Teak House
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The land we bought was rather low and prone to flooding in that area. We had 3 feet 3 inch (1 meter) of dirt fill brought in to the land and then had a 3 foot 3 inch high foundation put around the dirt fill. On top of the foundation we had a 6 foot 6 inch wall (2 meters) erected on the foundation. The wall is topped with a foot tall series of iron spikes. This is a common practice in Thailand.
After the wall was in we needed a building on the lot in order to get water and power meters for the property. We found a place that reconditioned old style Thai teak houses and put them up on your land---so we bought a small one.
The little teak house has nice porches on two sides and came with a matching gazebo. Both of these are great places to sit and watch the fruit ripen on cool evenings in Thailand--although a cool evening in Thailand is rare.
See below for one picture of our little teak house and go to My Photo Album web sites at: http://communities.msn.com/KinmondPaulPha
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To see many more pictures of the teak house and wall construction history.
The picture below was before any landscaping was done.
This picture was after a bit of landscaping was done. Today (9/29/2004) the landscaping is quite mature and we
have had fruit from the mango and star fruit trees.
