timonase

looked at 2 lotus. no sign of the wine.

regards

timo

Hello,

as mentioned before, i am in the process of buying property, not married myself. I understand that after you do get married everything is back to normal, meaning the property will be shared in case of a divorce.

The only advantage, if you can call it so, is that the foreigner does not have to sign, that he waives any rights to the property. I am unsure whether he has to sign this paper if the couple gets married afterwards.

But then, the usufruct come into play after the divorce anyways, meaning that the foreigner can use or rent out the property for as long as he lives.

regards

#Timo

Peter Lorre

German actor: M-eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

Mr. Moto

Casablanca

20.000 leagues under the Sea

and my great-uncle

thats about it.

regards

Timo

Hello,

yes that worked,.

thanks

regards

Timo

well,

as i am german and dont know how to explain in in english properly, i looked it up for you.

"The right to use and enjoy the profits and advantages of something belonging to another as long as the property is not damaged or altered in any way."

The advantage of this is that the usufruct is valid for a life time, not like a lease agreement ( 30 years)

hope that helps.

regards

Timo

Hello,

is it possible to buy the monsoon valley wine anywhere in bangkok?

thanks

regards

Timo

Hello,

i am just in the process of buying a house, not being married myself. We use sunbelt asia, to have an usufruct registered on the chanote(landpaper). There is no disandvantage of being not married, at least thats how i understand the lawyers from sunbelt, as if married you would have to sign that the property is not part of the marriage deal, anyways. If you get married anytime after you bought the property, your wife only has to goe change the chanote and the land office.

I reccomend you to see a good law firm about the usufruct process anyways.

best regards

Timo

Hello,

Nigeria is the most common scam location, on ebay and on the internet in general. When i still sold stuff on ebay, i was contacted once a month by people who wanted to buy lots of my offered goods. They always wanted to pay western union money....something... it always was a service3 wetern union does not even offer.

stay away and sell your mac here.

regards

Timo

Hello,

my list is:

Best food: turkish( mediteranian at its best)

Thai

Italian

German/Austrian

Indian/Pakistani

indonesian

worst food: tagalog

american

russian

Having had homeowners insurance for my whole life and never made a claim, when I arrived in Thailand, I concluded that nothing in my home was so expensive I couldn't replace it and went with no insurance.

Keep in mind that your insurance settlement takes into account depreciation when you make your claim unless you specify replacement value.

I rahther meant to insure the property itself

Thanks for the answers, i will look into the matter.

if anybody else has experiences....... feel free, everything is appreciated.

regards

Timo

Try http://www.nzi.co.th/

thanks, do you have any personal experience with them. What are the yearly costs?

thanks again

regards

Timo

Hello all,

i am looking into house/ home insurances. Maybe anybody has some advice and/or experience on this particular topic. Any suggestions are welcome.

thanks in advance.

regards

Timo

Hello all,

does anybody know where the dangerous areas in bangkok are? and are they als o dangerous for foreigners ?

thanks for the help

regards timo

Chang Light is my favorite. It tastes more like the American lagers than any other beer I have tried. San Mig Light is okay. It tastes a lot like Miller Lite to me. I like to drink Singh Light whenever I don't want to get drunk since it has less than 4% alcohol. If none of the above is available, I'll always just order a Heineken. I'm not really a big fan of the high alcohol % beers but that is probably just because I grew up drinking American beers which are usually around 4.2% alcohol.

tastes like american lager, well i was up for giving it a try, but now.....................

well, leo it is for me... as long as no german beer is availale or affordable.

regards

timo

Hello again,

thanks for all the answers. I believe i will just go ahead with it, as i also believe that if we love the house, a couple of thousand bucks more or less shouldnt matter. I just didnt want to get ripped of! as for location. The house id relatively close to the new skytrain coming from the airport( about a mile to the future station), whenever that will be finished.

The house is not meant to be a future investment, but you know.... maybe one day it will.

regards

Timo

Hello,

thanks for the answers. Please understand i am completely aware of the legal situation.... usufruct contract, to at least have a bit of security would be made in case of purchase. I know you dont know my situation and it is not so simple to explain. We already live in the house, we want to buy, for rent!!! It is the only house i would want to buy here in bangkok.... all these things make a discount a little harder. The owner is not calling me, i contact the owner to talk about a possible interest in buying the house.

Well, is it really a buyers market at the moment. Even on this forum everybody seems to have a different opinon on this, nevermind lawyers and agents. I believe the political situation is no different on houses as it is on condos. If the goverment one day decides they do not want foreigners anymore, they also do not want condo owners anymore.

by the way, all the fees will be covered by him, i guess thats what he thought is his discount.

thanks again for the

hmmmm,

well, i guess that might be the answer, any idea how to find out the market value of the property( i do know that market prices dont mean much if the seller wants more), to get an idea if a house whether a house is overpriced or not.

thanks for the answer anyways.

timo

Hello,

i am looking into buying a house, directly from the owner. Is it common to bargain, as it seems that he doesnt want to go down at all from the list price. For your understanding it is a six townhouse complex and four of them are already sold. The owner claims that all other people ( thais) paid the same list price. Also my wife says thai people usually pay the price given. Does anyone have experience in this topic. Please advice.

best regards and thanks for the help.

timo

thats what i thought, well maybe i just go to a different consulate, saving me the hassle.

thanks for the answer

I have been there in february. To be quite honest i was not so impressed. No bungalows on the beach in sihanoukville, all behind the costal street. beach is nice though. the tuk tuk drivers are a pain in..... Excellent seafood, though.

regards

Timo

I ll think pnhom phen is probably the cheapest and most interesting tour to do at the moment. Nice laid back atmosphere, yes very poor but very friendly as well. Sit on the waterfront, maybe on the balcony of the FCCC ( foreign correspondent club cambodia) and have a cheap and delicous ankor beer.

A bit of sightseeing at daytime.

regards

timo

Whether German consulates/embassy share visa issuance data I have no idea.

An obvious question is on what grounds have you been requesting the visa? That may help in understanding whether they have been generous to you in the past and why you were told not to return. Others more knowledgeable than I may then be able to offer you advice on presentation of your next application.

I have german clothing and textile company and requested the visa to expand business contacts and buying products on the thai market for that company. Of course my company pays my flights and accomodation during my business trips.

thanks for the answers

timo

well, its only 6 more months, just wanted to get informations way before the day i will have to apply for a new one.

thanks anyways.

any other ideas, always appreciated.

regards

Timo

Hello all,

for the last four years on my annual visit home in Hamburg, Germany i always applied for a non immigrant b visa. Never had any problems. This time the lady at the reception said" this is going to be the last". Would it work just to go to a different consulate in germany or even the embassy in berlin, or are they all connected with each other.

Has anybody heard of limits of applying for certain visa.

best regards and thanks for the help.

timo Ruge

all things being in order ... no problem

thanks for the help