Great video Kenny I built in Philippines using local builders out in the provence. I was on the job every day supervising with my wife. Overall I am very pleased with the outcome a few little things still need correcting. Took 6 months to build. Just a small 3 bed, 1 bath bungalow. I drew up the footings and pillar plan. Gave it to my site foreman and he said great plan if you live in a country without cyclones. He made the footings deeper, more steel and connected all the footings together. Footings are 36inch deep with huge base. Because of the rain we get o bought hillside block. We are very content😊😊
Discovered Alan's website a couple years back. Lot's of information there. Interesting take on the types of roofs. I always wondered why the steep slopes on roofs. Always related steep slopes for snow. Didn't think about the driving rains. Makes sense now. I guess if going with a slight pitch one could go with metal roofing with full length sheets. Just take in consideration the prevailing winds for the overlap. I saw a solar guy's UA-cam where he recommended a 18 degree south facing slope for solar. Always great information and insight from your videos. And a shoutout to Craig as well for the ideas I get from his videos.
Great video you guys…The transparent content to let other builders know what issues they can run into especially if you cannot be present every minute. Good to meet Pete and Alan…😊 555….Moby Dick….goes around humping air ..!!! 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.
G'day Peter, nice sized house. Hope it all comes together for you now that Alan is on the job. An English speaking builder would make life so much easier. These issues are the reason i didn't start my build until i retired and could be onsite everyday. Although the builder we've selected gives me the confidence that he will do a great job (else Alan may have another customer 😂). All the best Paul (we just need to find Mary😅)
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
Hi Kenny Shame Peter had bother with his first builder , I must say we are on site every day checking and our contractor Nim come around on regular visit to , like you Kenny if you didn't like what was being done say something ,luckily my wife is a bit westernised not shy in saying for me if we not happy. We also told Nim that we are going home March if not finished build stops, he said he will be finished . Looks like Peter go the right builder now and soon be finished cheers Gary and Mon 50/50
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.
@ 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.
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!!!!!!
Great video Kenny
I built in Philippines using local builders out in the provence. I was on the job every day supervising with my wife. Overall I am very pleased with the outcome a few little things still need correcting. Took 6 months to build. Just a small 3 bed, 1 bath bungalow. I drew up the footings and pillar plan. Gave it to my site foreman and he said great plan if you live in a country without cyclones. He made the footings deeper, more steel and connected all the footings together. Footings are 36inch deep with huge base.
Because of the rain we get o bought hillside block. We are very content😊😊
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.
Discovered Alan's website a couple years back. Lot's of information there. Interesting take on the types of roofs. I always wondered why the steep slopes on roofs. Always related steep slopes for snow. Didn't think about the driving rains. Makes sense now. I guess if going with a slight pitch one could go with metal roofing with full length sheets. Just take in consideration the prevailing winds for the overlap. I saw a solar guy's UA-cam where he recommended a 18 degree south facing slope for solar. Always great information and insight from your videos. And a shoutout to Craig as well for the ideas I get from his videos.
Thanks for the video Kenny
Thank you for watching
Great video you guys…The transparent content to let other builders know what issues they can run into especially if you cannot be present every minute. Good to meet Pete and Alan…😊
555….Moby Dick….goes around humping air ..!!! 555
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.
Alan has been around for years to my knowledge. He is in good hands now.
I had heard of him before we met, seems to be the right type of builder one would want.
G'day Peter, nice sized house. Hope it all comes together for you now that Alan is on the job. An English speaking builder would make life so much easier.
These issues are the reason i didn't start my build until i retired and could be onsite everyday. Although the builder we've selected gives me the confidence that he will do a great job (else Alan may have another customer 😂).
All the best
Paul
(we just need to find Mary😅)
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.
Hi Kenny
Shame Peter had bother with his first builder , I must say we are on site every day checking and our contractor Nim come around on regular visit to , like you Kenny if you didn't like what was being done say something ,luckily my wife is a bit westernised not shy in saying for me if we not happy. We also told Nim that we are going home March if not finished build stops, he said he will be finished . Looks like Peter go the right builder now and soon be finished
cheers Gary and Mon 50/50
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.
Sometimes the build is never plain sailing out house 2 years later is full of cracks in the render
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
Bryan's Thailand (YT) is the best Falang/Thai team contractor I've watched, never seen a customer issue just pure quality and detail
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!!!!!!