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Good for you Ben. You kept it together and came out of it with a beautiful house for a bargain price. A very healthy and happy future for you and your wife. Next, I guess, the big move, then a life of rural bliss. Bring it on...! I'm so happy for you. 😅😊
Must be a great feeling to finally have running water & electricity The videos around the house teleport me each time. Mud and plunge bath complete a beautiful day.
Ben, you forgot to show the final “ritual” of shopping at a Global House. Where the Global House inspectors have to check your shopping cart with your sales receipt and stamp your invoice before you walk out the door . 😮 btw- great selection of wall& floor tiles in your new home.
AW Ben Lad just take a look at this house Wonderful ,its ok u dont have thank me for my Paddy green Blessing ha ha ha now u relax and enjoy what u have done .🙏
Thank God!! Finally! That was a long build, but definitely the outcome was worth the wait. I hope you got all your power in kitchen finished before they left. Proper wiring for power is always my big concern on a new build. Enjoy your new pool! Looks marvelous!
Good to see you skipping with joy towards the end of the video. Been worth the wait to complete the house I would say, even on Thai Time. Look forward to the next build of the floating guest house on your pond…….you know you’ve been thinking it over!!!!!
Congratulations Ben! The house is awesome and the farm is stunning. All that hard work, the ups and downs have been rewarded...Golden memories for you and your wife for many many years to come...I am so happy for you both. 🙏🙏
Very beautiful makes everything regarding the build seem insignificant now that its done. Congratulations. Now when your moved in find a spot admire your accomplishments there and enjoy a nice beverage then have a good laugh .
Congratulations, House looks stunning , well worth the wait and frustrations, good luck to you both with your future endeavours, have been following your story from the beginning, looking forward to see what the future brings....
The house looks amazing Ben & Anna, you've done a brilliant job and I'm sure once you're in and furnished, sitting on the many patios sipping a cold glass of something...all the stresses of the build will pale into insignificance. This time next year it will look even more wonderful when all the trees and bushes have grown all around. When are you open to the public for guided tours? All the very best mate, chok dee, Tony
What a great house they've built for you. Everyone has different tastes, but I can't see much that I would have differently. We've bought our land in Bohol, and the house drawings arrived today. Somehow it makes it seem more real seeing the drawings rather than just a pdf on my laptop. I'm thinking it's still four or five years away from being at the stage that yours is right now, but we're on our journey too. Can't help wishing that mine was at the stage that yours is!
The house looks amazing! I have been following your journey, with all its ups and downs, and I'm very happy to see you now have the end result: a house in which to create many memories. My wife and I are currently in the design stage of our new house and have learned a lot from your content. Thanks again for sharing your story.
The house looks lovely , well worth the wait.Thank you for sharing your very interesting house build journey.Wishing you many years of happiness there.
Congratulations mate! What an achievement. Again your videos inspire me and my family to get to Thailand from sydney Australia. I really enjoy your vids and your a natural at it. You might laugh but it’s legit mate
congrats ben! so happy to see the house complete and the plunge pool being filled up. the house is stunning, it took a while but from what i see i think its been worth it.
Sun dried ferment pork is very tasty. Love it. Great looking home. I do know in Thailand, the blue barrels about 25 dollars each used in the USA. How many GPH does your well pump?
I think it’s dependant on the weather Thomas, as it’s completely solar powered. On a clear day it’s powerful though. The pool takes around 3 hours to fill and I know the dimensions, but it’s too much like a maths equation for me to consider calculating the answer 😆
Great to see it all coming to a conclusion Ben. It's looking great, especially the kitchen. The plunge pool is also fab, it's inspired us to go for similar. Now the question is, will you have time to put your feet up and enjoy it?!
Plunche pool check,555.Congrats.Finely me and wife are going to vacation and family vissit in Thailand after 3 years.....whe are staying in a small village near Nong Buha Lamphoo.Our plan is to stay 3 months,dec january and february.Can't wait to see that mountain again.Whe are looking straight to it from the house.On wich side from the mountain is your place?Whe are on the Nong Buha Lamphoo side from the mountain.
