30 year old condo pool...

[moontang]

Sometimes, when they close the pool for renovation, it never reopens.  Here is our 30 year old condo pool, reopened after a two month rehab.  Finished on time, and lookin good.  These are budget condos, too.. A little diligence goes a long way. 

[newnative]

    Wait a minute. If your condo pool is 30 years old I'm guessing your condo is also 30 years old. I thought from reading Thai Visa that all condos go crashing to the ground after 30 years.  Hmm. If your condo is still standing this is not going to be welcome news at all for some posters.  By the way, I am in a 35 year-old condo and it's still standing, too, and in good shape.  Your pool looks great!  Thanks for sharing.

[buick]

how about the pool mgmt ?  in terms of getting the proper chemical balance in the water to keep it clean and healthy for a swim.  do they do it regularly ?

 

that was the big problem with the pool i used to swim in (won't name the place).  i got sick alot during the two years i used it.  stop using it, didn't get sick.  the funny thing about it is there was a guy that swam with a face mask and snorkel.  at first i laughed at him and later i realized i was the one who should be laughed at.  he had a great idea.  keep the water out of your eyes and mouth.

 

[moontang]

7 hours ago, newnative said:

    Wait a minute. If your condo pool is 30 years old I'm guessing your condo is also 30 years old. I thought from reading Thai Visa that all condos go crashing to the ground after 30 years.  Hmm. If your condo is still standing this is not going to be welcome news at all for some posters.  By the way, I am in a 35 year-old condo and it's still standing, too, and in good shape.  Your pool looks great!  Thanks for sharing.

What's more amazing than refurbishing the pool is that it was done with maintenance fees that the Thais never paid, and then stolen by the JP. Amazing Thailand. 

[beau thai]

maintenance fees unpaid and/or stolen by the JP is not amazing unfortunately!  Pool refurb on time and to good quality is though

[moontang]

1 hour ago, beau thai said:

maintenance fees unpaid and/or stolen by the JP is not amazing unfortunately!  Pool refurb on time and to good quality is though

Pay 2.8 times more for new, and it is still a crap shoot, but with the older units, you can see for yourself.  The Financials are either posted, or they are not.. a good starting point, and don't ever buy into the big fee, big refurb promise.. 

[Lacessit]

A 30 year old condo has stood the test of time. Dare I say they were better built in those days? Permit me to doubt some of the new ones will last as long.

[moontang]

They used a steel frame then, now it would likely be pre-fabricated, but from what I see, the 8 floors and below seem to be the ones getting thinner and lighter... but I am sure their durability has been proven... on paper, anyways. 

[dotpoom]

Our swimming pool in View Talay was renovated about 10 yrs. ago?

[Grusa]

Our pool, which is huge, 30+years old and at ground level, was "renovated" just over a year ago. It was closed for nearly six months. All the grout had been eaten away by chemical imbalance, it was forever turning green - the manager blamed Russian visitors using sun cream! Much of the pipework for the filter system was irretrievably blocked or broken. None of that was replaced, nor was the antiquated wiring for the pool lights. The tiles could not be replicated, so they were taken from the jacuzzi, which was completely re-done. The whole thing was re-grouted.

 

Now, one year on, the grout is disappearing, the pool keeps going green, and a supplementary pump and filter has to be used every second day. Tiles are coming loose, and we do not have an effective vacuum line, or a hose and pole long enough to reach the bottom. The bottom drain does not work. Half the lights do not work. Air keeps bubbling up from the few working return ports.

 

There was no effective oversight of the project, the budget, the work and the planning were never put to the residents. A tribe of monkeys could have done a better, cheaper, job in half the time. Any competent westerner could have told them that major plumbing work was needed, and should be properly done while the pool was empty!

[BritManToo]

On 6/2/2019 at 3:30 AM, moontang said:

Here is our 30 year old condo pool, reopened after a two month rehab.

Looks nice!

[PerkinsCuthbert]

Water looks too blue to be healthy. Have you checked it for parasites?

 

[moontang]

9 minutes ago, PerkinsCuthbert said:

Water looks too blue to be healthy. Have you checked it for parasites?

 

Most want a blue pool, and there are even chemicals called blue pool, as well as pool cleaning companies.  Clear water looks blue, also, depending on the sky and the color of the tiles. 

Edited June 4, 2019 by moontang

[josephbloggs]

1 hour ago, PerkinsCuthbert said:

Water looks too blue to be healthy. Have you checked it for parasites?

 

Blue tiles tend to have that effect.

[edgarfriendly]

could u pm the condo info?

