Beautiful Houses in Thailand

[Dougal]

^ it looks like a mosque.

[dirtydog]

I shall have a walk round it tomorrow, the place is massive and has loads of security.

Here's a house being built over looking the sea in Naklua.

[dirtydog]

The "cyber research center" in Jomtien Nivate is what the sign says, place has cctv all the way round it, sliding semi concealed doors with electronic controlls and guards behind them, massive great big walls, hmmm, nice and secure

[dirtydog]

This one is quite nice, it is on Pratumnak Road just outside of Pattaya, the builders are just doing the finishing touches.

[dirtydog]

Nice one in Jomtien down soi wat boon, typical Thai style house but big.





Even has its own shrine.

[dirtydog]

This one is in Pattaya down a crappy little Soi off of Sukhumvit highway, quite nice I thought.

[WhiteLotusLane]

Ok, while this is not "beautiful" I have a reason for submitting it here. It's a shophouse, and those are among the absolute most hideous buildings in Thailand. This is to show that they can be functional while not causing a massive depression just looking at it.



Note that a big part of this being a bit more up-market as far as shophouses go is that there's only 2 units in a block; A major concern with long rows of shophouses that always at least a couple go down the drain and end up in a seriously derelict state; with these (especially if you buy the whole block) you have more control over keeping it maintained properly. Plus there's better air flow of course, with every unit having windows also on the side.

I could almost see managing to actually live there as well.

[buad hai]

They do look pretty nice. They seem to be wider than the normal shop house. Is that true or just an illusion because of the space between each pair?

[Dougal]

I could almost see managing to actually live there as well.

I'd agree with that. Some thought has obviously gone into them rather than the 'lets treat people like battery hens' mentality.

[Marmite the Dog]

Where are they?

[dirtydog]

Bit hard to see this one due to the big wall the unhelpfull gate and a big poxy tree, anyway it is on Sukhumvit Road in Pattaya, well probably Jomtien.

[Spin]

Looks like the block on the left are 3.5 meters and the block on the right are 4.5 metres wide. Only guessing though...

[dirtydog]

This place is quite nice, big plot of expensive land, next to Jomtien Orchid Hotel on the road to Pattaya Park.

[WhiteLotusLane]

Ok, so after taking that nicer-than-average looking shop-house pic two posts up from this one, I recently drove past and look what they did... It now qualifies for the hideous-houses topic!!!



WHY !!! oh why? The paint looked perfectly fine. Now they make it abundantly clear it's only a single unit, not a double one.. And then the paint color.. ugh!

[dirtydog]

I don't really like this one but I am sure someone must do, it's on Soi Thepprasit at the entrance to one of the housing estates, they are trying to sell these type of houses to people, no idea how much.

[Texpat]

^^ I see horriffic paint jobs every day. I'm convinced they get the paint on serious discount. Who would go to the trouble of building a respectable place, and then splash on the most hideous combinations of color you've ever seen? Garrish greens, mismatched hues and shit that makes you dizzy. Well...it's their house. Prolly has something to do with wichcraft or merit to the ghosts/gods. Soon they'll be hangin' big poxy gongs around their houses.

[lozillionaire]

This place is quite nice, big plot of expensive land, next to Jomtien Orchid Hotel on the road to Pattaya Park.

wow looks huge, makes quite a statement.

[dirtydog]

Spooky but this is similar to the one dougal posted in the hideous houses thread, but this one is nice

[Dougal]

this is similar to the one dougal posted in the hideous houses thread, but this one is nice

Sometimes the only difference between a nice house and an awful one is 'restraint'. I see so many basically good houses that have been ruined because the owner fell in love with Greek columns or couldn't decide between pink and green and so used both.

That one above is still unpainted I notice. Please don't post a picture if he chooses purple for the wall rendering.

[Marmite the Dog]

Not Thailand, but Phnom Penh is close. If only Thailand was colonised by a civilised country (or even France) we might enjoy much nicer architecture.



Well, it's got potential anyway.

[Dougal]

It probably also takes the prize for the most photographed building in Phnom Penh

[Marmite the Dog]

It probably also takes the prize for the most photographed building in Phnom Penh

Indeed. I think that everyone who sees it can't believe that it's not been renovated.

I've got some nice houses from Vientiane as well, but that'll have to wait until I remember which computer they're stored on.

[WhiteLotusLane]

Where are they?

Sorry, I missed that question before: They're on Chiang Mai's Middle Ring road, the stretch in between the river and Ye Olde Lamphun Road underpass. Close to where Global House is, the big construction materials outlet.

[dirtydog]

This place is out by Mabrachan Resevoir and is quite nice, although the selfish git has too many trees up to provide a bit of privacy for his swimming pool which makes it hard to get a good picture.

[dirtydog]

Again by Mabrachan this is at some tourist attraction of some sort, I think they use a different entrance to get there, pretty nice size for a Thai style wooden house.