In case you have missed the posts on the Wiki and Facebook, we have
found a 3 story shophouse close to Ratchathewi BTS for only 25 000 THB
a month. Pictures and more information at http://goo.gl/hZ3RD.
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:31 PM, nadam <a...@anyro.se> wrote: > In case you have missed the posts on the Wiki and Facebook, we have > found a 3 story shophouse close to Ratchathewi BTS for only 25 000 THB > a month. Pictures and more information at http://goo.gl/hZ3RD.
> This place looks pretty good to me from the pictures.
> What does the landlord say about fixing the bathroom? Can they finish that off with a toilet before we move in or do we have to take care of it?
> We will definitely have to consider how we do the A/C for this space. I don't think that is a big problem though.
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:31 PM, nadam <a...@anyro.se> wrote: > In case you have missed the posts on the Wiki and Facebook, we have > found a 3 story shophouse close to Ratchathewi BTS for only 25 000 THB > a month. Pictures and more information at http://goo.gl/hZ3RD.
it's a strategic decision, take a cheap place and put more money in to fix it or the other way around. if we take a place that needs work we should do it right away in one go and not over time.
On 7 April 2011 17:11, the grugq <thegr...@gmail.com> wrote:
<lopsta.ecomme...@googlemail.com> wrote: > it's a strategic decision, take a cheap place and put more money in to > fix it or the other way around. if we take a place that needs work we > should do it right away in one go and not over time.
> On 7 April 2011 17:11, the grugq <thegr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> As I recall both bathrooms have western style toilets.
>> The bathrooms are in no worse shape than the rest of the place which, in general, needs a fair amount of work.
>> The landlady will not spend a single satung on fixing the place up. TIT.
>> On 7 Apr 2011, at 17:01, Ian wrote:
>>> Did you see the pics of the bathroom? It needs a renovation and it currently only has a squat toilet (if I read the post on FB correctly).
> The bathroom on the 1st floor has a thai style toilet and the one on > the 3rd floor has a western style toilet.
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Jan Detlefsen > <lopsta.ecomme...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> it's a strategic decision, take a cheap place and put more money in to >> fix it or the other way around. if we take a place that needs work we >> should do it right away in one go and not over time.
>> On 7 April 2011 17:11, the grugq <thegr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> As I recall both bathrooms have western style toilets.
>>> The bathrooms are in no worse shape than the rest of the place which, in general, needs a fair amount of work.
>>> The landlady will not spend a single satung on fixing the place up. TIT.
>>> On 7 Apr 2011, at 17:01, Ian wrote:
>>>> Did you see the pics of the bathroom? It needs a renovation and it currently only has a squat toilet (if I read the post on FB correctly).
I agree that we should 'wham bam' fix it up if we go with it. Another suggestion I have is that we strongly consider what work we will do ourselves since I know from owning my townhome that it is pretty inexpensive to get quality house work done here (particularly bathrooms). Although, some supervision seems to help.
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Adam Nybäck <a...@anyro.se> wrote: > The bathroom on the 1st floor has a thai style toilet and the one on > the 3rd floor has a western style toilet.
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Jan Detlefsen > <lopsta.ecomme...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > it's a strategic decision, take a cheap place and put more money in to > > fix it or the other way around. if we take a place that needs work we > > should do it right away in one go and not over time.
> > On 7 April 2011 17:11, the grugq <thegr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> As I recall both bathrooms have western style toilets.
> >> The bathrooms are in no worse shape than the rest of the place which, in > general, needs a fair amount of work.
> >> The landlady will not spend a single satung on fixing the place up. TIT.
> >> On 7 Apr 2011, at 17:01, Ian wrote:
> >>> Did you see the pics of the bathroom? It needs a renovation and it > currently only has a squat toilet (if I read the post on FB correctly).
i don"t mind doing things myself, i do that in my house too, problem is it usually takes multiples of the timespan compared to paying someone which can be critical in a place like that.
On 7 April 2011 18:27, Ian Korman <kormanwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree that we should 'wham bam' fix it up if we go with it. Another > suggestion I have is that we strongly consider what work we will do > ourselves since I know from owning my townhome that it is pretty inexpensive > to get quality house work done here (particularly bathrooms). Although, some > supervision seems to help.
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Adam Nybäck <a...@anyro.se> wrote:
>> The bathroom on the 1st floor has a thai style toilet and the one on >> the 3rd floor has a western style toilet.
>> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Jan Detlefsen >> <lopsta.ecomme...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> > it's a strategic decision, take a cheap place and put more money in to >> > fix it or the other way around. if we take a place that needs work we >> > should do it right away in one go and not over time.
>> > On 7 April 2011 17:11, the grugq <thegr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> As I recall both bathrooms have western style toilets.
>> >> The bathrooms are in no worse shape than the rest of the place which, >> >> in general, needs a fair amount of work.
>> >> The landlady will not spend a single satung on fixing the place up. >> >> TIT.
>> >> On 7 Apr 2011, at 17:01, Ian wrote:
>> >>> Did you see the pics of the bathroom? It needs a renovation and it >> >>> currently only has a squat toilet (if I read the post on FB correctly).
Heck, we have 257 people in the FB group. If we can just weasel 1000 baht out of each one of them. :-)
I am hoping that if we have a real place with real numbers we can agree on a real plan and then people can really get behind it. We already have pretty strong parts of a workable plan actually. It is actually more about commitment at this point.
