Thread: House lifting.

Might have to replace the water tower.

view out the back

You still got that other block as well ?? The one we went to the trouble of designing a fang dangled mansion for ??

Becoming quite the land baron.

Originally Posted by Nawty

You still got that other block as well ?? The one we went to the trouble of designing a fang dangled mansion for ?? Becoming quite the land baron.

Nope it fell through. The old girl who owned it had lodged the papers with the local farmers bank some years ago.

Joy went with her to sort things out.

The bank manager was quite pleased to see the old girl.

Particularly as the dear old bat hadn't understood the small matter of "interest".

With interest owed it quadrupled the cost!

We decided not to get involved.

Gorgeous setting. Methinks FF might have the word on this one, take it apart and rebuild it to your liking.

Originally Posted by shunpike

Gorgeous setting.

cheers. Yes, it is a nice spot. Finally.

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Anyone know anything about such a project, costs etc?

Just had a house about the size as yours raised and moved about 1 meter to the left. House was on 2 meter columns. Raised it to 3 meters. All done with jacks and come alongs. Cost was about 10,000 baht.

Originally Posted by Norton

Just had a house about the size as yours raised and moved about 1 meter to the left. House was on 2 meter columns. Raised it to 3 meters. All done with jacks and come alongs. Cost was about 10,000 baht.

Now that is good news. Cheers

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Yes, it is a nice spot. Finally.

This must be the 3rd or 4th time over the last year you have announced you are buying a property and I sincerely hope this time it all goes well for you and Joy.

The Thais are ingenious when it comes to lifting and moving things so you shouldn't have a problem.

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Now that is good news. Cheers

Yours likely more expensive. Will be a lot trickier raising from ground level.

Originally Posted by Norton

Yours likely more expensive. Will be a lot trickier raising from ground level.

No doubt but at least it won't be millions. We'll talk it over with folk in the area and see what ideas they come up with. No rush.

just to wish u luck jj, it looks great to me, and raising it,, same same frankie says for my money, resiting it is good too , love the views. just a little envious mate.
as i say good luck with it.

Originally Posted by Nawty

Doubt they would have any great technical machinery in the village.....maybe they just cut a stump at a time, lift it a coupla inches with a heavy duty jack, then place supports under it as they go...each stump at a time. Then at the right height, they build the concrete columns, let em set for a day or a bit, then lower it on.....sloooooowly and secure.

yep that's how it's done, seen it happen somewhere don't remember where but thought it was ingenious

Originally Posted by lob

just to wish u luck jj, it looks great to me, and raising it,, same same frankie says for my money, resiting it is good too , love the views. just a little envious mate. as i say good luck with it.

Thanks mate. It'll be a long slow project, but I reckon it'll come out OK.

BTW, raising the house is but one of the cost considerations. Need to figure in cement, plumbing and electrical rework if needed.

Originally Posted by Norton

BTW, raising the house is but one of the cost considerations. Need to figure in cement, plumbing and electrical rework if needed.

You're right, but it's all good. We'll take our time and get the rewiring and plumbing done properly. All new I think.

Originally Posted by DrAndy

dismantling the house is easy, as long as they take a bit of care. Wood houses are very simple and come apart quickly, and go up again almost as fast just do the proper foundations and concrete columns, probably with connecting beams you can then rebuild to slighly higher specs. You will find you need to buy some more wood to replace anything split or rotted, but that is the best way to go

Yup, it looks like dismantling is the way to. Fortunately we're very close to Laos so wood may well be available - discretely.

How's the present house set up inside? Thai kitchen out back with a lounge area inside and a bedroom or two? Also do you have any idea of the size of the living space, ie how many square meters. It doesn't look overly big from the pix, but they can be deceiving.

more photos to follow

I got a chimmney

looks a good size from those

the best thing about dismantling it will be the new layout you can design

you may be able to do away with any internal columns/poles too, if you redesign the roof trusses etc

I did that on my wooden house, it made the internal space really nice

Originally Posted by DrAndy

he best thing about dismantling it will be the new layout you can design

Very true. The 2 bathrooms will probably get taken out and new ones built.



The cement bit on the left is the downstairs dunny. Just a squat job.

JJ the house looks like it will work out to be a nice place after a while. The pictures of the location are beautiful and I wish I had a view like that. Having never lived in northern Thailand, I have never seen a chimney here. Good luck with the project.