Buriram Expats
Buriram Province - General Category => Real Estate, housing, house and land ownership => Topic started by: iammike on January 22, 2020, 07:02:22 PM
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I think it's better to make a new thread about our new house build, will update this thread accordingly
First post about this new build was in other topic:
Link: http://www.buriramexpats.com/forum/index.php/topic,10015.msg70610.html#msg70610
Too make a long story short (before you read that link) we have to move from our House because of very loud Music with SFH (SFH is Speakers from Hell) so we are going to build a new house far far away from them ;)
First sign of trouble for the new build
http://www.buriramexpats.com/forum/index.php/topic,10015.msg70625.html#msg70625
Here that post
Before we even begun there is already a delay of 3+ weeks.
Reason: We just went to our local Tessaban and they need a detailed plan of the WALL (not the HOUSE, but the WALL) we are going to build before they can issue a permit.
Plus and that is a Major Pain in the ...., we need to get signatures of all people who live around the land/own land next to ours. And some people live in BKK and they only come to there, once or so a year.
House Plan is the one I thought off, but not a Wall Plan :(
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I think it's better to make a new thread about our new house build, will update this thread accordingly
First post about this new build was in other topic:
Link: http://www.buriramexpats.com/forum/index.php/topic,10015.msg70610.html#msg70610
Too make a long story short (before you read that link) we have to move from our House because of very loud Music with SFH (SFH is Speakers from Hell) so we are going to build a new house far far away from them ;)
First sign of trouble for the new build
http://www.buriramexpats.com/forum/index.php/topic,10015.msg70625.html#msg70625
Here that post
Before we even begun there is already a delay of 3+ weeks.
Reason: We just went to our local Tessaban and they need a detailed plan of the WALL (not the HOUSE, but the WALL) we are going to build before they can issue a permit.
Plus and that is a Major Pain in the ...., we need to get signatures of all people who live around the land/own land next to ours. And some people live in BKK and they only come to there, once or so a year.
House Plan is the one I thought off, but not a Wall Plan :(
Tessaban and neighbour involvement for wall building is par for the course. Phu Yai Bann used to be able to get things done but no longer.
The idea is to make sure all parties are happy with the location with regards to perimeters. At each corner of a plot there will be a stone marker buried about 50cms down.
In the presence of everyone you will need to dig down to find the stones. Then map out the direct line joining the stones. When everyone is happy Tessaban will sign it off and you can start to build.
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In the presence of everyone you will need to dig down to find the stones. Then map out the direct line joining the stones. When everyone is happy Tessaban will sign it off and you can start to build.
And that is the major issue we are facing, one of the owners lives in BKK and is only coming to Buriram once a year or so. So in worst case scenario we have to postpone our build for a year, until we can get this permit sorted.
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Must assume Thai Postal or a phone call are not practical?
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Must assume Thai Postal or a phone call are not practical?
You assumption is right, the village chief has been trying to contact them a couple of times already and no luck. If it all fails we are traveling to BKK and try there.
It also doesn?t help that they aren?t the youngest.
Owner on the right has already signed, but that leaves 2 off them, one in BKK and one local and the village chief will talk to him tomorrow.
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Good luck with that!
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Isn?t it crazy that in such a case, the Head Man cannot act as formal witness that yen boundary lines are correct and permissions signed off and witnessed on that basis.
Also, may be worth suggesting that the build could be approved and commenced with a clause that final boundary line is yet to be finalized and approved.
Providing the house build is well within your land then no issue is likely to arise.
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Hi Freddy,
It is not a question of the borders, but its a question that the direct neighbors (owners of the land as we don?t have direct neighbors) allow that a wall and then a house is being build.
We have to give the tessabaan also a detailed map on what the wall is going to look like, with dimensions, steel used, how many barb wire being used etc etc.
