here is how I see it: I lay the boys off and that reduces 12mil every two weeks but I am replacing the same amount with skilled workrs that can do tiles, ceiling, electrical, plumbing, soffits and finishing. One month they will be here. In that period I will have to spend as follows, tiles, electrical wiring, switches and plugs, I will shop aggressively and see if I can keep in under 12 mil, tiles under 35 mil, ceiling board is confirmed at 125,000 per sheet and each sheet is 2.80 m2, 30 sheets is 3.71 mil kip and that include the soffits (roof overhang) so thats good. more to do yet tonight

Sam I understand and yes this is all very good, I appreciate it. but the reality is it s a juke and jive game until Cameron funds and every penny needs to go where it needs to go. I will concentrate on getting more money because I cannot afford to put Nathong on full stop delay. I can delay strategic things like cabinets, and working out the water purfication system, maybe some plumbing and faucets not on yet, final coat of paint works to mid september and have it appear like we are just tidying up when they arrive in October. I have to get that stage, no options and how the money flows is based on those issues. Yes it needs to flow proper but at the moment there is no proper, its purely survival. I have to do more planning on this and will do but must find a couple of supply issues so that crew does not lose a second. By end of August that home will be 90- 95% complete and If I have to work 24 hours a day then I shall.

Sam good but the reality is that there is two stages to all the money,,,,, three primary goals. 1. Sufficient work on Cameron to not cause any alarms. 2. Moving Nathong forward as follows: roof, I'm going to have to pull a trick on the roof because I do not have the 1800 to 2000 usd put toward the full roof at 200,000 kip per meter and require about 220 meteres with the foam insulation so what we will do is put on the cheaper product with out the insulation and spend approx 85,000 kip per meter on 220 or 18,700,000 kip plus 2 Million for ridge and edge cap. The house will then be covered and we can get to the finishing process with rain interfering. Then ceiling, electrical, plumbing whil;e also commencing with the tile work. The deck is 42.5 meters at 300,000 kip (won't know exactly until i get to Souvanny home store ) but close at 12,500,000 plus 10% waste so 13,750,000. Same cost for inside flooring at 72 Metere x 300,000 is 21,600,000- plus 10% waste for total of 24,200,000 but until i get to soucvanny cannot know exactly. If I log onto their webite I can see prices in the 350,000 kip per box and each box of 60 x 60 tiles represents 1.44 M2 so approx 250,000 kip per meter. three bathrooms at average of 12m per bath room including shower so 36m x 300,000, another 10,800,000 plus 10% waste , total 11,880,000 approx. Electrical wire, red black and green wire rolls run at 950,000 for 100M, will require five of each color so 15,000,000, ceiling wall board for 120M including cut and waste at 200,000 per sheet and each sheet is approx 2M so 60 for 12 Mil. Paint and primer will be 4 to 6Mil

Vieng will need approx $300 to keep her happy for now, maybe 400, we talk

Gary is negotiating with several suppliers and each supplier generally has the color selected we will coordinate with the slight differences and obtain your finaal approval of color based on what that supplier offers. Note: There are many more suppliers however they only offer a bright red and this is not acceptable so it is limiting our supply list, not an issue as price doers not vary greatly

Sam Add: Just note to be ready and available to advance additional minimal upgrades and costs as necessary.

Some thing like that

we have plumbed it for hot water as well at this point

Confirmed price at 700,000 per load and the tractor to spread the gravel is estimated at 2 million. depending onm the number of loads, I estimated about 6 so 4.200,000 million kip for gravel and another 2 Million kip for tractor - estimation.

