4MyEgo

Totally agree, if it were me, I would do it just to see the bouncer go to jail, wouldn't be interested in damages as I wouldn't blame the owner for the bouncers actions. Once the bouncer was in jail, I would like to visit him, and then when face to face behind the glass window, I would blow him a kiss and give him a wink, only then would I feel better and that justice was served. Question is, would I go to all of this trouble, nope, just better to drop the ball and not play as the bouncer already lost his job.

In the years we have lived here, we only let the same guy in who built the house to carry out anything we require, it's just too easy if you let a stranger in to case your place or take something IMO.

Except for the cops......LOL

If for example, he was heavily intoxicated or took sleeping pills, he wouldn't have felt a thing. The wife could have cut his juggler and he would have blead to death, her excuse/alibi was she was out, which to me is a pretty weak excuse/alibi because it's too convenient, e.g. there is no talk of a forced entry. My money is on her doing him over, Thai's IMO are not the brightest when it comes to stuff like this, e.g. she could have booked a weekend away and had someone else carry it out, then her alibi would be pretty solid. Place your bets now.

I take it you didn't read my 2nd post.

My bad, looks like I left a zero off which makes sense, yes the developer would want to make at least 20% which would be like 2.5 mil per dwelling, depending on size, i.e. single level, perhaps 3 mil for a two level dwelling which would increase his margin.

Totally understand where your coming from. Looks like a development site having two street frontages and could probably maximize the lots one could put on it with lots facing the street on one side and lots facing the street on the other side. Lets assume he could sub-divide the lots into 5 on one street side and 6 on the other street side, 11 lots = 110,000 baht each, not really that expensive, no doubt if that could be achieved and developed, there would certainly be some good coin to be made. Some one once said to me, position, position, position is the key to good real estate investing, to which I replied, no, that is a saying, and actually, it's the zoning that is key to making money, although position position position does help. If Thailand allowed foreigners to own land here, land would sky rocket, hence the reason I would buy.

That's still cheap where I come from, i.e. the land down under. Just 15km south of Sydney in October 2021 a vacant land parcel zoned for a single residential build on under a 607 square metre allotment sold for 42,500,000 baht. No restrictions on who buys land there, and of course prices are stupidly high. https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-bexley-137429018

Sitting on prime real estate can be productive as it pushes up prices when there is a shortage in particular areas. Less competition means less value, hence the reason land is so cheap in Thailand IMO, but foriegners can't own it, can they, get my point. Ask yourself this, how many Thai's own land overseas, would it be beneficial for other countries to not allow Thai's to own land overseas ? Allowing foreigners to own condo's, villa's, townhouses, i.e. within the confines of a strata development i.e. without being able to purchase land, is quite condescending IMO, and one reason I wouldn't purchase one of the above, especially while it keeps prices down, e.g. capital gains takes far too long vs abroad. Why would you build on land if you don't own the property ?

I hope he fails miserably, he uglier then the current "democratically elected" one, his name eludes me ????

Exactly, why just the other day whilst driving back from the shops I saw a huge black cloud of smoke, then I saw a cop car behind me with lights flashing overtake me, a couple of kilometres ahead, I saw that the cop had pulled over a truck, for what reason I have no idea, but not to far in the distant, anyone could see the fires flames and thick smoke. If the cops don't care and if they are getting money to turn a blind eye, then they don't stand a chance in hell of stopping the burning. As someone else mentioned, fine the millers heavily, but no doubt they also pay people off, add to that a special task force to deliver results and you might actually see something happening, but leaving it in the hands of the local cops and authorities is a waste of time.

Agree with you 110%, but whilst there is corruption here, IO's will accept what the agents produce. When the sheet hits the fan, we will no doubt see less farangs here, that said, won't happen in my life time.

Those without the required 800k baht in the bank go and see an agent, and for 20k baht they get them the year extension, usually a retirement extension, no 90 days required as the agent also completes those. Just about every expat I know has an agent because they're broke so to speak, albeit they tell me that they don't want to tie up their money for the period required.....LOL

Correction, 5 months and YES a HUGE failure.

Their intended target I believe was 500,000 applicants in 5 years, however they only received 2,800 applicants in 5 months, YES, that is a failure, now that word is bigger than failed as you mentioned, but same same ????

This was not designed for you or others living here, it was designed to attract foreigners not living here, however, as you fit the criteria and find it suitable to your needs, then all and good for you. What you have to look at is it's intention, i.e. to attract foreigners not living here, you on the other hand are already here, which in my opinion, it's design has failed, as it only attracted you who is already living here. How many of the 35% do you think are living here already, I know a bloke who also applied for it as he travels abroad a few times a year, so that's 2 so far. If they want to attract high enders, they have to come up with better ideas than that, example, land ownership would be a major incentive, who knows, I would probably end up buying some land in a tourist area, meaning I would qualify to get this visa, regardless of me not using the multi entry permit as I only go abroad once every 2-3 years.

