al007 1,597 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 7yrs ago i bought 7 rai of paddy field, we built one house very sucessfully and are near to completing a second, I have a good builder, I live 25kms West of KhonKaen You could have a very nice medium house for 2.oM BATT excluding land, my second house approx 100 sq mtrs will come in at 1.25M, it is built and fitted to a high standard but I have bought materials very carefully , my builder took over after I had driven 28 piles If you want to talk private message me, I am in BKK till sat late Link to post Share on other sites
Jeffrey346 1,252 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 My friend recently built a 200m 1 story house here in KK for 2m baht complete. Link to post Share on other sites
jacko45k 17,646 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Someone I know estimated the final cost to be in the region of 2.5 million including the land (small plot), so numbers posted above sounding about right. Very much depends how accessible the area is. Link to post Share on other sites
roodujardin 1,651 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Since living here I have completed a total renovation of an old, tired Thai house. Also built a house in teak and one in brick. The best learning experience was the renovation as it gave me insight on how to proceed with a new construction. Yes, there were heaps of problems on all the builds; expectations were not met, sacking people because of incompetence, delays, deviations from plans, etc, etc. The best advice I can give from these experiences are: * you need a good Thai network that is essential for a satisfactory outcome. * you have to be onsite and observe all work; you are the project manager. Prices will vary greatly depending on your requirements, your network and your management. Link to post Share on other sites
TheFishman1 1,947 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 In your country would you buy your gf a house? Many of my friends did the same and it was a night mare RENT Link to post Share on other sites
recycler 1,295 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Hard to say based on what you provide for info, but 500,000 Baht for something very simple and up up up. We are building a house for my wife's parents in a similar remote location and I guess in the end we will be spending around 800,000. Make careful considerations on deciding to live there yourself and if not than you'd better keep it as simple as possible and spend your money on a place where you do want to live. In many cases the bigger these houses are the more people will be living there at your expense, there are a many professional hammock operators ready to join the party! Link to post Share on other sites
laobali 378 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 In your country would you buy your gf a house? Many of my friends did the same and it was a night mare RENT It's more likely that the gf and her existing family will become the nightmare. I agree. Rent and keep all options open. Link to post Share on other sites
BlueSkyCowboy 222 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 A man with "a good heart" as they say in Thailand. Of course they are referring to the mans generosity. For a GF I would build a one room (4 by 8 to 10 M) house. It will cost less then 500K, give you some experience with contractors and u can always add on more rooms. She may not be too happy, but u will feel better if the relationship goes South. I have seen a few funny things in Thailand. Link to post Share on other sites
BlueSkyCowboy 222 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Hard to say based on what you provide for info, but 500,000 Baht for something very simple and up up up. We are building a house for my wife's parents in a similar remote location and I guess in the end we will be spending around 800,000. Make careful considerations on deciding to live there yourself and if not than you'd better keep it as simple as possible and spend your money on a place where you do want to live. In many cases the bigger these houses are the more people will be living there at your expense, there are a many professional hammock operators ready to join the party! My wife and I spent money on improving her parents house. Now they have glass windows and an AC etc. We also bought a good water heater and insulation for the ceiling and other stuff. Most of the stuff is still in the box some place. I finally came to the conclusion that whatever they do not have now, they do not want or need. I wish that I had read a few things before we bought all the gadgets. It would have saved us some money Link to post Share on other sites
godden 1,340 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 my mate just built a 8 bed mansion all for 150 baht Link to post Share on other sites
mercman24 7,962 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 have you thought about going the PREFAB route, i have a lady friend (yes friend) who is always posting on my f/book page gorgeous prefab looking houses. i think she is obsessed, he he, but they do look rather nice, Link to post Share on other sites
steve73 1,635 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 If you must build, be as far away from the outlaws as possible, and don't put in too many "spare" rooms...! Link to post Share on other sites
Robert24 690 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 If she owns the land already and no significant amount of soil is needed as it was a Sugar cane field before, you can build a very nice house for anything between 1 and 1.5 million. Link to post Share on other sites
maximus101 3 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Im Just finishing a thai style house but to a bit higher standard and western bathrooms (2) and basic western kitchen I didnt skimp on good materials eg good cement and higher grade steel for roof roof is 252 m2 house is 125 m2 about 190 m2 of Tiling Contract for labour was fixed cost 125,000 baht cost is arount 600,000 total depending on what you include Mistakes I made was with roof design and the electrical sub contractor was awful But I could have had what i wanted for the same price if i understood it better. Best of luck feel free to ask any questions a friend has just finished a much nicer 2 storey place for a bit over 3 million but did all the purchasing and designing himself We are over 100km from khon kaen but have most building supplies near by Link to post Share on other sites
thaiguzzi 10,127 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 People who've seen my house (220 internal sq m, 2 x floors) say "wow, must have cost 3-4 mil". It was finished in 05 and cost me 1.7 mil. I paid a set price labour bill per sq meters, purchased everything myself, bi-daily runs into town or the big city 80 kms away, with a list of wants from the builders who knew i only wanted grade A rebar, cement, paint etc. And i was on site pretty much most days over the 8 month build.The only way to do it. No probs in 9 years. Very happy with their work. Obviously land fill, perimeter wall, car port, w/shop area were extra. Link to post Share on other sites
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