Building a home in Thailand
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- This is the story of how our house in Thailand was built.
A little bit north of Ubon Ratchathani in the heart of the isaan.
There is a new video where I show you arround in the new house 10 month after completion. Check it out:
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Even six years on, excellent and still relevant video regarding what I consider a very good Thai standard house build in Issan. Appreciate the in-depth detail of the video, all in one place from start to finish. And like others have said, a good choice of music :)
Thank you very much. The 7 year update will come soon.
I hope the kids are enjoying their new home. I had to come back to watch this four years later.
I like the background music giving it such an authentic feel.
Mike Harrington me too. Thats Jinthala
I love this crew, everybody has a smile on their face. When the workers are happy then it will show in their work.
I wish I can bring them to Nigeria to train my future crew on home building.
If you speed it up to 1.5 they work at the same speed as a westerner in a cold country :)
Fantastic house and video Siegfried. I am just starting my build in Maha Sarakham province so love to watch what others have done here in Thailand.
Voll genial Siegfried, alles richtig gemacht.
The best video about house building in Thailand.
The music and the house are perfect.
die Armierung ist umsonst, sie liegt direkt auf den Boden, sie sollte im Beton eingeschlossen sein
Brilliant vlog Great family home, you must sit back, and feel really pleased with what you have achieved. Wish you and your family many years of happiness in your new home.
Love it . Hopefully I will be able too build a similar home .. my girlfriend from Thailand surin 🤗
Did the same thing in Chiang Mai its a learning experience for sure ...... Wish I had a video !!!!!
Estimated the cost this house around 50-70k usd.,the location 700 km., from Bangkok no problem for earthquake. Construction like this is normal in Thailand. But real estate they had completed home, knock now. This wall is new material widespread using it's good for heat resistance.
I WOULD GUESS THE LAND COST MORE THAN THE HOUSE.
family only have title to land government owns all land
@@Rossithailand That's complete nonsense there are about a dozen different titles to land. Sor Por Gor is land given to farmers but land changes hands in the likes of cities and nearby for $millions in Thailand
Great ideas in this video on building a house. Nice CPAC roof tiles.
Eins der besseren Videos für den Hausbau in Thailand.... Dokumentation ist gelungen und vieles nachvollziehbar. Wir hoffen das der Bauleiter eine gute Firma führt und die restliche Handwerker eine gute Arbeit geleistet haben. Da wurde "geklotzt", damit eine lange Zeit das Haus bestehen kann. Fundament ist stabile klassische Bauweise. Q Beton ist ein MUSS, 10 cm Dicke reichen für ein Haus in Ständerbauweise. Dach Fläche im Hausbereich wurde isoliert, spart etwas die Energiekosten für Kühlung. Hohe Decken und andere Tricks helfen da mit die Wärme zu mindern. Die Chromgeländer gefallen uns, genauso wie notwendige Fenster Gitter. Nicht vergessen für das soziale Leben der Thais/Ehefrau/Verwandte ist es von Vorteil, vor dem Wohnbereich eine "Halle" und eine Aussenküche großzügig zu bauen .
Im Okt 2022 bauen wir ein Haus mit 1. Etage nahe Muaklek / Korat auf meine Ehefrau ihre Grundstücke. Für das Haus sind 2.8 Rai und für die Farm 12 Rai vorgesehen.
Vielen Dank und gutes Gelingen für dein Bauprojekt. Nicht vergessen 2-3 Jahre vorher den Bauplatz vorzubereiten.
Nice house, and I can't believe that it only took 3 months. Here's hoping I can get the same quality and speed when we build in Chaiyaphum.
Great Thai build and lovely Thai music !
Very nice work and people working together.
Congratulations Siegfried. You built a lovely house in only 90 days. I like the design of your house especially the big verandah in front. I have been reading some of the comments and replies here and while some persons said a few negative things I will only say that your architect has to adhere to the Thailand building code which is their minimum legal building standard. Looking at your house I assume you have a 4m ceilings which gives a beautiful space and the columns are about 30cm thick using 12mm rebar as the structural steel which is more than adequate for your house especially since you used steel beams and lightweight roofing materials. The main thing I question is why didn't the contractor put a footing in the foundation at the base of each column to spread the loading over a larger surface area which would help with the eventual geophysical settling over time. I saw where the contractor tied all the columns together with 12mm rebar which is the proper thing to do. Although you allowed the land to settle and self compact over 3-4 years remember that in digging the foundation channel the soil was disturbed somewhat so a footing at each column would address that situation somewhat better. Love the house regardless though. When will we see the landscaping video and the final everything?
