les1999

Maybe if they de-valued the baht that might help somewhat I reckon ..........

Hello everyone

Happy, glad to hear you have moved in and found a good Thai gardener, I may want his services a bit later so hopefully you can supply his contact details. Les, I've had a place built about 15 Kms from Nong Phai in Wang Bot, happy to supply details of my experiences/costs if you want them. We have been using the pool at a resort in Nong Phai which is good value for a bit of R&R, entering Nong Phai from the North take the frontage road, go past Tesco Lotus and turn left at the car sales place. The resort is about 1.5 Kms down on the right hand side, through the arch and you are in the car park, 30 baht per head to use the pool, which is clean and the food is reasonable. Bit crowded now the kids are on school hols and the Karaeoke wears a bit thin at times but it's a nice place to spend a few hours and of course they sell the amber nectar.

Kind Regards

Chris

Cheers Chris - great to hear there are a few of the 'lads' around the area. I wont have time during this visit to meet and greet as I'm only over from New Zealand, where I'm working at the moment, for 10 days - but will definitely be in touch when I'm over for a longer stay next time.

I would love to have the details of your house costs etc as its always good to have first hand information.

thanks again - Les

My g/f has a house in Nong Phai, quite a nice 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom place on the corner of her fathers land.

I have recently bought a 2.4 rai block of land about 2 minute walk from her place for a bit of insurance for her if anything happens to me (we've been together for 3.5 years now) plus I got it for a good price so may sub-divide at a later date.

But I was very interested in the cost of the house Macb has built as there is an option for me to build another house on the father's land and was looking at something similar.