A House Constructed in Satuk, Buriram Province

[alanthebuilder]

Hello Guys,

Here are some photos of a house we were finishing off two days ago ( the photos are 99% completed )
The House itself, is 40km north of Satuek / Satuk ( Buriram Province )

The house cost approx 2,200,000 THB plus a few small extras. It took just over 3 months to build. Walls are Q-con, Roof is CPac, Grade A Brown powder coated Aluminium Windows.

We got the Kitchen units locally in Khon Kaen. The Granite and units were fitted by our own gang.

Hope you like the pictures, Thank you for now

Alan The Builder

P.S - Hope you all have a great new year !!!

P.P.S - No,we never built the wall guys. Truth is, our clients nearly always let the family build the garden wall to keep them happy and it often lets the job down ! ! ! !

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55000┬г for a house like this? Oh my, that sparkled my interest.

[camperboy]

The house looks cute and cosy!

Is it located in a village type?

55000┬г for a house like this? Oh my, that sparkled my interest.


Oh come on, you could buy Wigan in its entirety for ┬г55,000 and still have money left over for a blow-job.

:laughing3:

Looks very nice to me!

[alanthebuilder]

Thanks guys , we have a house lined up to build for a gay couple in August ,Man from the U-K and his Thai boyfriend . IтАЩm so glad you like the house picks, IтАЩm completing another house at the MO all should be done in 10 days, will keep you posted - Thanks again guys.

[CoffeeBreak]

Seems to me bearing in mind the glut and oversupply of properties in Thailand the house is grossly overpriced. Quite apart from the fact that the location is in the middle of nowhere, any farang seeking to buy ought to be reminded that a foreigner cannot legally own land in Thailand and I note the OP conveniently omits to mention it. Ask any respectable firm of lawyers in Thailand and they will tell you the same. But of course many builders and their agents do try to hide that truth.

[cdnmatt]

Seems to me bearing in mind the glut and oversupply of properties in Thailand the house is grossly overpriced.

Obviously, you've never heard of the horror stories of building a house in Thailand. Those look like pretty solidly built houses, and if I was building a house in Thailand, I'd definitely pay a little more to ensure it's done right. I wouldn't want to move into my brand new house in Thailand, only to find out the infrastructure is cracked, a couple walls need to be torn down, 25% of the plumbing needs to be replaced, there's rain seeping in through the roof, etc.

I'd say if it's a quality builder who gets shit done right the first time around, it's well worth the extra.

I'd say if it's a quality builder who gets shit done right the first time around, it's well worth the extra.

Matt hit the nail on the head with that one, no pun intended.

What kind of money up front do you expect Alan before you start and finish a build?

[alanthebuilder]

Seems to me bearing in mind the glut and oversupply of properties in Thailand the house is grossly overpriced. Quite apart from the fact that the location is in the middle of nowhere, any farang seeking to buy ought to be reminded that a foreigner cannot legally own land in Thailand and I note the OP conveniently omits to mention it. Ask any respectable firm of lawyers in Thailand and they will tell you the same. But of course many builders and their agents do try to hide that truth.

I am not selling this house(or any house), the client an American man built this house for his Thai wifeтАЩs mother and farther.
The house is build in the village they grew up in.
P-S no hiding the truth going on here :glasses7:

alanthebuilder - just a few of questions:

1. What is the indoor square area of the house? The additional square area of covered porch, paved terraces? And therefore the total built area (indoor and covered/paved outdoor)?

2. How many bedrooms? How many bathrooms/toilets?

3. From the pictures, it does not look like the owner asked you to put in airconditioning, solar water heaters, water storage tank. Supposing he had, what extra costs do you estimate such might add to the total cost?

4. Building in out-of-the-way places like this house, did the power, water and sewer companies provide you with mains up to property boundary? Or did you have to lay these lines from a connecting substation or whatever some distance away? Do you anticipate sufficient and reliable electricity supply to run airconditioners or would you recommend that the owner have his own generator; if so how much would a generator outhouse with good solid noise insulation cost?

5. Were sewers connected to main sewerage lines, or did you have to put in a septic tank?

[Diec]

Why do you give a shit Macarorni? Do you plan on purchasing a house?

[Beachlover]

Seems to me bearing in mind the glut and oversupply of properties in Thailand the house is grossly overpriced. Quite apart from the fact that the location is in the middle of nowhere, any farang seeking to buy ought to be reminded that a foreigner cannot legally own land in Thailand and I note the OP conveniently omits to mention it. Ask any respectable firm of lawyers in Thailand and they will tell you the same. But of course many builders and their agents do try to hide that truth.
Don't know why the OP needs to mention foreigners can't legally own land in Thailand or why you accuse him of "hiding" it. It's irrelevant to his post. He's building a house. Just providing a service. Not selling land. The land ownership thing is common knowledge.

Construction costs aren't "overpriced" if there's an oversupply of properties. There's a difference between buying a property and having something built on it.

[alanthebuilder]

alanthebuilder - just a few of questions:

1. What is the indoor square area of the house? The additional square area of covered porch, paved terraces? And therefore the total built area (indoor and covered/paved outdoor)? ... .......Total around 180 sqm ..

2. How many bedrooms? How many bathrooms/toilets? ........3 bed ... 2 toilets

3. From the pictures, it does not look like the owner asked you to put in airconditioning, solar water heaters, water storage tank. Supposing he had, what extra costs do you estimate such might add to the total cost? .........We put provisions for air cons \ mum and dad donтАЩt like, but the wiring and so is there should they change there minds ........ We put underground water storage tank 2000 litres ... We also put in a septic system ...No solar . We built a pump house to house the pump..... ... Total X,s All this plus the kitchen around 100.000

4. Building in out-of-the-way places like this house, did the power, water and sewer companies provide you with mains up to property boundary?.........They had a meter already yes we run a cable and upgraded the meter 1.5 to 15 amp ... Or did you have to lay these lines from a connecting substation or whatever some distance away? Do you anticipate sufficient and reliable electricity supply to run airconditioners or would you recommend that the owner have his own generator;........No they donтАЩt have power cuts at all ,So they said..... if so how much would a generator outhouse with good solid noise insulation cost?...this depends on the size !

5. Were sewers connected to main sewerage lines, or did you have to put in a septic tank? ..... As above Septic Soke away ......
I hope this is all ok for you thanks for your input ,cheers for now more pics of a much different house in 6 to 7 days тАУ Take care....

Thanks for the added information.