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59 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

 

Is it 7 July?

 

Not 7 June? 7 June is said to be V Day by the "government".

 

You selected this date? Or was it the default option? Is there a sepcific time? Or will everyone just converge and queue?

 

By 7 July the next big Sinovac shipment ( 3 MM ) should be here, so maybe that makes sense.

 

 

When you register they give you a date and a time. Actually I checked my slip and it is 9 July at 11AM. Very specific for Hua Hin hospital

3 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

But oh the views and then of course they better be insulated or you will boil like an egg on the inside.  We used one for our duck hunting camp.  When we were on the property we had the doors opened, all of our gear outside with cots inside for sleeping and mosquito netting, when we left the property the quads and all of our gear was stored back inside and both sets of doors locked.  Worked a charm, but alas that was winter in California, so we also had to run generators for power and to run the small heaters we had by the cots.

Where was your Duck hunting camp?

If you want a nice property at a bargain price this is a good time to buy! There are very few buyers and some people just need to sell right now. While most properties are not good deals a few are. Over a period of a couple of months I looked at maybe 15 properties and all were overpriced. Then in two days I found 2 large pool villas in good neighborhoods. Both were priced at 4 million baht. Other similar homes were twice that. My wife made a full price offer on the first one but didn't want to pay a 30,000 baht charge for something. This was the first day of listing and they sold it to the next person in line that same day. The other house had been listed for awhile and had been in escrow several times and kept falling out? The problem turned out to be a relative of the out of town owner who was killing the sales by making terrible conditions for potential buyers such as asking for non refundable million baht deposits before inspections etc.  My wife is pretty experienced at working out real estate problems and ended up purchasing that one.  A lot of housing developments are mostly empty due to out of country owners not coming back because of the covid situation. Some of these people really need to sell and the people who get out there and make offers will get some great deals over the next several months!

I went to Market Village, Hua Hin yesterday afternoon to register for the vaccine. At 5PM there was no waiting line and it took 5 minutes to fill out the form. I got an appointment for vaccination on 7 July. They said they had registered about 60 people. Be sure to take a photo copy of the first page of your passport. You can also do this at Bluport. If interested you should probably go quickly?

Are you buying as a business or as an individual?

I use the business site and it is quite secure if you do everything through the site? They hold the funds until you receive the order and it is as agreed? Some sellers will try to get you to go around the site and deal with them directly. If you do that you are on your own with no protection from Alibaba.

45 minutes ago, thailand49 said:

If condo, drill out lock and put new one!  If house cut lock put new one!  end of story. ????

Sounds easy right.

A partner talked me into doing that one time. Spent over a year in court dealing with the resulting suit. I would say I eventually won, but that would be debatable considering the legal fees!

You are gettin a lot of advise from many people?

As a long time landlord who has made a lot of mistakes, I would recomend that you consult a real estate attorney and verify what the law says?

It shouldn't cost much and might save you a lot of money and trouble?

I know its frustrating, but this is not the time to act on emotion.

4 hours ago, John Drake said:

 

Haven't earlier articles been saying the Moderna shot would be 3000 baht for the two of them? Already added another 500 out of nowhere?

People were too quick to agree to 3000!

I'm not in Pattaya, but that's the way they just did mine.

The problem is that there is no easy way to get comps here in Thailand. Realtors may or may not tell you what is really going on in the market? The only way to really get an idea is to start looking at a lot of properties and comparing asking prices. Some people will put a high price on a unit and never lower it? Others want or need to sell now and are open to offers.

As an example my friend bought a condo in sriratcha 4 years ago for 4 million baht with the realtors assurance that it could be resold quickly at 5 million! A few months ago he sold it for 2.6 million. He then started shopping for a replacement. Finally finding a large pool villa in a nice gated community in another city that was listed for 8 million. He offered 4 million and after several weeks of negotiation and other offers that fell through they accepted his offer. The reason for selling was very old foreign owner in poor health. Use your own attorney to check title and have a professional inspection done. Don't accept anyones word as to condition of title or property. Good luck with your search!

This is not going to end until a sufficient number of people have been vaccinated! Concentrate on that and it will finally end!

Quit talking and make something happen!

I am quite willing to pay!

Is that too much to ask?

