The construction of my new house..

[ChiangMai noon]

What did the land cost you?...

400,000 (300 dalang wah)

What you expecting the end cost to be, including land, etc?

just over a million.

And where is it?... far from civilisation?

18 kilometres from chiang mai centre. 6 kilometres from both Doi Sakhet and Sang Kampheng (North and South).

25 minute commute to work.

feels like te middle of nowhere tough, which is nice.

[AntRobertson]

400,000 (300 dalang wah)

Around B1,300 per sq. wa then. That sounds pretty good. Can't compare directly with moo-baan prices obviously but just goes to show how much of a profit they make on the land - ours would've paid around the same and we end up paying B10,000 per sq. wa.

[rawlins]

What you expecting the end cost to be, including land, etc?

just over a million.

A decent brand new house built for about 15000 pounds... That's great... I want one.

[NickA]

^Quote and frame that and see how much it HAS costed in a year or four

[Texpat]

Have you included items like faucets, ceiling fans, any special lighting, kitchen and bathroom cabinets ...

I'll bet the builder considers all these things extras.

[MeMock]

Just buy this house.

Cut and pasted from a junk email I just received.

Phone: 66-081-7842076

From : info <info@chiangmaishiping.com> [+] Date : Thu, 10 Jan 2008 1107 +0700

To : info@knooble.com [+]

Subject : House for sale at Borsang Sankhampang Chiang Mai Thailand


HI
House for sale at Borsang Sankhampang Chiang Mai Thailand
* land 104 square metre
* 2 bad room
* 2 toilet
* 1 kitchen
* 1 garage
* good view good pollution good amenity only 15 minute form town
* sale only 850,000.00 Thai baht with tax

Land for sale in Chiang Mai Thailand

* Land riverside Mae Ping river T.tarwangpao A.Sunphathong Chiangmai TH

* 8 Rai sale 8 million baht with tax

* 25 minute Form Chiang Mai airport (town)

http://www.chiangmaishiping.com(http...maishiping.com)
Contact : Mike (phusawasdi@gmail.com) 081-7842076

[Texpat]

* land 104 square metre

* 8 Rai sale 8 million baht with tax

104 sq m is slightly larger than my living room.

I think a million baht per rai is too expensive in Chiang Mai.

[MeMock]

2 bad rooms with good pollution!

A bargain.

[Marmite the Dog]

I think a million baht per rai is too expensive in Chiang Mai.

Me too.

I have been quoted 500,000 Baht for 3 rai not too far from Noony's place, but I think between 300k & 400k Baht is more reasonable.

[ChiangMai noon]

Yes, but mune included a wooden house that we tore down.

[ChiangMai noon]

Around B1,300 per sq. wa then. That sounds pretty good. Can't compare directly with moo-baan prices obviously but just goes to show how much of a profit they make on the land - ours would've paid around the same and we end up paying B10,000 per sq. wa.

can't compare at all.

the moo bahn we have our house on now is around the 9,000 baht a dalang wah range.

[AntRobertson]

I think a million baht per rai is too expensive in Chiang Mai.

Kinda depends where it is though. Clearly you can get significantly cheaper as CMN has done but the closer to town you get the more the prices go up.

[ChiangMai noon]

A million baht a rai is not bad at all for that location.

saw some scrubland land in the city the other day at 30,000 a dalang wah.

[ChiangMai noon]

I have been quoted 500,000 Baht for 3 rai not too far from Noony's place, but I think between 300k & 400k Baht is more reasonable.

you are also getting to the waaay too far to commute stage out there marmers.

[CharleyFarley]

I like the pic of the house u are copying, lots of angles and glass, nice.
& comfortable.

We did a similar thing with our house in paying a fixed amount to the boss for labour, and let him get on with who & how many helpers he employs. It worked out OK.

Our mistake was buying tools:-

Metal cutter
tile cutter
saws
T square
Spirit level
buckets
ladders
spades ..sorry shovels
hammers, screwdrivers, chisels and drill
exteriior cosmetic cladding (excess)
paint and brushes ( diito)

all the above disappeared upon conclusion apart from one folding ladder which is borrowed extensively even to this day.

Even the architects plans were sold on.

Are you bothering with guttering?

[Marmite the Dog]

you are also getting to the waaay too far to commute stage out there marmers.

As long as I have an internet connection, I don't need to go into town except for beer, food & fanny.

[ChiangMai noon]

As long as I have an internet connection, I don't need to go into town except for beer, food & fanny.

you can get all that in Sang Khampeng.

no need to go into town at all.

[Marmite the Dog]

you can get all that in Sang Khampeng.

Really? Even Beer Laos?

I'm not so sure being entertained by local 'entertainment specialists' is such a good idea though.

[ChiangMai noon]

Really? Even Beer Laos?

I dunno.
I don't drink.

[bustak]

WOW, it's looking great!

Will you have a house warming complete w/ Coyote Girls?

[DrAndy]

I think a million baht per rai is too expensive in Chiang Mai.

Me too.

I have been quoted 500,000 Baht for 3 rai not too far from Noony's place, but I think between 300k & 400k Baht is more reasonable.

Ricefields on our side of town cost about B320-350K per rai; these are just ricefields so you need to add lots of earth to get them a bit elevated. If next to a road the land costs more too; if next to a busier road and there is potential for business, even more.

[ChiangMai noon]

bloody ell, the building only started 2 days ago.

sadly, i can't be there every day to take pictures.


hang on, my wife took a few more today.

[ChiangMai noon]

lom wants pictures so i have some pics that my wife snapped this afternoon.

those metal things are now upright in the ground.



I was quite shocked to see a cement mixer on site.
i watched my entire moo bahn be built without ever seeing one of these.

[ChiangMai noon]

the boys hard at work....

[Tao]

Anyone know how much to buy a cement mixer? I think i might have a lot of use for one in the very near future.