malcolminthemiddle wrote:Malcolm, in Hua Hin there are architects working for the building department at the Tessabahn who will actually do the above/finish your drawings off for you (for a fee) and then obtain the building permit as a formality.
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Who said there wasn't?
You should get yourself familiarised with the local working practices here before coming on here with your sarcy 'milkman' comments and the like.
The milk man comment was in response to an unnecessary ridicule to my post, anyway what has it got to do with you?
ERNIE ( THE FASTEST MILKMAN IN THE WEST)
11/12/1971 - 4 weeks at #1 - 17 weeks on chart
You could hear the hoof beats pound
As they raced across the ground
And the clatter of the wheels
As they spun round and round
And he galloped into Market Street
His badge upon his chest
His name was Ernie
And he drove the fastest milkcart in the west
Now Ernie loved a widow
A lady known as Sue
She lived all alone in Linley Lane
At number twenty two
They said she was too good for him
She was haughty, proud and chic
But Ernie got his cocoa there
Three times every week
They called him Ernie (Ernie)
And he drove the fastest milkcart in the west
She said she'd like to bathe in milk
He said alright sweetheart
And when he finished work one night
He loaded up the cart
He said you wanted pasturised
Coz pasturised is best
She says Ernie I'll be happy
If it comes up to me chest
And that tickled old Ernie (Ernie)
And he drove the fastest milkcart in the west
Now Ernie had a rival
An evil looking man
Called Two Ton Ted from Teddington
And he drove the bakers van
He tempted her with his treacle tarts
And his tasty wholemeal bread
And when she saw the size
Of his hot meat pies
It very near turned her head
She nearly swooned at his macaroon
And he said now if you treat me right
You'll have hot rolls evry morning
And crumpets every night
He knew once she'd sampled his layer cake
He'd have his wicked way
And all Ernie had to offer
Was a pint of milk a day
Poor Ernie (Ernie)
And he drove the fastest milkcart in the west
One lunchtime Ted saw Ernie's horse and cart outside her door
It drove him mad to find it was still there at half past four
And as he leaped down from of his van
Hot blood through his veins did course
And he went across to Ernie's cart
And he didnarf kick his horse
Who's name was Trigger (Trigger)
And he pulled the fastest milkcart in the west
Now Ernie rushed out into the street
His goldtop in his hand
He said if you want to marry susie
You'll fight for her like a man
Oh why don't we play cards for her
He sneeringly replied
And just to make it interesting
We'll have a shilling on the side
Now Ernie dragged him from his van
And beneath the blazing sun
They stood there face to face
And Ted went for his bun
But Ernie was to quick
Things didn't go the way ted planned
And a strawberry flavoured youghurt
Sent it spinning from his hand
Now Sue she ran between them
And tried to keep them apart
And Ernie pushed her aside
And a rock cake caught him underneath his heart
And he looked up in pained surprise
As the concrete hardened crust
Of a stale pork pie caught him in the eye
And Ernie bit the dust
Poor Ernie (Ernie)
And he drove the fastest milkcart in the west
Ernie was only fifty-two, he didn't want to die
Now he's gone to make deliveries
In that milkround in the sky
Where the customers are angels
And ferocious dogs are banned
And a milkmans life is full of fun
In that fairy dairy land
But a woman's needs are many fold
And Sue she married Ted
But strange things happened on their wedding night
As they lay in their bed
Was that the trees a rustling
Or the hinges of the gate
Or Ernies ghostly goldtop a rattling in their crate
They won't forget Ernie (Ernie)
And he drove the fastest milkcart in the west
) there is an option to contact local Farang-managed firms for design & building services. Yes you will find (so-called) Thai contractors cheaper but then most Thai construction is completed to different standards and requirements. As they say here; "up to you".
Exactly! I wish I knew before I bought my house that the developer had just recently got out of jail, was a liar and a thug. I have been bullied, threatened and cheated. Not a great start to living here in Hua Hin. What I don't understand is why the estate agents don't expose these people. Instead they seem to be held in high esteem as pillars of the local community. I can't mention names because no doubt the owners of this web site would be threatened with their lifes, just as I was. I've been told many project developers are con men and cheats. They don't even have permission to run the projects and use their Thai wifes in name only to legitimise themselves. Would you really want to set up a 30 year lease agreement with these type of people?