Hello fellow expats of Phnom Penh, I'm partner at one of the leading architects' firms in Cambodia and now we are hiring. -we pay from $1000 to $2500 for professionally trained designers, and for highly competent senior architects we can pay up to $4500 per month plus end of year bonus; -office is l...

Beautiful house but doesn't look very secure! How do you protect yourself against theft? haha I was about to reply you with the three dogs too. On top of that, I have three surveillance cameras strategically placed around the house, also I have employed my neighbour to be gardener/security, though ...

Looks very nice. How much did it end up costing? If you don't mind sharing the info... even a ballpark figure would be nice :) No I don't mind at all. I planned to spend around 40k when started with some optimistic advisors saying 25k would do, by now it's around 60k being totally ready for move-in...

Congrats, job well done, now time to enjoy :thumb: :thumb: FYI the bag on the left, looks like my old HK smugglers bag https://i.imgur.com/a4316ka.jpg Thanks. :) it's a leather suitcase made by Crouch and Fitzgerald probably older than me, I sometimes still go on trips with it, very light and great...

timmydownawell wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 7:10 pm Wow, that looks great! Well done. What's your kitchen benchtop made of? Is it quartz/composite?

HI Timmy It's a piece of synthetic slate to imitate the marble. I find that it is stronger in strength than natural marble.

Cowshed Cowboy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 7:07 pm Congratulations really nice job, I particularly like the study.

Hi, thanks for liking it. Yes, the study has been my favourite bit of the house and a lot of attention has been paid in making it.

Kitchen and living room: https://i.imgur.com/KFZNPm0.jpg https://i.imgur.com/jKR2N7d.jpg https://i.imgur.com/xPaqdGG.jpg https://i.imgur.com/O53WM2D.jpg https://i.imgur.com/e6NgbYD.jpg Study: https://i.imgur.com/sSYaLel.jpg https://i.imgur.com/R6CbTPV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qCvqXxt.jpg https://i.im...

Final update, project completed. https://i.imgur.com/BlgfAP5.jpg https://i.imgur.com/dEkmftf.jpg https://i.imgur.com/UUYNs4s.jpg Master and second bedrooms: https://i.imgur.com/lJuYVAq.jpg https://i.imgur.com/wws57b3.jpg https://i.imgur.com/6nS4OFS.jpg https://i.imgur.com/pcj2uBe.jpg https://i.imgur...

December update. Now that 1st floor tiles were done https://i.imgur.com/rtUp9tx.jpg Since I had columns of better sizes and shapes from latter houses, I decided to use those from the very first house to make a columned wall instead https://i.imgur.com/VFQb76C.jpg It came out rather nice, old and nic...

Always like these threads, but this is unusual Whats the reason for not building with new materials ? is it a lot cheaper to buy old houses & re-use the salvageable timber ? Its got me puzzled :) good question. For one, new wood logs are not always legally available, and secondly, high quality ...