irlguy1

hello I am in udon thani and I am looking for a English/thai translater if you know one let me know thank you.

Yes build it yourself. You have no experience or training in construction and know even less about managing Thai workers. What could possibly go wrong?

So many come here and do things they would never do back home then blame the results on Thais.


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Unless you are rich and money doesn’t matter - don’t use a construction company. If you have the time, a pick up truck and the nerve hire labor and do it yourself.

 

You can save a lot of money and do not depend on a contract that is designed to make as much money of you as possible. Just check out the detailed price breakdown and all the little details in the contract - most prices are totally unrealistic.

 

I have built both ways here in Chiang Mai.

Hiring labor and buy all materials and I am currently in the final phase building a house with a supposed to be “reputable” large construction company - and would never do it again!

We thought it would be less of a headache building like this - but it just turned out to be more expensive.

I have hired a fantastic Thai project manager - who is there all the time to watch them and he pays himself by preventing short cuts or stopping them from trying to use substandard, cheap materials.

You are welcome to visit my construction site if you wish to do so and I can give you feedback from my experience building here.

 

 

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I am far from rich and I used a construction company because I saw what the alternatives were in Thailand.

I spent over a year looking at options.

Your comment “If you have the time, a pick up truck and the nerve hire labor and do it yourself”

Sums it all up really and you can add a death wish to that list too.

It’s hilarious that you say your supervisor makes a wage from stopping the builders taking shortcuts and using shit materials [emoji848]

Does anyone else see an issue with that statement? [emoji1787]

Also Why would you need nerve to hire day laborers unless you realize that they are going to be shit [emoji1787]

Bottom line is I have seen many day labour houses and many company houses and they don’t compare for quality or safety.

Yes day labour farmer built houses will be cheaper if I wanted a leaky crooked walled faulty foundation 5 year lasting death trap with cracks and bad electrics.

You get what you pay for. You wouldn’t hire a farmer to build your home back in the west so why risk it here.

I guess the cheap Charlie mentality is spreading from food to everything else here these days.

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http://phukamyaogoats.com/
Farm fresh goat milk and they ship to Chiang Mai from Phayao.
Delicious cheese too.


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Free delivery to khon kaen?



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Morning all,
 
Does anyone have any leads on where to buy foldable bar stools, I’ve checked a couple of places with no joy and Lazada only has one or two offerings.
 
Has anyone seen them for sale?
 
Cheers
 
 
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The unprotected power plug they installed on the outside of the house looks more like the "thai book"

Yes it looks good but they always use wall-putty and paint until it all looks nice.
 
Those wall outlets at the patio need a cover though, it's dangerous to have this during a storm. Also they should be grounded...
 
And what if you jump in the pool and water splashes all around? Will it flow back into the pool?
 
 

 Hi There,
 
Anyone can recommend an architect with proven track record for  a 5 story apartment project ?

You are  very well versed on other peoples houses, you say the photos are of another build by the same company, yet you know the electrics are earthed, and have a flap to go over them, well not in the photo.
Maybe you have some involvement with the company, and are using your post as advertising.
 

The unprotected power plug they installed on the outside of the house looks more like the "thai book"

They are earthed, and on a breaker and they have a flap to go over them.

Like I said , Western book.

Incidentally they are called sockets not plugs [emoji6]

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The devil is in the detail, what you can't see, the finishing here is also pretty  poor, forgetting to glue pipe  joints, non earthed electrics wring sized cables, wrong slope on drains, water added to concrete making it  like P*ss,seeing something "finished" shows you none of this.
Then there is the  staff issues, one team may do a good  job but they come and go, the next lot could be awful.
That's the reality of any build here. Looking "pwetty" doesn't  tell you much at all.
One man's "good" is another mans "poor", some peoples idea s of good are very different to mine.

Well good for you, but if you were so well informed then you would know that on the day NitroXenon shuts down his scraper servers, the app will not open any more.
 
 

Well yeah if you say so.
 
The app stopped working because the developer deleted his API key from TMDB, and the patch is nothing more than a new API key added by other people.
 
The original developer. Mr Peter Chan, has refused to release the code so the app can not be forked or updated and it will die after a while.
 
That is also why the new releases doesn't work, because for that it needs updates, and nobody can do that without the code.
 
I happen to be a bit more involved in this than you might think, so no I'm not talking to the wrong people in this regard.

 
Looks like good work, wish you all the best but, best to give it 2-3 years before recommending a company. Time is the test.

Not even the people who patched the old terrarium acknowledge that it will continue to work after 29 September, so how can be you be so sure.
 
The patched version also actually doesn't work perfect, because 'new hd releases" shows no data.

Contact Alan Sinclair in
Together Construction & Co Thailand

They build all over Thailand and are very good.
Pm me if you need details.


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Hi, thinking of building a small house in Nan. Can anyone recommend a house builder?
 
Thanks
 
Joe

Hi all,

Just saw a new video of the latest completed project from the company that built my house and its pretty impressive.

If anyone is looking for a builder I would definitely recommend these guys.

Drop me a pm for their details.

Here are a few pics from the project.

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I use the new patched terrarium it works perfect and will continue to work after the old terrarium goes down [emoji6]


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Hi All,

 

My wife (Thai) and I bought an old house in Bangkok last year.

Not a bad location in Bang Plad near Yan Hee Hospital.

 

But it's a small block only 8 metres x 16 metres and the house on it is not worth renovating.

 

So we aim to knock it down and rebuild, maybe 2 or 3 levels.

 

It's mainly for family use as we spend most of our time in Sydney currently, but it maybe end up being our retirement home in time.

 

Family own their house in Bang Plad,  but are on rented land.  After 50 years they are being told to move for development.  Hence the idea to buy this old house 'cheap' and rebuild.

 

We own a Condo in Bangkok but have never owned a house and have certainly never built one.  So please excuse this very 'Newbie' questions.  We have been researching a fair bit but are stuck on a few basics.

 

1. What are the 'set back' rules regarding building a house?  i.e. How close to the boundary are we allowed to build?  Obviously being a small plot we want to maximise what we can build.  We found something about 2 metres gap between house and boundary.  But the existing house only has about 1 metre.    Any advice on that?
2. I had hoped we could find an existing design for a small plot and use the services of a one stop shop type company.  They have the design and undertake the building. We like some of the designs by AoonJai Builder www.aoonjai.com    Is using a service like this worthwhile?   I am not a builder of DIY guy and don't have the time of health to build / supervise construction, so we need someone to do it.
3. Another option is to get a custom design from an architect and then find a builder.  Better way to go ?

 

 

Any thoughts, advice or feedback would be appreciated.   Even names of one stop companies, architects, builders etc.

 

We are aiming for a simple inexpensive construction, probably three levels.

 

Many thanks

Robo

 

Pm me for details of a reputable company that can advise you and organise your plans if needed as well as build the house for you

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It's a bit late now, but they could have cut out the facia for some louvered vents with mosquito netting on the back. I doubt you'd get the water blowing back like that.

I want to get my wedding vdo changed, so I can watch on my computer. Does anyone know where to get it done? I have no VHS recorder.
I'm in Khon Keen city.

They build anywhere in Thailand but if it's only a small job yea it probably wouldn't be worth their while


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