99% there is. She will be talking to him for advice and good chance he is in for a small commission. She will know what you paid for your land and will be looking for more to sell hers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
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99% there is. She will be talking to him for advice and good chance he is in for a small commission. She will know what you paid for your land and will be looking for more to sell hers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
She gonna be howling at the moon a long time then cos its not going to happen at 600K!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Norton
K. Pott had the chain saw oiled up this afternoon by all accounts. Workers site camp now completed.
Next up...wall, followed by piles.
I'm back in Dubai now so will try to remember how to upload photos to the thread via Imagur.
I think the wife would love to find land for that price, right now she bought a piece of land about 1/4 rai and it cost her more than double that in RoiEt. It would be nice to be able to buy 1 more plot next to the one she has but they won't sell just 1, she would have to buy 4 plots about 1 rai at 2 m. baht. Now her daughter is looking for something else for sale before we start to build in oct/nov.
Yeah, I'm surprised at the low cost Thai Dupp is referring to.Quote:
Originally Posted by dennis4558
Here, way down south, a plot of dirt out of the city by 30-40 minutes in the middle of rubber plantations will still cost a million for a hong (hong = between 5x20 and 5x 30 metres; enough to build a townhouse type dwelling). Closer to the city proper it's 2-3 million per hong.
You have to drive at least an hour out of the city to get those prices TD is balking at. But he obviously knows the values where he's at.
Land in Roiet city is expensive. Have to get 15 to 20km outside the ring road to find cheap land these days.
I'm judging that cost based on what we paid for plot 1 and plot 2. Plot 2, the one we are building on was 680k and its a road frontage plot of just over 1 Rai. The lady who bought the adjacent plot to us paid 500k latter part of last year, but of course its smaller. It is level, cleared and road frontage though. Power and water available on all plots.
600k for a thickly tree-covered plot that is half the size of ours is I think too much. It's not square - one side is a semi-circle, and its at the lower part of the shallow slope we are all on so water will gather there a little before running on to the lower levels further down.
In case new readers are unaware of location, we are in Chonburi province (not Chonburi city), about 45 minutes from Pattaya, about 90Km from Bangkok and about an hours drive to Reyong. Its rural - there are no big developments nearby! nearest biggest 'development' in Bo Thong
Your thinking is good. Let her stew.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
In case anyone is interested to know why I delayed my 'retirement' and stayed in Dubai (a city I'm not a big fan of due to full on and endless enticements to give all your money back to the city (!), limited parking and atrocious signage on the one way system, compared to Abu Dhabi), here is the link:
Museum of the Future - See the future, create the future
It looks small because its surrounded by Hi-rise but from ground level to the top is getting on for 90 metres.
The windows are in the shape of arabic letters and at night they light up in sequences to spell out poetry from the Ruler of Dubai, HH Sheikh Mohammed.
oh... Dubai is clean, safe and has an excellent metro so its not all bad news!
Wow that museum is going to be quite the building, when is it going to be completed?
Seems you have most scope of supply things covered but what about the grade and or quality of paint you will be using.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
Good, long lasting paint such as Dulux, Berger and Nippon paints are great in these conditions but are very expensive.
I have seen some paints fade within 12 months and obviously those products are the cheaper alternatives the contractors love tp use.
Also make sure they do not dilute the virgin paint too much and to gain more initial coverage.
Good luck with your project.
Hi Loytoy...I will have to check the actual paint make, so i will get back to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loy Toy
Thanks for the other advice - not something I thought about too much as the wall is a very recent addition. Contractor is focused on doing a good job because we have other work after this and hes keen to do it.
Dennis...we are working 24/7 so all being well, before mid-2019. it is an amazing structure - a jigsaw of dia-grid sections which, once finished are clad in pre-fab panels of stainless steel, glass ans electrics. No two panels on the whole structure are alike. there is roughly the same amount of temporary works structure as there is final structure!Quote:
Originally Posted by dennis4558
Never said I was staying til mid 2019, btw...
Damn!
...I have forgotten how to upload photos from Imgur.
I have resized them but cant remember how to get them back into TD.
Can anyone remind me?
In the wee picture icon in quick reply below. Box will pop up with from computer and from url. Select from url. Copy/paste the pic url in Imgur into the popup url field. Uncheck the box on bottom of thr pop up if you don't want link to show in your post.
Ta very much, Norton...
Ground Clearance...
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Clearing the scrub ready for mark-out
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I like that they are all clothed out in hi-viz t-shirts...
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Get right in there, boys n girls...this is the 'mango tree plot' border!
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There's always one who doesn't want to do the work, right? anyway, hes been spotted by the boss...
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k.Pot (builder) is ever-present to make sure they get it done.
Is this photo-size still too big? its so long since i posted any photos, and I know some of you have trouble with the picture sizes.... this was resized using that Windows re-sizer before i put it in Imgur...
Perfect. Carry on. As usual see women are doing most of the work.
thanks for the confirmation, Norton.Quote:
Originally Posted by Norton
...its a synchronised floor-show though, with those tops! I've not seen that much day-glo green for quite some time!
I hope they got the safety boots and hard hats to go with it when we start...
You ever try climbing up bamboo scaffolding with safety boots. Forget it. Barefeet tough as nails much better. Hard hats are best for cooking lunch in. Far too hot to work in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
Marking out
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out with that trusty tape measure...
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'Junior' is back, but refusing to wear the company uniform.
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A lot of time is being taken with this marking out, glad it has not been rushed...
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Thats it...I want as much ground INSIDE the wall as possible!
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its spreading! one more has taken off the hi-viz attire...
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The initial mark-out looks something like this.
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Plenty of referring to the plans and the drawing showing location on the plot.
Quite the crew there. With the bright tee shirts it'll be harder to hide lol
Hopefully they'll follow the plans to the t and not make their own modifications.
Good Luck, looks like a good start
Just an observation TD, Most houses I've been in in Thailand are not very square. You notice it most once the tiling is done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
Make sure they know how to mark a perfect square by measuring the diagonals. Too many times they end up getting a parallelogram. Ensuring equal diagonals cures this.
Not enough people engaged...Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
Yeah Dennis, and now they are housed on site - I will post up the rest of the pictures shortly.Quote:
Originally Posted by dennis4558
Photo delivery is a bit slow as PJ is unsure how to send files out of the country!!
Thanks for the good wishes...
Appreciate that comment Maanaam, and have sent a reminder to Chonburi Mission Control to check this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maanaam
I tend to agree with you Klondyke, and am somewhat disappointed that K. Pot has not called me wanting the balance of the 1st payment. I heard Thai building crews worked much faster than this... where did I go wrong?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Klondyke
Boundary mark-out
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Along the back...
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and again...
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Mango tree plot boundary line. you can see how far over those trees are into my plot.
Meet on site with the builder before we sign up to formalise the verbal agreements and instructions.
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They are lovely but sadly, those 4 mango trees have go to go. Plenty more trees behind them though...
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Me, the builder and his wife.... and..yeah..it was hot that day
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Me, the builder and Princess Joy. The builder is already nervous. Perhaps he spoke to that foreman from the land-raising.
This is one of the very few times I shall be in front of the lens so...enjoy it while you can (!)
Electricity pole to move...
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This pole is right inside the plot, where we want to build the wall
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It needs to move forward and out of the plot, approximately 1.3M
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The good news is...there is no charge for doing this. If the pole is in your land you can request it be taken outside your property, free of charge.
Dealing with the PEA for the pole move and the temporary connection
We went to get the temporary connection sorted. Here are the tariffs for reference. The builder chose 15/45 but its available up to 30/100 3-phase
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We did not have any luck initially, until the OrBorTor got involved. Then suddenly everything was available...
...and of course, nothing would come to pass with out the assistance of the lovely PEA ladies...
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Unbelievably, they managed to book a swimming party at the house when its all finished. Don't know how that happened.
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They did mention that they were interested in Falang boyfriends, which I thought was quite unusual, so if anyone can help them, let me know...
Lotta work ahead for ya, TD.
Make sure you're around to personally supervise.
Good luck.
:)
Hi there HuangLao and thanks for stopping by.Quote:
Originally Posted by HuangLao
Yep a lot of work ...for the rest of the construction and management team. Due to work commitments in the Middle East, I shall not be able to supervise as much as I planned but we have enlisted the assistance of the OrBorTor's engineer to go to site daily and so for the first part of the build we have it covered. (not as much as I would have liked but it's how it is - we need to start this build now)
Thanks for the good wishes and drop in to read how this story finally unfolds!
Actually, not mentioning interest in a farang boyfriend would be unusual. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
Lol...you might be on to something there, Norton..Quote:
Originally Posted by Norton
Sure will more than meet your needs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thai Dhupp
How is the negotiation going to by the adjoining block?
From the mango lady?
Signing the contracts
Yeah... we did that too!
2 separate contracts, one for the house and the latter one for the boundary wall
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Someone looks happy, probably the realisation that is actually starting at last!
^ Is the Lassie in the red top your Partner?
Assuming so ... nice.
Its stalled at the moment, David, but I have not given up.Quote:
Originally Posted by David48atTD
I have been more focused on the other bits 'n' pieces to make sure K. Pot gets on site and gets set up , so I did put it on the back burner. As I mentioned in the previous posting, some idiot put an idea in her head that she was going to get rich from the falang next door so, until she comes down from that we are not going to keep chasing her.
I think each day that goes past she will hopefully realise she was badly advised. We are probably cutting the boundary trees this comng week anyway, so that might spur her also.
Lets see...