Renovation

[ChiangMai noon]

^
I think so.
mine isn't the big one on the lake, it's the little one with the bike.

[DrAndy]

^
still sounds very pricey.
I think ours was 7,000 a sq wah and it's within spitting distance3 of the city.

you originally thought that was rain

those city folks, no manners

[DrAndy]

^
I think so.
mine isn't the big one on the lake, it's the little one with the bike.

who did that pond edge, disgraceful

I like the plants that are there though

[buad hai]

The new walls are slowly coming up. When this project started there were half a dozen workers. Now it's down to two. One woman who mixes the mortar and one guy who lays the brick.

[a. boozer]

That said, there's a funky little Moo Baan about 500 meters from here that is selling 3BR homes on 50 wa for 900K; no gate, no guard, no public areas. They've been selling for over two years now and only three houses have been sold.

Any pictures of this development please?

[Butterfly]

^^ I see that all the time. The project starts with a lot of workers, usually a dozen, with half doing fuck all and then down to 2 or 3

and then they all disappear and come back weeks later to finish or get paid

[a. boozer]

^^ I see that all the time. The project starts with a lot of workers, usually a dozen, with half doing fuck all and then down to 2 or 3 and then they all disappear and come back weeks later to finish or get paid

TIT !

[buad hai]

Any pictures of this development please?

The development is called VS Home. They have advertising all over the place and a large block of land, but they've only built 8 houses so far. The owner of the development lives in one and three others have been sold. They are about 110 square meters in size on blocks of land that are about 50 square wa. The selling price is 900K baht.


This is a row of seven completed home.


The eighth is across the road.


Plenty of room for more.


Some guy bought a lot and is building a funky wooden house himself. It has a bar for a "coffee shop", two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Opening soon.


The proud builders.

[Marmite the Dog]

If I may butt in here...?

GoW and I looked at a moo baan just outside Ayutthaya yesterday. A small plot of land (55sq wa) was going for around B750k and small, badly designed houses (not too dissimilar from those above) were going for around B1.5m.

Badly designed 2 storey places were around B2m I think. All in all well overpriced I reckon. The project was initially started about 11 years ago, then stopped rather abruptly a year or so later. They all got a bit wet during last years floods as well. This is my main reason for not wanting to buy a place in Ayu; it tends to flood badly every few years.

Back to our reporter in Korat...

[buad hai]

badly designed houses (not too dissimilar from those above) were going for around B1.5m.

Is that house and land or just the house?

[ChiangMai noon]

B750k and small, badly designed houses (not too dissimilar from those above) were going for around B1.5m.

massively overpriced for sure.

[Marmite the Dog]

Land B750k
Small house B1.5m
Larger house B2.0m (maybe a bit more).

[klongmaster]

They're building a new condo next to mine which is just over the Sathorn Bridge and they are asking 45.000/sq.m...

[buad hai]

A bunch more workers showed up after lunch and they began welding the roof:


The guy in the blue shirt is actually an OK mason. He's laying up the pillar to match the other one. He actually puts the bricks in straight and even.


This Isaan cutie is happy to have her photo taken by Handsum Man.


In most of these renovations they try to have the living room extension roof line echo the carport roof. Here they seem to be just adding on a shed-type extension. Not sure how that will look with so many different roof lines.

[Spin]

This Isaan cutie is happy to have her photo taken by Handsum Man.

Oh, not you taking the piccies then?

[buad hai]

Oh, not you taking the piccies then?

No, that's me in the yellow hat and blue shirt showing the workers how lay brick properly....

Nice tan, eh?

[buad hai]

Here they've started to put the roof tiles up. I predict leaks where the new roof meets the old, but what do I know? I never built a roof that didn't leak.



As you can see, the renovation has a long way to go.

[buad hai]

I'm not sure what's the fascination with glass block. I guess if you want to keep fresh air out but keep heat and light in, they're OK. Our new house design had six glass block in the bedroom. I asked for three each in the bathrooms instead. They said "no". I asked them to leave them out entirely. They said "OK" and went ahead and put them in anyway.

[a. boozer]

Our new house design had six glass block in the bedroom. I asked for three each in the bathrooms instead. They said "no". I asked them to leave them out entirely. They said "OK" and went ahead and put them in anyway.

TIT!

[WhiteLotusLane]

I'm not sure what's the fascination with glass block.

They're CHEAP.

AND easy to put in. Compare that to having to put in window frame, windows, perhaps anti burglar bars, mosquito panel, curtains for privacy.. Or you just get nine 40 baht glass blocks and be done with it.

[buad hai]

The renovation includes installation of this massive stainless steel water tank. The water pressure here rarely gets high enough to fill a tank like that and there's no pump in sight, so I don't know what the plan is.

[buad hai]

The guy doing the rendering is a real craftsman. Carefully measures everything and works the mortar until it is smooth, even and just the right thickness.


This is what he's got to work with. The existing columns are being widened. I guess this is to enhance their decorative effect.


The extended living room will have big sliding picture windows in front. Nothing to see, though. However, they will let in a substantial amount of the bright afternoon sun as they face directly west.

The owner showed me the two huge gilt lions he bought at Dan Kwien pottery village yesterday. I wish I'd had my camera. They stand about three feet high and will guard the entrance to the carport.

[Marmite the Dog]

The owner showed me the two huge gilt lions he bought at Dan Kwien pottery village yesterday. I wish I'd had my camera. They stand about three feet high and will guard the entrance to the carport.

Pure class (not).

[Thetyim]

The owner showed me the two huge gilt lions he bought

Great. Has he got a couple of lady statues holding up lights as well.

[Spin]

as they face directly west

correct me if i am wrong, but in Isaan the west side of any building is the hottest due to the fact the sun passes vertically over the south facing side and then lowers shining straight at the western aspect?