6 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

It looks easy to forge so I would agree. Why not a chipped plastic card instead? 

no no no, has to be a chip inserted within the host and connected to a world wide data base! Needed to travel, enter stores, drive a vehicle, buy food, rent a room, collect funds from your account, etc.

53 minutes ago, pmh2009 said:

All rubbish about treatments!!!! I know where 2 people in an apartment near me having COVID 19, informed the govt hospital but no pickup and the reason was because the beds are full!!! They are a poor couple... so money no honey!!! The real infection, in treatment patients and deaths are TOTALLY UNDERSTATED!!! If you have the money.... Thai or foreigner - get the shots if you can afford it!!!! No use talking about - DO IT!!!

Ok, Can you please tell me how and where to get the vaccine in Thailand?

There are lots of bargains right now. Start looking and make low offers. There are plenty of deals to be had!

I agree the banks seem to hold prices high and may not be your best bet? However I would make a few low offers and see what response you get? The true bargains sell quickly! I found one that was reduced by about half. first day listed. I agreed to buy at the listing price but argued about a closing cost fee of about $1,000 usd. They sold it to someone else that day! There are more!

19 hours ago, SiamRead said:

If they predict the highest rainfall in more than 30 years, it's good ! But why must there be a warning  ?

After reading the headline I was looking outside for signs of the coming storm!

Then I read the rest of the article! LOL

On 3/6/2021 at 9:42 AM, WhatsNext said:

 

The house i am interested in does 70k in rent at the moment, well at least that is the asking price from the project. Buying is 11M. It just makes economic sense. If i could rent the place at half price i wouldn't even think a second about buying it. It's not the girl that is pushing for it in my case. But ill check about the 3 year possibility, thanks for that.

 

And as for condo's : I can't live in those boxes, even the nice ones have 9 neighbors around them, always someone sneezing, music, renovations, walking with high heels and so on. It's a nightmare, for me at least.

 

In Hua Hin, I am looking at houses. In 2 days I found 2 great very large homes that were reduced from around 10mil. To 4 million. They are not new and not perfect but you get the idea? Almost nobody buying now and some sellers getting desperate! 

I am looking at buying and doing a 30 year lease back.

On 3/6/2021 at 8:58 AM, tonray said:

If you have to ask these questions now...you're with the wrong girl

It doesn't matter how long you are with a woman. When things go bad they can justify any abuse, physical or financial, that they can bestow upon you!

On 3/3/2021 at 11:58 AM, colinneil said:

On seeing this i thought whats NCC been up to this time, then i read young man, so that ruled him out straight away.

You didn't hear about the power outage in hua hin?

He is remodeling his pleasure palace and the electric system couldn't handle it! 

These are medical items so the import license must be for that. You might try a freight forwarder? Did you ask UPS if they could clear it for a fee?

12 hours ago, Leaver said:

 

One may meet the financial requirements this year, but there's no guarantee one will be able to meet the financial requirements next year. 

 

800k can become 1.5 million, or 120k baht a month,  with the stoke of a pen in Bangkok. 

 

Whilst I would like to think I can meet any any future requirements, you can never feel stable here.   

 

I think it's only a matter of time before compulsory health insurance, attached to a retirement visa, is introduced.  No health insurance, no visa.

 

You could have a Thai wife, a car, a condo, a farm, a bar, children etc, but you will NEVER have a right to live here.  All farang should have a Plan B alternative to living in Thailand.  

Good reminder, instead of buying that house I think I'll just keep renting?

16 minutes ago, UTH001 said:

Really? Considering Thais legally residing in Europe (and in the US) get the vaccination for free...

Everyone gets it free in the USA. Legal or Illegal makes no difference!

30 minutes ago, david555 said:

Only that Pfizer need such ultimate freezing temperatures to be kept / transported that it would be very difficult for hot country's to guarantee such demands ....Moderna only  -18 degrees Celsius , normal deepfreezer temperature ,so more chance of a correct vaccination as the cold chain kept accurate is important 

Today Pfizer said that their vaccine now does not need to be kept at the extreme cold they previously required. Now just same as all the rest.

1 minute ago, KarenBravo said:

I agree.

Any foreigner that refuses to vaccinate should be immediately quarantined until their deportation flight is ready.

Anti-vaxers are selfish people who put others at risk.

The subject is not about taking the vaccine. I would choose to take it, but not the Chinese version. The poll was about forcing expats to take and pay! Not everyone, Just Expats?