Some have balconies at the front, others at the back ...
Where everybody say hello and smiles ...
That's all for now ... Nice to hear some comments
Hi, Nice to hear from you again and thanks!
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Loy Toy
Terrific thread Neil and congrats on your beautiful house.
You certainly seem happy and content with your life. :)
Yes, we are very happy and very content with our life.
Buying the house here in this village was the best thing we ever did.
Just another couple of years and we can enjoy my retirement together in LOS.
Thanks for taking the time to say something as it can seem that sometimes nobody is interested, but then I look at the its and am quite amazed.
Have a good day ....
Having a great time here on TeakDoor ...
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Originally Posted by neilandmeechai
as it can seem that sometimes nobody is interested
Your thread has been viewed over 1,700 times so don't be disheartened if people do not post a comment. I am sure a lot of people have learned a lot from this very informative, interesting thread.
The mere fact you have obviously enjoyed sharing your experience with so many others is more then worth your effort. :)
Thanks .. I am also having a great time here on TeakDoor, learning all kinds of things! Water harvesting, Growing tomatoes, and I am following many other threads.
Floor Surfaces and tiles ... Lounge Floor
We were able to choose from various floor surfaces during the build and also different tiles for the bathrooms and kitchen.
In the following few postings you can see what we did choose and although most of the choices were very good, we would have chosen other tiles for the kitchen if we had thought more about it.
As the kitchen will be having a re-style during 2011 we will be able to discard the tiles and start again.
Here in the Lounge and Dining area we chose the Polished White Marble for the floor.
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Laminated wooden floors upstairs ...
Front Master Bedroom and Top Landing ...
Having a swimming pool is not just for Christmas ...
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Mathos
Excellent thread from the start .
The village and amenities look superb. All the homes are a credit to the designers and builders.
Your own is outstanding.
A real credit to you Neil, and Meechai.
Well done, the sharing is much appreciated.
Thanks Mathos for your comments ...
Certainly in the begining for us it was very important to have access to such amenities (Swimming Pool and Gym), but we were not "full time" permanent residents in the country.
Having a swimming pool is not just for Christmas as the famous saying goes! (about wanting a dog for Christmas).
We have seen some expats who "must have a pool" and end up forcing and squeezing one into what could have been a very nice garden.
They then try to force some kind of tropical greenery arround the squeezed in pool .... (we saw this by a friend of ours and really wanted to take some photo's but didn't get the chance!).
What happens next is that (at the time of squeezed planting!) it looks great, fantastic! .... untill it's time to shed the leaves, into the squeezed in pool of course!
Certainly worth thinking about for others wanting to build in Thailand
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Top Cat
Thanks for the thread and all the work N&M. Liked the bit about the taps. Soapy hands and circular taps dont work well together!!
Looks good but is not practical. "Function versus Form" is what I believe Architects call it.
Hi Top Cat and thanks for the comments ...
Staying on the topic of "Looks good but is not practical. "Function versus Form" I would also have prefered the upstairs windows to have been "swing and clean" (for lack of another name!) ... if I was building again.
The problem is when it comes to cleaning the upstairs windows (No, we don't have an acrobatic maid, ha, ha!), although I am sure they must exist in Thailand!
All the windows seem to slide over the other one which is quite a problem when it comes to cleaning them.
Certainly worth thinking about for others wanting to build in Thailand, but for us we have solved the problem with a long hose pipe extension (the famous Blue Thai Water Pipe!) with a soft brush on it ... and our upstairs windows would now pass the "Mrs. Bucket" test (pronounced Bouquet!).
Eventually we decided to "let sleeping laminate lie" ...
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DrAndy
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"Function versus Form" is what I believe Architects call it.
bad design, that means
I dn't like laminated flooring, makes me cringe
In Thailand there is so much nice wood flooring to be had; teak parquet, for instance, can be around B450 a sq m, or less
In the begining I could have agreed with this, although it didn't exactly "make me cringe".
I remember when we were in the sales office looking at each other when they mentioned "wood laminate" floors upstairs and we made a point of checking it out when we were shown the "Show House".
Eventually we decided to "let sleeping laminate lie" as it was inclusive in the quoted house price and we could always have it re-laid at a later date.
Also, as we are not "full time" permanent residents yet, we decided to leave it for the moment although we have seen some beautiful "Teak Parquet" in a friends house, and we will eventually replace it.
Thanks for the imput ...
