House Design offer

[splitlid]

[crazy88]

Ease up splitlid !

I,ve got to drop my one of the 50% criminals in Thailand,cockney binman,ex al queda terrorist prices by nearly 2m baht just to keep up 60k ? surely you mean 600k ? See you at the next illuminati meeting .I have heard the ruling reptile leader will be making a guest appearance . Bet you 2 cold ones that someone tells us the yts trainee at the tessabahn can do it all for 5k or less .Another 2 that this gets moved to Hua Hin prices and rip offs thread .

Joking aside it's a good deal and good luck .

Crazy 88

[Arcadian]

Splitlid, how does it work? Do we give you a list of requirements, dimentions, land space etc?

[splitlid]

Hi Arcadian, thanks for the enquiry.

the initial step is a questionaire, which asks you all the questions regarding the type/style/size house etc you require.
it asks about lifestyle, which rooms are used most, family members, etc.this really clarifies any ideas the owner may have also.

if land is already purchased then a copy of the chanote is required for positioning of the design on the land.

a site visit involves looking at access to the plot and views of the surrounding area, photos are taken for reference on the design.

once this information is collected i put together a design brief, which summarises all of the objectives to be reached in the project.
in the brief are usually some basic house shapes which i feel would fit into your ideas.

from there a floor plan is developed, with the elevations and sketch renders for approval,
final work is the completion of the 3D photorealistic renderings.

[Khundon1975]

Hi Splitlid

I did send you a PM some time ago but maybe it got lost in the ether

My wife and her family have a few plots in BKK, one of which is a 2.5 rai empty plot, purchased 20 years ago north of BKK and they have been trying to decide what to do with it.
Roads, drains and utilities are already installed to surrounding plots so no problems there.

I have recommended building an apartment/condo block 5-7 stories high, as that is what has grown up around their plot, so to me it makes sense.

A couple of questions for you if I may, for future reference.

1. The renditions I have seen of your great work on this site have been for single or double story homes, do you do larger (taller) properties.

2. Do your costs rise pro rata to the property size, if so by how much for 5 extra floors.

3. I think you mentioned before that you do not do the structural calculations but farm them out to another company, is that still the case and if so what sort of qualifications do they hold to carry out the structural design work.

As I mentioned, I ask this for future reference but also so that I may convince them that with the right project on this site, they will get very good returns on their 20 year old investment.

[splitlid]

^ hi khundon, didnt recieve the PM i think,sorry about that.
condo/apartments sounds about right, maximum profit for sure.

1.i dont do any thing larger than 3 stories im afraid, town houses are my limit.

2.yes the house size should control the price, thailand seems to have 2 methods for calcuating the design costs,

either a sqm price, this can be as little as 350 baht per sqm upto 1000baht+ per sqm.

or

they work on a percentage of the build cost.usually about 10%

3. the guy i use is a structural engineer,he gives a full report on the structure along with load bearing calculations.
these are necessary when applying for a build permit,(where i get build permits,they origionally only wanted to see the report if the house was over a single story, now they require it for anything)

in 20 years the land price alone must have shot up, sell it for heaps and dont go through the hassel of building

[SALMOON]

Hi I Would like to ask about your special offer,

As stated in your add the cost is 60 thousand bht for this service .??

please clarify this is your full costing.


Thanh you

[splitlid]

hi salmoon,
thanks for the question, there are no hidden costs in this promotion.
the only price increase would be if you required more than is stated in the advert.
i.e house size (internal) excees more than 250sqm.
video clips.
extra renderings.

cheers

[SALMOON]

Hello splitlid,
thank you for the information, i will get back to you

[Khundon1975]

^ hi khundon, didnt recieve the PM i think,sorry about that.
condo/apartments sounds about right, maximum profit for sure.

1.i dont do any thing larger than 3 stories im afraid, town houses are my limit.

2.yes the house size should control the price, thailand seems to have 2 methods for calcuating the design costs,

either a sqm price, this can be as little as 350 baht per sqm upto 1000baht+ per sqm.

or

they work on a percentage of the build cost.usually about 10%

3. the guy i use is a structural engineer,he gives a full report on the structure along with load bearing calculations.
these are necessary when applying for a build permit,(where i get build permits,they origionally only wanted to see the report if the house was over a single story, now they require it for anything)

in 20 years the land price alone must have shot up, sell it for heaps and dont go through the hassel of building

splitlid

Thanks for that information.
Sorry to hear that you only do 3 storey town houses as a max height but I will surely recommend you to the wife's family, if they decide to build any houses on any of their plots in the future.

I have, in the past had the plans sent to me for checking by a structural engineer in the UK and found some of the specs to be the bare minimum, so I'm a bit wary of the Thai designers, where building 7 floors high is concerned. Though I have no doubt your chap is A OK.

I'm sure that they could sell for a good profit but would then need to buy more land at today's inflated prices.
Much easier to build apartments and rent them out, as that gives a good return and they still own the land, plus it helps to create employment in Thailand.

[SALMOON]

Hi Splitlid
I note you are prepared to do a site visit.

what sort of area, do you cover.
,
thanks