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Really good thread this - thanks to those providing all the useful info.
We're looking at a Western style build, possibly next year. I was wondering what people do for mosquito control?
Can you source fly screens for windows that fit properly? Detachable ones for cleaning with the wire type mesh would be ideal.
Also, what do you use/recommend for entry doors? Any ideas of costs? Best lock up solutions?
I've seen new houses built here, then nails banged in the walls to hold up mosquito nets at night.
We're looking at a Western style build, possibly next year. I was wondering what people do for mosquito control?
Can you source fly screens for windows that fit properly? Detachable ones for cleaning with the wire type mesh would be ideal.
Also, what do you use/recommend for entry doors? Any ideas of costs? Best lock up solutions?
I've seen new houses built here, then nails banged in the walls to hold up mosquito nets at night.
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Is the consensus here that Pedros' place is "well Western"? I mean, he had the choice to dictate the specs, and said "I want tile halfway up the walls and wiring outside the walls with conduits 3/4 of the way from the ceiling to the floor and nothing in the kitchen but a sink"
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No, I liked about well western, well, I mean it's not a Khmer hovel, kinda like a hybrid. Let's not forget I'm a lowly tefler, so my standards are not particularly high.
Doors are something Mrs p didn't hold back on.... I'm happy with metal/glass to save costs, but we somehow ended up with very nice solid wood front double doors and room doors, with the cheaper 'standard' doors at the 2 back entrances.
I'm not sure of the exact price (she wouldn't tell me), but doubt there was much change from $1500.
When the boss comes back from market, I'll see if she can give me an itemised list, which might be helpful to some.
Doors are something Mrs p didn't hold back on.... I'm happy with metal/glass to save costs, but we somehow ended up with very nice solid wood front double doors and room doors, with the cheaper 'standard' doors at the 2 back entrances.
I'm not sure of the exact price (she wouldn't tell me), but doubt there was much change from $1500.
When the boss comes back from market, I'll see if she can give me an itemised list, which might be helpful to some.
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Oh, and I had next to 0 input in the details or design, I was too busy working more jobs than a Jamaican to pay for the thing.....
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Yes I did not mean to speak poorly about your house, but by "well Western" I thought you were claiming it was, well, Western, not a "hybrid." I mean, I've been in brick houses owned by Khmers before, and that's what it looks like.
I don't see anything western there. Just say, "I have a Khmer style brick house with Khmer kitchen and Khmer bathroom."
I don't see anything western there. Just say, "I have a Khmer style brick house with Khmer kitchen and Khmer bathroom."
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A sit down shitter, well 2.... Not a squatter like I had when I first moved here.
My prideful boasts of well western were obviously ill judged, so retract and say well built Khmer house with some western features.
I got excited over a thread I actually had very recent experience with and let myself get carried away with my desire to impress the ballers and the big boys in the cabal. I feel like I've let everyone down, and apologize to all who have read this thread.
I haven't stepped foot in a western house for years, so perhaps my memory is going, but then the last 'western' house I lived in was a crumbling 300 year old cottage in some woods in central Europe, which was far from decadent.
My prideful boasts of well western were obviously ill judged, so retract and say well built Khmer house with some western features.
I got excited over a thread I actually had very recent experience with and let myself get carried away with my desire to impress the ballers and the big boys in the cabal. I feel like I've let everyone down, and apologize to all who have read this thread.
I haven't stepped foot in a western house for years, so perhaps my memory is going, but then the last 'western' house I lived in was a crumbling 300 year old cottage in some woods in central Europe, which was far from decadent.
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I like your place Pedro,
And for those making noise - please tell me what Western standard = ???
And for those making noise - please tell me what Western standard = ???
I refuse to go out with nothing more than a whimper followed by a small farting sound and a shit stain on my bed sheets..
Just thought I'd share that with you.
Just thought I'd share that with you.
In all my years in Cambodia working around the building game and trades etc I only ever saw one truly western standard house. And that only happened because the owner was in the business, imported foreign building products right down to the wiring and switches, plumbing fittings etc. He also had a khmer builder who had a proven track record of higher end residential builds and a western PM based on-site.scoffer wrote:I like your place Pedro,
And for those making noise - please tell me what Western standard = ???
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Ok, here we go, regardless of whether my Manor is western/Khmer or hybrid, a break down of the costs for a 96m2 house, of which I am more than satisfied with..... Especially as the neighbours live in wooden shacks.
Construction labour - $3000
Cement - $2000
Pillars - $380
Roof (metal) - $2000 inc labour
Tiles floor 96m/wall 116m -$1400
Outside tiles -$32
Wood door front -$700
Wood door rooms- $510
Door frames - $300
Back doors - $200
Windows- $770
Bathroom fittings-$100
Toilet doors - $160
Water connection -$80
Ceiling boards -$830
Electrical connections and lights - $700
Gate - $250
Wall- $720
Bricks (20,000) - $720
Plaster - $200
Paint in and out - $400
Outside cement patio- $200
Other odds and sods that can't remember probably around $1000-1500
Equals around $17,000
Construction labour - $3000
Cement - $2000
Pillars - $380
Roof (metal) - $2000 inc labour
Tiles floor 96m/wall 116m -$1400
Outside tiles -$32
Wood door front -$700
Wood door rooms- $510
Door frames - $300
Back doors - $200
Windows- $770
Bathroom fittings-$100
Toilet doors - $160
Water connection -$80
Ceiling boards -$830
Electrical connections and lights - $700
Gate - $250
Wall- $720
Bricks (20,000) - $720
Plaster - $200
Paint in and out - $400
Outside cement patio- $200
Other odds and sods that can't remember probably around $1000-1500
Equals around $17,000
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Speaking of doors, has anyone else noticed that no doors in Cambodia close properly? They either stick or they are way too loose and bounce/rattle.pedros wrote: Doors are something Mrs p didn't hold back on.... I'm happy with metal/glass to save costs, but we somehow ended up with very nice solid wood front double doors and room doors, with the cheaper 'standard' doors at the 2 back entrances.
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