Thread: A New Village House

The outside stairs from the doorway

The Village House taking shape. After arguments about how small it was going to be, now its "why so big" ? The outside stairs make it look big, but only the deck is useful - for drinking a beer as the sunsets. And wait until you see Variation 3.

pominasia
Thanks for the reply. It was just as I thought. leave the concrete short level it all up then add more concrete to the top of the column.
I personally would prefer them to pour the column slightly taller asnd then cut it back to level up the roof. They might use low tech clear palstic tube and water to find their levels but it works really well.

I like the way the house is shaping up. As you said the stairs don't add much in the way of useful space but they give it a grand look.

Blimey thats a big place PIA how many of you will live in there ?

^I see you like looking at all these build threads Nige, can't wait to see your 'ouse with all the inspiration you must have gained and that artist that lies within...


Nice looking house BTW Pominasia, you could get 724 Thais co-habitating in there to my reckoning.

^ Dont get too excited mate its only a little one bed shack in the jungle ,, allthough I am pleased to say I have designed the plans myself .

nice house, and thanks for taking the time to post!

Variation 3 - the Thai kitchen or Outside Kitchen (OSK).

I agreed that we needed an OSK kitchen and a balcony, so drew up sketches of a 6 x 2 m extension at the back of the house. I left it up to the Manager and Builder to sort out the details. What we got was a 9 x 3 m extension - increasing the floor area from 182 sq m to 236 sqm (excluding Variation 1 and including the balcony) ! To use this extra space, I included a 3 x 3m storeroom next to the OSK.


Around this time the Builder was getting quite ill and had to visit the hospital regularly, which slowed down the work, and I was not sure if we should give the OSK to him.

I have put all the OSK pictures together.
Here are the ground beams

The OSK is founded on spread footings under each column and is not attached to the house

Upper beams. To the right is the door from the house

Precast planks for the roof slab. The mesh was cast into the screed.

Lifting the beams into place. I am glad I was not there to watch.

The upstairs balcony to be used for drying clothes, BBQ's or getting away from everyone ?

Cutting a groove for the washing machine drain

Painted OSK

Cooking the first meal

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Blimey thats a big place PIA how many of you will live in there ?

Nigel and Jan

Yes, a good question. One of the parameters in sizing the place was that when the family (7 siblings) come home at Songklan they have to be accommodated in the (inherited) family home. We had 10 staying last week.

Otherwise, its going to be empty with only us staying there. However there will always be room for visitors ! I have suggested turning it into a "home stay"

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Originally Posted by pominasia

Concreting the upstairs bathroom floor

make sure that is waterproofed before tiling, otherwise you can get small leaks making a lot of problems in the future

I think they use brush-on bitumen coats

Downstairs bathroom slab

Looking from living room toward downstairs bathroom. Two walls to be constructed parallel to the work bench