaccurate. I suppose you should choose your builders carefully here, as in the rest of the world. Thai builders can be great or awful; I have had both.This rather formal pond has been built using the "steel -- who needs it?" philosophy of Thai pond building. It will crack and be rendered useless in months.