This mountain is close to Non Sang and ubolrat dam. I think the mountain you’re talking about is the one you drive over to head to udon Thani maybe? Maybe I’m wrong though - I just know they both look very similar. Our farm is about 25 mins drive out of nong Bua Lamphu city. Feel free to visit when you’re over here in a few months 👍
Yes the mountain i'm talking about is the one driving from Nong buha Lamphoo direction udon Thani.When whe are in the small village near nong buha Lamphoo whe have a simmilar view from the mountain as in your videos.And thanks for the invite.Maybe whe run into eachother,whe always go shopping into the city when whe are on vacation. @@LifeinThailand777
We will do something with them, just didn’t want to be adding to a list of more jobs before the house was finished. I have nightmares about slipping and my spine landing on one of those edges 😆
Congratulations both of you. Looks awesome. Interested to see how you get on with that plunge pool and maintenance, I'm planning something similar for a build in the future. Out of interest how big is the pool you've built. I'm planning 2.5m x 1.7m x 1.3m deep.
No jay, it’s just to protect the pipes and taps etc. there’s something you can buy that attaches to your actual taps to purify the water so it’s drinkable, but we’re not bothering with it. Bottled water is ok 😇
Actually the water coming into the pool is unfiltered- it’s pumped straight from the ground. The filter system is for the rest of the house, I think the brand is Mizuma, and the cost was about 16,000 baht installed. Hope this helps 👍
That’s correct. There is a contraption you can fit to the taps on your sink to purify the water so as it’s drinkable, but we’re not bothering with it. We’re used to broker watr now 😇
Congratulations on completing your house. What are the procedures like before u can start building your dream home in Thailand. Like engaging a licensed architect to design the house and getting the proper permits to legally build the house with the authority approval etc etc Was the whole process before building works can start difficult? Thanks
It’s extremely easy TBH. We bought a house plan online for about 5000 baht and then we radically altered the internal design with the help of our builder. You must register your house plan with the local council and there’s a small fee to do this. I think we might have paid about 3000 baht. They’re only interested in the square footage of the build, don’t worry about telling them about every small change you make along the way. Once there are four walls built and a toilet / bathroom finished, you need to show photos of this with the council again. They will then give you an official address. Other than that, there is no planning permission etc. I hope this helps, feel free to send me an email of you have more questions. It usually takes me a long time to reply to comments on here
Hi Ross. The whole well system was done by a local company. They located the water underground, dug the well (66 metres down I think), attached the pump down there, hooked up 3 solar panels and charged us 60,000 baht. My father in law has since had the same job done on his own farm and paid same price so it wasn’t an inflated farang price. Maybe cost a bit more further south though. Hope this helps mate 👍
Congratulations! Do you have any kind of warranty or did that leave the house with the builder? Those plastic barrels are a couple hundred baht a piece.
My wife's dad's house sits over a pond and honestly it's pretty nasty. The water tends to get stagnate and stinks, attracts insects and just general looks and feels filthy. Maybe if you had a good flow through the way you'd be ok but it often doesn't work out like that.
Good to see it's finally finished ! The drums on the floating house are usually 200 baht each, guesstimating 30 of them? so that's another 6000 baht. Thats also 6000 liter of buoyancy so hoping the finished product weighs less than 6000kgs! Are you going to get a floating sala for your pond ?😀
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Congratulation Ben and I think it looks like there will be three or four with the dog in your beautiful house in near future.
Fantastic achievement for you two, congratulations.
Good for you Ben. You kept it together and came out of it with a beautiful house for a bargain price.
A very healthy and happy future for you and your wife.
Next, I guess, the big move, then a life of rural bliss. Bring it on...!
I'm so happy for you. 😅😊
Cheers Leon. Your own place won’t be long off finishing either mate. Best of luck with it in beautiful Rayong 😇
Must be a great feeling to finally have running water & electricity
The videos around the house teleport me each time.
Mud and plunge bath complete a beautiful day.
Ben, you forgot to show the final “ritual” of shopping at a Global House. Where the Global House inspectors have to check your shopping cart with your sales receipt and stamp your invoice before you walk out the door . 😮
btw- great selection of wall& floor tiles in your new home.
