Buying Land to BUILD OUR DREAM HOUSE in Koh Samui, Thailand
cheers cheers to a big day for us it's a big day all right so once again we are back in our first home in Koh Samui we are now good friends with our landlord so when she knew that we wanted to come back to Samui for a month or two she was really kind to just let us stay at our old house which we love so much yeah if you're new here we moved to Samui around 4 years ago and I think we stayed at this house for like 3 years before we gave it up when we went on this big adventure to China Japan Canada I think we've always wanted to keep a home base here until we realized that we weren't here for 8 months of the year at one point so we had to give it up but it's always so nice to come back here enjoy Samui this feels like home immediately the moment we came back and today it's a moment that we definitely didn't think it would come so soon but somehow things just worked out the universe made it happen for us the stars aligned yeah we are going to purchase our first ever piece of land in our lives in our favorite favorite place in the world what time is it we need to get going soon yeah we have to drive all the way down to the land office where the transaction is supposed to be quite simple right yeah we get the papers they get the money but luckily we have a good friend coming along with us just to make sure everything is correct cuz this is all new to us and I'm excited and nervous at the same time I'm really excited I'm really excited and I know you've done so much homework to get this to get this deal basically done so I think it's going to be just an amazing day and then we'll bring you guys to go and see the land that we're going to buy but at that point the land that we bought so whenever we finish filming a couple big series we come back to Samui to just rest and recover and this time we thought it was just a simple rest and recover trip as well but Note started to dig around ask about land prices ask about what's available here and you know see what is within our budget just kind of for fun because our dream was in about 5 years time we wanted to buy a land and build a house but it was just a coincidence that something came up that we found the perfect land that we like yeah and the thing is we've been told by many people on the island that the choices are getting less and less people are really buying up land here because they see the potential of Samui developing so right now the area that we really enjoy living in is a bit further away from the touristy area like Chaweng and Bophut we enjoy living in like Maenam area so when we found that little piece of land that we like in the area that we like at a price that was very reasonable to us we kind of just jumped on it so it became a trip that we didn't really plan for this big change to happen but yeah I'm really glad that it's happening even if we can't build our house in the next few years it's still a good investment it is yeah I mean it's only going to go up really yep yeah so in about 22 minutes we're gonna get to the land office so we just met the the owner of the land he sorted out all the paperwork for us we just have to go upstairs and sign the transfer of money this is the final step it's interesting because they asked for your passport and our marriage certificate oh they did cuz I still need to get consent from my your wife my wife yeah even though I'm a foreigner yeah good that's interesting I didn't know that before very secure for me or else you're going to go off and sell our land without me knowing right yeah even after I bought it and if I want to buy this land I still need your consent no if you buy this land and you want to sell it in the future you need my consent yeah yeah it's so busy it's always intimidating in the government offices isn't it is it happening it's happening this is it I'm transferring the money but why does it feel so casual after this we're going to be living on instant noodles for the next few years next few years maybe maybe few months few months okay can you help me double check that's the right number that's a lot of zeros yeah that's yeah that's a lot of money okay okay that's the decimal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 that's good wait a minute oh so hold on we went to the bank yesterday to up the limit to transfer that's right right that's right I'm going to press next it's done it's done it's done gone no but you still have land in your hand true you can do anything you can build your house okay okay thank you so much thank you so much we'll do the official exchange of the land paper outside in front of the office but that's just extra right yeah that's just extra right now everything is done we are the proud owners of a land here in Samui our first hopefully not last but our first real quick big thanks to our longtime partner Squarespace for supporting our channel and for helping us keep the dream alive Squarespace is an all-in-one platform where you can easily build a website for your blog or business save time by 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the previous land owner he's going to go to the land with us because we want to make sure everything looks good and yeah we'll also show you the land Welcome to our land look at this such a beautiful piece of land it is and it has so much potential let me show you let me walk you through the land you're going to walk them through the land it's all the way from there that pin there all the way to the road you see the pin there on the left and