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Looking at houses from readers (39)
Our new home in Chiangmai, Hangdong. Sold our previous house in January and started our new house in February, and moved in September.
Everything now all on the ground floor, with garage for the Classics, swimming pool 16x5m, wine cellar, 36 solar panels and batteries on the garage. This with PEA approval, so that we can return too much electricity to the electricity grid.
House approximately 370m2, garage 200m2, insulation roof 8 cm sprayed PU and on the gyproc ceiling another 8 cm rockwool. Double walls outside brick, air cavity and inside 10 cm Qcon. The windows of the 4 bedrooms with double glazing.
Cost price house, without solar panels, swimming pool and garage: 9 million baht.
Submitted by Nest
Dear reader, have you also had a house built in Thailand? Send a photo with some information and the costs to [email protected] and we post it.
In a word: great!
Awesome !
Your castle is impressive.
.More than Beautiful' !!
Peter,
Great house and also nice that you have some beautiful classics there, you can tinker with it at your leisure. I would also like to have an old landrover, but unfortunately it is a bit difficult in Thailand.
really a very beautiful house, one of the most beautiful houses I have seen here
on thailandblog
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Why difficult? You mean it's hard to get a landrover, no, there are plenty on Kaidee, with papers and even the original engine and gearbox, because often when they see an engine that they consider strange, they flash a Japanese one in it. And also with full papers, but watch out for meter-thick filler, because they can plaster here. The prices are not on the low side, but the advantage here in Thailand is that they are not rotten, which is often the case in Europe, because they have such a ridiculous box chassis that always fills with mud.
Indeed, still a lot to find, meeting Landrover in Lop Buri this weekend
Thank you for the site, I had never heard of Kaidee, I only looked occasionally on one2car or motors and once on FB when I had installed that. Is Kaidee also in English? I just looked at my phone but only saw Thai. Last year I almost bought a white Jeep Cherokee with Discover channel stickers via FB, which had a Toyota diesel engine. My brother-in-law in Bangkok had already gone to take a look and we were going to go to our house in Chiang Mai for Christmas, but the car was sold just before we were to fly. Was a nice copy and not too expensive. Why a little difficult? We still live in the Netherlands and only spend a maximum of 2 months in Chiang Mai (behind Hang Dong Road). I am a big Wheeler dealer fan and dream of restoring an LR Range Rover or a Jeep Cherokee. I don't have the time (or the knowledge) for that myself, I probably have to work for another 20 years, but my dream is to buy a cheap car and make it the wheeler dealer way (good but financially within limits). beautiful modern car. Problem in Thailand:. Old ones are also expensive, I have limited tinkering skills, no time and I don't know a cheap, very handy car repairer who can turn something bad into something beautiful. And then parts for a Jeep or Range Rover are not easy to find or expensive and once you have found a good mechanic, he must still know about Jeeps or LR. And you can't buy a cheap refurbished copy from England or Japan and send it to Thailand. And we don't live full time in Chiang Mai and my in-laws hate an old car, they only see problems. Except my brother-in-law, who lives in Bangkok. All in all not easy. So a garage at home, with a bridge and time and YouTube and internet for some help, would be very nice in my opinion. So Nest, enjoy. If we are allowed to fly again, I would like to come by and admire your garage. You have a nice house and ignore the curmudgeons. Just kidding, everyone has their choice.
Very nice. But still quite expensive for a house without the land in Thailand. Or am I wrong?
Now this is a dream home! Doesn't happen often, but I have nothing but nothing to criticize about this house! Truly a unique home, enjoy!
A little too western for me.
Beautiful home, enjoy!
Join the rest, AMAZING.
Especially the beautiful large garage with bridge, is this a hobby or a profession?
I am curious about the construction price and materials, windows PVC or aluminum!
What kind of foundation and built under the supervision of a Thai contractor!
Really a picture.
Have fun living
Congratulations, and not expensive at all by European standards, a gem. I wish I could imitate it too.
Well Paul, I think including the ground, it is in Hang Dong, which is about 18 km from Chiang Mai.
The land price there may be 2.000.000 per rai in a good location, I don't estimate the house to be higher than 4.000.000. So there will be about 2,5 rai of soil.
Jaap if you can build a house like this for 4mil baht, I'll walk up the Doi Suthep naked. I don't think he really has a clue about building villas. I do, 33 years in Belgium and 16 years here
Beautiful “Nest”…
Follow your Dreams..and this Lover of a Beautiful house has done that..!!
Not easy to realize your wishes in Thailand..beautifully realized here!
Question is your Wine Cellar Temp/controlled..??..that doesn't seem simple to me..Seeing the surface..
Also Beautiful Oldtimers.. The current government is going to make that (even) more difficult if not impossible in terms of import..
Cheers to Your Dream Home!!
Superb house! Very good to have built-in fans everywhere. Have you 'cooled' the entire wine cellar?
I have been a villa builder in Antwerp for 32 years
Garage is hobby (Classic Car Rallys)
Wine cellar with air conditioning, well insulated, and cold air stays below. Windows in Alu, double glazing in bedrooms,
Just a clean house nest.
Beautiful house, beautiful materials,
As others have already indicated, more information is welcome.
In a word, what a house
NICE !!!!!
Incredibly beautiful
The headline of this series can be changed from “houses” to HOUSES with these types of houses.
But a nice house for a great price.
This is not a house…this is a beautiful villa! People what a beautiful home. Of course you need staff for the maintenance of such a large castle, otherwise you will be cleaning all day yourself .. a dream for me
a nightmare for me
What a boring house. Looks more like a museum than a house. So impersonal with all those straight lines. Nowhere do I feel warmth or intimacy. More show than real life. I could never feel at home there. I'd rather live in a Thai hut.
