Tony Clifton Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 (edited) Here's your average home in our moo ban. Neat and clean looking colour scheme. Now, one of the neighbours decided to repaint his house, not yet a year after moving in. One thin coat, quickly smeared, you can see through it. Notice the luxurious red bull awning to block out the sun on the right. Probably jealous of the previous guy's artistic talents, this second genius went nuts with a can of spray paint, I kid you not. So much for increasing the value of houses in the neighbourhood. Any masterpieces like these in your area? Edited February 2, 2007 by Tony Clifton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guardian Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 TC, now I know where you live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualtrough Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Near our house is a fairly nice housing estate, one of the Garden Home group. Nice houses, big lots, etc., but there are some in there that are painted weird colors like pink, etc. Also architecture that just doesn't fit in. I always remember a house I saw in Penang many years ago. Right in the middle of a neighorhood of just delightful old colonial homes someone had put up a concrete slab buidling of about 3 stories with round and square windows, painted in about 6 different colors...Some Chinese merchant's idea of a dream house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo siam Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 They probably look at your house and think its boring, if your a snob buy some more land and a bigger house and you wont have to deal with neighbours. At the end of the day, they can affor to buy exactly the same house as you and decorate it as they see fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibeymai Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 here's a theory....the guy with the orange day-glo front fence is trying to prevent a drunken driver from ending up in his front yard. Plausible ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsears Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Back home I hate the neighborhood organizations because they seem to regulate the smallest details in the neighborhood. But this is a good example of why neighborhood organizations are a good idea. The neighbors should be mad because these houses lower the value of the other houses in the neighborhood. The colored houses are an eye sore and people don't want to buy property near eye sores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfokevin Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Could be a lot worse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualtrough Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Back home I hate the neighborhood organizations because they seem to regulate the smallest details in the neighborhood. But this is a good example of why neighborhood organizations are a good idea. The neighbors should be mad because these houses lower the value of the other houses in the neighborhood. The colored houses are an eye sore and people don't want to buy property near eye sores. Sure it would turn off farangs, but I am not so sure about Thais. I doubt many care that much. If they were worried about such things they would have established and enforced zoning laws a long time ago. Same with noise. People told me that when Don Muang closed our house value would skyrocket because it was under the former flight path. No way. Not an issue for most Thais. I even had neighbors telling me how they missed the noise! Houses generally aren't bought and sold with the frequency that they are back home too. My main concern here where we live would not be the appearance of a neighbors house. I would worry more about them opening a shop, bar, restaurant, or garage, etc., stuff that is difficult to ignore. If it is just an ugly paint job I can choose not to look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollyrosee Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 they should paint the inside of the airport that green its nice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberstar Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 The first house in OP's photo session is ugly. The colured ones are wonderful! ... Just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 So much for increasing the value of houses in the neighbourhood. That's not a piece of carpet on your dashboard, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Clifton Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 here's a theory....the guy with the orange day-glo front fence is trying to prevent a drunken driver from ending up in his front yard. Plausible ? Mia noi revenge? The first house in OP's photo session is ugly. The colured ones are wonderful! ... Just my opinion. You related to this guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Gorgon Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 So much for increasing the value of houses in the neighbourhood. That's not a piece of carpet on your dashboard, is it? If your neighbours are Chinese Thai, they might be following a feng shui master's recommendation to paint their house a certain colour to bring luck. If so, they might repaint with a different colour every year, so it might be fuschia and lime green in 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_hippo Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Here's your average home in our moo ban. Neat and clean looking colour scheme. Looks like someone has 'borrowed' a bus shelter roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfokevin Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 they should paint the inside of the airport that green its nice ! I think they have used the neon orange on a few of the runways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldoldgit!! Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 The chap with the pink wall liked your pink watch strap and copied you Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayo Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 I think that's great! Pleasant eye catching colours to brighten up the neighbourhood. White is sooooo Over-rated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Clifton Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 (edited) The chap with the pink wall liked your pink watch strap and copied you Tony I sincerely hope you're not moving around here. That wall is fluorescent red and that's an orange "Long Live The King" bracelet. Notice that he went nuts spraying the street sign post as well. Edited February 2, 2007 by Tony Clifton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmart Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Lovely bright colours! Very, erm... autistic! That would sort out a hangover first thing in a morning when you open the curtains, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuky Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 The chap with the pink wall liked your pink watch strap and copied you Tony I sincerely hope you're not moving around here. That wall is fluorescent red and that's an orange "Long Live The King" bracelet. Notice that he went nuts spraying the street sign post as well. In that same moo baan some twit has a bottle green boat hanging in his driveway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phibunmike Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 It is horrible, isn't it, when you look out of your window and all you can see is your neighbour's brightly coloured house.... Cheers, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Seems a lot of posters misunderstood the issue. The main problem is such eyesores lower the value of all property in the area, never mind it looks awful. This is the reason most communities have rules against such colors. If you don't like such rules move somewhere outside a community or into one without rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryB Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Seems a lot of posters misunderstood the issue. The main problem is such eyesores lower the value of all property in the area, never mind it looks awful. This is the reason most communities have rules against such colors. If you don't like such rules move somewhere outside a community or into one without rules. You should be sly always thinking of money. You come to Thailand with your ideas of money. He should be lucky he has a house never less caring the color of the next house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 my neighbour has painted his WHOLE house that fluro green! i actually think they did it because the chinese god told them to. they also have these little ceremonies every now and then where one person 'hosts' the spirit and then makes noises like an ape. i find the whole thing fascinating. but that green house is sure hard to take at times. i think it glows in the dark. it makes it easy for me to give directions to my place though! i will take a snap over the weekend and put it up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan in Isaan Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Could be a lot worse... That reminds me of many Thai websites I have visited. I don't like them but I'm just a guest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minburi Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Now that I have seen the choices of paint I will think it over but the green seems nice and goes with my chest hair now I have to choose a colour for my gate any more pics of houses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bina Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 a farang's version of what makes the neigbhorhood trashy is not a thai's version; and u are living in thailand. what's wrong with colours. i personally hate my neighbhorhood choice of sand colours. we live in a desert as it is, why does my house have to have that same buff non colour. so......inside, its blue yellow and apricot in differnet rooms with an arab blue door (the colour that most arabic houses use on their doors/window sills). its a matter of cultural differences. if u want a staid british housing settlement than go live in england. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Clifton Posted February 3, 2007 Author Share Posted February 3, 2007 (edited) I don't think that randomly painting around your house with a fluo red spray can has anything to do with culture, unless your a graffiti artist. Edited February 3, 2007 by Tony Clifton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukkha Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Reminds me of the lyrics of that 'social comment' song of Pete Seeger years ago..."Little boxes. little boxes, there's a white one and a white one and a white one and a white one, and they all live in..." Bring on some color to the neighborhood...have seen some of those housing estates where they all look exacltly the same little dolls houses, boringggg...but who am I to criticise, I live in a Condominimal...just concrete boxes only tall...but aint complaining with two bathrooms, two bedroms, a kitchen with an oven and a pool outside the door, for 18 000 baht a month in Yanawa... Dukkha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 (edited) Way up north in the sticks there are now houses in the most obscene colours...purple, orange, dandelion yellow, orange, flouro green, shitty brown, and in combinations thereof. We liked it so much our kitchen is now the most vile mix of prime colours...I love it Prime is not the right word but u know wot I mean Edited February 3, 2007 by OneeyedJohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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