The construction of my new house..

[ChiangMai noon]

After months of faffing about, we finally decided on a house design.
a little 3 bedroom bungalow affair that is affordable without having to sell my other place.

I was actually ready to get going a few weeks back but January the 8th was deemed an auspicious day by the monks.
No way am i being blamed for any inevitable future misfortunes because I insisted on starting on the 2nd or something.

I will try to update the progress at least twice a week when i have time to get up there and also post a running cost tally.

We finally settled on a local team of builders, primarily because the head builders father is a decent chap that lives opposite us and also they were cheaper than anyone else.

cost: 126,000 baht.

I went up there a bit earlier and was pleasantly surprised to see how much they had managed to do so far.

[ChiangMai noon]

I think the front door is going to be where this old chap is working.

[Rascal]

I must say it does look very good. See you soon!

[ChiangMai noon]

My wife is in charge of this.

She is buying all the material herself.

We got the cement mix, stones, and sand from a local building yard in Sang Kampheng.

[ChiangMai noon]

A hole being dug with a hoe.
I don't know.

Why do Thais work with hoes.
They are fukking useless tools I think.



especially when they could use one of these things that is just sitting there in the sun.

[AntRobertson]

126,000 baht

That seems extraordinarily cheap for a 3brm house! Anyways, good luck with it. I shall be following this thread with interest.

[ChiangMai noon]

So far i have paid out a total of 76,000 baht for the stuff that we have there, whatever it is.

[ChiangMai noon]

That seems extraordinarily cheap for a 3brm house!

for the labour only of course.


we had other quotes in the 165-200,000 baht range.

they are saying it will be done inside 3 months.
not overly bothered about the time scale so long as they are on a fixed fee.

[Rascal]

to be able to build a house like yours! We have no land, except the old family property in Uttaradit. Where I do not want to live.

Rascal

good luck

That seems extraordinarily cheap for a 3brm house!

for the labour only of course.


we had other quotes in the 165-200,000 baht range.

they are saying it will be done inside 3 months.
not overly bothered about the time scale so long as they are on a fixed fee.

[rawlins]

^ Still seems cheap to me, but I know feck all about the subject and costs involved..... I'll be watching this develop as I may be in the same boat one day... Good luck with it all.

[AntRobertson]

^^ Even then it's still pretty cheap. Our extentsions came to about 170-180,000k, that was labour and materials but still...

[ChiangMai noon]

^
I dunno, 5 blokes, around 40,000 a month.

Say the boss man gets 20 a month and he gives his minnions 5,000 each.
seems about right to me.

[AntRobertson]

^ Don't get me wrong, more power to you I say. I'm starting to wonder why ours cost so much

[peterpan]

^ Don't get me wrong, more power to you I say. I'm starting to wonder why ours cost so much

Could it be because your a Lawyer and people just lurve to sink their teeth into a Lawyer.

[ChiangMai noon]

^
I should think that quite a bit of yours was materials though Ant.

[AntRobertson]

^^ Yep I expect you're right. Which reminds me... What do I have to do to get you to come and take this door and shite away, pay you!?!

[AntRobertson]

Could it be because your a Lawyer and people just lurve to sink their teeth into a Lawyer.

No that can't be it. I may be a lawyer but I'm a throughly decent chappie otherwise.

[ChiangMai noon]

Yep I expect you're right. Which reminds me... What do I have to do to get you to come and take this door and shite away, pay you!?!

a small tip to the driver should do the trick.

[63chalky]

lucky sod, at least you have managed to find a builder and underway, I am still pulling my hair out seeking a builder and a price range. keep us posted on the progress

[keithgb]

lucky sod, at least you have managed to find a builder and underway, I am still pulling my hair out seeking a builder and a price range. keep us posted on the progress

I enquired about getting a 4 bedroom bungalow built the same as the builders house and he gave me a firm price of 1,000,000 baht with euro kitchen and outside kitchen and european bathroom.THIS IS IN Dan Chang so i dont know where you built yours but i think you payed a bit over the top.

[Travelmate]

lucky sod, at least you have managed to find a builder and underway, I am still pulling my hair out seeking a builder and a price range. keep us posted on the progress

I enquired about getting a 4 bedroom bungalow built the same as the builders house and he gave me a firm price of 1,000,000 baht with euro kitchen and outside kitchen and european bathroom.THIS IS IN Dan Chang so i dont know where you built yours but i think you payed a bit over the top.

Really!
Just had a small Euro Kitchen fitted for 400g
2 bathrooms fitted out for 300g

Your quote must be for a tiny house.

[ChiangMai noon]

^
I think you'll find rather a difference between Phukett labour prices and little backwater village prices in San khampeng.

[Ban Saray]

Good to see you finally started Noon, that is cheap, cost me about the same to do a complete top floor over an existing ground floor place in Korat.
That included an A'c in bedroom and fully insulated walls and ceiling.

[ChiangMai noon]

^
that sounds very cheap to me if it includes material.

I think we are looking at around 600-800,000 for material.

[BangkokBill]

Interesting thread. Like the photos. My friend used Kensington in Chiang Mai. They weren't the cheapest but certainly weren't the most expensive. Have to say being a retired builder, they did a wonderful job of he house build. They seem to build a lot for expats and retired people.