We Flemings have a different idea about houses and living than most Dutch people. Most homes in Flanders are also much larger
Why should we live here in Thailand in a small house without comfort, etc.?
Good day dear Nest,
You wrote about a small house without comfort, etc.?
Our house in Ubon, 120 m2, is not small and has a lot of comfort?
We do miss the wine cellar, but we like to be pampered at bistro "Mok",
not far from the Moon river. They have my wine choices.
You come from Antwerp, where I like to stay. And when I walk through that great city, my mouth waters when I see Antwerp architecture.
That already starts when I come out of the “National” parking garage and can admire the National Bank.
You will undoubtedly appreciate that too, but clearly opt for a different style.
Enjoy your villa in Hangdong.
We Belgians find 120 m2 tiny, but slightly more spacious than an average apartment
Hahaaaa Koen,
We Brabanders are used to a lot, and find such a house with 120 m2 not very small and in Thailand even “Great”, with a soft “G”!
Kitchen: 16 m2
Salon: 25 m2
2 Bathrooms: 12 m2
Bedroom: 20 m2
2 guest rooms: a 12 m2
Covered terrace: 25 m2
We also have a large patio and garden.
And Belgians all have a “detached” one?
Dear Tino, that thought also crossed my mind. The architecture in itself is quite beautiful with those straight lines and the rough bareness, but I was reminded more of an exhibition space for modern art. Pleasant to the eye but without warmth or clear character. Also too big, even if I had to take it over for free I wouldn't. Too much work and maintenance. Another sees a beautiful grand palace in this, fine, if someone thinks a building like this is fantastic, they have my victory.
Give me a somewhat smaller house, with appearance and more basic comfort. I don't need a swimming pool, expensive and often unused. A community swimming pool is better, but even that is often deserted... The tiny hut from a week or two ago with an open bathroom was a bit too small, but it radiated something for me. You also lived in a nice house Tino, do you happen to have any pictures of it? Then send them in. 🙂
Tino and you, suspiciously often agree with each other. Even if it's not about politics 😉
Yes, Peter. In a previous life, around the Communist Manifesto (1848), we were father and son.
Fighting together for a hammer and sickle. That creates connection 😉
Fortunately, there is always a future. Communist nonsense is not going to reach Thailand and there are more important things that need to be solved. Fortunately, the majority sees it.
No, Johnny, that was all irony. I am an ordinary average social democrat who has voted out of favor of the PvdA. Communism is not for me. But I could tell you something about the role of communism in Thai society. More than you think.
That was a rental house, Rob. No swimming pool, no garage, small garden. Only cost 23.000 baht per month. Very close to my son's school. Was like a club house for him and his friends. กู มึงวะ
็I have pictures of it but I won't send them in. Not good for my socialist reputation (:
@Tino,
I am sure that the Thais are less critical of a small hut and that they would like to live in such a house. Elitist talk about lines and something else and a squat toilet and cleaning your butt with a bowl of water and showering is “real” life.
Beautiful house. Just like your last house, by the way.
Not expensive at all.
I would buy it immediately at that price.
Walter, the building cost is without a pool
Garage with solar panels and backup batteries, land, landscaping with deep well, transformer, outdoor kitchen..
It looks great. Really a beauty of a house and I'm even a little jealous of it. But only a little. My wife wouldn't get you into a house like that. And I myself, besides that I think it's beautiful for you, also prefer to own something that is clear to me. Our house was small, three times as big as it was in the beginning, but even then I often couldn't find the car keys… and in that beautiful house I would only get lost or never know where I put anything…
A gem.
We wish you lots of living pleasure in your new home.
Thank you for this post. A wonderful feeling to see how much I don't have to maintain. And I don't have to go to the cellar for a glass of wine; I can reach it like that. 😉 Our house fits almost 10 x in yours and another 5 x in your garage.
Beautiful. And dirt cheap. Much better deal than all developments (where I had a pool villa in Hua Hin and sold it in March 2021 due to covid travel restrictions)
Beautiful house, but not for everyone's budget. For me personally it doesn't have to be that big, but that is everyone's choice. Beautiful swimming pool in any case. Can I ask where your previous house was Nest? Just out of curiosity, I live in Mae Rim and not far from my home there is a beautiful house with a garage for vintage cars, not coincidentally your previous home?
Beautiful house with business premises built 'in-house' as an investment project, as I see it.
Live in it for a few years and then sell it for a big profit before the maintenance costs come into play.
Most people lack that box of melons, Oh, sorry millions.
Dear Sir / Madam,
What a beautiful house, really great. Congratulations !!
We would move to Phrae at the end of 2024, where my partner and her brother and sister together have +/- 18 Rai of building land in the suburbs of 54000 - Phrae that they inherited from their deceased parents.
We were going to build three equal houses with a shared swimming pool in the middle, at least 20 x 10 m and a sloping depth of 0,80 to 2,00 m.
Each house (air conditioning must be installed in every room, should have at least 2 or 3 bedrooms with ensuite bathroom (each with bath and walk-in shower, 2 sinks, 1 toilet) an indoor and an outdoor kitchen, an indoor and an outdoor dining room and lounge , each with a separate garage on which we would also install solar panels. We would either place sanded concrete everywhere on the floor or we would install partly sanded concrete and partly parquet. We had also thought about installing a heat pump somewhere in a corner of the site ( +/- 2,90 hectares)
Since I spend almost 1/2 of the day in a wheelchair, we only want to build a type of bungalow, with a roof on it (rain drainage and water for the vegetable garden and courtyard) and we are completely charmed by these photos.
Could we visit you at the beginning of next year or a little later to discuss the whole thing with you, without wine tasting room and wine cellar?
Once again, congratulations on your house somewhere in the outskirts of Chiang Mai. Enjoy it.
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