House plan is being done by a licensed architect, but that is also on hold. (If we don?t get the permission we only forfeit our deposit)
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Tessabaan for example told us, that the wall cannot start within at least 2 meters from the road else the permit will NOT be granted. We told them that we are planning to build the wall at least 50 centimeters within our boundary, oke then you could get land encroachment but I rather have that then that we have to tear down our wall.
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Looking around our village I see walls right up to the road edge. I?m planning a block wall and gate and as you was planning a half meter or so inside the property line. When we built the house local land office said no permit was required in the village but we got one anyway to be safe. I wonder if the two meter rule would apply in my case?
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DD, this totally depends on the Tessaban that is responsible for your area. Our Tessabaan is UDOM Than (Amphur Krasang)
Remember TIT as not every Amphur/Tessabaan has it's same rules. When we build our house, NO permission was needed and we even got the Housebook (Tabien Baan) without even a visit or a document needed, so we got Permanent Electricity from day 1 (normally you would get Temp Electric at an inflated price per Kw/h)
We talked to the foreigners that have a house where we want to build and they said when they build their house no permit (for the wall that is) was necessary, so the rules have changed/
Also and that was BIG Shock to us as well, you even need a permit if you want to get land fill in. (Again this according to our Tessabaan)
Edit: I forgot to add, what about enforcement of those rules? I see in the neighborhood were we want to build at least 2 structures (Sheds) put up and 1 of them is right at the road.
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Thanks for that. We will definitely check before building.
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Hi Freddy,
It is not a question of the borders, but its a question that the direct neighbors (owners of the land as we don?t have direct neighbors) allow that a wall and then a house is being build.
We have to give the tessabaan also a detailed map on what the wall is going to look like, with dimensions, steel used, how many barb wire being used etc etc.
House plan is being done by a licensed architect, but that is also on hold. (If we don?t get the permission we only forfeit our deposit)
You are correct in saying the rules have changed. Walls need to be built within certain boundaries from an access road to allow for any requirements for underground work such as new, bigger drainage pipes for the area. Were you to build the wall near to the road there could possibly be the need to take it down in order for Tessaban to do their work.
The word "barbed wire" screams out. Seems you are building a biggish wall with, possibly, unsightly security features. That is what is probably causing the need for permission to build. Most people are more than happy for the neighbours to build a wall along their perimeter as they are effectively getting a free wall along one side of their land.
Questions arise: if you feel such a wall is needed, is this really a good place to build? I recall your previous posts a while back about the need of security cameras at your old property. If such security measures are needed once more maybe more consideration should be given to the location. Secondly, you mentioned there was no chance of anyone having SFH. Now, from your posts, I assume you have neighbours directly on 3 sides. Are you sure about SFH?
If you are sure about wanting to build here there is a simple fix. Put in a plan for a wall of 1 meter height. When building is complete and neighbours can be contacted put in another application to increase the height.
To be honest, if it were me and I felt the need for a wall with barbed wire I would not build there. Barbed wire is as ugly from the inside as it is from the outside.
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The barb wire fence which will be around to get the catle out which are walking around freely there and bar wire fences (as you maybe can recall that I wrote that earlier there are alot of vegetable farms there) they have there lots and lots. You don?t want cattle to mess up freshly poured concrete etc etc.
And no we are not putting up a big fence, we will put blocks in only to a height of 1,5m when the house is completely finished.
We only put in security cameras in our old property because of our neighbor which we didn?t (and still don?t trust) the cameras are now not-working (but he doesn?t know that).
And more thing, my wife just went to the tessabaan to ask what the process would be to get a house book, and when she was asked if we are building a house, she said, at first we are putting a wall up, and then the tessabaan said ?need a permit etc etc?. So that got this ball rolling.
So, I hope it?s clear now?
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The fence (when finished) will look something like this.
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Not sure about the tone of your answer. Generally speaking, people post on here for advice. That is what I gave in accordance with what I understood to be a "wall with barbed wire". Now you say "fence". Confusing to say the least.
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Sorry about that but english is not my first language to me fence and wall are the same to me.
