well done Bobfish
nice to have you onboard
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well done Bobfish
nice to have you onboard
great thred hillbilly just shows you what can be done in the los
great house good luck with the resort maybe stay there one day
good all round effort Khun HB. I aapplaud your accomplishment.
I just found this thread today and read the whole thing in one sitting. I too need a beer! I will raise my glass to you Hillbilly and congratulate you on a great project. I too have bought a 'modern developement' house in Bangsean and wish I had waited. I have bought some land near CM and will buy more, closer to the river hopefully.
You and the good Doctor have provided me with inspiration to get going asap. I only hope my money stretches far enough!
Anyway, once again, well done on the house and the thread.
A very good post HB enjoyed it all. Got thinking if you did this in the so called civilized part of the world you would now have to get a second job just to pay the annual tax bill.
After a pleasurable afternoon/evening sipping suds , and chewing the fat in the "pavillion" ... a short note of thanks and congrats on what an amazing job you guys have done with the place HB.
Looking forward to coming back again and hope to get some fishing in next time.
Oh , the food in the restaurant was "top notch" .... keeping the cook happy would be a good investment :-) .
i thought i would bump this one along also, after looking back to where this humble hillbilly shack started, and haveing the good fortune of visiting/meeting,bloody well done mate, its really good to see some dreams come true, i really enjoyed myself that night and will remain one of the many highlights of my life..bravo! :)
Wow, all I can say is thanks to everyone for their input. Ok, now here is the latest updates.
The concrete buffalo is in, the old Thai style way of making charcoal in a mud dome is half way through. An old rice storage building has been bought and will soon become a mini-museum.
The biggest news is that the wife is finally excited!! About the possibility of a swimming pool...
New to the forum and I was looking for posters in Phetchabun. I am married to a thai lady from Wichian Buri in the Phetchabun provence. She owns 10 rai just outside of town that we plan to build on some day, 15 or so years from now. I am a Yankee by birth but live across the Mississippi from New Orleans and my local friens call me a damn yankee, a yankee that came to the south but didn't go home. :) I find it funny knowing they mean it in jest, at least in my case.
Enough about me, I like your new home on the river. Have you tried the fishing there yet? I saw a pic of some of the neighbors selling fish and the look a good size. Hope it's all you dream it to be.
^ Welcome aboard and enjoy...
And by the way, if you are born north of I-10, you are a damn yankee... :)
Not bad for a 4 yo. thread .. is the ricebarn still standing Hilly? https://teakdoor.com/images/icons/icon10.gif
Great story...enjoyed it so much:flowers1:
The tape across the top is not level?Quote:
Originally Posted by hillbilly
Spectacular effort Hillbilly. It is certainly the best construction I have read in my short time here on TD. Mate you not only have the gift of vision to imagine your paradise but you have a storytelling gift to be able to make your story flow so well...congratulations
Last year we stayed at at Resort on the river in Pai (Mae Hon Song ) that had a 3 story treehouse - so the kids loved sleeping up there...I am sure yours will be very popular also HB:)Quote:
Originally Posted by hillbilly
I hate to read and run so I thought I'd pass on my equally happy experience reading this thread. I can't seem to get enough of these house building threads. I learn something different from each one. I expect to build in the next 2-3 years. Although to go from a budget of B300,000 to B2 million gave me pause Never mind though because you created an awesome homestead. I don't know which I like better, the handsome wooden house or gorgeous grounds.
BTW, where's your Elly Mae? :mid:
All I can say is WOW,that was a great thread.. I never though that this would still be going as it was started on 28-08-2006, 07:53 PM so i will do my part to keep it alive as it might not ever die.... the place looks wonderful just checked out your web site.. soo did you ever buy the 4 rai across the river???? also wondering about the stain or oil that was used on the exterior of you teak home and what is the up keep??? Best of wishes, the next time i drive to BKK i would love to stop by as it is the half way point for me... :)
If you want real hardwood, take a look at some of the Australian gums like River Red Gum etc, hard as bloody iron, this is why Aussie competition wood cutters are the best in the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thetyim
[quote=RandomChances;165960]OkQuote:
Originally Posted by hillbillyThe problem is that I sorta like to have wild birds around the place. The workers would have caught birds everyday to either eat or for temporary pets that soon die.:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by RandomChances
After a couple months or so, well you could imagine the bird population.
Probably would of even put a dent in the population, they catch quite a few on my land, always give us a few. Nothing wrong with a bit of bird curry.well except picking the bones out.[/quote
Find any long furry tails in the curry.......:smileylaughing:
Great thread Hillbilly, have looked at it briefly before but finally sat down and read the lot. A fine piece of work.:bananaman:
Have you the WiFi sorted out yet HB ?
gday Hillbilly
great thread, gotta laugh from the local builders
my wife has a guest house in Mae hong son, and done some minor building. scored a truck load of teak floor boards 30,000 baht, from a friend delivered and built a 4mx4m laundry weatherboard style with the planks till I can build the house .only they builder brought a cage to trap birds??? not on I said .(we have a white rumped sharma that eats wasp larvae from my hand and many birds feeding on our fruit trees and flowers)
we had a local cop discharge his weapon outside our bedroom one night went out to investigate and he was standing over two bodies on the ground, turnded out the two boys were being chased ,decided to hide in the bush which was covering our 6 strand barbed wire fence rode their honda into the trap ,the cop untied the poor boys and took them away, he offered to bring some fellow officers to fix the fence, the missess said our workers would fix ,doesn't like BIB,he said not fire pistol but I found a shell in the morning .
we built a concrete fence that will maybe stop a car.
we use citrus trees near soak drains as they are thirsty and will not invade soak drains as some trees block up the pipes,
had to build some new steps (concrete) as the one's we had were 600 deep treads and 300 high,bloody hard on old legs, built using the formula 2x rise + 1x going =between 560 - 650mm , rise 160 going 300, work's a treat more steps but easy.
keep smiling
Great work ... beautiful place Hillbilly.
Welcome back SK!Quote:
Originally Posted by Storekeeper
Yes, Billy, great work. :)
WoW Hillbilly! ... What great thread, it was like reading a book that I couldn’t put down. I certainly admire your drive and I think that if you also took a step back and looked at everything from a distance you would also say “WoW”!
I also supervised a much smaller extension to our house in Chonburi from Europe https://teakdoor.com/construction-in-...d-balcony.html so I admire you very much for what you have achieved. I will certainly keep coming back now and again to see any further updates, Lots of success with your house and your life in Thailand.
You deserve the green a thousand times over.