it goes around like that so the total area is about 2 Ngan in Thai that would be 800 square meters or around 8700 square ft it's quite big we got the architect to come up with a rough drawing of our dream home that's our plan yeah so this is our piece of land we want to build our main home here which is here the highest point of the land and if you build it two stories you could actually see the ocean from here you can also see like Koh Phangan from here yeah and then in the front we'll have one villa pool villa another pool villa for rent this is this is way in the future and this is a green space and on the side it's either on the right side or the left side will be driveway yeah yeah really really rough idea that Note quickly drew up one night but it will change the plans will change it will change yep imagine that this is what exactly what we want can you build it for us yeah so if you're interested in investing or if you would like Note to draw your house plan let us know so if we build the house high up yeah you can see the ocean you can see just from this height yeah there's a little pocket there that you can see through it wait I want to see too you got it yeah okay I wouldn't say it's um it's right there I wouldn't say it's seaview you can see the ocean just a little bit that little bit but it's certainly nice to see Koh Phangan from here like that and as they kind of develop this space this area they're going to cut down some of those trees we already see people cutting some of those trees down and developing it ready to sell so we might even see a bit more seaview in the next couple years I did take my mom to come here to take a look at this land cuz she just came to visit us about a week ago and she mentioned one thing though she said fengshui wise it's really nice to have a mountain behind us and we do we have a beautiful mountain right here all these coconut trees there because it's like you have support behind you so that's why you want the mountain behind you and that's exactly how we want to build anyways is with the mountain behind us facing out to the ocean we don't really know much about fengshui but that one fact was like cool cuz that's exactly what we were planning to do what I really like about this area is everyone's kind of building now like building new places new villas I mean so compared to some of the other plots of land that we've seen with really nice houses and then very very like local houses all kind of combined together I think this community is going to look really nice once yeah once everyone has their own houses built we already made some friends yeah with our neighbors that house is a very nice Thai lady and her partner um that land is actually our friend's land right in front of the other white house yeah we need to go yeah we don't know who lives there we don't know them but there's another Thai lady with her Switzerland husband I think building a big villa there and you can see what they're doing there is they're raising up the foundation so they're going to build on top of that so they can see the sea view for sure we can learn from them yeah like they're probably starting from the height of us here as the ground floor and then going up yeah we have a lot to learn and are you going to look after our land for us oh you're so cute you're so cute you're so cute oh oh okay come here hello Hello whoa hey you can't eat the camera wow he's so cute we've seen you probably 10 times already every single time we come check out this piece of land we see these puppies we'll adopt you but you take care of our land okay you chase all the bad guys away so are you thinking where Rocket is this is going to be our main house yeah this one right here maybe two bedrooms three bedrooms we have to decide we don't really know what we want at the moment we got to do some searching on Pinterest you know looking at photos initially we wanted a bungalow but now it's not it's not going to be a bungalow anymore it's going to be two stories yeah it makes more sense because if we're a bungalow and those are bungalows and we kind of just see them right like a couple days ago we went to our friend's house so Amy who was with us today at the land office Amy and her husband David they just built some new villas kind of in the same area and then we went to check them out to get some ideas of you know what it's like building a house but also how the interior could look like the type of material material layout and yeah it was quite nice to be able to see that and we filmed a little bit from that day to show you guys as well what their beautiful villas looks like hello hey nice house thank you my new house here that's a bold statement my mom's visiting from Hong Kong to see my new house one day one day we'll be able to say it yeah so yeah this is one of the two villas that our friend David and Amy built David is just next door checking on something so we're going to tour this by ourselves so as you walk in I guess this is the first bedroom ensuite actually the ceiling is quite high on these houses it's quite nice one thing I want in our home is the ceiling fan I always love ceiling fans it's good to have the option for sure this one even is a walk out to the pool they have a pool here I feel like in Samui most villas have to have a pool but to be honest us having a pool at our house for 3 years we probably used it 10 times but it's so nice to look at though yeah so that's the tricky part is like if we were to build a house do we get a pool or do we not get a pool and if we think