Finished House Picture (Views and Gardens Welcome)

[villagefarang]

Photo Gallery and Slideshow for this topic have been updated. I wasn't able to reproduce every picture but I did manage over 140 images spread over two albums. Check the following links.

Slideshow:

Slideshow Part 2

Photo Gallery:

Edited July 11, 2010 by villagefarang

[TBWG]

Our humble abode = modest running costs!

TBWG

Doors and windows made of stone blocks. Now that is a unique concept. Any chance of a look at the plain white wall next to your stone house?

Hi

It is a well known fact that stone doors & windows are an excellent burglar deterrent

Anyway, pic of plain white wall attached

TBWG

[villagefarang]

You would wait until I had just finished updating the Gallery. Better late than never, I guess, and a lovely addition to the gallery... that plain white wall of yours.

[Kaoboi Bebobp]

Our 'mountain' house between Chiang Rai and Mae Sai.

nice place. I like how the walls are straight on the outside and curved on the inside oh, i think your bike needs a new front wheel btw

LOL. And someone stuck a Roche Bobois store on the end of the room.

But overall, stunning. Love the chairs, especially. Although that mural is, uh, interesting.

[Kaoboi Bebobp]

Uh, wow! I just got through all 25 pages, starting three days ago. What a great show of homes and gardens. Some increbily imaginative designs, and all so different. From sheds, to "white walls" to estates, all had something of interest. I guess my favourite theme is scale. Some homes looked so right for their location and surroundings, and they weren't necessarily the biggies either.

And a very civil thread. :jap:

Edited July 12, 2010 by Kaoboi Bebobp

[villagefarang]

Uh, wow! I just got through all 25 pages, starting three days ago. What a great show of homes and gardens. Some increbily imaginative designs, and all so different. From sheds, to "white walls" to estates, all had something of interest. I guess my favourite theme is scale. Some homes looked so right for their location and surroundings, and they weren't necessarily the biggies either.

And a very civil thread. :jap:

If you adjust the number of entries per page to 40 you can get that page count down to 13. Just fiddle with your settings on your profile page.

Glad you enjoyed our little thread. Hope you have tried out the new slideshow format that came with the recent software upgrade on TV. It is a big improvement.

[donx]

You would wait until I had just finished updating the Gallery. Better late than never, I guess, and a lovely addition to the gallery... that plain white wall of yours.

Remind me how to access the Gallery again if you would be so kind.

[Kaoboi Bebobp]

You would wait until I had just finished updating the Gallery. Better late than never, I guess, and a lovely addition to the gallery... that plain white wall of yours.

Remind me how to access the Gallery again if you would be so kind.

Donx, look at post 485 above ^^^^

VF, that slide show works rather nicely. It removes the need to deal with posts at so many different resolutions that I'm constantly zooming in and out of Firefox -- I'm using a 13-inch laptop.

And thanks for the note on post counts per page. I kind of like 25-posts per page. It means I've got that many more days of joy. In contrast, I count my days left to retirement by the number of weeks (7) rather than days (46). This is a case where the smaller number looks so much more agreeable.

[villagefarang]

Photo Gallery and Slideshow for this topic have been updated. I wasn't able to reproduce every picture but I did manage over 140 images spread over two albums. Check the following links.

Slideshow:

Slideshow Part 2

Photo Gallery:

You would wait until I had just finished updating the Gallery. Better late than never, I guess, and a lovely addition to the gallery... that plain white wall of yours.

Remind me how to access the Gallery again if you would be so kind.

Hope this helps.

[generealty]

Designed by my wife and I located about 10 k's outside of pattaya near the lake with nice size gardens, clean air and no traffic. Great for family life. We have made a few mistakes but in general a lovely house and garden

[rijb]

Our 'mountain' house between Chiang Rai and Mae Sai.

nice place. I like how the walls are straight on the outside and curved on the inside oh, i think your bike needs a new front wheel btw

LOL. And someone stuck a Roche Bobois store on the end of the room.

But overall, stunning. Love the chairs, especially. Although that mural is, uh, interesting.