And I posted this topic to write about my experiences in building a new house. And the Tessabaan issue is one I posted Immediately, I will let you guys know if we get the permit in the end, but could take a while for an update.
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If you are building a fence, to keep cattle out as you build your house, you do not need a permit. Only permanent structures need a permit.
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If you are building a fence, to keep cattle out as you build your house, you do not need a permit. Only permanent structures need a permit.
You need a permit according to our tessabaan, you also need approval from your neighbors (what I already wrote). When I get home Sunday, I will scan the forms the Tessabaan gave us and post them here.
Also not every Tessabaan is the same
Ps: maybe it?s because we are going to pour the poles, were the bar wires will be attached to, in concrete so that we can use them for the final (whatever it?s called)
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Can?t edit my last post, but my wife didn?t mention barb wire or concrete poles, she onky mentioned the Thai word ?Rua? รั้ว and they immediately mentioned need permit.
I will post the documents the Tessabaan gave us when i get Back home Sunday Afternoon.
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i have been thinking about what Starman said, about the difference between Fence and Wall, and I am going to ask my wife when she wakes up what exactly she said to the Tessabaan.
Our Fence or wall (you name it ;) ) will at first be to keep cattle out, but it also will feature (from the start) a retaining concrete fence/wall and that shields the property from run of water from other rice fields to the lake at the other side of the road.
But This retaining concrete fence/wall has NOT been discussed with the Tessabaan. And that retaining wall/fence could be, as Starman said. a permanent structure.
Here a drawing of the land.
Color meanings:
Black: Our Land with Access road (access road is 10 meters long)
Red: Retaining ....
Purple: Main Road
Brown: Runoff area for water from the fields that go into a lake. (under the main road there is a Pipe approx 80cm across to the lake, also we placed 40cm pipes under our access road from left to right to ensure an even flow)
Yellow: The 3 neighbors fields from who we need the permission.
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Wifey just woke up and she said she only mentioned "Rua" รั้ว to Tessabaan.
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We called the BIL and he send us the Docs via Line. (sorry for the bad quality)
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Those forms are all about a building. Nothing about a wall or fence. Seems that Tessaban want to see the full plans before giving permission to build.
When the application has been approved you will need to locate the marker stones under the ground to work out the perimeters. That will need neighbours present for their confirmation and agreement.
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Starman,
It could be so, but according to them (Tessabaan Udom Than) we need these papers filled in to start building OUR Wall/fence/Thing to keep cows out.
Wife clearly explained to them that we are building the Wall/Fence/Thing to keep cows out first as the house plan isn't finished yet and they didn't push us to give them the house plan. They only showed us House plans that were available for free, but we didn't like them.
I can't change it or even doubt what they said, but we are going to the Tessabaan again tomorrow and talk to them to make sure, because there is one thing what you did and that is made me curious.
But it still leaves the problem that 3 People (who have land surrounding ours) have to agree that we want to build our ..., so you need permission FROM THEM to do so, and this is IMHO a BIG issue, if for example they refuse to SIGN, you can shove your Building plans where the SUN doesn't shine ;)
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The neighbours only need to approve the perimeter fence/wall.
If Tessaban agree to your building plans there is nothing the neighbours can do to stop you building your house. If your plans are agreed and you are happy to start the build without a perimeter wall/fence, or if you would be happy with a temporary fence without sunken posts and concrete you can proceed as soon as you have Tessaban's rubber stamp.
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The neighbours only need to approve the perimeter fence/wall.
If Tessaban agree to your building plans there is nothing the neighbours can do to stop you building your house. If your plans are agreed and you are happy to start the build without a perimeter wall/fence, or if you would be happy with a temporary fence without sunken posts and concrete you can proceed as soon as you have Tessaban's rubber stamp.
We need a fence, cows galore there, but we are going with a TEMP fence first, the finished fence will be only done when the house is completely done, the only thing what we NEED to do NOW (before the RAIN starts) is that retaining wall on both sides of the ROAD, if we don't do that and we get heavy rains, it could wash away lots of the soil (and even the access road).
