losworld Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 yeah, maybe a little bit each floor is 2000m x 4 one floor is the parking/storage so i guess useable space is really more like 6000, its huge man been under const non stop for 3.5 yrs now about 6 months out now we hope in the pictures you can only see the front entrance . ill take more of the building when all the coverings come down, Thats nuts !!! I mean square feet sure 8000 sqft is still nearly 800sqm and would be comfortably large.. But 8000 sqm ?? Nuts !! must be like >20 bedrooms to fill it. I was in a 12 bedroom place that had library's, guestwings and major space and IIRC that was 1600m and thats only 1/5th of this size. I mean the white house in the US is about 5000 sqm.. So its 50% larger than that !! The most expensive house in the USA at 150 million USD is Aaron Spellings uber mansion.. at 56000 sqft or just over 5000 sqm.. This huge thing and your building something about 60% larger than that !! More than half again of this size !! The US's most expensive house !! I am amazed.. What do you need that size for ?? Entire (large) hotels are smaller than that.. I've been to Spellings house and is a sick waist of land and space and so is 8000 in my opinion too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 I guess everyone is entitled to an opinion but does anyone have a picture of their own house or garden to share with us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 A view from our front yard. Anyone else have some pictures to share? This thread has been quiet for awhile. Nice view. Where about in the Kindom do you live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 (edited) A view from our front yard. Anyone else have some pictures to share? This thread has been quiet for awhile. Nice view. Where about in the Kingdom do you live? Phaya Mengrai, roughly 55km east of Chiang Rai. They are harvesting the rice so it no longer looks like that.;-) Edited November 14, 2011 by villagefarang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrokit Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 Just thought I'd post an updated photo of our hosue in Korat since we added the carport extension. There is probably an old photo somewhere in this thread. House is in Korat and I have about 2million baht invested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 Just thought I'd post an updated photo of our hosue in Korat since we added the carport extension. There is probably an old photo somewhere in this thread. House is in Korat and I have about 2million baht invested. Here are the pictures you posted previously. Thanks for checking back with this thread. All it needs is a little nudge from time to time in order to keep people interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrokit Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 (edited) IVB, Thanks for bringing the photos forward. Here's a close up of the tile and you can see I also gave a face lift to my 15 year old Cefiro which is in the orginal photo of the house. Edited November 18, 2011 by Rdrokit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Looks Great Rdrokit ! By the looks of it all good deal too given your total investment for the whole house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrokit Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 (edited) Looks Great Rdrokit ! By the looks of it all good deal too given your total investment for the whole house. Thanks flying. Yes I think I got a good deal and bought just at the right time. It will be 4 years January that I put the money down for the house and land. Back then I was getting about 35 baht for an American dollar now its around 30. Also it was just before the big housing boom in Korat and prices were still reasonable. I paid 1,752,000 for the basic house before I did all the improvements. That same base house now sells for 2,200,000 which is about a 25% increase. Also, I was living in Pattaya back then and prices in Pattaya were about twice as much as they were here in Korat for the same product. I am very happy with the house. Edited November 20, 2011 by Rdrokit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Some pics taken from my place: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrokit Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Some pics taken from my place: Looks quite rural. Not too many neighbors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Looks quite rural. Not too many neighbors? A few neighbors behind me, but good semi-rural and mountain views in front. About 6ks from Patong as the crow flies. Just wanted to show the bashers that there is more to Phuket than just the tourist fleshpots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovelaos Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Great thread, anymore pics anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Some pics taken from my place: some people have all the luck. i truly envy you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 A view from our front yard. Anyone else have some pictures to share? This thread has been quiet for awhile. what did you do VF that the gods blessed you with a view like this? i have no words to describe how i envy you for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 A view from our front yard. Anyone else have some pictures to share? This thread has been quiet for awhile. what did you do VF that the gods blessed you with a view like this? i have no words to describe how i envy you for it. You are in a generous and effusive mood today Naam. Thank you very much for the kind words. I am not sure what I did to deserve such luck and my wife is not bad to look at either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 (edited) I put this series of pictures together for my blog. It shows my changing view at different times of year. Though it is prettier at some times than others, I enjoy it all year long. Edited December 17, 2011 by villagefarang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Here are some views of our place outside Chaiyaphum. These are looking over our Shrimp and Fish farms. We are currently building our house on the area that is cleared. So behind is the view we will see from the kitchen. This is the view looking out from the front of the house. And with your back to the house, this is on your right. When the house is finished we'll do some more landscaping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 Sorry for causing one of my pictures to disappear from my last post. I was doing some updating of my online photo album and that one got replaced. Forgot that I had a link to it on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inzman Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Magical view! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 Not always magical unless you enjoy watching fire and smoke. This was taken last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 A view from our front yard. Anyone else have some pictures to share? This thread has been quiet for awhile. what did you do VF that the gods blessed you with a view like this? i have no words to describe how i envy you for it. You are in a generous and effusive mood today Naam. Thank you very much for the kind words. I am not sure what I did to deserve such luck and my wife is not bad to look at either. for more than 20 years (before we moved to Thailand) we too had a beautiful view: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
churchill Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Just stumbled on this thread .. Interesting a few pics of my house and views in Samui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniMAL Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 The view from the master bedroom balcony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aniMAL Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 All seems less rural from the front... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tassini Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Any of you that have built your own houses know that they are always a work in progress. Well here is ours, house, kitchen building and guest pad all finished......now it's time for the pool, driveway, landscaping................................................. Tas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 Any of you that have built your own houses know that they are always a work in progress. Well here is ours, house, kitchen building and guest pad all finished......now it's time for the pool, driveway, landscaping................................................. So true, so true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurgenG Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 The view from the master bedroom balcony! Having a swimming pool party ? I think I recognize a couple of fellow TV members Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 The view from the master bedroom balcony! Having a swimming pool party ? I think I recognize a couple of fellow TV members I would appreciate no one pointing out which one I am. That really is an amazing contrast from the front of the house to the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fezzy Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Our 17 rai with existing house soon to be knocked down to make way to build our new one,family draining the old pond and getting the fish out to eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.png.3b3332cc2256ad0edbc2fe9404feeef0.png)
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now