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Posted 2012-05-17 21:42:13
 mrbojangles, on 2012-03-23 12:13:11, said:
harrry, on 2012-03-23 11:43:36, said:
Looks nice.
Can you let us know how the budget turned out for the various parts.
It's been harder than I thought it would be to keep track of individual costs, mainly cos we are here in Saudi but also because the brothers will order materials from the builders yard that are for various jobs. I then can't be bothered to disect each individual item on the bill into what job it was needed for.
I do however, have the total cost to date. As it stands in the pictures above, the total spend of materials and labour is 426,000 baht. The roof was obviously the biggest individual cost at just over 100,000 baht including fitting and foils underneath. The windows were 29,000 baht, again including fitting, glass and mozzie screens. The interior suspended ceiling was 31,000 baht fully fitted and filled ready to paint, including 2 trap doors and a step in height in the kitchen. The total cost for the electrics was about 27,000 baht.
Albeit we have bought the sinks for both kitchens and the toilet and the toilet itself, we have to do the bathroom and kitchen, fully tile inside and out and skirting boards etc. We have got all the pipework in but the rest of the water system is still needed i.e. Water tanks, pump, filtration and sceptic tanks.
As I said before, I didn't really have a budget but I don't think that is a bad price to pay for work done so far. Anybody wishing to do it cheaper could easily cut costs from we have done. i.e. making the roof design a lot simpler. If you want details of costs for something specific, let me know and I'll dig out the receipts.
How much was the foundations, concrete etc....
Great details in every post 
Posted 2012-05-17 22:38:39
mrbojangles, on 2012-05-12 11:23:40, said:
Just having a think about A/C and wonder if anyone could give some tips.
As we are not going to be using this house for several months at a time, I am thinking of just trying out the use of fans but in the event that it's too hot and we install A/C, can someone give any advise on the best way to maintain them. I'm mainly concerned with the risk of bacteria build up etc when not in use for several months. Is there a set process for this i.e. draining all the water out etc?
as asteroid head mentioned , no problems with bacteria build up , condensate drains as you use the unit , the indoor unit has filters which you can clean very easily , outdoor unit is virtually maint free other than cleaning the condensor every couple of years , when not in use just isolate the power to the units and walk away ..... no oil needed as mentioned earlier , get the gas charge checked every couple of years and thats it .....
Posted 2012-05-17 23:01:03
Thanks for all the info on the A/C chaps 
Posted 2012-05-17 23:36:24
jambco984, on 2012-05-17 21:42:13, said:
How much was the foundations, concrete etc....
Great details in every post
I think for the foundations etc the biggest expense was the pre-cast pillars (Sow's) and they were less than 800 baht each. We needed 16 of them. I think for concreting it was about 9,000 baht for the concrete pad.The rest was just day rate laying bricks, which a pretty cheap
Posted 2012-05-17 23:40:49
mrbojangles, on 2012-05-17 23:36:24, said:
jambco984, on 2012-05-17 21:42:13, said:
How much was the foundations, concrete etc....
Great details in every post
I think for the foundations etc the biggest expense was the pre-cast pillars (Sow's) and they were less than 800 baht each. We needed 16 of them. I think for concreting it was about 9,000 baht for the concrete pad.The rest was just day rate laying bricks, which a pretty cheap
I have just started on a smaller build for a 'holiday bungalow'. My budget is 450k so it has been fascinating reading your thread - thank you for taking time to post this chronology of events.
Posted 2012-05-17 23:55:01
jambco984, on 2012-05-16 22:31:47, said:
Absolutely brilliant thread with so many nice folk all chipping in 2 satangs worth to help you out. I have spent the best part of the evening reading this thread and have plenty of ideas now for myself, although I would be happy paying your BILs to build the exact same for me in the boonies of Sukhothai.
Hope when you get back you can smash all the final details and watch the final parts come together. What is your estimated finish date, I understand its bits and bobs whenever the lads are free but surely approx. 2 months and your all good?