Add estimation, could be a few more loads depending how well the compaction occurs with operator of the tractor. The owner of tractor is Noi's husband in the village market where we purchase food for the camp

Sam, there should be a log reply from Violane about this time with her choices of tiles, faucets, sink, tub and few others. This likely should be in decision log as well

Oh Sorry I now see that under selections

This is not officially settled other than color (black aluminium).

sam, why not just put in Violaines answer which shows it in a nice tidy list. ?Nathong house finish answers

remove Blue Cement, just call it skim coat

remove, this is not a delieverable to the client

WE did have to cut one branch off the right front corner of deck. The branch was going to infringe slightly on the roof overhang

• not final dsign

Remove the word Blue- basically it is just a concrete finish coat.

supplier is being finalized

Cement coat progressing

brick and wall completion prior to finished concrete coat

remove "for roofing purchase"

Well had been drilled by client sometime earlier, MLH did not drill it rather that period was used to establish surface or submerged pump for construction and camp use

Design is approved for vieng to proceed

agreed

In every case the permit comes considerablylater and in this case i wouldn't expect a permit approval befo9re early 27 because they do not yet have gold title on the lot

Yes sometimes third party like Wise is required

simple reporting receipt by MLH

none that I am aware of

It extends based on good business operation standards which MLH has

I suspect there is no time

as wriiten, full refund on all non receipted funds

delayed until full drawing with engineered signoff for the area of Dong Dok.

see earlier note on preparatory works

confirmed

return all non receipted funds

without receipt or bank reconciliation receipt

90 days

never the case in lao but if it would occur than 12 weeks is sufficient to refund

Adjust here as well

Put a Caveat here. something like below

This number is consistent with project costs however we shall be comleting an actual BOQ which may vary slightly from this number

4 becomes #3 and # 4 becomes when roof is on and facia board completed on main structure. I suspect MIL will lag sliightly in progress because focus will be on main house first

cannot until full drawing and engineering completed

Sam add something like this

Preparatory site works include : Water consideration, possible well drill at back left corner of site which is minimal cost but very useful during construction and leaves available water source post construction, approx 250 to 270 M3 of fill brought to site and would hope to obtain at low cost but must plan for worst case, actual cost and it is worked into the overall budget, Electricity either it is on site or we get from the neighbor. If electricity is to the site than we have a cost of under 1000 (EDL will quote price) for ther metering hookup, prep for drainage, cam and tool shed construction and cooking area.

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change to 7 - 8 degrees, Basically a 1 to 12 in western standards, that means 1 inch rise in 12 inches or approx. 2.5 cm fall in 30.5 cm run

at my meeting with cameron and sunny, they concurred a 7 to 8 degree is satisfactory. Approved

i just noticed something on Cameron's drawing here by the outdoor laundry area, he actually a small outside lao kitchen counter of about one meter off the front edge of the laundry area. I think the better location is against the outside wall of the living room area which is movng to the back wall. See drawing I will send now Look at the third drawing where I drew the lao kitchen off MIL suite at an angle. lets' leave it there at an angle for now and let customer decide if they need to move in closer their sitting outdoor area. Customers have indicated that Lao Kitchen is oK next to MIL suite so lets stay with that plan for now

no after discussion with them they agreed that it is to narrow to start making separation corridor there. I mentioned that the front entry will be opening up on a beautiful kitchen so why block it, they agreed

Sam, not sure what this is./. We have no layout like this?

There is a lot of glass in that solarium type design and not sure if that is a good idea, Could be quite costly and it will be difficult to find good skilled craftsman for such. Need to consider this carefully

not certain on this issue. Vieng, use your design talent. I suspect the kitchen entry ought to open inward and the dining room entrance will have sufficient width to allow for opening outward. Let's play with design concepts.

reduce roof to 7 - 8 degrees, 15 is to much. We will likely use a seamless roofing system meaning no scdrews on service so we eliminate leak possibility and the slope will be sufficiaent under heavy rain conditions

see my notes on 2.3

Pay attention to design picture below, Two sinks, full mirrors and cabinets, full tub toward the rear and shower (not that large but decent size ) to thje right and the toilet to right front using shower wall as separation . Not a large space for toilet needed

Vieng, incorporate Camerons concept drawing at the start where he has drawn but redesign the bathroom, toilet and shower area with two sinks. Use your design thinking

Angle the lao kitchen as drawn

Changing this door to open left from kitchen area will require some form of door stopper otherwise it will swing 180 degrees or more and hinges will get destroyed. Just something to consider

