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This site provides information on building a house in Pattaya, Thailand and Thailand in general. How to go about getting a nice luxury house built for under $25,000 (1,000,000 Baht)? If you think a sales pitch is brewing.... don't worry, no hidden advertising 'sort you out mate' hard sell. The only thing requested is feedback after you review the site.
 Think of it: living in style in a tropical paradise! Thailand is a wonderful place, until you try to get something done! OK, maybe it is still a wonderful place, but things can get frustrating at times. Anyway, from the stories with my friends to my own personal experience the saying that fits is 'If I only knew then what I know now!'. This article is continued here!
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 The original cool thai house prototype project (officially completed as of the beginning of August, 2004). See the interesting history of the building of this house. This is a chronology of the building, check it out if you are involved in a similar project. There is all kinds of neat stuff on the cool shots page. The building of the house is shown blow by blow separated into sections. Each section details a particular component involved in building the house, for example, roofing, bathrooms, kitchens, perimeter wall, water systems, concrete pours, etc. Things that went great, not so great and just plain ugly, all here -- along with things that I would do differently next time around.
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Visit the coolthaihouse blog where I do at times wax philosophical on various aspects of construction here which I find interesting.
Most recent entries -
- Traffic Police, Are They Fair? - 27-Aug-2008 Traffic accident? Will the police be fair and impartial, or always side with the Thai? Dozer has an accident and what happened. Traffic justice in Thailand.
- Basic Cost of Living - 22-Aug-2008 Rob writes in 'can you tell me what it would cost to live there, say for a year, just basic lifestyle not including any extras?' What is the minimum expat cost of living? How to find a 'micro rental' and how much they cost.
- Inflation in the Price of Building Materials in Thailand - 21-Aug-2008 The price of materials is rocketing up and up in Thailand with no end in sight. How much more does a project today cost than at the beginning of the year? Actual price data of various materials forms this INFLATION INDEX.
- Coolthaihouse goes International - 24-Jun-2006 A picture of the coolthaihouse apparently showed up as a house for sale outside London England.
- Natural Wood Theme Bangkok House - 06-May-2006 Peter M’s fabulous house in Bangkok. Some pictures and thoughts on the project! The house utilizes wood to give that warm, cozy natural feeling.
- Naa Glua project, Finance Update - 16-Apr-2006 Update for the Naa Glua project. Is it possible to obtain financing for a local project, and what hoops do you need to jump through.
- 1600 baht rip off story - 10-Jan-2006 Another one of those irriating rips offs. This always happens when you are in a hurry to get someone and don't get an adequate recommendation.
- The great land fill excercise - 10-Jan-2006 Somethings aren't always as they appear on the surface, especially with regards to raw land. How would you like to find out that you bought land on top of a garbage dump?
- Roof Valley Repair - 10-Jan-2006 The roof is one of those areas which can go bad in so many ways! The story of roof valleys done with inadequate materials and how they were repaired.
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Visit the coolthaihouse forum, where members have a chance to put in their two cents worth.
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 BRAND NEW Ms. Dozer's Construction Services corner! Ms. Dozer has been building houses since the Coolthaihouse project. She has been on me to put a link up here for anyone who needs professional help! Check out the current construction projects and find out about more about how Ms. Dozer Construction Services can help, if you are looking for renovation services or to have a house built!
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 Tell your story. Send me the details of your Thai house building or construction project and I'll put it on this site. Not only will it be kind of cool to see your story out there, it will help others along the way. Include pictures also if you've got em! Post your feedback to the forum here or if you want me to check it out first, send it here:Feedback .
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Hints on using the web site: Glad you arrived here. There are 4 main sections to the site, the main site, the forum, the blog and a new photo gallery under development. For the main site, a picture chronology of the original coolthaihouse project is here. Info on building in Thailand is here. Various articles are here. The most active part of the site is the forum, where you can get your question about building in Thailand answered.
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An
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