Will wait and see tmrw and will post updates as soon as I am able to.
Ps: On the 3 signature issue, No change yet, 1 confirmed, still 2 to go.
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Just an observation... funny how here in Thailand you have to build a fence to keep cows out, rather than the owner of the cows building one to keep the cows IN.
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@DD 55555. The cows will be kept in during the rice planting, but that is another 3-4 months away, that is way to long.
Update:
We just came back from the Tessabaan in very busy Krasang. (Some kind of festival is going on there)
We arrived at the Tessabaan with all the necessary paperwork (except for the 3 signatures needed).
We also gave them a detailed plan of:
- how long the fence/wall would be divided into each section
- how high the fence/wall would be divided into each section
- Which Steel we are going to use for the Footing, Rebar etc
(I even attached a sample piece of the steel with the SR (grade of steel) (SR24) number clearly visible ;) )
- Where on the land the wall would stand (included a drawing to illustrate this)
- Pictures (from Google ;) ) how to fence in the beginning will look like and also Pictures how the fence would approx look like after the house is finished.
- Pictures (not from Google) of the rebar and the footing.
- And also noted, that we are going to build the wall AT LEAST 50cm within our boundary
When they looked at this, they just said, we can build our wall/fence, but also said we still need permission for the House Build and they will visit the site as soon we are building the fence/wall. (they wanted to know the starting date, we replied next week ;) )
And also we still need the 3 signatures, but we now have the time to gather them.
So Success, we can start building our wall/fence. YEAHHHHHH, but why they change I don't know, but my wife said it maybe has to do that we build our wall NOT right on the BOUNDARY but at least 50cm's away from it.
Now it's waiting on the wife and the village elders to find a suitable day for construction.
Tomorrow off to Buriram to rent the Digger (to dig the column post holes (approx 200 of them) and for the rebar connecting the poles), and also rent the steel forms for pouring the concrete.
Will keep you guys updated on the progress.
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I have been discussing what happened at the Tessabaan with the wife and I feel 50/50 happy
For example, if we would go back to the Tessabaan tomorrow, would they give us the same answer? I sincerly doubt it, but then again TiT. ;)
Rest assured, we are not going back and we will start building the fence/wall, and we will wait and see what is going to happen, and I also wonder if they are going to show up as they said they would.
Will update you guys.
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I have been discussing what happened at the Tessabaan with the wife and I feel 50/50 happy
For example, if we would go back to the Tessabaan tomorrow, would they give us the same answer? I sincerly doubt it, but then again TiT. ;)
Rest assured, we are not going back and we will start building the fence/wall, and we will wait and see what is going to happen, and I also wonder if they are going to show up as they said they would.
Will update you guys.
Cover yourself by doing what I suggested in a previous post. Find the stone markers that are buried on each corner of your plot. Get some one to confirm, village headman would be a good choice, and mark your territory with a post in each corner and string around the whole plot. Not only will this enable you to prove your perimeters with 100% accuracy, you also will not need to sacrifice (read: give away free) a meter of your land.
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Thx
We are building the fence/wall at least 50 cm from the ridge (คันนา) (that divides the fields) and that was according to the Tessabaan enough.
But will do as you suggested, but will have to wait till the village chief is available.
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And now for something completely different.
What do you guys think about a fence like this. This would be all around the 3,5 Rai. (except of course for the retaining wall in front which will consists of blocks)
This would be instead of the fence/wall design from post #14.
Honest opinion please
Yes or No.
TiA
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Thx
We are building the fence/wall at least 50 cm from the ridge (คันนา) (that divides the fields) and that was according to the Tessabaan enough.
But will do as you suggested, but will have to wait till the village chief is available.
Just checking you are aware that there are no divides between plots of land, unless already assigned to access. Plots of land fit right next to each other. It is totally feasible that the ridge is actually on your land and therefore you could be losing more that 50cms. Dig for the stone markers as soon as you can to locate the exact border. No need to wait for village headman. He can be contacted as and when you need a witness.