Wide-angle lenses capture a wider field of view than the human eye. They also make objects in the foreground appear larger than in reality.

They might also save time whenever you 'little' guys try to take a piss.

Edited July 18, 2010 by rijb

[villagefarang]

Designed by my wife and I located about 10 k's outside of pattaya near the lake with nice size gardens, clean air and no traffic. Great for family life. We have made a few mistakes but in general a lovely house and garden

Isn't that just the way it goes. The best time to build a house, is right after you have just finished one. With what you have learned building the first one, you could make fewer mistakes and build an even better one.

[marcel.dekorte]

Dear members,

We just finished our house near Nakhon Phanom at Isaan. A month earlier than expected, but 2.6 million baht instead of 2 million baht. This is due to the unfavorable exchange rate of euro against bath, higher prices and a design review. But the result is, as the photo shows, very nice.

Some other details:

Floor area: 336 square meters

Two floors plus a balcony and terrace

Eight rooms, dining room, large living room and four bedrooms

Three bathrooms

Sincerely,

Marcel de Korte

[darhut]

This one... our house in Nakhon Phanom Province was build in 2008 .... my wife own the land..but we only stay on holiday as 3 months each year...

[darhut]

This one... our house in Nakhon Phanom Province was build in 2008 .... my wife own the land.. and 3 Millions for the house... nice Thai house syle ( all house build from woods called '' Red woods") 2 bedsroom,1 bathroom, little kictchen open with living room,1 entertainment room... outside have 2 verandah and 1 Sala ..

Edited July 28, 2010 by darhut

[darhut]

This one... our house in Nakhon Phanom Province was build in 2008 .... my wife own the land.. and 3 Millions for the house... nice Thai house syle ( all house build from woods called '' Red woods") 2 bedsroom,1 bathroom, little kictchen open with living room,1 entertainment room... outside have 2 verandah and 1 Sala ..

[villagefarang]

Nice pictures and I would love to include some of them in the slideshow, but even on a 24 inch screen, I can only see a small portion of each picture. The way TV is set up now, I have to use screen capture to copy pictures into the slideshow, so yours won't fit. Any chance of resizing them.

It looks like you harvested a whole forest to build your home. A bit unusual these days.

Edited July 29, 2010 by villagefarang

[darhut]

Villagefarang I resized a few photos hope all is good ... the house is made from a lot of wood but I wanted to build something with a bit of thai style rather than the concrete style that has become very popular lately. Don't worry I have planted a lot of tree's to compensate <IMG class=bbc_emoticon alt= src="http://static.thaivisa.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif"> .<BR><BR>

Edited July 29, 2010 by darhut

[yabaaaa]

Villagefarang I resized a few photos hope all is good ... the house is made from a lot of wood but I wanted to build something with a bit of thai style rather than the concrete style that has become very popular lately. Don't worry I have planted a lot of tree's to compensate <IMG class=bbc_emoticon alt= src="http://static.thaivisa.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif"> .<BR><BR>

Whilst I really like these types of building I always worry about on going maintenance, just keeping it looking good in Thailands sun would be a nightmare.

[darhut]

Villagefarang I resized a few photos hope all is good ... the house is made from a lot of wood but I wanted to build something with a bit of thai style rather than the concrete style that has become very popular lately. Don't worry I have planted a lot of tree's to compensate <IMG class=bbc_emoticon alt= src="http://static.thaivisa.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif"> .<BR><BR>

Whilst I really like these types of building I always worry about on going maintenance, just keeping it looking good in Thailands sun would be a nightmare.

True yabaaaa there is a bit of maintenance to keep them looking good. I have planted some fast growing shade tree's called brazillian fern tree's to help remedy this problem, they grow in the shape of a big umbrella and can be to shade height in about 4 years . The other problem with timber houses is wet season doors and windows sticking but nothing an electric plane can't fix. The beauty of Thailand is cheap labour to maintain the paint.

[JayC]

You have an amazing home, darhut. Lots of character and charm, something that's missing in many of the modern builds.

[Artisi]

Not hard to pick you're an Aussie - even without the flag, the roo' skin is a dead give-away, the only thing missing is the Qld blue heeler.

