Thread: Buying a village house to move to our land

Build is looking good. Hope you don't have to buy too much more timber.

We originally used 4" posts for 5 of the upstairs posts because some of the 6" posts from the house we bought were too short for our purposes. I wasn't real happy about this, but didn't want to splurge on more 6" posts. Today we pulled out the burnt 6" posts from the house that was originally on our property. Had the chang remove the charring and plane them down.


Surprise surprise, they are beautiful mai pradu posts that will look great inside the house. Very happy that I will now have all 6" posts.


The floor planks have been lightly sanded in preparation for relaying.

Originally Posted by wimpy

Surprise surprise, they are beautiful mai pradu posts that will look great inside the house.

That was lucky - they look great.

Today I kept busy painting the freshly scrubbed roof tiles. Initially I was spraying them, but my one lung "hobby" compressor was really not up to the task. Switched to a brush, and things went much faster. I figure it will take another day and a half to finish them. Two coats of TOA roof paint per tile.

^ nice one mate keep em coming were watching

Is that your dog Wimpy? Beautiful... wouldn't mind having one of the female pups.

Yeah, that is Bobo. He has been with us for 12 years. Not really up for breeding any more. He has never cared for dogs much anyway. Thinks he is human.

Originally Posted by Carrabow

Is that your dog Wimpy? Beautiful... wouldn't mind having one of the female pups.

Originally Posted by wimpy

Yeah, that is Bobo.

must be a great dog then.

Originally Posted by bobo746

Originally Posted by wimpy

Yeah, that is Bobo.

must be a great dog then.

LOL. Indeed he is. Warming his old bones in the early morning sun.

Originally Posted by bobo746

Originally Posted by wimpy

Yeah, that is Bobo.

must be a great dog then.

his is model no. 786, much improved on the earlier ones

After a 5 day hiatus for a village funeral, work resumed today. Got couple of the center roof supports up.


This gives an idea of the roof line. I think the proportions will be about right.


Hadn't realised how nice the view to the West is until I spent some time upstairs. Think I'll put in larger windows than originally planned to take advantage of it.

Coming on mate , will you chop those trees back a bit to keep snakes out ?

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Coming on mate , will you chop those trees back a bit to keep snakes out ?

Those are actually on the neighbour's property. Telephoto lens makes them appear closer than they are.

cracking thread, keep it coming wimpy, nice dog btw

Now it is starting to take shape.


Us as seen (with a long lens) from the Northern railroad. Give a wave if you are going by!

Looking good mate ,, is that early morning mist or smoke in your pics ?

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Looking good mate ,, is that early morning mist or smoke in your pics ?

Smoke! We're dying out here. There are fires burning in all the national parks surrounding us.

Thanks for the new pictures. The build looks promising, it's a pity about the smog/smoke but presumably it is an ongoing problem you were aware of?

How is your budget going, any cost overruns yet?

Looking better and better with each task finished. All that timber looks great. Big windows will be nice to take in the views.

Originally Posted by OhOh

Thanks for the new pictures. The build looks promising, it's a pity about the smog/smoke but presumably it is an ongoing problem you were aware of?

How is your budget going, any cost overruns yet?

Having lived in the North for many years, I am quite familier with the smoke problems. This is without a doubt, the worst I have seen it. Sure hope the rains come early this year.

So far the budget is fine. Will have to see how we are doing after the windows, doors, electrical, and plumbing are finished. All relatively big ticket items.

I was fearful it was the smoke issue mate ,, we had a lovely night ruined in Purea cause of that before.

Nevermind lovely thread mate ,, has a real Thai feel about this

Is the "smoke problem" confined to the north west of Thailand or does it affect Isaan as well, please ? Is it caused by burning sugar cane ?

Originally Posted by can123

Is the "smoke problem" confined to the north west of Thailand or does it affect Isaan as well, please ? Is it caused by burning sugar cane ?

I can't comment on Isarn. Here, we are in a valley surrounded by national parks and national forest. People set them on fire. Someone told me it was to encourage mushroom growth.

a lot of it is people clearing the secondary growth so they can plant crops

cue landslides