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I am well aware about that we might be loosing more then 50cm, but when the time is near when someone builds a house next to our house, and they encroach, we will show them the markers and we will be at the Land Office to get them to measure.
I will wait for the village headman, I think it's a safer bet ;)
He is busy with the festival in Krasang which ends on the 31th I believe.
Edit: My wife just informed me that the divides are actually in the middle, so the left part is ours, the right part is theirs. How this corresponds to the markers I have no idea, will know in the near future.
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Update:
We got electric YEAH !!. Went to the PEA this morning and in 2 days we will have Electric at the site.
It's a temporary 15/45 Meter and we paid 6000THB for the Deposit and we are going to pay a rate of approx 7THB per unit.
We can't get a "Real" meter yet because we don't have a Tabien Baan for the property yet, so for the time being going to use this Temp Electric Meter.
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I am well aware about that we might be loosing more then 50cm, but when the time is near when someone builds a house next to our house, and they encroach, we will show them the markers and we will be at the Land Office to get them to measure.
I will wait for the village headman, I think it's a safer bet ;)
He is busy with the festival in Krasang which ends on the 31th I believe.
Edit: My wife just informed me that the divides are actually in the middle, so the left part is ours, the right part is theirs. How this corresponds to the markers I have no idea, will know in the near future.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
You are going to erect a fence or wall at least 50cms inside your own perimeter. Then, if someone uses that land you are going to tell them they are encroaching. That does not then mean that you can use the land. Thus you are still wasting land. You are going to spend the rest of your life peering over to see if anyone has put anything on your 50cms.
My guess would be the land office will tell you to erect a wall or fence to prevent encroaching.
Why not just take the advice already given and build in line with the stones mentioned?
One more question. How does your wife know that the ridge is half yours prior to locating said stones?
I hate to say it but this wall build sounds like a bit of a shambles. As I understand it the stones are not that deep. Why not pop outside and have a dig around. Easy.
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Why not just take the advice already given and build in line with the stones mentioned?
We will do that, if you read post #34
where it says
I will wait for the village headman, I think it's a safer bet ;)
He is busy with the festival in Krasang which ends on the 31th I believe.
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I am well aware about that we might be loosing more then 50cm, but when the time is near when someone builds a house next to our house, and they encroach, we will show them the markers and we will be at the Land Office to get them to measure.
What about this, that you wrote?
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Regardless of where land markers are currently placed doesn't guarantee their accuracy. If you see them actually placed by the Lands Department then you can count on their accurate placement. If not, then getting the Lands Department to survey the boundary is the only way to insure sanity. It can be a very costly remedy to pull down a wall or part off the house if the structure is not fully within your legal boundary.
Regards
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I am well aware about that we might be loosing more then 50cm, but when the time is near when someone builds a house next to our house, and they encroach, we will show them the markers and we will be at the Land Office to get them to measure.
What about this, that you wrote?
We will verify where the marker stones are with the village chief when he is available, that I wrote already.
And do you really think if someone builds a house next to you and you show that person the marker stones that they believe you 100%? Would you? So that is why I would get the Land office out, I will of course first try to talk to them with the village chief.
The main issue is that the land office has a waiting period of around 2-3 months,the fence is an issue yes, but not the house because that will be around 10-15 meters (on each side don't forget we are talking about 3,5 Rai) from the ridges that separate the fields.
But we will get the land office out anyway, we are going right after we verified the markers with the village chief.
For the fence we have decided to wait to start until we now exactly where the markers are and make for the time being a really really temp fence (poles not put in concrete but just in sand) with only barb-wire, except for the retaining wall.
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Good luck with your build.
Regards
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Good luck with your build.
Regards
Thx and thx for the advice, will get the land office involved before the permanent fence is build, but will still build 50cm within our boundary.