 

looking for a budget condo in bkk with a decent mgt/maintanence team

[Caine]

3 hours ago, Grusa said:

Our pool, which is huge, 30+years old and at ground level, was "renovated" just over a year ago. It was closed for nearly six months. All the grout had been eaten away by chemical imbalance, it was forever turning green - the manager blamed Russian visitors using sun cream! Much of the pipework for the filter system was irretrievably blocked or broken. None of that was replaced, nor was the antiquated wiring for the pool lights. The tiles could not be replicated, so they were taken from the jacuzzi, which was completely re-done. The whole thing was re-grouted.

 

Now, one year on, the grout is disappearing, the pool keeps going green, and a supplementary pump and filter has to be used every second day. Tiles are coming loose, and we do not have an effective vacuum line, or a hose and pole long enough to reach the bottom. The bottom drain does not work. Half the lights do not work. Air keeps bubbling up from the few working return ports.

 

There was no effective oversight of the project, the budget, the work and the planning were never put to the residents. A tribe of monkeys could have done a better, cheaper, job in half the time. Any competent westerner could have told them that major plumbing work was needed, and should be properly done while the pool was empty!

Sounds about par for the course in Thailand, absolutely useless can’t look after or fix anything correctly. Whether it be a cars, motorcycle, computer, watch, building, swimming pool or beach I repeat absolutely useless.

[Enoon]

On 6/1/2019 at 10:59 PM, newnative said:

    Wait a minute. If your condo pool is 30 years old I'm guessing your condo is also 30 years old. I thought from reading Thai Visa that all condos go crashing to the ground after 30 years.  Hmm. If your condo is still standing this is not going to be welcome news at all for some posters.  By the way, I am in a 35 year-old condo and it's still standing, too, and in good shape.  Your pool looks great!  Thanks for sharing.

 

The two, old, "budget" condos in which I have dwelt seemed structurally very sound.

 

The new builds I have seen, in progress, inspire very little confidence within me.

 

 

[Pravda]

On 6/2/2019 at 4:59 AM, newnative said:

    Wait a minute. If your condo pool is 30 years old I'm guessing your condo is also 30 years old. I thought from reading Thai Visa that all condos go crashing to the ground after 30 years.  Hmm. If your condo is still standing this is not going to be welcome news at all for some posters.  By the way, I am in a 35 year-old condo and it's still standing, too, and in good shape.  Your pool looks great!  Thanks for sharing.

 

Ha, ha.....h.......a

 

Thais are all about face. I bet my 1 testicle that pool is the only thing that was renovated in 30 years.

 

I'd like to see hallways, lobby and units.

[newnative]

8 minutes ago, Pravda said:

 

Ha, ha.....h.......a

 

Thais are all about face. I bet my 1 testicle that pool is the only thing that was renovated in 30 years.

 

I'd like to see hallways, lobby and units.

   Units???  Since when is it the responsibility of the condo association to come in and renovate an owner's unit?  

[roo860]

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Ha, ha.....h.......a
 
Thais are all about face. I bet my 1 testicle that pool is the only thing that was renovated in 30 years.
 
I'd like to see hallways, lobby and units.

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[moontang]

10 hours ago, Pravda said:

 

Ha, ha.....h.......a

 

Thais are all about face. I bet my 1 testicle that pool is the only thing that was renovated in 30 years.

 

I'd like to see hallways, lobby and units.

Inverter ac, inverter refrigerator, hatari wall fan, 3 wire hot water heater installed, and ceiling tiles all replaced.  Yeah, the renters get all that.  

[lamyai3]

On 6/2/2019 at 2:47 PM, Lacessit said:

A 30 year old condo has stood the test of time. Dare I say they were better built in those days? Permit me to doubt some of the new ones will last as long.

I spent most of a decade in a place that was 50 years old at the time they knocked it down for redevelopment. Rock solid with thick walls and floors, the demolition crew had some trouble with it as it was so sturdily built. 

[ballpoint]

18 hours ago, Caine said:

Sounds about par for the course in Thailand, absolutely useless can’t look after or fix anything correctly. Whether it be a cars, motorcycle, computer, watch, building, swimming pool or beach I repeat absolutely useless.

Yet the OP is about a well renovated pool in a nice 30 year old condo.  But, let's just ignore the whole point of the thread and have a rant instead.

[Peterw42]

9 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

Yet the OP is about a well renovated pool in a nice 30 year old condo.  But, let's just ignore the whole point of the thread and have a rant instead.

Have to agree, no matter how good or positive a story is some will find the negative. It must be miserable living your life like that.