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they seem to know everything about Thailand after a few short visits unlike you and me they havnt had the experience of living in los but neverthless they still know more than everyone else.
as for me I dont forget easy and revenge is sweet. Cool

TJ
if you mean me then after over 100 visits I know enough to know I don't know everything about thailand and I suggest that you have the guts to post your details on the forum then maybe you won't come across as such a complete waste of space.

ash

Ash & TJ

Can we please draw a line under this feuding. If you can't get along then just ignore each other.

Thanks
Keith

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Originally posted by TJ:
Mervyn my friend you havnt been following my recent posts so i wont stress you with details matey, but suffice to say there have been of late some people posting here who's only aim in life is to try'n upset other's, and they know who they are. they seem to know everything about Thailand after a few short visits unlike you and me they havnt had the experience of living in los but neverthless they still know more than everyone else.
as for me I dont forget easy and revenge is sweet.

Ok I am at a loss but just by your comments Im sorry but think you are wrong for one reason in particular like me you live in Thai so learn the Thai way, take the middle road and certainly put revenge out of the way that IS NOT the Thai way. Let others have their say they have a right to their opinions. Mai pbendrai and it realy dont.

TJ,

The bungalow sits on 114 drang wah or about 440 square yards.
( Please everybody with their slide rules out, I did say about )

The Bungalow and carport takes most of the land amd since we have just this week roofed in and walled the space between the back of the place and the back boundry wall to make a long thin laundry room it covers even more of the land. Cost of that was 500 quid for everything. There is a small garden (hah ! Have you tried digging Isaan soil in the middle of the dry season? A JCB would give up) down both sides and at the front.

After more than four years living here with just one month's UK holiday in that time I still know two thirds of nothing about Thailand and how they think. Especially the drivers.

Good informative thread.

We are considering buying some land or a house soon, maybe around Sing Buri.

Any one know of the aprox cost of land or houses in that part of Thailand ?

Cheers

Ivan & Nong

cost of land varies so much depends largley upon the location to a main road

Hi We have moved to Rayong where the land and houses are still reasonable and we are on the beach.I think it's a place worth visiting.

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Originally posted by mellowsailor:
I look forward to replies from more experienced members with interest, as I could ask almost exactly the same question - (missus from Udon Thani, but we'd probably like to end up near the sea somewhere). My impression is that a budget of 30K might cover buying some land around Udon and building a house on it. We were offered a 12x15M plot in a village outside Udon for £2500 early this year. However, getting your hands on any building land anywhere near a beach seems to be a completely different matter. We looked round a very nice 3-bed bungalow (new)on one of the estates up the hill from Pattaya on the same visit, but that was 3.6million baht, and those estates feel like ghettos to me

That price is far to high in my opinion for the plot unless it was completely leveled and even then. Just bought a plot of 400m2 for £1000 which is completely raised in a village outside khon kaen and that was overpaid (but next to the plot already owned so more interesting) as it could have been had for 750 if not someone else was also interested.

For 30000 ypu should be able to build a nice home in the issan region

Last time I was in Pattaya I bought a book in one of the bookshops in the royal garden plaza on the beach road. Book is called 'How To Buy Land And Build A House In Thailand' by an american called Philip Bryce. ISBN No. 1-887521-71-2. It details the authors story of building a house, with all sorts of details, Thai phrases and generally how to go about things - I think it's an invaluable book to get you up to speed on the trials and tribulations in LOS

Mike

Links:

How to Buy Land and Build a House in Thailand - Philip Bryce

Retiring in Thailand - Philip Bryce and Sunisa Wongdee Terlecky

building thailand website from the author

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Originally posted by erikr69:

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Originally posted by mellowsailor:
I look forward to replies from more experienced members with interest, as I could ask almost exactly the same question - (missus from Udon Thani, but we'd probably like to end up near the sea somewhere). My impression is that a budget of 30K might cover buying some land around Udon and building a house on it. We were offered a 12x15M plot in a village outside Udon for £2500 early this year. However, getting your hands on any building land anywhere near a beach seems to be a completely different matter. We looked round a very nice 3-bed bungalow (new)on one of the estates up the hill from Pattaya on the same visit, but that was 3.6million baht, and those estates feel like ghettos to me

That price is far to high in my opinion for the plot unless it was completely leveled and even then. Just bought a plot of 400m2 for £1000 which is completely raised in a village outside khon kaen and that was overpaid (but next to the plot already owned so more interesting) as it could have been had for 750 if not someone else was also interested.

For 30000 ypu should be able to build a nice home in the issan region

http://www.udonrealestate.com/

Nick

including the standard farang overpricing

That is why estate agents don't take off in rural thailand

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Originally posted by erikr69:
including the standard farang overpricing

That is why estate agents don't take off in rural thailand

Where is your evidence of "standard farang overpricing" when buying property in Thailand?

http://www.csp-construction.com/projects/029/one

Link to my place purchased off plan, good building company, guy from England. District Huay yai, 20 mins from Jomtien/Pattaya, golf course 5 mins, nong-nooch 15 mins, very beautiful, very quiet; schools close by, etc.