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Ok I know.. But with the wall finished I thought it might be an idea to build a shed in the garden. Somewhere to put a fridge and a kettle for refreshments while watching the world go by and possibly take a shower afterwards.
I also thought it might be an interesting way to test the water so to speak.

The first task was to choose a builder. This was done by recklessly riding about on a moped in Pak Chong, I am not normally a bike rider, and looking at houses. The sight of me wobbling along on my honda was enough to raise a few eyebrows and some shouts of "farang farang" while the children ran for cover. The trick was to see a nice looking house, knock on the door and ask to look around. Then gently to enquire about the plumbing and so on. Very educational. After a while I began to realise that the quality of the houses was mainly distinquished by the roofs. With this in mind my search became more specific and I found a dream house which was being built by a lake for some thai pop star. I spoke to the builder about my shed and he bowled up to the wall in the afternoon.

As usual the price negotiations for my shed were a little vague. We agreed on a price of 9000 baht per square metre. But, and this is important, Thai builders seem to count the roof as a separate entity. My shed is 45 sqaure metres.. the roof is 45 square metres as well. Hence the building is 90 square metres. 90 x 9000 is 810,000 Baht.

After the price was more or less agreed an architect was roped in to draw up the plans for the shed. This cost 20,000 baht. Armed with the plans it was off to the planning office and the plans were submitted. Fees of 25,000 baht were paid and the permission promised in 4 weeks. Came in four days...

With the plans submitted an auspicious day was chosen for the monk ceremony at at 09:09 in the morning the monk came to wish us good luck. This was quite a ceremony really and we had to prepare a money pot and some refreshments. Sanook