jack71

Its sound advice. We plan to go and chat with the 1 neighbour before starting negotiations. If we found that the guy is a crack smoking freak then it might be good to look elsewhere.

We might be buying land and propose to build a new house on it. Back in Western countries if one submits plans to the relevant authorities for approval they send out letters to the neighbours to see if there are any objections. Does this happen in Thailand? Can a neighbour have their say in the process when we are trying to get a building permit. Or do they not get informed? thanks

the 2 most important things!!!

You dont know the rules. This is incorrect. If you are married to a thai lady and earn in exces of 40k PCM then after 3 yrs you can apply for citizenship and not PR

Are you sure about that? 1 yr if have a thai child. Ive never heard of that rule. Does anyone else know if thats correct?

Sounds like you have a big head on your shoulders. Mr Smug man do you walk around thinking you're king of the castle?

thats a great life. good on you. i hope when Im older and retired I can do the same as you describe

thats correct. Last time we did this several yrs ago the bank needed to see a contract that a deposit had been paid. My question is.... didn't you have to give this to the bank to prove you were proceeding and that a deposit had been paid? If not how did you get around this. you said you didnt pay seller a deposit. I prefer not to pre pay a deposit as they can play games and pull out and keep the deposit thanks

I agree with you for sure. But bc we need finance I believe the bank needs a signed contract with deposit having been paid. I cant see a way around this unless we have 2 contracts with the woman. 1 the fake bank contract and the other one say that 100% of funds paid at land office. No way she will go for this. She has already said. 'theres a chinese family who are interested. whoever pays the deposit will get the house first'. She said this 2 months ago and thus I dont believe her. she would not come down on the price then. Only now is she offering price reduction.

so in other words you do lose your deposit!!! because it will all go to court fees and attorneys

Before I ask our tin pot small time attorney I wanted to ask what taxes there are on the purchase of land/house. 4 years ago we bought a property (20% down and 80% loan) and we asked our attorney what the tax liability would be at the land office a few days prior to the settlement date. He gave an excuse as if it was too hard to accurately tell us. I was very surprised. Imagine being back in my home country and the attorney cant answer the question like that. Absolutely incompetence. Back then, in the contract with the seller it was stipulated that we pay all taxes together 50 / 50. But of course the guy refused to abide and we were right at the end and had to give in and pay it all at the land office. Or we pull out of the deal and he keeps our deposit. This time I want to know what the exact taxes are and who (normally) should be paying them in a purchase/sale agreement. Actually the old bat that is selling the land/old house we want is asking a very high price and not negotiating down on the price. I fear that she could also refuse to pay any taxes on the day of the transfer at the land office. Any suggestions how to deal with this issue is appreciated.

The wife and I are interested in buying a small plot of land that has an old thai style concrete house on it with the old (ugly) ceramic tiles. We think it would be better to demolish it and build a new house in the same area. I have limited building knowledge and thus seek opinions from any retired builders out there 1. After they completely remove all building materials that are above ground, what about the footings underneath. Should we be asking for them to remove the old footings as well? 2. I think the house is on city water but unsure about the septic situation. I assume we want them to completely remove any sewage system that exists underground? Or do we just get it pumped out and keep the old system. I think we might have to get access again and get a builder in to ask about the above but thought I would ask here to get some knowledge prior hand. Thanks for any opinions

The spreads on bitkub are not so bad in line with other exchanges. Its a hugely volatile asset. OP could buy it one week and then it goes up 20% in value. Or it goes the other way. Its all part of the risk or reward. Cheap transaction fees though when moving the money from one wallet to another.

Ive given up on bitkub. Too hard to get verified. Any experiences with Satang or Zipmex? Feedback? thanks Jack

If the sale proceeds are funded to your thai bank account the easiest way to do it is as follows: - open an account at bitkub or any thai exchange and pass KYC verification. Satang is easier. Actually bitkub is too hard to get verified to be honest. - link your thai bank account to the crypto account - send your funds to your account at the crypto exchange - buy bitcoin - Open an account at a crypto exchange in the Uk - send the bitcoin from your thai crypto wallet to your UK crypto wallet - sell the bitcoin - fund to your uk bank account It will not cost much to send the bitcoin and extremely safe as long as you copy and paste the correct address. Forget any other way. Bitcoin is the future of money

how does one do this? Im so old I can barely turn on the computer.

Hi I want to drive from Pattaya to Ekamai- more or less on the same route as the big bus that leaves every hour. Yes, I know about google maps but actually I find it doesn't often make the best decisions- certainly out of any big city google maps is useless. I will not even start on the sat nav system in my car. Absolutely useless with directions If Im driving up that road past the main Pattaya bus station (on the left). I get to the T intersection and turn right and then 50m on take the left at that main highway. Is that the route all the way to Bangkok? Once Im in bkk what is the sign to turn off (left side) to sukhumvit. I know once Im on. that it leads to Ekamai on the left side. thanks

do you have a visa card that accepts and converts btc to fiat to make purchases? If not what do you mean when you say that you travel on your bitcoin

have you sold crypto and ever funded back to thai bank account? did it go ok?

And if the bitcoin blockchain gets hacked and everyone sells what happens to your position if it tanks to usd$5k? What are the risks with defi apart from price falling?

And if the price tanks to $5000USD what happens to your position then?

What card is that? What bank and country? thanks