Thread: Chris's Villa Build in Phnom Penh Cambodia

What a lovely home. Well done, Sir. And congrats.

Cheers

Very nice, especially those little vanities you went with. Good call. Last house I had built for me was 20 something years ago in North Wales. I reckon I had more hassle than you did!

I was just looking through some of the older build thread on here and was thinking how annoying it was when you got all the pictures of the build, but the minute the poster moved in the pictures stop, so you never really see the finished product.
I then went to this thread and realised that I'd done exactly the same. So here's few pics taken today, about three months after we moved in:

thankyou

that's good Chris

and a lawn....

came out great.
Tell us, what was the total cost and how close was it to the estimate?

Originally Posted by Phuketrichard

Tell us, what was the total cost and how close was it to the estimate?

It cost roughly $100k, not including the land. I was aiming for $80k, but had budgeted for $90k. But the spec also changed as we went which contributed to the increase more than any major miscalculations. Things like air-conditioning the ground floor, having an outhouse/shed and buying aerated septic tanks all pushed the price up.

Also the price of some materials like bricks and sand flew up at the end with the flooding causing supply shortages.

Also that cost includes costs that weren't construction:

Hard title + tax: $5000
Planning permission: $600
Architect: $1650
Power connection: $885
Water connection: $500

The power and water usually only cost a fraction of that to connect if the street is already wired/plumbed in. We were the first to build on our street, so that wasn't the case, so some grease had to be applied to make it happen.

Even though we went over budget I think we got a lot of house for $100k, when you consider that most of the new developments a similar distance from the city are usually $200k above the land value. Also I'm 100% sure of the build quality and the quality of the materials used, which are often suspect at these new developments.