Peterw42

I think you will find a lot of properties are already not with agents, and informally advertised via facebook and similar.

As for using agents, many expats are used to buying/selling/renting through agents back home, and will keep doing what they have always done. Others are not in a position to sell/manage their properties, working, out of the country etc. If an agent gets a property sold or rented, that otherwise wouldn't be, then the expense is justified.

Personally, I think its great, i have bought, sold, rented out several properties here, with minimal, if any, dealings with agents.

OP, you can buy usb docking stations that do cloning, literally put both drives in the dock and press a button, no software or computer required. Later you can use the dock to make the old drive a usb drive.

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/clone-docking-station-25-35-dual-bays-sata-to-usb-30-

3 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

WHY are you watching?

I dont go looking for it, its seems to be every 2nd story on the TV news.

A recent observation, I always see lots of clips on TV, social media etc. usually something like people sleeping in their bed, a snake, a centipede, a ghost etc.

The things I dont get, these people are obviously not well off, sleeping the whole family on the floor, in a dumpy room etc.

WHY do they have cctv (when the kids probably dont have shoes), and why do they have it in their bedroom, recording themselves sleeping.

3 hours ago, tjb30i said:

Now I am totally confused. The last press release said the Pattaya police visited all of the hots spots such as Walking Street and confirmed there are no sex workers. So they want to create legislation to protect sex workers who they claim don't exist lol?

I think you will find those statements usually say no prostitution, and given that prostitution is something that happens back in a hotel room, technically the are correct. The whole reason the barfine system exists is so the establishment is once removed from the actual prostitution transaction.

4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I'm not American and the US courts seem a very weird system to me ( eg suing a corporation because one thought it OK to put a hot drink where it could spill ), but as many cases seem to be "frivolous" this ruling seems politically biased to me.

I hope Trump appeals and wins.

Whataboutism ?

Although the headlines would have you believe otherwise, The McDonalds case wasn't actually a frivolous lawsuit, at the time McDonalds actually had a documented policy of serving their takeaway coffee at close to boiling point (so it traveled better and would still be hot when you got it home). spilling normal hot coffee (60 degress Celsius) would be a frivolous lawsuit, The McDonalds case was spilling coffee where the coffee was purposely sold at 100 degrees Celsius, knowing it would burn in the event of an accident, and not warning accordingly. 

The same as any other country in the world, all Thai vehicles have a compulsory 3rd party person insurance, its called por lor bor insurance and its part of the annual tax/registration. Its not a huge coverage, but it is cover, 30k baht per accident. Enough to cover a trip to emergency room, a couple of night in hospital, set a broken bone etc.

People who post, with great authority, that there isnt any coverage, should stop posting misinformation.

Otherwise. a thai taxi is legal licensed transport, driven by a legal driver etc. so travel insurance should cover unless there is a specific clause stating only car taxis are covered.

OP, maybe explain what you mean by impulse/toggle switches ? 

Are you possibly talking about a switch at either entrance to the bathroom, if so that is a function of wiring, not switches.

Its pretty common to have switches and power outlets in bathrooms, just not near the actual shower/bath

22 minutes ago, Mickeymaus said:

The second picture shows an example for True Maxspeed (1000 Mbps) but limited to 70 GB for yearly 1240 Baht plus free calls. Perhaps there are cheaper and better offers. I didn't look. So this means about 100 Baht per month. Need more data? Buy a second one. For the same price that you pay for your 3BB VDSL per year you can buy 6 such SIMS. 

Have you looked into your average data usage ? I think you may be underestimating, I use 20GB a day some days, 10 on an average day. Stream one 1080 movie a day and thats 3-4 gig, thats half your 70 GB data gone in one week.

You maybe dont notice at the moment, being on unlimited data. but I think you would burn through 70 G pretty quickly.