Thanks for your feedback. There is a 1.2x1.2m footing for each column. You can see it in the video. There are still no cracks in the walls or columns. This year I was not in Thailand because of Corona, but I hope we can go 2021. The house is a preparation for my retirement. My Thai family is currently taking care of it.
IT'S A GREAT LOOKING HOUSE. JUST THINK YOU NEVER HAVE TO PAID REAL ESTATE TAXES ON THE HOUSE OR THE LAND. FREE LIVING, ONLY HAVE TO PAY LIGHT. I PUMP MY WATER FROM A WELL. CLEAN MY TOILET OUT COST 300 BAHT EVERY 2-3 MONTHS.
Nice house Siegfried ! My wife and I just started building our house in Nam Yuen last week, it's very exciting !!
I love the Issan music!
Lovely house, thanks for sharing! 👍😊
That’s certainly a different approach to building than what I’m used to seeing in America.. I see crews specializing in specific trades, each coming and doing their thing.. lots of power tools too.. building inspectors checking off each project.. also. No basements in Thailand?
You'll need windows on two walls of each room to survive the heat. Without an inlet and outlet for circulation, I can only wish u luck. The rooms are going to be hot. And u should ventilate your attic space to prevent accumulation of heat from the roof.
Great house, great video. Thanks for sharing
great workmanship. a GREAT video too. I enjoyed watching it. many thanks
great builder ! It's so beautiful home
good video
Hi Siegfried,
Great video and a very nice house you have built. Very inspirational.
I love your design with the large outdoor area. Very similar to what we build here in tropical Queensland, Australia.
I have land in Chaiyaphum and I have been researching design and building methods in Thailand for the last six weeks and your house by far has caught my eye. and seem very suitable to my land size.
I know you may be apprehensive, but would you share your floor plan with me ? I have downloaded Google sketchup, but it's driving me crazy because I'm using a Macbook pro and I just can't get it right.
Cheers
not to many tiled roofs in qld now ,insures hate hail
Congrats mate, enjoy your new home and enjoy isaan.
A Great Build. It took a long time but it will be worth it.
Feeling like building my own home , wish you all the best
In portland oregon it is $40,000 for impact fees to build a house. Land cost is 30% and labor and materials are usually 50/50. Did not see plumbing and electrical.
Watch well : At 28:52 it appear a UFO as a black dot in the cloud on top of video and you will see that disappear in clouds few seconds later . It cannot be the cloud that is changing his shape because it's too fast for that.
Congratulations on your new house.
Nice. Full support given.
Interesting and beautiful. Thank you for sharing. 🤗
great video and the house looks excellent. best wishes
gavin1975 .
Love the background music jinthala
wow great house. such a nice architectural design. what exactly did the civil engineer contributed to the process? congrats on your home!
A nice job . Congratulations
I love the Mural Plaster work
Did anyone see the soupy concrete? It looked thin too.
Yes, that slab work is definitely bad, best to spend more on professionals. Makes me question the other concrete work.
@@discotex2236 and where can you find a professional here in Thailand?
I think all properties will be from expat and after your life again it will go to the locals. In this way expat contributing towards Thailand infrastructure built-up.
The walls on your house appear to be built with q-con and I hope there are q-con horizontal beams approximately half way up the walls and the q-con in the perimeter walls are not the 7.5 or 10cm thick brick but closer to 20cm. Also they should be using a special mud and not mixed concrete between the q-con blocks as mortar and the rendering is also a specific type mix and not standard cement, sand and water or there will be massive cracks on the wall.
R Hendricks Whatever they did. There are no cracks in the wall.