Looking forward to reading the final chapters
Cheers jambco. We are going over in june. The wife and daughter will be staying for summer hols and I am staying for 2 weeks or so and then going back mid august. Got a lot of shopping to do and it's gonna be a rush but I'll try and get enough for them to get cracking on with until i go back in Aug. If I wanted to leave the decisions to the wife, it would be finished in no time but I said from the off that I am in charge of decor and tiles etc, so it will just have to take as long as it takes for me to shop around and choose.
i sent Global House in KK an e-mail last week asking about delivery to Chaiyaphum and they replied telling me that they are opening one in Chaiyaphum at the end of june.
Posted 2012-05-18 11:54:11
cardholder, on 2012-05-17 23:40:49, said:
mrbojangles, on 2012-05-17 23:36:24, said:
jambco984, on 2012-05-17 21:42:13, said:
How much was the foundations, concrete etc....
Great details in every post
I think for the foundations etc the biggest expense was the pre-cast pillars (Sow's) and they were less than 800 baht each. We needed 16 of them. I think for concreting it was about 9,000 baht for the concrete pad.The rest was just day rate laying bricks, which a pretty cheap
I have just started on a smaller build for a 'holiday bungalow'. My budget is 450k so it has been fascinating reading your thread - thank you for taking time to post this chronology of events.
Thanks CH. It's always difficult knowing what to post and what not to as I could be boring the pants off people.
Posted 2012-05-18 13:42:52
Here's one for you. Talk about lost in translation. I mentioned to the Mrs a few months ago that I wanted a Khwai's head, with the huge horns. Like the one in the Tawandang logo and I want to put it on the porch. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago the wifes family said they had not only found one but two from a friend and they had painted them for us. I was over the moon until I got the piccies.
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It was a nice thought but not what I wanted and now I'll have to find somewhere to put these.
Posted 2012-05-18 14:02:21
Naam, on 2012-05-17 05:08:08, said:
now impatiently waiting for your first report after you've spent a week or two in your home! when will you get your next visa "khrouj wa ouda" stamped in your passport?
What's that mean Naam? My Arabic isn't that good.
Posted 2012-05-18 20:19:23
mrbojangles, on 2012-05-18 14:02:21, said:
Naam, on 2012-05-17 05:08:08, said:
now impatiently waiting for your first report after you've spent a week or two in your home! when will you get your next visa "khrouj wa ouda" stamped in your passport?
What's that mean Naam? My Arabic isn't that good.
exit and reentry
Posted 2012-05-18 20:44:10
Naam, on 2012-05-18 20:19:23, said:
mrbojangles, on 2012-05-18 14:02:21, said:
Naam, on 2012-05-17 05:08:08, said:
now impatiently waiting for your first report after you've spent a week or two in your home! when will you get your next visa "khrouj wa ouda" stamped in your passport?
What's that mean Naam? My Arabic isn't that good.
exit and reentry
Ah. Do you know that we are now permitted multi entry exits
Posted 2012-05-19 05:51:34
mrbojangles, on 2012-05-18 13:42:52, said:
Here's one for you. Talk about lost in translation. I mentioned to the Mrs a few months ago that I wanted a Khwai's head, with the huge horns. Like the one in the Tawandang logo and I want to put it on the porch. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago the wifes family said they had not only found one but two from a friend and they had painted them for us. I was over the moon until I got the piccies.
 Photo-0172.jpg
It was a nice thought but not what I wanted and now I'll have to find somewhere to put these.
Ha!. Just get some old barrels and a wagon wheel or two and go with the whole old west theme.
Posted 2012-05-20 04:59:18
mrbojangles, on 2012-05-18 13:42:52, said: Photo-0172.jpg
It was a nice thought but not what I wanted and now I'll have to find somewhere to put these.
Thanks for the belly laugh! What on earth possessed them to paint the skulls chrome silver? 
Posted 2012-05-20 05:55:18
mrbojangles, on 2012-05-18 20:44:10, said:
Naam, on 2012-05-18 20:19:23, said:
mrbojangles, on 2012-05-18 14:02:21, said:
Naam, on 2012-05-17 05:08:08, said:
now impatiently waiting for your first report after you've spent a week or two in your home! when will you get your next visa "khrouj wa ouda" stamped in your passport?
What's that mean Naam? My Arabic isn't that good.
exit and reentry
Ah. Do you know that we are now permitted multi entry exits
interesting! i had no idea.
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