7 hours ago, chrisandsu said:

I agree and sometimes it’s not the materials but the application . Many times I have seen paint peeling and things falling apart due to the poor work carried out by the builder . 

The paint thing is usually down to them overthinning it (but it can be poor preparation). They do it because without the thinners it dries too fast due to the heat - but ovethinning destroys much of the paint's properties. Just have to paint faster ????.

Day 7 of my build is over, and the guys have cleared off for Songkran.

Ground floor concrete finished, next comes the upper floor, then render and tile.

They estimated they'd be finished  before  the end of the month.

 

8 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Day 7 of my build is over, and the guys have cleared off for Songkran.

Ground floor concrete finished, next comes the upper floor, then render and tile.

They estimated they'd be finished  before  the end of the month.

 

Is it an extension? 

The OP could go meet with Williams Property who have built homes for expats in Udon Thani. They have successfully built homes of various sizes for expats in Buriram and Udon Thani. 

On 4/7/2021 at 9:36 PM, petermik said:

I had this house built 5 years ago down in Trang..local builder who had built farang type houses before 3 beds/2 en suite baths 120 sq.mtres Thai style kitchen......400,000 baht for labour and we bought our own materials....total cost 1.3 million

As long as you're happy but 400K seems steep.