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:24 PM, John Berns <jfxbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Money. Lots of talk about what to do, very little talk of how this is going > to be financed--both up front and ongoing.
> I thing there needs to be a reality check on the financial end.
> On Apr 7, 2011, at 7:03 PM, Adam Nybäck <a...@anyro.se> wrote:
> > The bathroom on the 1st floor has a thai style toilet and the one on > > the 3rd floor has a western style toilet.
> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Jan Detlefsen > > <lopsta.ecomme...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> it's a strategic decision, take a cheap place and put more money in to > >> fix it or the other way around. if we take a place that needs work we > >> should do it right away in one go and not over time.
> >> On 7 April 2011 17:11, the grugq <thegr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> As I recall both bathrooms have western style toilets.
> >>> The bathrooms are in no worse shape than the rest of the place which, > in general, needs a fair amount of work.
> >>> The landlady will not spend a single satung on fixing the place up. > TIT.
> >>> On 7 Apr 2011, at 17:01, Ian wrote:
> >>>> Did you see the pics of the bathroom? It needs a renovation and it > currently only has a squat toilet (if I read the post on FB correctly).
@John There has been a lot of work on the financial side already. It's all in the wiki including a survey with 50k monthly from membership fees only. http://bkkspace.pbworks.com
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:24 PM, John Berns <jfxbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Money. Lots of talk about what to do, very little talk of how this is going to be financed--both up front and ongoing.
> I thing there needs to be a reality check on the financial end.
> On Apr 7, 2011, at 7:03 PM, Adam Nybäck <a...@anyro.se> wrote:
>> The bathroom on the 1st floor has a thai style toilet and the one on >> the 3rd floor has a western style toilet.
>> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Jan Detlefsen >> <lopsta.ecomme...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>> it's a strategic decision, take a cheap place and put more money in to >>> fix it or the other way around. if we take a place that needs work we >>> should do it right away in one go and not over time.
>>> On 7 April 2011 17:11, the grugq <thegr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> As I recall both bathrooms have western style toilets.
>>>> The bathrooms are in no worse shape than the rest of the place which, in general, needs a fair amount of work.
>>>> The landlady will not spend a single satung on fixing the place up. TIT.
>>>> On 7 Apr 2011, at 17:01, Ian wrote:
>>>>> Did you see the pics of the bathroom? It needs a renovation and it currently only has a squat toilet (if I read the post on FB correctly).
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Ian Korman <kormanwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Heck, we have 257 people in the FB group. If we can just weasel 1000 baht > out of each one of them. :-)
> I am hoping that if we have a real place with real numbers we can agree on a > real plan and then people can really get behind it. We already have pretty > strong parts of a workable plan actually. It is actually more about > commitment at this point.
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:24 PM, John Berns <jfxbe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Money. Lots of talk about what to do, very little talk of how this is >> going to be financed--both up front and ongoing.
>> I thing there needs to be a reality check on the financial end.
>> On Apr 7, 2011, at 7:03 PM, Adam Nybäck <a...@anyro.se> wrote:
>> > The bathroom on the 1st floor has a thai style toilet and the one on >> > the 3rd floor has a western style toilet.
>> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Jan Detlefsen >> > <lopsta.ecomme...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> it's a strategic decision, take a cheap place and put more money in to >> >> fix it or the other way around. if we take a place that needs work we >> >> should do it right away in one go and not over time.
>> >> On 7 April 2011 17:11, the grugq <thegr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> As I recall both bathrooms have western style toilets.
>> >>> The bathrooms are in no worse shape than the rest of the place which, >> >>> in general, needs a fair amount of work.
>> >>> The landlady will not spend a single satung on fixing the place up. >> >>> TIT.
>> >>> On 7 Apr 2011, at 17:01, Ian wrote:
>> >>>> Did you see the pics of the bathroom? It needs a renovation and it >> >>>> currently only has a squat toilet (if I read the post on FB correctly).
I think that painting, decorating and general cleaning can be a good exercise by the group but not bathroom plumbing and tile work unless there is someone experienced and has the time to just get it done in a few days or a week tops. You just go to any construction site and you can get people to do this work on the side for pretty cheap. Coordinating the workers and supervising them is the most difficult part of that process. However, since we have some members that don't work 9-5 I think we don't have to worry about that.
If the first Hackerspace event is a "Hack the Hackerspace" weekend.
You get people to bring food & beer and have well coordinated work party (that is, you have a plan--but allow for people to innovate, team leaders that take responsibility for potions of the project / areas of the building, etc.), you could have a very fun, productive weekend cleaning / painting / fixing up the place.
Have everybody bring food & drink to donate--and tools, paint brushes and then have them pay X000 baht to join as "foundation" members with a special deal / rights. That way you can finance the renovations, get them done, people have fun and get status for their effort.
I agree with Ian-- On Apr 9, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Ian wrote:
> I think that painting, decorating and general cleaning can be a good exercise by the group but not bathroom plumbing and tile work unless there is someone experienced and has the time to just get it done in a few days or a week tops. You just go to any construction site and you can get people to do this work on the side for pretty cheap. Coordinating the workers and supervising them is the most difficult part of that process. However, since we have some members that don't work 9-5 I think we don't have to worry about that.