Not a Vibrator in sight? Why are they no spacers for the rebar, that is why the contractor pulls it up every so often. How do you protect the house from lightning strikes!
there is a wacker plater being used in this video but personally, I would have insisted that the infill was put in and wacker plated every six inches in depth. As for the mesh being laid flat on the floor and the concreted over that was a complete waste of money. The Scotsman is right. concreting without spacers to raise the rebar/mesh off the floor is penny wise and pound foolish. TITS
i have the memory
of my building the prayers the Cpac lorry the lifting of uprights
did they glue the ceiling sheets? first thing you have to do in thailand for any warrenty and long liverty , can not see any glue under the sheets
nice house i live just down the road 34 km from yasothon make sure you tell the local children when they say farang no i boxidar (isaan for farang)
Maxida is the more common word for Farangs. But is wrong with being called Farang?
so were are the gutters to get and store water?, looks good but its a bomb, will last nit knou
So many problems with this house build, but it is Thailand. No levels, snap lines, plum bobs or squaring of the house was done....which explains why so many Thai houses are a mess. The footings are not tied together so any settlement with create cracks, rebar on the ground when concrete poured. Trying to put concrete on the outside of set cinder blocks. Using cinder blocks. Spray painted roofing tin....what? No vent pipes for sewage....I can keep going, but you get the idea.
Älskar denna videon 👍🏼
What an awesome place! I especially love the wide and open character of the design. Can I ask you, did you use an existing design? Or did you had this house specifically designed?
Never mind; I just read the titles at the end. It took you 22 sketches to come up with the one you envisioned. And indeed, the roof is a piece of art in itself. It looks absolutely marvelous!
I love the house so open. How much it cost
I would love to talk with you as we plan to build in the rural area of Thailand. A western designed home.
Sure. Please send me an email: kirksigi@gmail.com
This house was in my standards, not really well done, BUT it is soooo beautiful in the end result.
I am still wondering how they did the electricity ETC. They know how it is done and that is all that matters!
It's a great looking house. I love the large outdoors area. I know you designed it yourself. But are the building plans available for others? Like me 555. I would like to build a house like yours near Sisaket.
Nah, I am proud of my idea,so I would like to keep it 'original'. But when I managed to inspire you, than you are welcome. Making your own plan is easier as you think. Just give it a try. I bought a book with house-ideas in thailand. Just to get an idea how to start. Eventually you should show it to an architect to give it the final touch. When you want to make your home in Sisaket, I can imagine, that my builder will also make your home. PM me for his contact data.
Thanks for your answer. I plan to move there in 5 years time so i'm in no hurry. I will try designing myself. But can yout tell me the distance between the concrete posts? 4 * 4 meters? Its hard to guess from the movie. I look forward to extra movies of your home when its completely done inside. Best regards,
Lode
Yes. 4x4 +-0.5m. Walls can be anywhere because they do not carry the roof. The concrete columns do.
Great. I will start designing. Does the architect make the plans for plumbing, electricity, etc.?
Yes. I focused on structure: Walls, doors and windows. I knew where to place TV, shower, bar and ac. The architect did the rest: sanitary, electricity, roof, statics.
Hi, Don't know who started that old wife's tale Thai don't like or use rain gutters my previous in laws house had rain gutters and I spent rainy days adjusting them to make sure they got ample fresh water!
Good songs! No basement or crawlspace?
Basements are not a common thing in Thailand. Maybe because of the floodings and pest. Crawlspace would have been good for the temperature inside, but is much much more expensive.
Anywhere near Muang Samsip by any chance ? The missus and I will be building there next year hopefully. And I have to say, your colour scheme is a lot more tasteful than many Isaan houses!
More to the east :) My wife picked the color after I made sure that "blue" is out of scope.
Siegfried how much did your house costs in the end please
nice house good luck
Brilliant
Hi. This is very nice. We are planning to build in ubon in the near future. Can you please tell us who the builder is? Appreciate it.
nice song
A very nice house Siegfried. It's quality build. Did you do something with landscaping too? Garden, swimmingpool?
Bernard Hengst Started with the garden already. We put flowers around the big outside area. They are still very small, but in a few years this will be an awesome view. Pool is not planned yet. Maybe in a few years.
Would love to know what this house cost to build
the house and music people are beatiful is there a follow up vid with yard finish love to see overall you built a great house
Mark Craig There will be a follow up. We go to Thailand in 2 month. The yard will take a while, but we want to start with it this year. Our plan is to have this huge outside area and a beautiful garden around it. Suggestions are welcome.
Siegfried Kaltenbrunner hey hope all is well i cant get the volume to play on video or i pad is it me or you tube
Mark Craig Unfortunately the copyright of the music changed. I am working on it.
oh ok thank you beautiful music keep fighting lol
I remember it was Dai oratai music and it went great with your video. You can slow it down and then tell everyone to speed it up. This sometimes get past the youtube filters. It's not like you are making any money off gmm. Rediculous
wrong size blocks for external walls
Great video but how much did it cost? I may have missed it in the video?