C. the ceiling of the outside patio and the four suport columns will have a rounded design and of a decorative column look. The ceiling of the outside patio will have a curved designs as per pictures provided. This design can be of decorative nature and can be made from plaster or mortar. It is not structural.

or standard design height for a half wall

I would expect a good stacker washer dryer front load system with the rear of the stacker towards the rear wall which means we build a 10cm brisk wall on the back side and right side to provide rain protection. Solarium ceiling type worked into design

this should read as follows: the short stub wall should be approximately 40 cm, 90 degrees to the front bathroom wall and run floor to ceiling

eliminate, no need

yes Vieng can clarify this, I have stressed to her to always have the dimensions and sizes on her plans, I suspect she is using this as a brief, have a look concept

Sam, didn;t you say one design detached because they confirmed they wanted detached, Did I misunderstand that ?

agreed....move to front edge property line and rotate it 90 degrees

yes but it is known that a guest bedrooms does getin the way of proper design, guestrooms get usedtwice a year at best

agreed, get it to the front right corner

Are you seeing it clearly, oneis bedroom and theother room is tied to the masrter as aoffice sitting room, notbad but can improve on it

yes it is on plan

agreed

this was suggested because they confirmed they wanted detached

i suggest will follow

ideally the front edgeof the pool should border the front property line and enjoymentis mutally from mother in law suite and direct access from main house

only need one bedroom down and likely no den/office

agreed but if we rotate then the design flow will adjust

suggested we get this to the front right corner

the second room on the secondlevelis an office sitting area,not a second bedroom

yes there is a full walkin closet

I think you are good to go to Vieng

Assuptions, budget 150 - 180k, lets use higher amount and a cost at $675 USD m2. this would imply we can build approx 266m2, all levels including motherinlaw suite. Let's assume suite is not bigger than 30m2, that leaves 236 m2 and then lets deduct pool using a 3.5M x 4.5 m dimension and average depth of 1.2M. So 3.5 x 4.5 x 1.2 equals 18.9 m3 (volume and average costing for pool is approx $700 m3, so we have to deduct $13,230 from budget for main living and carport. Simple math is as follows. start with 180,000 less 30M2 at 675 = $20250 plus pool at 13,230 totals 33,480 leaving 146520 for the main housee and walls. Walls run at 350$m and we will have 50 m of walls at 2 m height, thats 15,000, now down to 131520 for main house so lets apply the numbers. 131250 divided by 675 m2 cost w profit, 194 m2 of Cameron and sunnys space on two levels or approximately 97 m2 per level, I suggest we back that off to 90M2 per level which places dimensions in the 10 m x 9 m range, Vieng configure accorrdingly considering plot dimensions.

agreed

Good , agreed

my layout is concept only and maintaining inside kitchen and living space combined with sleeping area is fine as one big room with bathroom shower separate

north arrow would be approximately at the bacvk right rear , slightly tilted to the right at thhe corner

The mother inlaw suite should exceed 30m2, idealy 25M2 is sufficient

don't need this big, 3 to 4M max with L shape

because they are back out I think we need the full 6M gateopening, lets make it easy to back out and they can see the road dfirectly in rear view mirror.... May have to incorporate a covered area for motherin law suite when she arrives during a heavy rain. We can construct cover on top of the 2M front wall which will be .6M separation from the pool

may not require this

i think pool can be .6 m from front wall then merge the pool width (3.5M) towards the outside living space of main house. This must flow properly and considering there is a requirement for pool fencing (not 100% sure)

absolutely must rotate 90 to the right and then design proper cover, plant life, planted trees for additional shade with some form of overhaed shade cover

Steps I would like 165 rise and 230 run and considering ceiling is 2.8M, we will need second level slab in the 3.2M range. So thats going to be 19.5 steps, obviously we increase or decrease the rise to get equal heights per step, Design issue. The biggest difficulty in two storey is where to place the stairs so they provide the lease waste of space yet is the natural location where people do not get frustrated with a poor stairwell design. I have set the stairs on the west wall between kitchen and living and behind that guest room. seems most logical but open to design ideas

max 1m without having to provide additional structural support. Lets extend only where that shade is required and this may require additional column design

2.8 minimun ceiling height after Tile fooring is laid. Tile flooring mat use up to 30 MM depending on slab flooring levels. I wouold expect we will only require 15MM of tile height above slab.

