G'day people,
Started this thread to gain as much knowledge as possible (a challenge for an old bloke I'll admit) about building a house in Thailand.
My wife Yuri (the brains of the outfit) and I will be building a single story two bedroom house in Ayong which is about 45 mins East of Surin.
The land belongs to Yuri's dad - he's kindly giving it to us (covered in detail later). Its 7 rai located on the edge of the village between the town reservoir and temple.

We've taken a while to get to this point - plenty of speed bumps along the way already. These will be covered as the thread goes along.
Looking forward to input on your own experiences and advice you can offer on avoiding the many pitfalls encountered when building in Thailand