Raindancer

Fair comment.

Hi Brit Tim. I wasn't actually quoting you personally. My experience was using the Amphur will method, which my friend set up for his wife and she had no issues with the document from the Amphur in getting access to the funds. I have no experience of lawyers apart from one, which was quite disastrous for a long distance friend of mine. Which included the lengthy process, plus the ridiculous fees the lawyer charged, based upon the amount left to the deceased. I have only read of horror stories that were never substantiated. Usually starting with " I heard of someone etc etc." I personally chose the Amphur will route, once I had verified the process with my bank. And as a precaution, I had my wife added as a silent signatory on my bank accounts. I hope that clarifies everything.

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Thankfully this forum has the feature to turn off replies from people like you. Won't have to read your sarcastic all knowing replies to so many posters any more.

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Oh!!! You have read reports!! Have a nice Sunday.

Yes, silent signatory is a good idea. But I am not going to get into a discussion about your statement that a will does not guarantee access to funds. So, what you are saying is, that my friends wifes experience is not true. And my own will discussed with my bank and their confirmation of my wife accessing my funds with the Amphur authoritative documentation is also make believe. So now I am a liar? All based upon your contradiction of my post.

I don't think it really matters whether wife or other half, when making a will for the remaining wife/ other half, male or female to receive access to the deceaseds bank account. As long as the remaining partner/ wife/ other half, receive the authoritative documentation to that effect from the Amphur, things should be OK. The info is there, should the OP decide a course of action.

Absolutely spot on. A will registered with the local Amphur, provides your wife with the necessary authority under the will to access the funds immediately, upon presentation of the document. Sorted this method out for a friend, before he passed. His wife took the Amphur letter to the bank and had access straight away. I have the same system organised already. Spoke with my bank manager and received confirmation that this was accepted by her bank.

That is a set top box which probably provides you with Thai TV. Probably the same as the true ISP provides free with your Internet package. I may be wrong, but i suspect it is a low end Chinese android limited to 100mbps speed. The next thing to do is check your TV Lan speed specs. Even some top end tvs only provide 100mbps when connected directly by Lan cable to the router. So connecting your set top box to tv will still only give you 100mbps or less. However if you connect an Android device with 1gb Lan speed, directly by hdmi to the TV, and then plug the Lan cable from the router to the Android set top box; and then do a speed test through ookla app on your Android device, you should get very close to your 1gb download speed. I hope that is easy enough to follow.

Which device are you using to test your Internet speeds. As someone already posted, is your device limited to 100mbps. Or is it 1000mbps (1 gb). If it the former, that is why you are getting below 100mbps speed. My neighbour had the same issue with his android set top box using lan cable. When I checked his device specs, it only had 100mbps max download speed. I took my own android box to his house, tested the speed on lan cable and he got over 900mbps. Hope that helps.

I am also not a city boy. And had the same modus operandi as you. But I live in an extremely quiet Mooban with no noisy dogs, or parties. Traffic is also virtually non existent. Sorry to hear that you are both somewhat unhappy. Just enjoy each day you are given! It is better than the alternative???? As for Pattaya, no thanks. Might suit many, but I prefer Chiang Mai and my lovely home.

???????????? Brilliant response. And you are absolutely right. I will take your advice. Thank you. Regards

Thank you for all of that. As you will see from.another answer I provided to a poster, it's all under consideration. I am glad I posted this subject. It has given me more food for thought. Thanks

Absolutely. My wife is the cautious one and happy to stay where we are for now. But equally, she has no problem with us moving there. Whilst my health has never been an issue, she is aware of my age and that the medical facilities down there are quite a way from the new build. And indeed, not as good as where we are now. Hence her wise input to our decision.

My wife already owns a house in the village. That is why we were considering moving outside of it. I have lived there and the people are great. But we wanted some more privacy and quieter surroundings.

Thanks for your thoughtful insight. I have been planning to do this for the past 14 years. And the house build area is some 18kms from Amnat. My wife and I are still discussing the pros and cons, although the land is ready, I am now not 100% convinced at this point in time now, having received a large number of private messages from well wishers, who had already moved out there and then moved back to a city, for a variety of good reasons. But, I thank all those who have been kind enough to pass on their views.

Ok. Fully understand your system now. I appreciate the time you have taken to provide me with various options and tips. Many thanks.

Thank you again. I am considering and researching all your ideas on water collection. Slightly confused by your water collection that you don't use rainwater for domestic use. And you have another tank that is filtered into the house. Is this tank fed from your well by electric pump? Regards

No. But if you open asean now on your browser, head to the 3 vertical dots top right, scroll down and click on " add to homepage ". This will then give you a shortcut icon, to click on every time, you wish to access the site.

Thank you for the excellent advice. I was considering a bore hole, which I probably mis wrote as a well. The rain idea is starting to intrigue me. Would need to see how I get that into the house properly filtered. Still researching everything and in discussion with an excellent plumber. The roof would be triple layered with foil with a sandwich of roof insulation material or something similar, which a neighbour had installed and keeps the house very cool. Plus I would add solar panels to the roof. Regards

Many thanks.

Interesting idea. Thank you. But rainwater in Issan is a rare commodity. The reason for solar is to ensure a constant supply if needed and the unpredictability of 365/24/7 power supply in this area, based upon personal experience. Plus all water would require running through an Osmosis filtration system, before use within the house. And yes, that would be by water pump, with solar back up So, still considering all options for belt and braces eventuality.

The budget for all solar installations on my project is a variable feast. Every solar installation is different, depending on panels, batteries etc. So, there would be little point in me naming my budget for my build. But the solar for the well can range from 30k upwards. I envisage somewhat more than that because of the power that I wish to draw the water into the storage tanks.

Thanks for the info. I discovered in my Samsung phone> settings> accessibility, I had it activated for SD MAID. And like you, I have to turn it off to use Bbk app and then back on to use it. Wrote to the developer with screenshot of the banking app security notice. He said that this was nothing to do with him, but something the bank has done. Seems a little OTT by the bank. Their app has no permissions and cannot be" "on top" and overlay other apps. But I'm sure they have their reasons.