Haha yes you’re right, one person to check your bag, another to stamp your receipt and another to hold the door open 😆
AW Ben Lad just take a look at this house Wonderful ,its ok u dont have thank me for my Paddy green Blessing ha ha ha now u relax and enjoy what u have done .🙏
Thanks for the Irish blessing 🙏😇
Congrats. Well done.🫶🏻🏄🏿♂️🌴🇬🇧
Finally!😊 Congratulations, it looks really really nice!!👍👍
Thank God!! Finally! That was a long build, but definitely the outcome was worth the wait. I hope you got all your power in kitchen finished before they left. Proper wiring for power is always my big concern on a new build. Enjoy your new pool! Looks marvelous!
Thanks so much 🙏
Congratulations from Florida, USA.
Thank you!
Good to see you skipping with joy towards the end of the video. Been worth the wait to complete the house I would say, even on Thai Time. Look forward to the next build of the floating guest house on your pond…….you know you’ve been thinking it over!!!!!
It’s about time! 😀😀😀😀
Eheheheeee! Let's gooooo!
Cheers!!!
A serious case of Blue Pipe envy!😊 all that's missing is a frozen umbongo.
😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 you always remember the Um Bongo reference
Congratulations Ben! The house is awesome and the farm is stunning. All that hard work, the ups and downs have been rewarded...Golden memories for you and your wife for many many years to come...I am so happy for you both. 🙏🙏
Thanks so much!
Love your new house congratulations 🎉 too you both 🙏 and your little dog 🐶 is the best 👍👍👍
Thank you!! 😊
Congratulations The house is now becoming your home well done.
Yes! Thank you!
Living the dream wow
Happy days
living the dream!!!
Congratulations on making it to the finish line. All the best for a happy life in your new home.
Thanks so much!
Very beautiful makes everything regarding the build seem insignificant now that its done. Congratulations. Now when your moved in find a spot admire your accomplishments there and enjoy a nice beverage then have a good laugh .
What a great comment, thank you 😇
Beautiful mate, well done.
Congratulations,
House looks stunning , well worth the wait and frustrations, good luck to you both with your future endeavours, have been following your story from the beginning, looking forward to see what the future brings....
Thanks so much! 😊
The house looks absolutely brilliant. love the plunge pool. Everything was worth the wait for a job well done. Have a great day.
Thank you! You too!
Amazing Ben, congrats, your hard work and persistance has finally paid off, enjoy
Cheers Steve
So happy to see the house in its final glory. Congratulations buddy. Can't wait for you guys to move in
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Cheers mate 😎
Such a lovely house. Congratulations to you both on building your dream home.
Congrats!
The house looks amazing Ben & Anna, you've done a brilliant job and I'm sure once you're in and furnished, sitting on the many patios sipping a cold glass of something...all the stresses of the build will pale into insignificance.
This time next year it will look even more wonderful when all the trees and bushes have grown all around.
When are you open to the public for guided tours?
All the very best mate, chok dee, Tony
Oh thanks so much tony 😇😇
What a great house they've built for you. Everyone has different tastes, but I can't see much that I would have differently. We've bought our land in Bohol, and the house drawings arrived today. Somehow it makes it seem more real seeing the drawings rather than just a pdf on my laptop. I'm thinking it's still four or five years away from being at the stage that yours is right now, but we're on our journey too. Can't help wishing that mine was at the stage that yours is!
Oh exciting times Chris! I’m happy for you mate 😇
The house looks amazing! I have been following your journey, with all its ups and downs, and I'm very happy to see you now have the end result: a house in which to create many memories. My wife and I are currently in the design stage of our new house and have learned a lot from your content. Thanks again for sharing your story.
Thanks so much. I’m happy you’re doing a similar thing - it’s exciting 🙏
Congratulations on finishing the house!👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻 Finally!🤣
Thank you!! 😁
The house looks lovely , well worth the wait.Thank you for sharing your very interesting house build journey.Wishing you many years of happiness there.
Thank you so much!
Awesome job!
Nice place. Congrats to you both !!
Thank you!
Congratulations mate! What an achievement. Again your videos inspire me and my family to get to Thailand from sydney Australia. I really enjoy your vids and your a natural at it. You might laugh but it’s legit mate
🙏🙏🙏
So,so jealous ! Looks absolutely gorgeous 🎉
Almost in the house mate , exciting times👍
What an accomplishment! You have the patience of Job. You have a beautiful home and farm… well done. Cheers
Thank you very much!
