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I am considering buying some land - NO LEGAL ADVICE REQUIRED PLEASE - on a site that I have identified with existing mains drainage and a piped water supply, on the outskirts of Pattaya. A have drawn a rough plan of what I want - single storey, with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, lounge area and big kitchen - under a total roofed area circa 250 sq.mtrs - of which circa 70 sq.mtrs. is covered parking and an outdoor sitting area.

I now need someone to professionally turn my ideas into a workable, blueprint. to thereafter project manage and build. If it permitted - can ask for what experience any readers have had of Rosegate Building Consultants and other design, project manage and build companies they could recommend - ideally with a European management team.

Also - daft question I know - can readers hazard a 'ball-park' per squre metre guess of likely building costs for something equivalent to a average UK built standard - and how long - with a fair wind - a property of this size should take to build from footings to finality.

Has anyone recently installed a swimming pool in their garden. Can they give me some idea as to how much per square metre I would need to budget for, and point out any pitfalls that need to considered in selecting a contractor.

In Pattaya there are many golf societies - mainly affiliated with bars - that arrange regular weekday golf events for their customers. Does anyone know of any similar societies that operate from venues - bars or otherwise - in Bangkok's Sukhumvit area, or nearby - or perhaps of a bar with other developed social activities, that might be interested in forming a golf group?