HullyGully

Its not that difficult to transfer money, smaller amounts around GBP20K, above that you will have to show were the money came from

You should keep all receipts or bank books showing funds coming into Thailand

If you need to send money to the UK, you need

Person name

Bank

Account number

SWIFT Code

I recetly installed a sprinkler system, looked around for someone to instal, but the guy who I met and talked too was not really interested

In the end I bought Rainbird Control Unit, Rainbird pop ups and solenoids for the UK

I thought generally the quality here in Chiang Mai was not that good

I also purchased a Grundfos Pump and the main runs of the system are 1 pvc piping with 1 x 1/2 in for the pop ups

You need to figure out how many zone,s you will have, water pressure and volume, in general you need min 3 bar

Driving from Mae Sai to Chiang Mai, this afternoon we passed dozens of red shirts in pickups and cars

Last year I purchased a one year subsciption to UKTV Asia cost Baht 3800

Now 2014 with the amalgamation the cost to renew goes up to Baht 6000, A NEAR 60% increase

New channels along with the 13 UK channels are promised, but nothing yet

Just a large price hike

FYI - I recently rented a tower approx 10metres high, along with steel planking and wheels

For 3 days I paid around 300Baht - Very cheap

I paid Baht 5000 as a deposit against damage / theft etc

Collect and returned the tower when I finished

So if your thinking about painting the outside of your house, a consideration

You should ONLY ship envelopes containing documents by courier's such as DHL / FEDEX etc,

Ship goods, then the courier is not authorised to carry out customs clearance, therefore you end up paying a LOT more, such as CC Agent fee, Import tax, and VAT

Send good by POST wehther you are in the USA or UK, and ideally keep the value lower, you may pay CC duties, but not Customs clearance fees are involved

I normally ship by post, sometime I may send by REGISTERED post

Painting a 3 bedroom house inside and out including surrounding wall is 25K approx, labour only

All materials provided by you

I would agree the dust and crap you get both in the compressor unit and the AC needs to be cleaner / washed out

Then as someone said the AC will work more better

There are a few companies who service AC's, with a cost of upto 500Baht, Siam TV to name only

Your issues could be servicing, maybe need a top up of gas etc

You have to buy the relevant postal orders at the Post Office made payable to the Thai Embassy

That's the same foe ALL Thai Consulates in the UK

Only the Thai Embassy in London accept postal applications, and the last time I looked no Cheques or CC...Postal Orders

A couple of places near each other

Location behind BIG C

IS Store sells beds, curtains etc ( its a large store)

HomePro

Also try INDEX further down the Super Highway

I have used the Travel Shoppe for over 10 years without issue

Call Pidet for a quote 053 874280

If everything is okay, Pidet will deliver the ticket to your house and COD

_{Yes a vote for IS Curtain, we purchase all our curtains from IS}

_{Price was competitive and service geat}

_{The Indian guy will come or send someone to your house to measure the windows etc, also bringing curtain material books, a couple of weeks later the turn up and fit the curtains}

_{We would buy again from them...NO ISSUES}

Consulate is next to SIAM TV store

30day tourist visa takes around 3 days, cost 1000 baht

You can print out the two lots of form from the Chinese Consulate website in Chiang Mai

With your application you will need copy of airline ticket and hotel reservation

Express Hotel pool and bar

Normally you use Butane and relevant regulator, Propane is hotter..I guess you could use propane regulator and propane gas

However I have no issues using Butane

You can adjust some butane regulators to increase the gas flow rate, I recently purchase a new regulator for my cooker and the flame was small...so I increased the gas flow rate on the regulator

Cut off the US regulator and buy a Thai regulator and bottle

That's what I did

As another poster point out the wife pension rules change in 2016, therefore going foward pension payments will be based on your own NI contributions

My question is if you retired say in 2015 or before 2016 does your wife qualify for the widow pension (under the pre 2016 rules), bearing in mind she would claim the pension well after 2016

Anyone know the answer?

I have a UK SIPP and my understanding is:-

If the wife takes a cash lump sum from the pension, that would be taxable at I think 45%, so if it was 100,000 the wife would get 55K

If she takes an income from the pension, then she keeps the full amount of 100K, anf may pay income tax if her total income was say over 10k

I beleive you wife would receive a NI number on your death as she would be assessed for UK tax, but probably would not pay any

The SIPP provide needs to have a NL number

You should complete a form with the SIPP provider naming you wife as your beneificary

All income arising in the UK are basically subject to UK tax, personal pensions, SIPP and State Pension

I also beleive pensions are not classed for inheritance tax

As an aside to be totally free of inheritance tax you need to be Non Domicle

I have a UK SIPP and my understanding is:-

If the wife takes a cash lump sum from the pension, that would be taxable at I think 45%, so if it was 100,000 the wife would get 55K

If she takes an income from the pension, then she keeps the full amount of 100K, anf may pay income tax if her total income was say over 10k

I beleive you wife would receive a NI number on your death as she would be assessed for UK tax, but probably would not pay any

The SIPP provide needs to have a NL number

You should complete a form with the SIPP provider naming you wife as your beneificary

All income arising in the UK are basically subject to UK tax, personal pensions, SIPP and State Pension

I also beleive pensions are not classed for inheritance tax

As an aside to be totally free of inheritance tax you need to be Non Domicle

Northern Farm will cut staek / meat to the size you want

We have used Northern Farm for many years

Try Columbus.online

You can use a Thai address and be covered for holiday trips

I think the cost for 2 annual travel insurance is approx 220USD

Most UK credit card apply a charge of 2.75 to 3% Foreign Transaction Fe

Simple rule...Try NOT to pay for anything/goods or services you have not received

If you have to pay something, keep it to the bear MINIMUM

If the supplier does not agree WALK AWAY