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17 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Take a wander down to your local ampur office. They should have books of pre-approved house plans which you can copy and use to apply for your building permit.

 

Find one that's roughly want you want and tweek as wish, so long as you don't change the general outline of the house or the structural elements you can modify as you wish.

 

We used a local contractor who was the only one willing to take on Madam's desired roof style. Fixed price contract.

 

Our construction thread is here, rather bigger than what you are considering but the pitfalls are the same.

 

 

 

is that the GOM TEE DIN Office?

im also interested in experienced peoples opinions on this subject.

i have been quoted 10,000thb per sq/m for single storey, 15,000thb for 2 storey.

apart from not even owning the land yet id appreciate following the thread for as much info as possible!

This book by Philip Bryce is interesting and may be of some use to the OP.

"How to buy land & build a house in Thailand"

6 minutes ago, steve3245 said:

i am guessing the "8m selling for 4m" is a bit of a wind up , but are houses really selling for 30% below there asking price ?

thanks

ive not seen any actual good deals yet but still looking.

Brilliant!!

i was typing to ask for elevations when u already posting!!

very good drawings!

very nice!!

what province/coast are you on??

30 minutes ago, Blue Muton said:

Thanks, we're in rural Suphanburi. Total cost including the garage and walls was around six million, excluding the land that my wife already owned. 

Where are you looking at building your place?

way up north, nan province.

been looking for the right plot since last year but still not found it.

thanks for sharing m8!

nice story along with it too!!

more than just a house im wanting a home/sanctuary that all of us, kids included are going to contribute to the end result.

whereabouts did you build and how much did u end up spending altogether?

16 hours ago, khunPer said:

I've also drawn my own house. I used millimeter paper and made it with all specific details, so I got exactly what I was expecting, as I had a small plot of land only to build on.

I got an architect firm to transfer my drawings into computer and check that my construction, i.e. posts, were strong enough, which it was, nothing needed to be changed. The architect firm, or rather their computer program, did all the steel calculations needed for building permission, which they also handles. The total fee for computor drawings and paperwork was very affordable.

I'm very satisfied with the result, which is of course also due to an excellent Thai building constructor that understood me; I'm now living in the house on 11th year...☺️

care to share your designs?

im currently taking in as much info/details as possible.

On 3/16/2021 at 6:14 PM, Blue Muton said:

It should be cheaper to buy your own, but of course it's not just about the money.

We designed and our own home built and I have to say it was one of the most satisfying and pleasurable experiences of my life. Ploughing through hundreds of plans online and not finding any that ticked all of our boxes was just the start. We found one that had nearly everything we thought we wanted but even then when our then prospective builder showed us a couple of places that were coming to completion we got more ideas. We made lots of changes to the original plans and got the architect to produce sets of plans accordingly.

We discovered that Mrs BM made an incredible project manager and negotiator for all of the materials. We've been in our new hope nearly six years now and really love it.

COULD YOU post some of your design resources please?

ill eat a rare steak or even a blue steak if its good quality meat.

but blood for the sake of it, nah!

Has anyone ever compiled all these 'teachers' into a comprehensive list so others might be aware of their behaviour?

in my 20 years here its been a stream of quietly re-assigned/blame the student, stories!

On 2/8/2021 at 11:00 PM, sometimewoodworker said:

Something like this?

tbh thats not quite what i had in mind but now i want one of these as well!!

with the area being so limited i might get 25% of what i want but love the idea/inspiration!

the rough idea so far is knockdown tree house/sala at corners with a proper house in the back middle area with rear kitchen garden & side parking/workshop hopefully with a reasonable sized waterhole at the front.

As for it being tiny, i kind of agree however it will be 4x more than what we have now. thanks

before getting into too much detail, im looking at a 1 rai plot to create a jungle/forest oasis.

has anybody done something similar or any good with planning such an endeavour?

as statedin the title, its dense with trees, plenty of which will have to come down but hoping to leave as many as possible, preferably with fruit/good shade.

1 rai = 1600sq. metres/40m x 40m or thereabouts

thanks in advance!!

850 with 60 shipping now.

decent?

6 hours ago, NeoDinosaw said:

They are hoping that it will be fertile and hatch into a  chicken or duck orsomethig else thiat is edible.

They are hoping that it will be fertile and hatch into a  chicken or duck orsomethig else thiat is exploitable

On 1/31/2021 at 11:14 AM, TSF said:

Lots of local men drink it where I am (rural Korat) most are demented, they're like village idiots, but most are inbred anyway, you can see it in their features. When they take a wife they get a woman from the same village or the next one 5km away. 

can you post an example or two of these evidently inbreds?

im curious what the features are.

What about travelling into bkk?

is there any firm restrictions, hearing nothing but rumours in the north.

isnt permanent residency different from a visa somehow?

for example the elite visa has no PR level/equivalent

the motorbike they were riding drifted

so who was in control??

license?

insurance?

is it legal to discuss thailands scrabble champions or libelous?

thanks for replies, im asking for specific information not opinions though.

assuming post offices/big c(on saturday) are legally able to provide the service, whats not to get?

congrats on the quiet office btw

sorry to necropost but is there an updated version of this procedure or is it all post offices/big c's on saturdays rather than the human zoo that is DLT?

e-visa application in london this week.

after submitting all documents online, copies of all documents were then required to be posted in with passport.

50 GBP visa price as displayed on website, charged 60 pounds by website.

then they sent a non-replyable msg that 10 extra pounds needed to be sent (in cash) to return the passport..

sent - still waiting for confirmation/explanation.