House like that costs 10000 baht/m2
This video was ok, I just wish it had more ads.
Unfortunately this is not up to me. I had to give all the monetizing-rights to the artist who provided the music. I could of course upload a version without, but I think something important wouiild be missing. :)
Sehr interessant, Dankeschön! Leider hast du noch vergessen, das Resultat, nämlich das fertige Haus, zu zeigen.
Christian Lanter Nächste Woche geht's wieder runter, dann gibts auch ein Update.
As a matter of interest, how much did it cost to build?
Where in Thailand were you building ?
The guy said why are you filming so much 😹😹😹😹
So whole family will live here? What is life expectancy of this building? Assume they use bamboo on roof what is its usefull life?
very good jobb how much woulld it cost in dollar if you may can tell me
no piles under the footings I see many cracks in the future
There are 24 concrete column on a solid foundation 1.5m in the ground. A very popular reason to get cracks is because they do the site preparation and start immediately with the building of the house without giving the earth a chance to settle. We did the site preparation 4 years upfront, so the ground was very hard. Sure, cracks might happen anyways, but I have a good feeling on that.
Nice!
Beautiful house, it would be helpful for me if you could share the drawings set. I'm a student.
What an adventure ! Was wondering how you cut the original cost estimate by 30%...what measures did you take to cut the cost. Since the patio is large and open, does the wind blow in rain Water into the railings and the flooring outside.... Wishing you much success!
The architect gave us a list of things needed to build the house. Steel, congrete, tiles, cables... Every piece had a standard price. We did not buy less, but we were pretty well informed about the current promotions of the local house equipment vendors. We bought the good stuff where it was currently cheap. I think we saved 200k Baht just because of the tiles.
@@SiegfriedKaltenbrunner Thank you chief. Good life to you!
what type of shingles did they use on your house
Cheap painted concrete shingles. They are pretty thin. I am sure they will break when you walk on them. There is a foil between preventing water to drip directly on the ceiling just in case.
Supper
Your home looks really nice I enjoyed watching the builders work, I have a question if it's okay how did you communicate with the foreman do you speak Thai??
Thanks,
My Thai wife was there all the time. She took care of our project very well.
Siegfried Kaltenbrunner
Thanks for the reply I'm sure you'll be very happy in your home enjoy my friend 👍👍
I'm currently getting funds together to build some apartment rooms for local Thais and videos like yours are a big help,
Thanks
@@ppppugh7892 Sorry who am I talking to??
@@ppppugh7892 Okay I thought you knew me
@@ppppugh7892 My advise would be take your time, look at other places being well built and get a good local builder that speaks English
Nice home. Thanks for sharing that. Although I was disappointed.
After watching all the way through the video, you didn't show us an overview of the finished home!!!
Hopefully you will do a follow up video (please). :)
Also, what was the total cost (house only. Not land)?
Thanks for your feedback. There will be a follow up video when our home doesn't look so under-furnished anymore. I don't want to tell how much we actually paid, but if you plan to make a house by yourself, I definitely recommend to give your ideas to an architect. The plan itself is not so expensive and you will get an cost estimation, so you will know how much you will have to safe. Roughly: It's the price of a nice car.
Well done looks like you had some good builders look forward to the final video. You have inspired me to start drawing my sketches and ideas.
Andrejs Plocins
What is it that you build the wall with? It's amazing how it's being cut with a hand saw so easily.
Can you show floor plan please
A lot people asked me this already, but I always said no. Sorry. Planing the house was an important and funny part of this project. I think everybody should experience this as well. You cannot make it wrong. Eventually your architect will fix all the smaller issues which might become a problem.
How is the roofing material connected to the iron roof framing?
i would think it is bolted to concrete edge frame ,
Where in Thailand is this beautiful house
Ubon Ratchathani
Siegfried Kaltenbrunner , Nice video ,so how much did it cost in USD $ in the end and. You mentioned below the compacting was done naturally over a few years , so were the posts done then it sat to take care of compaction and the house done later on top? Looking faward to the landscaping ,please tell me you will be doing some good eats in the garden as well!
