Home Improvements To My (Wife's) House In Thailand

Video Description
My wife's house (I have paid for everything, but as a foreigner I can't own landed property in Thailand!) is typical of many Thai houses. There is virtually no garden, therefore no space for a shed, and no closed garage - just an open car port. The result is a severe lack of dry, secure storage space. That's one problem.
Strong smelling Thai food being cooked inside the house is another problem. The third problem is that the last three months of the year in this part of Thailand can be extremely wet and this makes it difficult to dry laundry.
I finally bit the bullet and started a project at the beginning of this year to fix all of these problems. The initial quote was Bt92,000 and I was told it would take about 15 days. It ended up taking just over two months and the final cost was more than twice the amount.
This video documents the project and provides a detailed cost breakdown at the end.
How I Book Hotels In Thailand And Elsewhere
Having lived in Thailand since 2003, I have booked many hotels while travelling around the country. Occasionally, I have spent an enormous amount of time trying to find the best deal. However, I almost invariably end up booking through Agoda. Not only are Agoda rates almost always the lowest, but it is a company I have learnt to trust over the years. In 2023 there were stories about another large online hotel Booking company (whose name I won't mention) who failed to pay accommodation hosts and whose customers turned up at hotels to find that they did not have a reservation. I have never had any such problems with Agoda, and the few minor issues I've had have been dealt with efficiently by their customer service representatives.
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Are You Interested In Learning How To Read Basic Thai?
Being able to read enough basic Thai so that you can negotiate menus and read signs is incredibly useful, and it's not that difficult. It's not like Japanese or Chinese, where you have to remember thousands of characters. Like English, it's just consonants and vowels. Yes, there are more characters than English, but phonetically Thai is a lot more consistent. English vowels and vowel combinations change sound in different words (cough, rough, through, thought, bough, etc). In many ways, Thais is actually easier to learn than English. If you are interested, try the tutorials on my other TH-cam channel. With some effort and dedication, you will be able to read quite well after around six months.
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