If my conceptual design is in place then exit from kitchen woud be mostly east, we would create a shaded buffer off that sun facing corner, then the l shape design has another glass sliding doors exiting living room area to the south but we must incorporate shaded cover for this outside area otherwise afternoon sun renders it useless. It will be moving toward the pool area so some sun will be expected.

suggesting max 30M2 but should hbe able to incorporate all notes below in that size. Focus also on outside, somewhat private sitting area, maybe close to lao kitchen area, Design question

3.5 x 4.5 withaverage depth of 1.2M, positioned on front plot line leaving a .6M walkway on that side with surrounding area being 1.5M width/tanning ledge, etc and a step up to the mother inlaw suite and a step up to the main house living area. Or we have it all at one level, My gut says one level. Design question? Pool should be blue white tile finish wwith rounded corners for ease of cleaning, no square corners if possible.

2.7at entrance sloping back to 2.5 m

also CM, not MM

900CM overhang or indicate as .9 M

they back strainght out on to the street but Cameron already suggested that is sufficient considering they only have to look one way (to the right) for traffic

no need for extra, 5m x 5.5M carport is sufficient

can be certern the luring occurred by whatsapp string with mr. Nick, He knows the beating and kidnapping occurred

Just you are clear, the client holds these funds against balance of contract. Client was advised to come to supplier, purchase directly but refused. nothing Gary could do to proceed. It was later alleged the client did do some work with a tile person and funds may have advanced to that person, speculation only

April 7 is kidnapping day

MS Pui and her husband(do not know his name), Mr. Ley (pui's brother), one other unknown person and mr. Nick, the person whom lure me in

kidnapping occurred April 7 with meeting meeting at village office 10,,,,Ms Pui never showed on time, I left 10:30 ish

Simple solution: I want a pass off of either parties claim . I will sue for kidnapping and assualt and run the police through a legal process because not one one police office was concerned that when i was taken to the stations under dureess and kidnapped. I made sure they knew I was at that moment kidnapped and had been assualted.... so we simply walk , they finish there own project and I do not pursue a charge against Pui and ley and the others involved in the assault

do not need to bother legal and create a bill for this , the house is 100% completed and all payment received, may have a roof leak which will require a call back

remove, this is not worth pursuing and no party is making any further claims to the other, it is finished

client - holds the unadvanced amount

subject to his fee requirements

1.I think immediate priority is as we have said for weeks, report into the EDRC Police all debts and report the criminal matter to the police before Ms Pui does, shouldn't that be the prioity,

1. Ms Sunny away from the police issue

I believe these numbers are correct

I have the whatsapp chat with the person that lured me in on the Pui Ley incident and facebook pics of that person and Ms Pui

remove

As stated earlier, this is not SFE but rather Mr Ty contractor for 7k and likely an outstanding concrete invoice for 83200 baht

just remove this, I don;t see it as a threat

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incorrect: 12, 100 is the unadvanced remaining amount that the client holds . There is no official default because the client as there own money still and will not advance it so I can finish, There is nothing I can do except walk away because of zero cash flow.They claim there is not enough money (12,100) to complete and I do concur with that statement but none the less they hold there money and could give it to anyone they want to finish. I have suggested this option but they refuse and will not listen nor proceed

may be add that next day I reported the incident to the canadian embassy by email and received a response several days later

at every police station i said to wwhoever it was present that I am currently kidnapped and they have assualted me, police did nothing

After being thrown in the truck I put the pieces together and realized it was Ley driving, He had clubbed me the head at least ten times when they had me down and Ms Pui husband (name unknown), at least two more people total of four and there could have been five. The person who lured me the site was on motorbike. My truck was open, computer in bag and all I had was keys and cell phone and they attempted to take from me but I would not give them, told them to fuck off

