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House layout316 viewsThe plan calls for the house and car park and pool. We can only afford the house and carpark now. The pool will be added later depending on the economypklongball
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House floorplan281 viewsThis was the last drawing of the floor plan from the architect. We already have made a couple of changes to the master bath(pushed the wall out about 50cm) and the kitchen/office wall will push out about 100 cm to enlarge the kitchen mainlypklongball
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Marking the column outlines173 viewsThe prep work continues by marking the column locations with boonkaow
16 Dec.'08
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New Land - October 2007171 viewsWe made the first payment on the lot in October of 07' . I marked up a photo to show the basic size of the plot. There were a few trees still standing at thee beginning but they will all be gone at the build stagepklongball
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Plot cleared second time162 viewsThe seller would run a machine around the project area to keep the jungle down to a manageable size before transfer.

June '08
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Water main & construction power145 viewsJust after land transfer the project saw the government water main installation so we may have a meter installed before we begin mixing cement. We also had the PEA install a temporary meter for our electric needs during the build.pklongball
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50 percent of the wall145 viewsHere we see two side walls built with the back and front yet to go. The price of the plot included a complete wall and gate. It is the poorest, cheapest wall money can buy but if it lasts a couple of years I'll be happy.pklongball
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Hole Cleanup143 viewsThe ladies get the task of final prep of the holes to ready them for the footing cement and rebar.
17 Dec.'08
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Column marking continues141 views16 Dec.'08pklongball
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Column centers140 viewsAfter the initial measuring and stringing the nylon line Khun Apple and crew find the approximate centers for the columns
15 Dec.'08
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Ready to build on140 viewsThis is the final view of the plot before any work on the wall or the house. We have a 50 percent share of that electric pole in place.

Nov.'08
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Walled in?139 viewsThe beginning of the perimeter wall build.

Dec.'08
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