Best Condo locations in and near Bangkok
Posted by: coeg1 on: July 8, 2010
Average pricing for condos in the Thong Lor and On-nut area can range 90,000 baht to 130.000 baht per square meter. These areas tend to attract successful business minded expats that range in nationalities as follows: Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Americans, Europeans, as well as many local Thais. Of course, the listed pricing per square meter can vary a fair amount when looking at many of the additional options such as swimming pools, security, sporting centers and many other on site services and extras.
Some units can come with the options of being fully furnished. However, it’s usually best to take the discount instead on these types of sales tactics and either hire an Interior Designer or design to your own tastes.
Beware of the many decor centers that offer free interior design services when purchasing their home decor accessories, flooring. tiles, bathroom, lighting fixtures and kitchen hardware. They usually have exceptionally high markups on furnishings, hardware, art, etc. I can’t even begin to tell you some of the markups I’ve seen as an interior design manager and purchaser of design accessories. It would shock even the recently deceased to wake up from the dead! A few of the less expensive furnishing centers also offer free design layouts. However, you tend to get exactly what you pay for….simple as that!
I do suggest that you look at all the options carefully when purchasing a condo in and around the greater Bangkok area.
Please, feel free to add your opinion or go to our website and email us with a question. I’m always glad to help others in need when I have a spare moment to give.
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Best to you all
Deli
When a clients tastes surpass their budget
Posted by: coeg1 on: July 4, 2010
It’s not abnormal for any design process to start off with a target budget in mind. However, it’s almost inevitable for the budget to easily stray from what was initially discussed. It can get out of control based on a customers taste in materials and certain design brands or a head-strong designer. Of course well-meaning friends, neighbors and family members usually start showing up with their own set of suggestions that tend to add more unwanted detours and time by moving the client farther from the initial design process. This leaves the question,” how can my client and I move through this process as quickly as possible while creating a well-balanced business relationship and saving time and money?
Honesty! This is good for starters. Run through your whole business design process. It would be best implemented from the first meeting until the last inspection. Make no exceptions in the way you do business. Why? I have made exceptions (favors) and they almost always end in headaches. In short: stick to your methods of doing business regardless of what.
I’m sure that others reading this article and are in business of servicing others, can easily understand that the more you give or adjust from your normal methods of doing business, the more you will usually regret making that choice to begin with.
In Interior Design it’s important to get down to budget before all other elements of the design. Ask simple questions like the market cost of the property versus the clients budget. Does the client have a well-grounded attitude and vision of those things which can be accomplished within their budget? Does the client know when he must sign his or her first contract. Does the client know how many floor plans, product presentation boards or 3D renders , etc, are prepared before they incur extra costs? Is the customer willing to compromise to find the balance within the full design? Lastly are your dates concreted in your contracts?
Preparing a set of questions that lead to these answers for you and your design staff will make your project easier from the beginning. It will make it easier for the client to know when a payment is due, when another contract is to be signed and so on. Be professional while sticking to your schedules and business rules.
Having a good PR /marketing director and sales crew will make all the difference when it comes time to lay the ground work and complete the project at hand.
Please feel free to share your experience and knowledge with our readers. There is never one way or best way for anything in life…just better for different situations.
Lastly promise less, no matter what and deliver more, no matter what and follow up more than once.
Lastly..be a rock in the way you do business…bend for no one…unless your the one who is wrong to begin with!
Kind Regards
Deli
Chiang Mai- Lampang. My take on them. Our 2010-May visit.
Posted by: coeg1 on: May 16, 2010
Hello Friends!
I’ve been to Chiang Mai many times over the years. I just enjoy that feeling of getting in my car, treasure hunting and stopping at many places along the way to Chiang Mai and on the way back to Bangkok.
I’ve always found Chiang Mai appealing due to the atmosphere and the untainted friendliness of the people. However, I found a much different Chiang Mai this time and found myself wondering what happened to the old Chiang Mai. Firstly, almost all the crafts were exactly the same as they were as far back as 6 years ago. Secondly, the quality I’ve seen in most places went downhill. Thirdly, I seen a much more weathered personality in the people overall. That happy-go-lucky and charming attitude that the bulk of Chiang Mai people have seemed to carry around appears to have changed drastically. I talk to my wife (who is Thai) on the ride home and her impressions were very similar.
That said, I can only assume why. Maybe it is the colored shirt conflict, the extreme heat lately and from what I seen – very few people on the streets throughout the day and night. Having talked to a few shop owners and asking about the area..many told me that Chiang Mai has had little business over the past year. Again, no matter how long I’ve lived here or will…I know better than to think I know the reasons better than the Thai people do themselves. Of course I’ve run into enough foreigner “EXPERTS” on Thai thinking over the years and to me, there in nothing worst than a non-Thai expert, so i try to stay away from them as much as possible and avoid like sounding like one myself. LOL.
What I did find interesting were the big changes I seen in Lampang. WOW! It has changed for the better. It’s becoming much more develop in terms of doing business in a modern sense, the people are awesome, the food is great and the area is very clean. In short, much more uplifting than Chiang Mai is presently. I also found that the product have changed in Lampang. The designs are better and so is the quality. So a big thumbs up for Lampang!
That’s just my take on it and my wife’s is not far off from my train of thoughts.
It was an interesting journey this time – as it always is. However, it was different from what I expected as I laid out above.
Hope this is useful for those planning on travel to the north.
King Regards
Deli
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Interior Design with Thai Art
Posted by: coeg1 on: May 15, 2010
Welcome to Interior Design Projects and Tips
Posted by: coeg1 on: March 9, 2010
Interior Passion interior design company in based in Bangkok, Thailand. We offer interior design services for homes, community projects, offices, businesses, and companies within Thailand.
Our company takes a collaborate stance between Western and Thai management styles since many of our customers are foreign investors living in Thailand.
We understand that language, cultural differences and concerns over quality can quickly add up to a lot of stress. Hence, our focus is on making each design project a favorable experience for our client. From start to finish we are there to bring visions into reality.
We welcome you to stop by often and enjoy some of the design tips that we and our friends will share with you.
Kind Regards
Interior Passion Design Team
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