About 30 USD for 1 square foot. (10000 baht/m2)
It's common in Thailand to prepare the site by making a 3-4 foot height elevation. This prevents floodings during raining season. In our case they bring about 100 truck loads of earth (They took it from the nearby rice paddies). This earth is loose and when you start building right away your house will 'sink' which causes cracks and might in worst cases lead to structural damage as well.
I was advised to prepare the site first and then wait 2 years before starting constructions.
Yesterday we plant a tree. We dig a whole about 2 feet deep. The soil was rock-hard!
We started gardening 2 weeks ago. We plant a lot flowers, shrubberies and a few smaller trees. My (thai) family made a vegetable garden in the back. We do not have a lawn yet, so it looks unfinished, but I will post an update anyway, once I am back again in Austria.
Thanks for the reply, cheers
Nice house, but for some reason Thais don't believe in rain gutters, not sure why.
Rain gutters were actually planned, but it turned out, they are not needed. there is a small way around the house which is slightly bigger then the roof. The water from the roof splashes on he way and waters the flowers we planted next to it. Okay, I cannot tell yet, what will happen during raining season, but regular raining days are pretty well handled that way.
I had them on my house. I wish I didn't. Huge down pours render them useless anyway as the water cannot rush down the down pipes quick enough and they overflow. If your gutters have leaves like mine then water comes inside. Better to let the water fall off the roof. If you have a big plot of land then no problems.
Siegfried Kaltenbrunner - Glad to hear that they don't require gutters. Mine is nearing completion, after 14 months & i was going to wait & see if i needed them or not?
It's a large house with plenty of land around - you've just saved me the wonder of splashing out £2,000 or not.
Thanks.
@@SiegfriedKaltenbrunner I HAVE RAIN GUTTERS TO SAVE THE RAIN WATER IN THE HUGE TANKS I HAVE.
@@ellenlee1 Yeah. One day I will do this as well. next to the house is a small vegetable garden. I could use that water there.
how much did it cost if you don't mind sharing?
siphon lay For a house like that you can expect 8000-12000 Baht/m2
if someone could explain, why are they putting that green leafs in the base of the house..
Not 100% sure about the leaves, but the coins should bring wealth.
Hi , Siegfried do you have a name of the constructor.?? and you're house..far outside Ubon..?? nice house
after all this hard work and all money spent , , , IF THE LADY decides to divorce you , , , you out of luck !
you sleep back in Austria and she enjoys the big beautiful house and the cars and whatever is in her name
welcome to thailand 101
Exactly. When I loose my wife, I also loose my house. Everyone who builds a house in Thailand should know how this game is played. The day I die I loose this house anyway.
yes , but why give a person that much satisfaction to know that they could literally grab the HOUSE - LAND - CARS
because even though YOU put up the money for the land , the construction , house , the cars ,
everything could be gone in seconds if she decides to blow you out of her life
if you die thats different story
I always hear you got to respect their culture , how about them respecting your culture , like if you are a Christian why not have a pastor or priest bless your land or house , , , after all your paying for it , not her !
If she truly loves you why not her moving to your home country even if temporarily - just to test her love for you
Thailand is good for vacation and fun
having a Thai wife in Thailand is like handing everything you own there , into her hands
if you happy with that ,
Cheers
@@theromanianvagabond6669 Because I love my wife. She proofed being worthy.
@@theromanianvagabond6669 And another rule of this game says that you should never go ALL IN in Thailand.
glad to hear you love her and that she is worthy !
oh l love Thailand and the people and the music is beautiful I could listen all day lol is there a video after with yard done
Thanks you very much. I will send yearly updates. We have big plans with the garden. One day I will sit on the big place outside surrounded by flowers.
Wot block did you do the walls we please
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoclaved_aerated_concrete
Cheres
Stephen how much to build please
Is everything still OK after 4 years or have defects been shown? I am currently in the middle of building and hope to move in in 4 months.
Everything fine. I just had to replace a few broken lights. The roof is tight- No problems with electricity. Water works well.
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Nice job..did you have to land fill and if so how long after before you started to build?
Yes. We prepared the area first. They say you should let the soil sink for one year, but we gave it 3 years. Ground was rockhard after. Without this preparation you might get problems during raining season.
What kind of wood in trusses? What is difference between steel and wood truss?
Robert Jackson In Thailand rual area you should not use wood for the structure because of ants and termites.
Robert Jackson You can of course use wood as well. Many old houses are built that way, but they need a lot of care.