Originally Posted by
Schuimpge
Absolutely love all the details on good and bad of various places you lived Manc.
Many here keep arguing that Thai construction crews have no skills, no pride in their work, etc. causing this kind of shoddy work.
In my view, the house-owner and its expectations are in many cases at least partly to blame.
Typically, they all want their house look big and this and that. To reach that, they save on construction cost.
Making things worse is that they don't have a clue about construction and even less about maintenance.
So there's no incentive for construction crews to deliver anything better than that.
Back in 2006-2007 we where looking at some off plan houses. It was next to our current village (been living there since 2006).
Looked all perfect, show houses as well. It's a large development, with hundreds of detached houses. (Maneerin, PP is the developer).
We're 15 years down the road, and you go there now.. those houses are going for less than what they cost newly build.
Single brick walls, no isolation at all, no maintenance done, shoddy workmanship and cutting cost on materials by the developer.. recipe for disaster.