Just wondering the pros and cons of each... Obvious concern with wood houses is the termite problem... is this a myth or a real problem... My wife said there is a material that looks like wood they can us but it is not wood... I'm in Nawa about 30 minutes from Sakon Nakon.... We live at the edge town surrounded by rice paddies and some jungle... I understand there are many of both these type houses in the Udon Thani area and it might be the best place to look... attached photo is of our backyard and the neighbors rice paddy.... I've been ;looking into a company called Area Perfect Home that I think is in the Udon Thani area for the prefab and they seem good quality, does anyone have any experience with them...... any suggestions on companies for either type of house appreciated...ps I'm sure my dog thinks the neighbors water buffalo calf is just a big dog... lol

 

 

4 years ago we had these exact same decisions and eventually went for the wooden one. I don't know about the prefab type but you are a few Km from Udon so they would either chose to live on site or you would need to pay for their extensive travel. Our builders were about 60 kms from the site but the whole house was built there and they brought it here on 3 trucks and assembled it all over 2 days and that was that.

We always intended the house to be 2 storey but that's were it all got a little more expensive and drawn out. I can give you loads more personal experiences it you would like me to send you a personal email.

Teak vs termite food ... choose wisely.

 

There is NO wood in the construction of our house, as made that mistake with 1st house, that had minimal wood, but they did get into all it.  None of it structural, thankfully.

I'd build concrete over wood any day of the week.