happy builder

 Coolthaihouse Photo Gallery

Construction Photos
Home > User galleries > Max&Bee-in-CM > Preparations of the Land (May 2010)

House_Plan.jpg
House PlanThe house design is based on Australian home designs from Henley Properties and Simond's Homes. The entrance, study and master bedroom are based on Henley Properties designs, with the rest of the house following design ideas from Simond's Homes.

The area of the house is 250 square metres (including the front porch and rear outdoor area). The quoted price from a builder was 1.7 million baht, however we have decided to manage the project in-family, and are sourcing all the materials ourselves.
1 commentsMax&Bee-in-CM
IMG_2725.JPG
Electricity PoleFirst thing is we need power, so the electricity truck installs a pole. (cost = 3000 B)Max&Bee-in-CM
IMG_2784.JPG
more soilMax&Bee-in-CM
IMG_2789.JPG
trying to level it outthe leveling out was ok, but not as smooth as it could have been.Max&Bee-in-CM
IMG_2802.JPG
dumping soileach truck costs 350 baht, but we ordered 1.5 rai to a height of 50 cm, for a total cost of 70,000 baht.Max&Bee-in-CM
IMG_2805.JPG
levelling the soilthe soil was compacted by 20 cm, we had wanted 50 cm but after the tractor was done, it ended up being 30 cm or so.Max&Bee-in-CM
IMG_2848.JPG
drill truckarrives on site ready to drillMax&Bee-in-CM
IMG_2859.JPG
heavy escavatorthe soil man needed to bring in a "big macro" to take out some stubborn tree stumps.Max&Bee-in-CM
IMG_2915.JPG
drill trucklooks like prospecting for oil, but its not...Max&Bee-in-CM
IMG_2926.JPG
drilling the holethe hole was drilled to 60 metres, at a cost of 36,000 baht.
it took about 3 days start to finish for the job.
Max&Bee-in-CM
IMG_2930.JPG
beaten up truckthats has got to be one of the most beaten up trucks i have ever seen.Max&Bee-in-CM
IMG_3014.JPG
muddy waterfirst water from 60 metre is very muddyMax&Bee-in-CM
21 files on 2 page(s) 1

Debug Info 
Debug Output: show / hide