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Hi Gary and Mon. During the course of our build, right up to the very end, we made it very clear that we weren't impressed at all with the way our "builder' were conducting themselves, the poor quality of the work, pitiful progress and serious defects that were being ignored. We made additional trips to Thailand to sort these out. Met with continued failed commitments. My decision to retire early and come here for an extended period to manage the project ourselves, proved to be the right move. Otherwise we'd being continuing with the same garbage. Managing to get Alan and his team onboard has saved the project, our dream and our sanity. Good luck with your project. Regards Peter and Aew

and all of these complaints and other matters are all recorded (facebook messenger transcripts and email), and proving to be very useful. My wife has lived in Australia for 23 years (we've been married for 30) and is far from backward in coming forward when Thai to Thai "input" was required. Often requiring some level of restraint.

Correct, I keep watching mine expecting them to appear any day now. Fingers crossed!

@ I hope they don’t in the west we dot and dab plasterboard to the interior walls and skim we plaster to get a better finish I’ve never seen it done in Asia

You have a point there, Radley. I know Brian from staying in the Chiang Rai area. I met him at Gordon Tickles' place. He's one great guy. The best builder in Thailand. I would get in touch with him and tell him Llew sent you.

Watched a couple of his videos in the past, not so much lately.

Sends a shiver down my spine your recommending on what you have seen on you tube!!! Insane. Bryan’s never done a high quality build. Do your research before sending anyone to a person you don’t know anything about. Reserch and detail!!!!!!

If they're going to give you a nickname, that's the one you want!

@ we always used to say Moby Dick is not a form of vd….555

Moby’s testosterone overload problem will be sorted out in 3 months time with a touch of surgical intervention (snip, snip). He was supposed to be a “100%” Labrador pup. B 4000 with no papers of course. He looks like his mother had a hell of a fright from a greyhound.

Thanks Paul Good luck with your build. Our previous “builder” was English speaking. The contract and all communications from me during the partial build were conducted in English. It may have been just as useful if conducted in Zamboangan as there was very little interest shown other than it being used as an interest free loan. Alan and his team are demonstrating the professionalism I was originally expecting and paid for. Regards Peter

Hey Paul, Hope all is well.

I had heard of him before we met, seems to be the right type of builder one would want.

We don't need to worry much about the typhoons. We will get residual some wind and rain, but far from the coast. Thanks for watching.

Thank you for watching

I enjoy making all of them, so I will try to keep a blend. s I said, I get good feedback on the travel videos but get less than half the view count on them.

Yes, I caught that. Thought maybe he did not want to share it, so I didn't press it on camera. He will be monitoring this feed, so we will see what he says.

G'day, we have a budget and we'll see how we go. I may do a costing video at the end of the build

I think we drove right past you last week! During our build, Sompit had suggested I do farang house build videos. No question, they are more popular than my traveling videos. If my channel was monetized and I was in to make some money from YT, I would likely jump on it. I enjoy the visits and meeting all these people that I have something in common with, so for now we will keep incorporating a few builds into our mix. Surprise, I have a follow-up build video coming out tomorrow :) hope you enjoy it.

It will be interesting to see it when he is finished.

Hey Brandon, Had we known, we could have met for a coffee or something. Pretty sure we will be back through there again.

That would definitely work as long as you compact in layers. The problem is no one here has them, except road crews, so they are hard to find. With that, the norm is to let it sit. Many will tell you to leave it no less than 2 years. My opinion, as you know, is that a minimum of one rainy season because the rain is what will cause the settling/compaction of the soil, but I will also recommend that if you only let it rest one season, put your house on piles to ensure you get no cracking. Our pilings cost an additional B50,000 ($1500us).

G'day, as Kenny said getting a compactor wouldn't be easy in Thailand. Even in Australia when they want to compact ground for a commercial building in sandy /soft soil areas, I've seen them build up dirt on site and leave it a couple of years before scaling it to ground level and then start to build.

Thanks for the well wishes, I am sure Paul appreciates it, and thanks for watching.

Yeah and a good head for radio too! 😜

Yes, like yours, I will be looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Now I have to look at the map. Always assumed Sidney was the capital until Paul made that comment. Learn something new every day. The problem is, at this age, remembering it! lol

Sorry to hear. Raiders fan as well?

