What people ask us first
Plain answers. Where the honest answer is a number that depends on you, we say so and give you ours on the phone.
Are you a building company?
No. We are one family who built one house, photographed all of it, and are willing to talk. If you want a house in Isan, we will tell you who built ours, what we paid, and what we would change.
What did it cost?
We will tell you on the phone, line by line. We do not print it here, because a number without the plot, the size and the finish behind it would mislead you more than it would help.
How long did it take?
Call and we will walk you through the calendar, including the months when nothing moved and why. The monks blessed the finished house on April 16, 2026.
Who owns it?
The land is in Ploy’s name. A foreigner cannot own land in Thailand. Read the land page before you do anything else.
Can I manage a build from abroad?
You can pay for one from abroad. Somebody you trust has to stand on the plot. Ploy was there, in her own village. Look at the stages and ask yourself who would have been there for each of yours.
Why did you build the wall first?
So that the edges of the land were settled with four neighbors before any money went into the ground between them.
Why teak?
Because it is what good houses here have always been made of, and because a wall that folds open is the best room in a hot country. See it on the house page.
Will you look at my land or my plans?
Call. If you are near Rattanaburi we will come and stand on it with you.
Call before you buy the land
It costs nothing to ask. Ben answers in English. Ploy answers in Thai.