45 minutes ago, Mickeymaus said:

I use a 4G SIM card router at the moment - DTAC 30 Mbps with unlimited data. I didn't cancel 3BB VDSL yet but it is paused / suspended at the moment. You can do this 2 times for 3 months a year with 1 active month between it.

 

I am not sure if I will keep 3BB in the long run. I don't see a difference for me. Only 4K YouTube videos start to buffer sometimes with DTAC - but this is no real problem. I had unlimited speed for some days (was included in the DTAC package) but this didn't make any difference at my location. 

 

I don't have a 5G device to test. But does it make sense to have a 5G device now already? This I want to find out. 

 

I would keep the VDSL, it will be cheaper, faster, (it would be 50 mbps), no reception problems.

Like I said above, when you read the fine print, many of the 5G packages are capped at similar speed to your current 4G, and just cost more (full speed is stupid prices). If your 4G reception isn't great, 5G wont be any better as it would probably be on the same tower, and it has less range.

It comes down to the package you take up, yes there is 5G "BUT" they sell 5G packages that are speed restricted, or data restricted, or both.

Read the fine print, unlimited means unlimited data, not always unlimited/full speed.

Depending on your usage, you would probably be better off with a cheaper 4G package with unlimited data and a decent speed.

People have the mindset that it has to be 5G, because 5G is better. its not better if the speed is comparable to existing 4G.

Many of the telcos 5G packages are just a higher price (because its 5G) with 4G speeds.

If you are looking at a router/hotspot, and multiple devices will be using the same internet, anything less than 20mbps soon becomes unworkable.

34 minutes ago, Longwood50 said:

Nope tried that both in English and in Thai. 

 

Its literally the first thing that comes up.

To file online, you first need to register for the online system either via the website https://extranet.immigration.go.th/fn24online/ or via the section 38 app. The process will ask for specific documents.

If filing at immigration office, yes you can file as the possessor, which usually requires a lease document, a copy of owners ID, and a copy of the property blue book

It would come down to what the local DLT will accept. 

leasehold isn't ownership, its long term rental.

Its not the "Legal way" to own a property, pure and simple its renting a property long term.

To all intent and purpose, it may provide you with a level of something that resembles ownership, but one day the lease will end.

You may not be interested in company ownership, but a situation where a lawyer owns the property and you rent from him sounds ultimately worse.

Jomtien immigration probably wont give you a resident certificate for an address outside their area. You will need to officially move to the area, TM30, 90 day reports etc.

You need to (officially) move at some point if you want to use Jomtien immigration for your next extension.

4 minutes ago, 1948wjm said:

Just for the info of those considering to relocate back to Oz I have just been through this exercise after residing in Asia for the past 28 years with 20 of those in Thailand.

I am 74 and a Oz born male,I arrived back in Oz on the 20 Nov and visited Centrelink on the 22 Nov after I opened an Oz bank account. I was given a new temporary medicare card until the new plastic card arrived in the mail. On the 23 & 24 Nov I was interviewed and Oz Age Pension application was lodged with the exception of my past Tax File Number of which I needed to apply thru an Aust Post Office & this was done on the the following week. Today I received advice from Services Australia that my application for the AOAP had been approved and my 1st payment will be made this Friday backdated to the 24 November. It was all too easy and was only asked once if I intended to remain in Australia in which I replied yes.

Thanks for the update. Do you intend to return to Thailand ?

I presume that would mean the 2 year wait.

OP, you need to be aware, you cant just "do the rounds" of most condo buildings. The office in a condo block is there to look after the condo block, they are not there to serve the general public doing rentals. While some do do rentals on the side, and some have regular little property agencies going on, Their actual roll is to look after the block on behalf of the owners, they are actually forbidden from doing sales/rentals (or any other business') in the condo legislation.

A lot of owners in condo blocks get very annoyed when they see their condo maintenance fees being used so the office can show condos and do contracts etc, all while the block is not being serviced and maintained as it should be.

You will find a lot of condo blocks, you wont even get past the front gate, as you basically have no business with the condo office, and they have no business with you.