@Tony-eb5kh Raiders suck

@Tony-eb5kh you must be a Rabbits fan ..

​​@@Tony-eb5khnot a fan of the faiders 😊. Go Parra 🎉

Thanks for watching and thanks for commenting!

DANG, I thought I missed something. Was trying to figure out who "giant2148" could be. Spent some time at Paul's neighbor's house (awesome place) while we were there, so I assumed it was him. Now I know. Thanks for watching!

@ParadiseNThailand i have changed that Gi ant handle to Ron Jon. But it has not been applied everywhere obviously...555...sorry about that. Glad you figured it out...

@@giant2148 Paul was asking me "who id Giant2148"! Now we know.

Great, let us know when the concrete starts to fly! Paul will be monitoring these comments.

G'day Barry. Be good to meet up some time. I was brought up in Sydney but have live most parts of Australia.

@ ok mate that sounds great Na and I are hoping to come over in February my work contract finishes at the end of January. I am keen to watch your house build 👍

For sure, we'll be in touch next time we are in the area.

Hey Mr Don, hope you enjoyed the video. You Aussie's are great people.

Thanks Mr Don

Let me know how that goes. We'll be sure to stop by next time we are in your area. Good luck on your hole drillin'

Hello Terence, Hope you are doing well!

Hey Dave, Hope you are doing well.

Hey Mark, I asked Paul to monitor the comments for the first couple days. Ironically, I reviewed this video earlier and suggested the same (2x18k) in a Line message to Paul. Save a little money and get the cooling capacity he will need. Of course, I suggested calculating the sq meters first to insure it will be sufficient. Good call!

Thanks for the advice Mark. All the AC and insulation decisions are a ways down the track yet but we are starting to have the conversations with the builder now.

Hey Joe, it is quite beautiful. I am looking forward to our next road trip through the northwest of Thailand.

Yes, that might have been what she said. I really need to work on my Thai.

I caught that in editing, guess I should have corrected it with on-screen text, but figured it would not make me feel any better.

Yes, she is the navigator. So, most of the times I have no idea where we are, or where we are going. Trying to let loose of the controls in retirement, unlike the previous 55 years or so.

Ha ha, my in-laws property backs up against that mountain, we are there now, we visit once or twice a year from Australia, if had known you were going to be near by, would have met for a coffee or beer, cheers

Ps there are tigers in the big mountains a little further west

@@terrywhitter4123 Always interested in meeting subscribers.... and anyone for a beer, lol! Sorry we missed you.

@@terrywhitter4123 That's what I thought, west and north. Was just a thought that popped in my head, so I shared it.

We live far apart, but I will make sure he tries to get her on his channel also.

They let me off my leash!

Thanks, Craig has a channel as well. www.youtube.com/@unclecraigbaannawk

Hey Uncle Craig, Next time will do a full-blown production!

@ you mean we can blow shit up!…yeah buddy!

No worries, we are in paradise! Thanks for watching Mr Don

Yes, didn't get much time together. Next time we will Get a little more video. Thanks for watching Brandon.

Morning Dave

Yes, not for me, for my mother-in-law.

Hey Nigel, Don't panic yet! I was on a house build this past week speaking to the builder, from UK, and he is recommending the ones we have, not the flats. You will hear his comments in the "Angry Aussie" video next week. On that same build I was shown a proper "bird guard" for the facia. I will likely be upgrading mine.

Hey Mike, I was wondering that when I looked at it during editing. I realized with the flowers only down low, same as the fruit I've seen elsewhere, it might be one. Now I know, Thank You.

Flowers smell great, fruit (cannonballs) not so great.

@@Michael-u5o4q I was curious about the fruit. Now I know. Thanks

Didn't make it there, but will next time we get in that area.

Thanks Johnny!

I think I need a little more practice! lol

Let me know when you are in the area, and we will catch that cold Leo!

I enjoyed the performance, but as I mentioned, they should have had a moment of silence or something in honor of the people that suffered and died there.

I might get an F for technic, but an A for effort!

That water was impressively clean, but it's far enough upstream it hasn't been abused yet.

Hey RJ, good talking with you the other day. Will be sure to touch bases again next time we are in the hood.

@ agreed…thank you…

Well, I'll be damned. Dad humor.