Pantoon! We build these for the Swamps of Louisiana as weekend camps!
Ah cool 😎
Congrats Ben and Anna, the house looks amazing. Now the fun part begins.
👍👍👍👍
Congratulations to you both, the house is stunning, absolute dream 🙏
Congrats! It looks amazing! Can't wait to see it furnished!
congrats ben! so happy to see the house complete and the plunge pool being filled up. the house is stunning, it took a while but from what i see i think its been worth it.
Thanks so much!!
Congrats Ben. Been following your channel for a while now, and its great to see the house finished and looking cracking! Enjoy it
Thanks so much Matthew 🙏
Congratulations, enjoy
Ohhh mate those floor tiles in the kitchen 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈
Hey, each to their own 😆. I love them. It’s like an Arabic/ Moroccan feel 🐪
Sun dried ferment pork is very tasty. Love it. Great looking home. I do know in Thailand, the blue barrels about 25 dollars each used in the USA. How many GPH does your well pump?
I think it’s dependant on the weather Thomas, as it’s completely solar powered. On a clear day it’s powerful though. The pool takes around 3 hours to fill and I know the dimensions, but it’s too much like a maths equation for me to consider calculating the answer 😆
Great to see it all coming to a conclusion Ben. It's looking great, especially the kitchen. The plunge pool is also fab, it's inspired us to go for similar. Now the question is, will you have time to put your feet up and enjoy it?!
Ah thanks v much, no I don’t like putting my feet up. I’m excited to develop the farm now 😆
Fantastic Ben, great to see it finished. Do you ever go to Noi's Kitchen which I think is not too far away from you?
No although the name rings a bell. Is it near Si Bunreung?
👌congratulations 🙌
Good idea that floating house in your area 😂 They are prepared!!
Jump rope, good. When you get better at it get a speed rope, it's easier and more fun.
Someone suggested a jump rope for fitness a few months ago, maybe it was you actually Jeremy. Anyway I took the advice, but the dog hates it 😇
Grats on the finish line, though I would think that pool has some serious cold water?
Yes it’s bloody freezing straight out of the ground. It’ll be good in a hot day 😇
use sikaflex pro on your foam strips on pool steps
Ah thanks so much. I’ve been looking online for something suitable. Thanks again, I’ll order some 👍
Hi Ben, I never see two guys in the shower stall washing their feets at the same time, Lol. but your house is coming nicely sir.
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Must hang hammocks perfect nap spot!
Plunche pool check,555.Congrats.Finely me and wife are going to vacation and family vissit in Thailand after 3 years.....whe are staying in a small village near Nong Buha Lamphoo.Our plan is to stay 3 months,dec january and february.Can't wait to see that mountain again.Whe are looking straight to it from the house.On wich side from the mountain is your place?Whe are on the Nong Buha Lamphoo side from the mountain.
This mountain is close to Non Sang and ubolrat dam. I think the mountain you’re talking about is the one you drive over to head to udon Thani maybe? Maybe I’m wrong though - I just know they both look very similar. Our farm is about 25 mins drive out of nong Bua Lamphu city. Feel free to visit when you’re over here in a few months 👍
Yes the mountain i'm talking about is the one driving from Nong buha Lamphoo direction udon Thani.When whe are in the small village near nong buha Lamphoo whe have a simmilar view from the mountain as in your videos.And thanks for the invite.Maybe whe run into eachother,whe always go shopping into the city when whe are on vacation. @@LifeinThailand777
Apologies if you have already but I'd really like to see the view from the mountain of your house ?
I’ve never been up there mick, its a massive trek, no roads. I do plan on going up there at some point, but maybe I’ll just buy a drone instead 😇
How's the water pressure in the bum gun? It's the most important test when moving into a new house. 😂
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why not round out your pool tiles with a grinder? Or sand the edges down. Just my 2 cents mate.
We will do something with them, just didn’t want to be adding to a list of more jobs before the house was finished. I have nightmares about slipping and my spine landing on one of those edges 😆
I can see a big relief on your face now
How did you learn to speak thai?
