How much to build a house?

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How much to build a house?

Post by Bangyuk » August 28, 2023, 8:20 am

I know, stupid question! My wife’s old house in the village is falling down. She wants to rebuild from scratch even though the family all have decent homes. As a rough estimate, how much should she expect to pay for say 2-3 bedrooms on a medium sized plot. Not farang luxury, just something solid and liveable!

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Re: How much to build a house?

Post by Doodoo » August 28, 2023, 9:25 am

A suggestion is to go to Facebook and head to https://www.facebook.com/groups/231545458555369
"Building in Issan"
Its a start

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Re: How much to build a house?

Post by FrazeeDK » August 28, 2023, 9:31 am

my 40 year old niece built a 3 bedroom, one bath house in 2020 to modern standards for about 600,000 baht. one bedroom is larger, about 3.5 meter by 3 and the other 2 are small for single beds or the typical Thai mat on the fllor. Its built of Q-Block, stuccoed, with a blue scope metal room, and UPVC windows with sliding screens.. bathroom is modern commode sink and shower with water heater on the wall. She had it built by a contractor from a nearby village who did a pretty good job. Mind you, prices have gone up on construction materials over the last 3 years..
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Re: How much to build a house?

Post by sometimewoodworker » August 28, 2023, 10:28 am

Bangyuk wrote:
August 28, 2023, 8:20 am
I know, stupid question! My wife’s old house in the village is falling down. She wants to rebuild from scratch even though the family all have decent homes. As a rough estimate, how much should she expect to pay for say 2-3 bedrooms on a medium sized plot. Not farang luxury, just something solid and liveable!

Thanks

Ian
400,000 and up. At 400 you will get absolutely basic, like this but with more walls/rooms, the house in the video was 300,000 and took 5 weeks.


The and up will probably go up to 1,000,000 but is totally dependent on what you consider finished and liveable

https://youtu.be/BVqcqgZda4Y?si=_XX2q3UfPV1oVcHJ
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Jerome and Nui's new househttp://bit.ly/NJnewHouse
In my posts all fees and requirements are the standard R&R but TIT and a brown envelope can make incredible changes YMMV.

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Re: How much to build a house?

Post by 747man » August 28, 2023, 1:46 pm

NO Video....

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Re: How much to build a house?

Post by sometimewoodworker » August 29, 2023, 7:24 pm

747man wrote:
August 28, 2023, 1:46 pm
NO Video....
Better?

And the build starts at 6:32
Jerome and Nui's new househttp://bit.ly/NJnewHouse
In my posts all fees and requirements are the standard R&R but TIT and a brown envelope can make incredible changes YMMV.

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Re: How much to build a house?

Post by deankham » August 30, 2023, 11:46 am

both youtube links work fine for me.....not sure what 747 problem is (in regards to footy and youtube links ;) )

Talking of youtube there is a young English youtuber called Isan Drew who has been building a house for approx. 800k baht. Link to one of his videos

https://youtu.be/-6SlrPoXFU0?si=5FtVao6zGCAS2uMa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6SlrPoXFU0&t=28s

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Re: How much to build a house?

Post by jackspratt » August 30, 2023, 12:29 pm

His football problems have been long recognised, but to be fair, that earlier YT link wasn't working for me either.

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Re: How much to build a house?

Post by sometimewoodworker » August 30, 2023, 6:23 pm

The first video link was not working when 747 commented so I edited the link and posted another video after.
However deankham doesn’t seem to know how to post the video rather than the link to the video

This is one of his links correctly posted as a video

Jerome and Nui's new househttp://bit.ly/NJnewHouse
In my posts all fees and requirements are the standard R&R but TIT and a brown envelope can make incredible changes YMMV.

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Re: How much to build a house?

Post by deankham » August 30, 2023, 8:14 pm

^ can you educate me on how to correctly post the youtube video?

I had several attempts using the 'YouTube' button but would not work so reverted to the bad old practice of inserting the link.

Thanks

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Re: How much to build a house?

Post by sometimewoodworker » August 30, 2023, 8:29 pm

deankham wrote:
August 30, 2023, 8:14 pm
^ can you educate me on how to correctly post the youtube video?

I had several attempts using the 'YouTube' button but would not work so reverted to the bad old practice of inserting the link.

Thanks
Use the youtube button
[youtube][/youtube]
Then edit the URL to get the link, which on the first link starts after the …be/ and ends at the ?
This is the actual address of the video that you insert between the ][ of the youtube.
-6SlrPoXFU0

If you inspect the .com link you posted you will see exactly where the video address lives.
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Re: How much to build a house?

Post by deankham » August 30, 2023, 9:10 pm

many thanks, giving it a test;

This is another youtuber who was involved in his house build. Not sure if he mentions the exact cost as a while since I watched them.

New way


old way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHUV6j41HB8&t=2223s

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Re: How much to build a house?

Post by Bangyuk » August 31, 2023, 7:23 pm

Thanks

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Re: How much to build a house?

Post by Bubbler » August 1, 2024, 3:04 pm

I recently started building my own house about a year ago, so I can share some insights. For a 2-3 bedroom house, you're looking at around $50,000 to $100,000, depending on the materials and finishes you choose. This estimate is for a solid, livable home, not luxury. Labor costs can vary significantly, so getting multiple quotes from local builders is a good idea.

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I ended up buying a second-hand backhoe and a small excavator to manage the groundwork. They were much cheaper than new ones and got the job done efficiently. Good luck with your build!
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Re: How much to build a house?

Post by Udonhoward » August 2, 2024, 9:06 am

Just finished a house last year: 2 bedroom/2 bath, no luxuries (one air con). Total cost with labor was 2,300,000 baht. Builder was a local (wife's nephew).
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Re: How much to build a house?

Post by Doodoo » August 2, 2024, 9:13 am

This 2.3 million baht , did that include the land?

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Re: How much to build a house?

Post by Udonhoward » August 2, 2024, 9:25 am

No, already had the land, bought it about 12 years ago.

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