Famous last words.Originally Posted by sabang
Nobody deemed it worthwhile to tell me the extra cost of this rather expensive wood above ('mai sabang' or something like that) and it ain't cheap- 36,000 bht or so has been spent, to get a decent sized outdoor deck. When they said they 'may' need a little more than the original 11.5K purchase, I guess they weren't kidding.
So the cost of the job is back to around 200k- might be some change out of that, might not. I did have a few grumpy words to say about Isaan communication, but nothing major- my own fault really.
The salutary lesson was contained in my own advice at the beginning of this thread- get the price fixed up front, or expect things to run over budget! But the end product doghouse will be better than my original concept, which was basically an identical reproduction of the grungy old wooden village house. I failed to get a true accounting of costs upfront or even a true design, so the outcome was predictable.
The carport poles are being bricked prior to plastering- they will end up looking like the poles you can see in front-
Seems a sturdy enough job-
^ And that, I'm afraid, is the last we'll see of the carport for a while.