I want to file the police report criminally and submit unless advises otherwise

I don't feel comfortable attending this site location ever again as long as Ms. Pui's husband (the main culprit to many of the projects difficulties as well as the engineer of the assault and kidnapping). I want a wash, I don't charge them criminally and they complete their project how they wish, end of the story. I will never set foot on their property again

I was asked by client and village chief (post the day of ther beating assault and kidnapping) to attend a meeting two days later April 9 at village office and I agreed. Communication was confirmed with Ms Pui that I would be at village office at 9:55 am and ready and on a tight schedule. Arrived approx 9:59 and advised Ms Pui at approx 10:10 that I was waiting since arrival and would be departing soon if she not arrive. As I supected she was not even ready to leave her house but commented she is on her way and she is maybe 4 minutes away. Waited until 10:30 and drove away, Five minutes later she in a panic called multiple times and demanded i return and I said no, I have left and you didn't show up on time and I'm already far away, Sorry be on time next time. Earliest I can attend again will be well after Pi Mai.

estimated shortfall

1. This priority matter should be first Ms. Sunny because it is escalated to criminal with police. then next #8 should be Pui Ley and then others

say,,,without prejudice

Yes I have document somewhere

None of these disputes actually officially belong to snider as all previous contracts are with Nolans company Modern Lao Homes Ltd. I acquired the assets not the shares and made a new company called modern lao sole co., Ltd., Zero contracts were updated to new company.

This is the first I know of this, unless there has been recent contact, remove it because even if it comes up it is small enough to deal with, if and when

Sam, where have these numbers come from? Sfe is not a risk however the contractor My Ty is for 7000 and the THB is maybe concrete bill? SFE has provided full release to MLH last August or Late July.

Dimitri has been told nothing about this issue, I would like resolved as follows: In lieu of Snider pursuing criminal action against Pui and Ley , the contract is ceased and each party goes there separate ways.

Estimated 240 to 260 M inclusive of mother in law suite

Maybe change to a text box instead of numbers

3 including mother in law suite

be able to select multiple boxes

confirm two or more?

add: Pool costing is based on volume M3, nor perimeter size M2

add brick

what does it mean?

add the three acount options, i will send account numbers for Baht and Lak

Baht. 0101100450073 lak 0101100450064

is this a date issue or money issue ?

test this as well

Sam, can we test to make sure it works efficiently?

One fee of 3000, eliminate the three draws

if client has paid in full and they chose a different contractor, the design becomes their property without liability of any type to MLH, past, present or future

7.1 B and 7.2 cover my above point so not my writing is required? your thoughts

Sam Question

how do we make this as irelevant but necessary in the event we have a difficult client where changes are happening continuously. This clause is really for our protection, Your thoughts?

Eliminate the stages, one payment

add a bullet,

The footprint of the home is based on a per meter price. E.g. your design is 120 m2 with a second storey of same size, your buildable size is 240 m2. Driveways, gates, fencing, landscaping, car park is separate pricing

or Sam, our managing directors.

and will receive a credit $1200 USD to the construction contract.

add, You have indicated that each you have design ideas and would like two separate designs included with the intent that upon reaching the final design approval MLH provides the completed technical and working drawings on that chosen design by you.

add, we have the plot plan and dimesions but we have not visited the site as this date,

Gary has completed initial call with both Sunny and Cameron earlier April

Add,

Note: sizes indicated are general, we have built 80m2 structures with a beautiful 40 M2 deck but averages would this range of 160 m2.

Add, we want the design and costs to fit your budget.

750 plus / m2, depends on your desires

700

USD 480 - 550 /m2

and note that these are general numbers for discussion purposes only

in the village of Don Dok, Vientiane.

, and in our preliminary discussions we know a small pool and separate (if possible) mother in law suite. All details we will engage and work through in the design process

You have selected lot D2 and indicated you have made a deposit on that lot and will be completing the purchase contract shortly on your next return to lao, now expected in week or two

test

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