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Hi Iammike, just a word of caution if I may. About 10 years ago I built a similar fence before our house was built. I made sure it was about 30 cms inside our land. We live next to the ? village square?. About 5 years ago, the Land Department had to redo the Government land next door. They found that my fence was 30 cms inside our land and because we hadn?t used it because of the fence, they rejigged the boundary to reflect it on the fence line. They even moved the concrete posts as well. Land lost. Just a thought.
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Thx for the advice.
What we did in our current house was also 50 cm in the boundary, but when the final wall was ready, we put in another row of poles (just place 20-30cm in the sand not in concrete) and with barb-wire right on the boundary.
So on the boundary, poles with barb-wire, then 50cms out, the final wall. When I have some time and we are at the house I will upload a picture.
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Found this picture on the PC, where you can clearly see the poles on the boundary and the finished wall (which is located 50cm from the boundary)
Ps: It looks way better now ;)
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Regardless of where land markers are currently placed doesn't guarantee their accuracy. If you see them actually placed by the Lands Department then you can count on their accurate placement. If not, then getting the Lands Department to survey the boundary is the only way to insure sanity. It can be a very costly remedy to pull down a wall or part off the house if the structure is not fully within your legal boundary.
Regards
That is the complete opposite of our experience. Chanote in hand with Village Headman and were told" let's find the markers. They are the be all and end all as they were place at the time of survey and issue of chanote". Land office not interested in the slightest once they knew the stones had been located. Just us, village head and the neighbours. All sorted in half an hour. Wall was built exactly on the line. Why would anyone give land away?
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Looks like you have it sorted. Best of luck with the build. As the old saying goes, if you don?t use it, you will lose it.
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Looks like you have it sorted. Best of luck with the build. As the old saying goes, if you don?t use it, you will lose it.
Thx Phantom
But as this is TiT you are never sure, and the "old" property is just over 1 Rai (1600 Sqm) the "new" property is 3.5 Rai (5600 Sqm) so 50cm on the new property is still a lot of sqm.
Thx again for the advice, appreciated
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Had my Wife's land in a Village near the Airport checked. When we first went to the Land Office in Satuek, we were told there was a long wait. My Wife was happy to wait and we headed out of the office. I suggested she go back and ask if there was a "fee" we could pay to have the survey done quicker. To cut a long story short, the same afternoon we had the boss and three others arrive, done the survey and provided docunentation, for a "fee" of 3,000 baht. This enabled us to start building the fence the next day, sand etc had already been delivered
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Had my Wife's land in a Village near the Airport checked. When we first went to the Land Office in Satuek, we were told there was a long wait. My Wife was happy to wait and we headed out of the office. I suggested she go back and ask if there was a "fee" we could pay to have the survey done quicker. To cut a long story short, the same afternoon we had the boss and three others arrive, done the survey and provided docunentation, for a "fee" of 3,000 baht. This enabled us to start building the fence the next day, sand etc had already been delivered
May I ask how long ago was this?
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Not that long ago, November/December last year.
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Update:
First pile went in today, hope piling will be done in 2-3 days.
All columns (rebar steel) already have been pre-fabricated so when the piling is done team 2 starts to work on the house
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Update:
Wow 2 days earlier then expected they are finished piling!!! YEAH!!!
According to the BIL they finished just now as it was a lot easier then expected.
No Pictures yet as we haven't been on site as we were getting deliveries for the new build in our "old" house
Picture I added shows 2" and 3/4" PVC pipes and Septic Tank and underground water tank and lots of tiles for the living / bath room that were delivered
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Update:
We got the permit for building our House/wall/garage today from our Local Tessabaan
It only took
- House Plan done by a Licensed Architect
- House Plan checked over by a Structural Engineer
- Signatures from all owners surrounding our property
- Patience
Total costs for the permission (exclu the architect and engineers fee) 105 THB
I wrote "permit for building our House/wall/garage" because when you have the permit for the house they don't worry about any other structure on the property, but will still have an Architect design the garage just in case ;)
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Just curious, why in ground water tank vs above ground?