Beautiful house.

Edited July 30, 2010 by Artisi

[darhut]

Thanks JayC and Artisi. No blue heeler Artisi but I may bring a kelpie here one day. A kelpie would be well suited to the weather and there is plenty of room for it to run around where we are. There are a lot of dogs not suited to the weather bought here, we have a long haired golden retriever thats visits in hot weather and I run the hose on it, the owners still can't figure out where it is going for a swim. It must love songkran lol.

[flying]

This one... our house in Nakhon Phanom Province was build in 2008 .... my wife own the land.. and 3 Millions for the house... nice Thai house syle ( all house build from woods called '' Red woods") 2 bedsroom,1 bathroom, little kictchen open with living room,1 entertainment room... outside have 2 verandah and 1 Sala ..

Congrats Darhut !!

That is just beautifully done.

You have done a great job & at 3m I would say a very good deal too.

Redwood is very nice if you can find it & seems you did

Back home we use a product called Sikkens on redwood & it protects very well

http://www.nam.sikkens.com/product-category.cfm?product_category=exterior

Edited August 1, 2010 by flying

[darhut]

Thanks Flying, I know Sikkens and it is a very good product but I used what is locally available, it's called Woodtech and seems to last fine.

I have a timber house in Australia and I have a lot of deck space with some exposed to the weather I tried a few different stains, oils etc over 20 years then I found a product called Spa and Deck by a company called "The Flood Company Australia" best thing I have ever used on the deck it is an acrylic and made from the same acrylics they use in aircraft windscreens, water based and you put it on with the deck wet. Wish I could get some here in Thailand.

[bifftastic]

Nice place Darhut mate, and thanks for resizing, on my 37" screen I could see the grain in the wood!

Those carved doors you've got (at the top of the stairs?) are just beautiful, where did you get them? The ones with the figures in the top panel.

Cheers, Biff

[darhut]

Nice place Darhut mate, and thanks for resizing, on my 37" screen I could see the grain in the wood!

Those carved doors you've got (at the top of the stairs?) are just beautiful, where did you get them? The ones with the figures in the top panel.

Cheers, Biff

Thanks Biff< I had someone else source the doors for me, all I know is they came from BKK. I have seen them in the shops in and around BKK that sell timber doors and windows they are not as hard to find as you may think. If they don't have them in stock they can make them, they just insert a carved panel instead of a solid while making the door. You can also get carved top and bottom panels. There is a shop here in Nakhon Phanom that sells timber doors and windows but I've never been in there.

Dave

[craigt3365]

We finally finished the house....or mostly, as there are still many finishing touches to do. We started December 10th (first payment) and everybody was off the property about a week ago (and we are now broke!). 7 months start to finish for this renovation. The basic house was finished, but no built-ins nor landscaping, as you can see from the first pic. It was bought about 4 years ago by an investor from Europe who wanted to flip it for profit, but got stuck in the global economic mess. We bought it for a substantial discount...and then poured even MORE money into it. But we are quite happy.

Thanks to many of you for all your help. Jaidee and his wife were an inspiration and a wealth of info. Without them, I would have never tried this. Thanks to all of you who posted pics of your house. It was an inspiration through the entire process! Special thanks to Rimmer, Beardog, Xen, Kamalabob2, etc. Too many to list. TV was a great source of info...truly helped my process all the way...and still does.

It was a frustrating process. Language barriers, different supplies here, foreign building concepts (that's an understatement), my lack of knowledge, etc., all compounded the problems. Doing this in your home country is frustrating enough, but here it is double frustrating.

So we are done and really enjoying our new home in Thailand. More pics are in my gallery if you are interested.

Craig

Edited August 5, 2010 by craigt3365

[Rimmer]

Looks good Craig now it's finished, bet you thought it would never be done. See you managed to put something to extend the wall at the back.

[craigt3365]

Thanks! Yes, extended the back wall by 1M to help block the view. Could have gone higher, but it would have also blocked the good breeze we get. So...we'll have to live with it until the trees/plants expand a bit. Drop on by whenever you have a chance!