Ok Ben, thanks for that, and my regards to Nuk
as for any method in my madness, blame my wife
she talks to everyone and finds out things. The three guesthouses she got from some policemen who run a woodyard. The ricebarn was from our builders Mon's neighbour etc etc. Oh yes, the original house which supplied the wood for the big house was recommended by our redbus driver. Noi...
if it is a bargain, she will drag me along to check it out.
so it all grew like topsy, essentially