Results 1 to 19 of 19
  1. #1
    Member
    jumbo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Last Online
    04-11-2018 @ 12:59 PM
    Posts
    239

    Hi all at Teakdoor

    Hi to all,

    Hope to become a regular poster\visitor to the forum. Have been traveling to thailand for many years, married to a Thai and hopping to start building a new home there very soon.
    Posting via a very slow South American server at the moment with the promise of a faster connection soom. We will see.

  2. #2
    Have you got any cheese Thetyim's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Mousehole
    Posts
    20,893
    Hi Jumbo, welcome aboard

    Where in thailand are you planning to build ?

  3. #3
    punk douche bag
    ChiangMai noon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    o dan y bryn
    Posts
    29,256
    Yes, hello Jumbo.

    and hopping to start building a new home there very soon
    .
    Just relax, don't jump about too much.
    a watched kettle never boils, well it does but at a speed which you think is slower.

    Welcome and get posting.

  4. #4
    Thailand Expat
    Skulldigger's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Last Online
    20-02-2007 @ 09:51 PM
    Location
    Mostly in Northern Thailand.
    Posts
    1,449
    Welcome Jumbo. Whence thy nick?

  5. #5
    Have you got any cheese Thetyim's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Mousehole
    Posts
    20,893
    Quote Originally Posted by Skulldigger
    Whence thy nick?
    SD, are you reading ShakeSpeare this week by any chance ?

  6. #6
    Thailand Expat
    Marmite the Dog's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Last Online
    08-09-2014 @ 10:43 AM
    Location
    Simian Islands
    Posts
    34,827
    Will Jumbo manage to get his post count to 2?

    Stay tuned to find out.....

  7. #7
    Have you got any cheese Thetyim's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Mousehole
    Posts
    20,893
    Blimey that is a real slow server you got there.

  8. #8
    Member bwylde01's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2006
    Last Online
    07-01-2009 @ 03:32 AM
    Posts
    104
    Remeber, if you build it they will come(meaning mostly friends and relatives looking for a cheap holiday). Anyway welcome to the board.

  9. #9
    I am in Jail
    stroller's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Last Online
    12-03-2019 @ 09:53 AM
    Location
    out of range
    Posts
    23,025
    Don't forget to buy a pick-up as well, you'll be very popular with the relatives and their friends.

    Welcome!

  10. #10
    Thailand Expat Storekeeper's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Jomtien
    Posts
    11,943
    Quote Originally Posted by stroller
    Don't forget to buy a pick-up as well, you'll be very popular with the relatives and their friends. Welcome!
    If you're sayin' what I think you're sayin' I'm in for some pain. My relatives are gonna figure out I'm a prick. My friends already know that.

  11. #11
    Northern Hermit
    friscofrankie's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2005
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Chiangmai, Thailand
    Posts
    7,526
    Quote Originally Posted by Storekeeper
    My relatives are gonna figure out I'm a prick. My friends already know that.
    Shit, SK, so does half the internet!

  12. #12
    Somewhere Travelling
    man with no head's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Last Online
    21-10-2012 @ 07:09 PM
    Posts
    4,833
    Buy two pick-ups and be the envy of the village!

    Welcome.

  13. #13
    Member
    king of uranus's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Last Online
    10-04-2019 @ 08:40 AM
    Location
    in a van, down by the river
    Posts
    113
    I often wonder if it's better to buy a nicer truck and skip building the house.
    Anyhow, welcome jumbo.

  14. #14
    Member
    jumbo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Last Online
    04-11-2018 @ 12:59 PM
    Posts
    239
    Thanks all for the replys,
    We have a home in Isan Salaphom a short drive from RoiEt. We have recently bought a plot about 10K out side Pattaya. I have just booked a flight to be in Thailand on the 8th Sept. So it will be a mad rush to find a builder to make a start. Plans have been produced so I am quite excited about the build.
    I would like a builder to construct the house with me supplying the material. the inside would then be finnished as time allows. Anyone have any coments on this aproach to building.
    Jumbo.

  15. #15

    R.I.P.


    dirtydog's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Pattaya Jomtien
    Posts
    58,763
    Quote Originally Posted by jumbo
    I would like a builder to construct the house with me supplying the material.
    Will you goto the site everyday and then go off and order materials everyday? What happens when the shop you ordered a tonne of cement from only delivers half a tonne? Will you then go off to another shop to order another half a tonne and then lead there delivery driver to where the project is? On basic building materials builders get a discount, this helps with there profit margin, I don't think someone walking into a builders merchants for the first time will qualify for that discount as you are just a one off customer.

  16. #16
    Member
    king of uranus's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Last Online
    10-04-2019 @ 08:40 AM
    Location
    in a van, down by the river
    Posts
    113
    Clean advice from the dirtydog. Tea money might need to be addressed too.

  17. #17
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    8,184
    Jumbo, best of luck...

  18. #18
    Member

    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Last Online
    15-12-2015 @ 09:38 AM
    Posts
    336
    Quote Originally Posted by hillbilly View Post
    Jumbo, best of luck...
    He's sure gonna need a lot of luck lol

  19. #19
    Newbie Uncoolelvis's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2006
    Last Online
    13-05-2009 @ 08:57 AM
    Posts
    47
    Good luck Jumbo

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •