Looking at houses in Thailand (16)
A boat in Bangkok that is being converted into a house
Those who regularly visit Thailand will be amazed at the variety of houses and architectural styles. There are townhouses, condos, bungalows, houses on stilts, houses on the water, traditional wooden houses, houses in the Lanna style, ghost houses, boat houses, houses in a rice field and even a house upside down.
In this series we post pictures of different types of houses in Thailand. Every day we collect a number of photos of special and remarkable houses. That varies from very luxurious to rather shabby and everything in between.
And as long as the readers like it, we will continue with it.
A traditional style wooden house in Isan
Large houses next to a rice field in Chiang Rai
A luxury villa with a huge swimming pool in Chiang Mai
House with pool in Pattaya
New houses
An old wooden house along a canal in Bangkok
I am very curious about the end result of that boat in Bangkok that is being converted into a house. It's getting more and more exciting. Looking at houses in Thailand is a unique and fun series. Again my compliments.
Now I'm definitely too, I'm really curious about it. hope we get to see that.
This series is great, keep it up.
The idea of converting a boat is smart, given the possibility of flooding in the future.
I look with interest at all the houses that have passed by and those yet to come.
I have 2 plots of building land with a permit around Pataya.. does anyone know what it costs to build a house on it. Just standard bungalow.
My wife has a construction company but this is too vague.
My brother-in-law is a construction supervisor and he says that if you build yourself, a price between THB 5.000 and THB 10.000 per m3 is realistic, depending on the materials chosen.
Marble is simply more expensive than tiles
What is DIY? A regular construction company receives much more discounts from its suppliers (both building materials and interior in the form of kitchens, tiles, bathrooms such as Home Pro and Boontavorn) than any private individual. My wife always warns customers about this, but some always know better but always end up paying more for the same goods.
I mean build yourself if you have a house built yourself.
Give the order yourself, etc.
Not personally building a house
Good to hear Chris,
That the construction company for which your wife works passes on the stipulated discount in full to the client.
What I keep hearing from Thai is that contractors pocket the stipulated discount. Thai people prefer to buy the materials themselves. Westerners are more expensive if they are not good at negotiating and/or because sellers get baht marks in their eyes when they see a Westerner.
My wife almost always goes to the store with the customer, they choose the necessary materials and at the checkout my wife pays (with the discount) and shows the customer the bill. I myself have sometimes stood next to it when it came to a foreign customer.
Yes Chris, think you are right. That, a regular construction company receives much more discounts from its suppliers (both building materials and interior in the form of kitchens, tiles, bathrooms such as Home Pro and Boontavorn) than any private individual.
If that company only uses THOSE prices and doesn't add another 20 percent profit, otherwise it couldn't be that way.
Greetings n-nl.
hi Jeroen,
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Dear Editor,
The second house looks very nice to me.
With this house there is still enough possible to turn it into a palace.
Now that I do like a bit of wood, I would still like a modern touch to it
in shape and color.
Everyone has their own taste, and there are many.
Yours faithfully,
Erwin
The luxury villa with a huge swimming pool in Chiang Mai is my taste.
The house itself does not have to be very expensive in terms of construction style.
But it all depends on where you put it.
That can, in addition to the land price, already give a few million Baht difference.
But a very nice series.
Certainly as long as interesting homes continue to be placed.
Wow, I've seen quite a few houses I could live in.
let us know if this series will be printed in book form
be the first to order.
highly interesting!
cheers!
sorry , this last reaction about building a house of mine was for Jeroen , maybe not so appropriate in this section , sorry for this
As a follow-up to this series or together with this series, I would also like to see the many different interiors of Thai homes.
Especially the {older} houses in the “real” Thai style are very interesting. HG.