I only know a few words of Thai TBH, and I pick those up from my wife’s family 👍
Congratulations both of you. Looks awesome. Interested to see how you get on with that plunge pool and maintenance, I'm planning something similar for a build in the future. Out of interest how big is the pool you've built. I'm planning 2.5m x 1.7m x 1.3m deep.
I’ll double check tomorrow for you, but I think I originally asked for about 5x2m. It’s about 1.6m deep
@@LifeinThailand777 thanks a lot
Beautiful house! I wish you run into my son which is working over in Bangkok somewhere. His name is Jesse from USA 🇺🇸 He's very slim with brown eyes.
Thailand is a big place
Congrats to your house, finally! 👏Can you drink that filtered water going to your house?
No jay, it’s just to protect the pipes and taps etc. there’s something you can buy that attaches to your actual taps to purify the water so it’s drinkable, but we’re not bothering with it. Bottled water is ok 😇
@@LifeinThailand777 thanks for the clarification 👌
The house looks great Ben, is it off the plan or your own design?
Bit of both. We bought the plans and then changed almost everything to suit us 😆
@@LifeinThailand777 cool we are looking at building in the coming year and not sure if i should go my own design or go builders plans
Congratulations! That will be a big relief😀Nice crystal clear water you've got. Can you tell me what kind of filter system you use?
Actually the water coming into the pool is unfiltered- it’s pumped straight from the ground.
The filter system is for the rest of the house, I think the brand is Mizuma, and the cost was about 16,000 baht installed. Hope this helps 👍
Ben, your filtering the water for the house but it’s still not drinkable right?
That’s correct. There is a contraption you can fit to the taps on your sink to purify the water so as it’s drinkable, but we’re not bothering with it. We’re used to broker watr now 😇
Congratulations on completing your house.
What are the procedures like before u can start building your dream home in Thailand.
Like engaging a licensed architect to design the house and getting the proper permits to legally build the house with the authority approval etc etc
Was the whole process before building works can start difficult?
Thanks
It’s extremely easy TBH. We bought a house plan online for about 5000 baht and then we radically altered the internal design with the help of our builder.
You must register your house plan with the local council and there’s a small fee to do this. I think we might have paid about 3000 baht. They’re only interested in the square footage of the build, don’t worry about telling them about every small change you make along the way. Once there are four walls built and a toilet / bathroom finished, you need to show photos of this with the council again. They will then give you an official address. Other than that, there is no planning permission etc. I hope this helps, feel free to send me an email of you have more questions. It usually takes me a long time to reply to comments on here
Ben , sorry mate , can you please tell me where you got your solar pump etc from and total price please,
Hi Ross. The whole well system was done by a local company. They located the water underground, dug the well (66 metres down I think), attached the pump down there, hooked up 3 solar panels and charged us 60,000 baht. My father in law has since had the same job done on his own farm and paid same price so it wasn’t an inflated farang price. Maybe cost a bit more further south though.
Hope this helps mate 👍
@@LifeinThailand777 Big Help many thanks
nice vids... your pool steps looks too sharp for bruises , curved round ones would be better ....my view only.
I agree. We will likely change them at some point in the future 😇
Congratulations! Do you have any kind of warranty or did that leave the house with the builder? Those plastic barrels are a couple hundred baht a piece.
Yeah we have a years warranty for the work plus 5 years for materials
The floating house is super cheap in that case 😇
That was a quick washing of the feet ceremony🤣 all good, just agreed to a second wife now mate🤣
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My wife's dad's house sits over a pond and honestly it's pretty nasty. The water tends to get stagnate and stinks, attracts insects and just general looks and feels filthy. Maybe if you had a good flow through the way you'd be ok but it often doesn't work out like that.
Ours is very healthy. Full of fish etc. I swim in it most days
Beef, pork, frog, rat?? Who cares, it's actually delicious! CONGRATULATIONS, Ben. The wait is over and the next stage in your life can begin.
😆😆😆 cheers Michael 👍
it made me nerves watching you step down into the pool.
Lol me too
Good to see it's finally finished ! The drums on the floating house are usually 200 baht each, guesstimating 30 of them? so that's another 6000 baht. Thats also 6000 liter of buoyancy so hoping the finished product weighs less than 6000kgs! Are you going to get a floating sala for your pond ?😀
No I don’t think the ponds big enough. I just liked seeing the construction of something out of the ordinary 👍