DIY Dog House Plans - House Plan Download
This is not so difficult if you are prepared to pay for a translator in Thailand.
The method of application of the Unit Build Rates is simple. You work out the total floor area of the proposed building including all floors and multiply by the unit rate. There is no need to find or involve a builder for this method once you have decided on the unit rate to use.
I'm lucky in that I can use the Autocad Computer Aided Drawings (CAD) software package and am familiar with building design so I was able to produce my own CAD drawings and schedules for my planned retirement house in Thailand.
The method I used to find builders consisted of knocking on doors "You have a nice house, can you tell me who the builder was?" I find it easy to approach people and one day I was chatting with the Security Guard at our hotel, "The Mansion" at 8/8 Soi Tedsaban 8, Mittrapap Rd., Pakchong, Thailand, and he announced that he could get a price from at least two builders.
Building the right sized dog house is highly important. There is nothing worse that spending a day building a new kennel, and your dog doesn't even use it because it's too scared to go inside! It certainly pays off to measure your dog before starting construction.
You might try English only and just get the translator to translate the technical phrases that the builder doesn't understand. Again, much easier to do if you are in Thailand alongside the translator and builder.
In this short discussion on how I obtained budget estimates for a retirement home in Thailand I have covered the two main methods, using unit rates and house plans, to secure a budget price and the advantages and disadvantages of each method. Also I have explained the three difficulties you will face when trying to get a builder in Thailand to give you an estimate for building your retirement house in Thailand.
In conclusion the Unit Build Rates method in Thailand can only be used to get a very rough idea of the likely cost and is really not accurate enough for establishing a budget.
Box-shaped Coops
A translator can easily translate the schedules but adding Thai to CAD drawings in not easy unless the translator also knows how to use the CAD software! My own house plans and schedules are in English only and I was able to get a quotation from a Thai builder.
Doing that by email from starting from scratch from outside of Thailand is next to impossible.
- Build an overhanging roof to protect your dog from strong winds and heavy rains.
The method of application of the Unit Build Rates is simple. You work out the total floor area of the proposed building including all floors and multiply by the unit rate. There is no need to find or involve a builder for this method once you have decided on the unit rate to use.
I'm lucky in that I can use the Autocad Computer Aided Drawings (CAD) software package and am familiar with building design so I was able to produce my own CAD drawings and schedules for my planned retirement house in Thailand.
The method I used to find builders consisted of knocking on doors "You have a nice house, can you tell me who the builder was?" I find it easy to approach people and one day I was chatting with the Security Guard at our hotel, "The Mansion" at 8/8 Soi Tedsaban 8, Mittrapap Rd., Pakchong, Thailand, and he announced that he could get a price from at least two builders.
Building the right sized dog house is highly important. There is nothing worse that spending a day building a new kennel, and your dog doesn't even use it because it's too scared to go inside! It certainly pays off to measure your dog before starting construction.
You might try English only and just get the translator to translate the technical phrases that the builder doesn't understand. Again, much easier to do if you are in Thailand alongside the translator and builder.
In this short discussion on how I obtained budget estimates for a retirement home in Thailand I have covered the two main methods, using unit rates and house plans, to secure a budget price and the advantages and disadvantages of each method. Also I have explained the three difficulties you will face when trying to get a builder in Thailand to give you an estimate for building your retirement house in Thailand.
In conclusion the Unit Build Rates method in Thailand can only be used to get a very rough idea of the likely cost and is really not accurate enough for establishing a budget.
Box-shaped Coops
A translator can easily translate the schedules but adding Thai to CAD drawings in not easy unless the translator also knows how to use the CAD software! My own house plans and schedules are in English only and I was able to get a quotation from a Thai builder.
Doing that by email from starting from scratch from outside of Thailand is next to impossible.
- Build an overhanging roof to protect your dog from strong winds and heavy rains.
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