FrederikKitten

Cool, now scrap the masks pls.

Baht. I'm paying only for work. Everything else I'm supplying (not only ceramic tiles, even small stuff like glue, nails etc.). Guys just come in the morning and there is pile of sand, cement, bricks, window and I tell them to take down old wall and put up new wall with that window inside. I think you cold build 500,000 baht house this way easily, but something like 700,000 Baht would be much better budget, as you could really buy good stuff.

No, concrete road. With water, electric and optic internet. I think you could built the walls, roof etc for 350K. But not the entire house. Lets speak just ceramic tiles - floors 40,000 bath, 2 bathrooms 20,000 Baht, kitchen 20,000 Baht (excluding work!). Not even talking stuff like shower heads, toilets, sinks .... .

2 months ago I bought this for 750,000 Baht. I already changed all windows, redesigned/demolished/built indoor walls, new ceilings, new floors, new bathrooms, new kitchen etc. I think I put another 300,000 Baht in renovations into it to put it up to European standards. About to move in. So about 1,1M + about another 100,000 Baht in the future to make garden/carport etc. I'm going to live there full time, but in the future I think I will also buy some 1M - 2M apartment somewhere near beach and will live 50/50 Isaan and beach.

I would add to iternary Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang. Not very far from your route. And it could a highlight of the trip, as in these places is actually something to do and something to see, other that broken 3rd world communist country. 500cc should have no problem of entering Laos (with 300cc I was allowed to cross, but I was told at border next time to come with bigger bike, as low cc bikes aren't allowed to cross) Don't forget to drive on right side of the road. ????

Scooters are for girls. ???? Men drive real motorcycles.

I have found out there are 3 types of floor ceramic tiles - smooth tiles, un-smooth tiles and real anti-slip tiles. For bathroom I bought anti-slip tiles of course. But for the rest of the house I'm not sure if to choose real anti-slip tiles or just go with regular un-smooth tiles. Because anti-slip tiles feel really hard on foots. If I were to wear to a socks I have felling like they could almost get caught on anti-slip tiles. That's how rough they seem. Does anybody have experience with anti-slip/un-smooth tiles in the entire house?