Thread: Off we go ! Our little home construction in deep Issan

The bathroom looks nice, Nige - from those pics, seems to have turned out very well; I'd be happy if my bathrooms looked that nice!

Well fingers crossed mate, I just had a lovely hot shower in there

And we have the painters in

They made a nice job in the bedroom.

2 coats of concrete primer plus 2 top coats

Meanwhile the Benny of the trio is entrusted with a roller full of undercoat outside.

Good work with keeping the thread updated Nig,hope you are giving the workmen/women a glass of sherry and some mince pies tomorrow.

I've been busy preparing and wood staining the door frames.

The house is looking great Nigel, I'm jealous !

Merry Christmas to you and your better half !

Thank you kindly Stevo, , you certainly got that right mate, she is the better half of this combo.

Anyway all the best to you and yours, I'm sure your epic journey will be 100% soon.

Well we're sorta getting there on the outside, I won't go into great detail about the stress levels caused by dealing with people living in sheds and yes I know this is related to the amount I am paying them, but just wish I could pay someone round here more who didn't share the same brain cells

Got some nice drips there, Nige. Chin up mate, it'll all be over soon.

Yes I'm afraid the paint crew are fresh out the advanced academy of house painting.

As you have rightly spotted, they have managed to achieve that " special thai " effect by thoughtfully painting the dark base of the walls first.


This " special " effect would have been nigh on impossible had they followed my instructions to complete the yellow first.

I feel honoured to have such talent on board

Bless em

Nice colours though Nige

Cheers mate generally I'm well pleased, turning out pretty much as I envisaged.

After they're out my hair I'll go round and square it all up.

Plenty of nice pictures of my buckets Nig.

The house is starting to come together nicely and I bet you and Jan are itching to move in.

All the best to the both of you for 2014.

Cheers LT mate, , all the best to you and your family mate for the new year

We have an erection today on the north face, nice bit of I'm provision from the Thais here, the good guy here has sorted out the mess Benny made yesterday, and tomorrow has to do the same again.

Whybtheyvdont just pay him to stay at home, it would save them all this redoing.

Meanwhile on the other side the air con crew are installing.

Now I did try to explain to him about how thick these walls were, he said yes no problem I know about farang house I do many before,,, 2 hours later and the have just come through the other side.

Too late now to sack your translator Nige I had same trouble on my house build, eg kitchen door on wrong wall, sill on kitchen window below level of units, security grills just screwed on, looking good now, happy new year to all at the Yellow house.

PS ,Hope you are going to put up guttering it pays as we get heavy downpours

No we ain't mate, the 800 path around is the splash garden, that's it.

You going to build your own place in Cha Am Nige when you move there and how much for a gaff down there???

No doubt I'll build very much.

It will probably be one of those nice Danish ones everything complete with a swim pool etc, , around the 3.5 million mark.

Unless in the meantime my mate Charlie pulls a rabbit out the hat for me.

Tbh at this stage it could well be a place on Lanzarote, time is on my side at the moment and I will not rush in.