Thread: urgent....Building Chiangmai House....

ok for inlaw bedroom. 4m x 4m is the norm.

Originally Posted by sbox23

he didnt mentioned how many rooms.....i decided to give him the rooms' sizes and ask him to sketch the plan......a room 3.5 by 4.5m is it too small?........

Spacious. Remember thais build in squares, anything bigger than 4 x 4 will have a column in it.

this is 42 sq meters with a western bath. It cost 250k baht to build. On your budget you should have to trouble, if you forget the idea of a western finish.



Also, your thread title. It's not really "urgent" is it.
Urgent is "I need a blood donor cause I just hit my foot with an axe and am bleeding out" or
"Does anybody here know this Somchai walking up our path with a cane cutter in one hand and a half empty lao khao bottle in the other?" or
"I really need to know if I should call a third raise with a set of jacks on the river with 4 still in the pot and a suited and connected board because there's only like 20 seconds left on the clock."
"i'm thinking of building the in laws a house" just doesn't cut it.

was JJ top set? if not Id push or dump on a drawry board. Calling is bad as you let the straight call cheap. Youbcan make a straght fold and take it down if no one hit tue flush.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Hope that's clear

Google strikes again.

Would help if he had plans, so we can assist/offer/help with the "urgent" house build for the inlaws.

it is

Originally Posted by sbox23

hi all


Im thinking to build a house for my in-laws in chiangmai about 30km south from the city...the area that i'm going to build is ard 100 square meter....3 bedrooms,2 bathrooms and a decent size living room....nothing fanciful or luxury for the interior.....my budget is about 600,000 baht....is it enough?.....I really need some advise here as i'm not very sure about the materials cost and labour cost right now.....

I live north of Chiang Mai. Not including land we have one cottage just built 200m up the road, cute and complete with outside kitchen for 300k all inclusive.
There is another house being built 2 villages up - 2 storey / 12 posts for 270k labour only. That include the standard blockwork fence. The house is rendered brick.
I have no interest in either construction. The builder is currently working for me and his son on the 2 storey.
Now what you put in these place makes all the difference. Style of bathroom, kitchen etc.
Most (not all) of the posts in reply to these questions are usually negative and based on mongers thoughts of gated community prices.
Plus the usual who have trouble spelling Thailand never mind living and building here.

Originally Posted by sbox23

he didnt mentioned how many rooms.....i decided to give him the rooms' sizes and ask him to sketch the plan......a room 3.5 by 4.5m is it too small?........

The OP says how many rooms and purpose

hey necron99 its really urgent case for me as i have been dragging this since april.....wahh....really want to settle this.....

Originally Posted by raylo

Originally Posted by sbox23

he didnt mentioned how many rooms.....i decided to give him the rooms' sizes and ask him to sketch the plan......a room 3.5 by 4.5m is it too small?........

The OP says how many rooms and purpose

The poster you're quoting IS the OP.

Hey necron99 that 42sqm house is yours?...build recently?...which area this house is in?....

Hi raylo....try sending u a PM but cannot becos my post less than 20.....hee.....

Originally Posted by sbox23

Hey necron99 that 42sqm house is yours?...build recently?...which area this house is in?....

Temporary digs until I build our house. The Auntie had it built early this year.
Hardwood floor and pillars, gyprock interior, sherawood exterior.
In Nahkon Sawon

Originally Posted by DrB0b

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One of those new cryptic SPAMs?

Originally Posted by expattaffy

From the location you mentioned you could get away with a good basic house with the right approach. That approach is discuss with your thai wife the requirement the get lost, dont let the builders know it is for a farrang, they always up the price.

And probably rightly so. With Farangs tend to come all kinds of non-standard requests that eat up time.

Originally Posted by sbox23

Im thinking to build a house for my in-laws

Originally Posted by expattaffy

From the location you mentioned you could get away with a good basic house with the right approach

depends on what the in-laws want, or are used to

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

You can build a fairly nice place for 600k if you're smart enough with the design and materials used

agreed, should be fine

get your proper drawings done and ask your wife to get some estimates from local builders