Building home with small budget

[White]

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to have one bed bungalow built with a budget of 650,000 to 700,000 baht?

[davureborn]

Without land? Depends what standard you want but it is definitely doable. I shall now be shot down in flames.

[White]

Yes gf has land,40 ft x 40ft

[urleft]

One issue you should understand is that terms mean different things in different countries, such as your term Bungalow.

A bungalow is a type of building. Across the world, the meaning of the word bungalow varies. Common features of many bungalows include verandas and being low-rise. In Australia, the California bungalow was popular after the First World War. In North America and the United Kingdom a bungalow today is a residential building, normally detached, which is either single-story or has a second story built into a sloping roof, usually with dormer windows (one-and-a-half stories). Full vertical walls are therefore only seen on one story, at least on the front and rear elevations. Usually the buildings are relatively small, especially from recent decades; yet early examples may be large, in which case the term bungalow tends not to be used today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungalow

So if you want a 1 bedroom/bath house, yes you can get it built for that price.  However, you should specify how many rooms you want, size ect.   Just around the corner from me a Thai house was built for under 300K baht. 

Best of luck to you.

[White]

Wow 300k that's cheap.

[urleft]

Wow 300k that's cheap.

I meant to write 400K as the price quoted was 300K.  And that was with my builder.


However, I am not sure if it included a indoor bath with a real shower instead of a bucket of water as I have not been in the house.  A lot of Thai residential toilets leave a lot to be desired.  Also the kitchen is probably outside. 

[davureborn]

Wow 300k that's cheap.

I meant to write 400K as the price quoted was 300K.  And that was with my builder.


However, I am not sure if it included a indoor bath with a real shower instead of a bucket of water as I have not been in the house.  A lot of Thai residential toilets leave a lot to be desired.  Also the kitchen is probably outside. 

You can add on later, we have an old kitchen that I am slowly modernising, my wife prefers to cook outside anyway, a shower is easy to fix up.

[Westlife]

This is a thread from 2011 and  I reckon  you can still do the same for between 450,000 and 475,000 with no problems .For the sort of money you are talking about it wont be up to western standards but very liveable for you or your GF''s family 

http://www.buriramexpats.com/forum/index.php?topic=4604.0

[nookiebear]

Yes gf has land,40 ft x 40ft

40 feet x 40 feet is hardly big enough for Urleft to build a cover for his humbee

[Westlife]

Yes gf has land,40 ft x 40ft

40 feet x 40 feet is hardly big enough for Urleft to build a cover for his humbee

That's 12.192m x 12.192m, well big enough for a small One bed Bungalow.

Not much of a garden though 

[DeputyDavid]

Yes you can.  Best bet is to buy the material yourself, hire the labor and a local "builder."  Have someone who knows what you want done oversee the project.  For 180K you can get something like this (ill try and attach the photos.)  Kitchen is outside, as well as the toilet and shower.  Simple and inexpensive.  Not quite finished yet, but getting close. 

[Westlife]

Yes you can.  Best bet is to buy the material yourself, hire the labor and a local "builder."  Have someone who knows what you want done oversee the project.  For 180K you can get something like this (ill try and attach the photos.)  Kitchen is outside, as well as the toilet and shower.  Simple and inexpensive.  Not quite finished yet, but getting close.

A nice cheap Thai style build there DD 

If you want a Thai style house ask around the Village,Here is a Nice Wooden House built just down the road from me .Labour was just 40k baht and the total cost 200k.....but the owner did have wood from his old house so you are looking closer to 400k if you have to buy all the materials.Although some idiots will tell you Farmers can't build house's this one was built by Local Farmers in our Village.I was a Carpenter back in the UK and some of the craftsmanship in this build is top-rate 

[Freddy]

And if you went raised Thai style as posted by Westlife then you could design in a parking spot, storage and maybe kitchen terrace beneath the living space thus making the best use of your small plot. I've read that the government designs are OK also and believe that these can be obtained free of charge and built for 350 to 400,000 for a 1 bed/ bath place.

[Westlife]

And if you went raised Thai style as posted by Westlife then you could design in a parking spot, storage and maybe kitchen terrace beneath the living space thus making the best use of your small plot. I've read that the government designs are OK also and believe that these can be obtained free of charge and built for 350 to 400,000 for a 1 bed/ bath place.

Here's a link to some of the government designs with Plans you can download to giver to your builder   

http://www.crossy.co.uk/Thai_House_Plans/

[Pichai]

The answer to the O.P. is certain YES. To get an accurate written cost of materials I suggest the O.P. obtain a free house plan from the Thailand Government. There are many links on the internet to these free plans, and they are in fact in a book that is loaned free at the same office a Thai person or expat would obtain a low cost "permit to build". Yes that 25 satang per square meter document called a "permit to build". So for a "permit to build" of a 122 square meter house it would cost a 30 baht document fee plus 31 baht for the size. Plenty of plans with some rough prices indicated at:
http://www.thailandhouseplans.com/construction-plans/free-thai-house-plans       or at the Thai language Government site:

http://www.dpt.go.th/download/PW/house_model/framehome.html

Crossy has taken the time to download house plans and the link posted is worthwhile.

You would still be able to afford 7.0cm or 7.5cm Diamond Building products or Q-Con autoclaved AAC wall blocks, fiber roof panels. You could have a three point hot water heater to enable hot showers in one or two bathrooms and in one or two sinks in that budget.  You could have a tiled kitchen with a double bowl stainless steel kitchen sink. You could have soft close Cotto toilets in that price range. UPVC windows, UPVC sliding or casement doors or aluminum windows and doors with with insect screens would be in the budget in Buriram.  You could afford an interior OR exterior kitchen with a proper Teka two or three burner gas HOB in that price range. A real name brand toilet with soft close lid and elongated bowl is under 2400 baht in Buriram.  Granite flooring might not, granite kitchen counters might not at that price range.  LED ceiling wall lights in every room and LED outdoor lighting is very affordable in Buriram from the low overhead builders merchants store. Your monthly PEA electric bill would be significantly lower for years to come if you built with autoclaved aerated wall blocks, if you used a less expensive paint line, of a reputable paint brand, but in a lighter shade of color. You will save on your PEA monthly utility bill if you select a lighter shade of fiber roof tile, and only LED lighting fixtures. It could be to a certain level of Western Standard, for 650,000 baht including utility connections if you are near the water supply pipes, near the PEA power poles and do not need to pay over the standard posted connection fees to the Buriram Provincial Electricity Authority or the Buriram Provincial Waterworks Authority. That price might not include a fancy yard with lawn sprinklers or automatic timers on a garden drip system. If you shop at a high overhead store you can spend double on the exact same brand, exact same model of lighting fixture, light bulb, PVC pipe, roof tile, water valves, door hinges, or sink than a lower overhead store charges for the exact same brand and model.

 I can give you the telephone number of a dozen Thai house building contractors if you have a plan for the house you want to build and come to see me in person at my store on Highway 2074. Most of my Buriram store employees and ready mix concrete truck drivers are off for the Songkran 2015 Holiday  but we all will return to the store on Thursday morning April 16, 2015. Mr. Pichai of Ruangsangthai Builders Merchants