When we were building our apartments the builder put the septic tanks in ground on cement pad of course that night we got a big rain and the tanks floated out of the ground! Just saying make sure your tanks are half full of water before you get rain!
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Good question DD
The reason why, is that we are expediting our build (read wanna leave our current house ASAP) and thus the land fill hasn't properly settled yet. So that's why the piles and that's why the underground tanks (which will sit on the "old ground")
If we would wait for the land fill to settle we have to wait another year before we can move and that I won't do.
We will most certainly fill them when they are going in the ground (also will never leave them empty).
Thx for the tip
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Good advice from DD Mike. I have seen these tanks pop up out out of the ground on many an occasion when instaled empty, and either ground water or rain will have them back on the surface in no time. We always put a concrete collar on the tank on installations in the UK
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Just to let you guys know, the house is finished and we just very recently moved in.
New House book we have (Wifey has already moved from the old house to the new house) and also our permanent electric meter has been installed (before it was a temporary meter).
Last Thursday we did the TM30 at Immigration and in a couple of weeks will get a new yellow house book
First impressions is it is absolutely a LOT quieter here, but we (and everyone else) already noticed that during the build.
Hope the SFH stay far far away
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Forgot to add, everything is oke except for Internet, have to wait another 30-45 days for Fiber Internet to arrive. Now doing everything via 4G (AIS Home Wifi) works oke with a max speed of 10Mb (but it?s UNLIMITED) which is not that fast when you are used to 100 Mb++++
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How about some nice photo's of the finished House thumbup
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Will post some when I am behind a pc (that can take a while as the pc is still in the old house)
But it?s a 1 bedroom 1 bathroom (but already planned for more but this will be done next year) kitchen, living room (total sqm 160m which includes the outside terrace).
Outside extension will also be done next year but the piles are already in place.
We wanted the house to be finished quickly so that?s why the 1 bed/bath.
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Hello iammike,
I hope you enjoy you new house for many years to come,
Regards
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Thx Tassie,
Appreciated and we hope the same.
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Congratulations Mike.
I wish you and your Wife the quiet life you desire and many many happy years.
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Thx Freddy, appreciated
How is your new house?
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Mike. I?m pretty much settled. It?s different of course and I miss the pool. All good though.
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I think we are haunted regarding houses. This time it?s not noise but the unavailability of getting decent internet. It appears that everything (from 3BB which is the only option) is full and there are NO plans to expand. We already tried to pay extra (a lot) to convince them otherwise but this seems to be a dead end as it?s now almost 2,5 months.
So we are stuck using a slow 4G Subscription.
You may ask, did you not check this before you moved in?
Yes we did Several times but as we didn?t have a housebook for this house yet and they wanted that before committing .
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Update:
We finally have decent internet after a very frustrating long wait, 3BB just installed our Fiber Internet, so I can get rid of that AIS 4G router (which was very slow).
Will get my PC from the old house in the coming days and will then (finally) upload some pictures of the new house.
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There are always a few hurdles to overcome when building a new house. Keep up the good attitude and I hope you enjoy your new build.
Regards
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Thx Tassie, appreciated.
There were 3 main hurdles, 2 off them were in hindsight minor and 1 was major.
Minor were dealing with the Land office and the Tessabaan but after we got the signatures and the building plan it was dealt with efficiently and also quiet quick.
Major was this issue with 3BB we spend many phone calls and also quiet a lot money to get it in the end, but we are now the proud owner of 1,8km of Fiber Cable and have Internet. But in the end we have it, but not the speed we are paying for but we got it and that is what matters for me in the end.
The AIS Home Wifi (4G) works but it's during the evenings and weekends too slow to do anything decent on the internet (it works but you need to be very patient ;) )
In any case if someone is interested we got the AIS Home Wifi Device which costs 2400+ THB and we got a 10Mb (unlimited usage) 3 Month (which runs out on the 26th of this month :) ) for an additonal 1940 THB