The House

The name I have informally given the house, White Flower Villa, is a bit whimsical but I have tried to be true to it as all the flowering plants, except our very numerous orchids, bear white flowers.

The house was completed only in December 2007 and it was built be an international team of contractors. The structure was erected by an experienced Thai builder with years of  building in Austria as part of his background. The electrics were planned and installed by a Swiss tradesman. The windows and PVC doors, all Thyssen products, were installed by British fabricators and the pool was the work also of a British contractor. These men acted with the Bangkok architect to form the panel which guided me through the construction progress to, I believe, a really successful result.

The theme of the house is "beachside living". An elegant and practical single floor layout, clean open spaces, airy high ceilings, large windows and terrace doors, an enfolded plunge pool, largely white walls with modern art and feature wall colors are the main aspects of this concept. This is certainly not yet another a run of the mill Thai-Bali lookalike.

The house divides practically in 2 around the huge living, dining and kitchen space with a guest bathroom with 2 wings, one for the family with 2 bedrooms, a family room and a bathroom and the other wing a master suite with double bedroom and huge walk-in closet and bathroom. There is a Thai kitchen and laundry area, pool house and storage place along one side of the house.

Power supplies are regular and the house has its own deep bore (42 metres) which supplies up to 5000 litres per hour of potable water which is then filtered and ultraviolet treated before entering the house system.

House area is approximately230 square metres and the land is 525 square metres.

There is undercover parking for 2 cars.

The land has the highest class of title deed issued in Thailand, a chanote, and the land and house are owned by a company legally legitimately formed by me and my Thai adopted son and 2 Thai friends for this purpose. Ownership can be conveyed by a simple and fee free transfer of shares.