about the future if we want to rent it out most people want a pool are looking for a pool but a pool is an extra what 300,000 to 500,000 Baht to build they have also like a seating area outside kitchen area I would enjoy that in our house as well I'm not going to break anything it's so new still we don't know how to even open the fridge maybe it's not been opened before let's not break it let's not break it but this is a very western style kitchen though because they have dishwasher they have an oven you know how much I wanted one of these in the house I like this table that is a nice table if I'm cooking if I'm cooking and I can talk to you yeah we used to do it counters yeah counters are a nice touch to it they have a laundry room in the back and an extra washroom like a guest toilet downstairs too but yeah I like kind of the openness of it and they also have fans here all right yeah little things that we should think about one thing I also noticed is look at the sink I'm always curious how it works cuz I've seen this on TikTok all the time so there's this then above is just normal oh so you can actually put your vegetables here and wash your vegetables nice okay and then this is for your glass yeah like at the bar yeah nice that's it but you don't want to use your expensive wine glasses here wow and it's pretty big too yeah and they come with you know another sink so you can do a lot of things oh I feel like once we put a list of everything we like and price it it's going to be expensive it's okay we have two years to think about it that's true right now we're just looking at land yeah we're not rushing yeah this is not what we're going to be building anytime soon let's go upstairs it's bigger than I expected there's a bonus room up here it's actually a four bedroom house there's three full bedrooms up here and the bedroom downstairs and it looks like that they all have their own washrooms like four ensuites this must be the master hi Mom hi so what you think yeah nice house this is the one thing that I always wanted is a big long L-shaped couch in the living room personally I really like the room on the floor mhm ground floor ground floor yeah is for the seniors for the seniors yeah so maybe when we build our own house we have to think about when we get older yeah if I want to buy it now how much would it be 11.99M 11.99M so uh we'll think about
it yeah we'll go chat go check with Daddy we'll check with the Bank of Dad yeah but if you're interested we'll put all the information in the description box below it's a beautiful home just bring your swimming trunk yeah just bring your suitcase and swimming trunk and you're ready to settle look at this drink that's cute so cool so you have a pina colada and I have a whiskey sour cheers cheers to becoming land owners in Samui officially residents of Koh Samui oh that's strong is it strong mine's pretty strong too actually I'm going to be drunk after this we're not used to drinking alcohol anymore but I feel like today deserves a little cocktail to celebrate and we haven't been to this beach in so long so this is Bantai Beach we used to come here all the time go fishing bring our little barbecue barbecue on the beach come and swim and watch the sunset and now this beach is only 5 minutes away from our land so this is basically our beach now yeah when we first came here it was a lot quieter but it seems like a lot of people discovered it now because of the resorts there's a lot of resorts that have been built here I say it's more like when we first got here a lot of resorts were shut right and then now all the businesses have reopened and some have new management as well and it's just like this place yeah very lively this place used to be just a juice bar yeah like a tiny juice bar and now it's called Cape Away Beach Bar and it's beautiful looks like they're even building what is it like little villas behind beautiful area though one of the most family-friendly beaches in Samui for sure it's crazy to think that 12 years ago we came to Koh Samui on a honeymoon and we only stayed for 5 days but right away we fell in love with the island and we said hopefully we'll make Koh Samui home one day not really thinking that it's going to happen but you know we want to dream but things happen for a reason they sometimes turn out better than you expect hopefully we'll get to start building the house within the next year or two and we can start a new series documenting the process of building the house here in Thailand there will be so many things to learn and maybe we will be able to learn also from a lot of you who have been building houses in different places and you know telling us what we need to look out for and yeah for now though we're going to keep traveling keep making content saving money but it's nice to know that when we save enough we have a piece of land ready for us to build a home thanks again for watching and even though this is not the typical kind of video that we usually make but we're just happy to be able to share this moment this day with you all and for us to revisit this in the future to remember how we felt the first time we bought something that was this expensive did you send a picture to your parents I did they said congratulations they're so happy for us yeah my mom is so happy for us too cheers babe cheers to our future this is perfect everything is perfect except the cocktails are not that tasty I was going to say looks good it's too bad you win some you lose some right
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