| The swimming pool is 15 x 4.6 meters, plenty large enough to get some exercise. It was blasted into solid granite, that provides a natural terrace at one end, under the shade of a tamarind tree. The pool is located in front of the house, with both a downstairs terrace and an upstairs terrace overlooking it and the valley beyond. Teak tables and chairs are provided on both terraces. The living room opens onto the downstairs terrace Granite walls retain the terraced lawns. There is a large back garden with mature shade trees. The house is very private in a very secure location. The pump house doubles as a storage building for spares and maintenance supplies. It houses the pool pump and filter as well as the house water supply pump, large filter and pressure tank. Fresh water supply to the house is free from a well that never goes dry. Nevertheless there is a dependable alternate metered water supply available at the turn of a valve. There is a third backup 500 liter water tank in the attic that can also be accessed at the turn of a valve, for short power failures. So there is very secure water supply, an important factor in Phuket. Special Note: There are two professionally designed septic systems, each handling two of the four toilets in the house. Each has three digester tanks in series discharging into separate weeping beds to disperse residual liquids safely underground, making for trouble free sewage disposal throughout the future. There is a third separate disposal system for wash water. |
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