I believe you have jumped the gun. Consider yourself the insurance company, wouldn't you want to know all of the facts before paying out a claim, i.e. investigate how he fell off of the balcony, e.g. was he sitting on the balustrade or walking on it, or did the balustrade or balcony fail ? I am not defending the insurance company, however they are within their rights to be provided with a police report, at the very least, and perhaps a blood alcohol reading to see if the guy was intoxicated which would cancel his policy, and of course I hope that isn't the case. I am certain if everything checks out, they will pay for his recovery up to the amount he is insured, as for repatriation, most travel insurance policies only go to a certain limit and that wouldn't be anywhere near the amount quoted. I wish him well and don't want to be one to judge what 23 year old's get up to when on holiday's over here, the word reckless, however does come to mind. EDIT: I have never had an insurance claim rejected, that said, if it's not an emergency, they will take the usual time to process the claim, suffice to say, it doesn't appear to be life threatening so as long as he is stable, they will process the claim and causation and then either approve his surgery or deny his claim. They don't just take your money, you have to make sure you read the policy and stay within the structure of the contractual agreement, those that bash the insurance companies are those that have usually stepped outside of the structured contractual agreement IMO. The above said, sure, there maybe some insurers that reject claims, however there are processors to bring them to task, although time consuming.

Said it was a waste of $'s from the outset, 2,800 applicants.....LOL, that said, do they know 20k baht a year gets you a one year extension with no trips to the IO, and those applying don't need 800k in the bank.....LOL I'm not on the above extension, but Just saying.

Yeh, I heard e was sleeping in the streets and couldn't afford to buy water....LOL

Could this be Thai's finest bouncers, you know, the uneducated type, who are ready to pounce on tourists, the ones who contribute to Thailand's economy. Hmm, I think it's time for most Thai's to exit their xenophobia about foreigners. Hope this bouncer and his mate get charged instead of a wai and a 500 baht fine, but that won't happen.

If, as you say, when the garage is complete, it will obscure your house from his camera, then instruct the builder to start work on the garage as a priority, even if it only get to the stage that it blocks his camera from looking into your place, then the builder can go back to working on the house, and complete the garage later. Someone else has mentioned that in a previous post reply. I am sure your neighbour doesn't want you or anyone else building a house next to him, especially if it was vacant land prior to your build, but he can't do anything about it. Regardless if he is a bully or not, you are both going to be in close proximity of each other and are going to have to get used to living next to each other, just mind your own, and stay out of his way, however when you do see him, smile, doesn't matter whether he smiles back or not, just try to show him that your not a threat. We have vacant land on both sides and the rear of our place and dread the day someone is going to build there, suffice to say, the owners of the lands know we would like to buy them if they ever decide to sell, hopefully they do, that said, the price would have to be reasonable as opposed to loaded, otherwise, they can sell them to someone else or build on it themselves, but not before at least a decade, which will probably be my expiry date.

It was all a misunderstanding, I was drunk, I don't recall anything, please let me go. Hmm, ok, we understand, you pay us 20,000 baht to cover the Jet ski operator not to press charges, hospital costs and our admin costs, otherwise you go jail, "up to you". We the local boys in brown thank you very much for your understanding.

Agree, however, we have now found out that we had been lied to by ALL governments telling us to take the vaccines to stop the infection spreading. There has been no evidence to support that, that said, if there is no evidence that the vaccines stop the spread of infections, then people should have the choice to decide whether they should take the vaccine or not. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, as mentioned, I have been vaxed 3 times, I also would have thought twice about being vaccinated if I knew that it doesn't stop the virus from spreading. Even though I have had just about every vaccine imaginable over my years on this earth, they were always by choice, e.g. Dr's explaining to me, the benefits and the downsides, however we all know Covid vaccines were rushed, and lots of lies were told, so I don't believe we all had choices in that regard. Do I regret getting vaccinated, no, do I regret believing governments and big pharma, so far yes.

Good luck to you and your wife. We all know one size doesn't fit all, so it's about choice and who would I be to call you an anti-vaxer, your choice not to take the vaccine. Regarding Covid, both my wife and I had Pfizer (2) doses for her and (3) for me, we both had Covid, but didn't know it as it was that mild. How did we know we had Covid, well I heard that a mate contracted it, he is in his 70's so has a decade on me and 3 decades on the wife. When I saw him, I said hey, I heard you had Covid, what were your symptoms and he told me of his symptoms, that said, the only one I could relate to was the headache that was at the back of my head, same with the wife, but we thought that was just the usual headache that also makes your eyes sensitive to the sun. We are fairly fit, take our vitamin D, C, Zink, and other vitamins daily, eat well and exercise, so that could be why we didn't really notice that we had Covid. Perhaps you have had it and didn't know, suffice to say, if we didn't take that test which showed the 2 faint lines, we wouldn't have know that we had it. For the record, we won't be getting any further Covid shots due to the virus being weak, however if it became similar or worse than one of the previous strains (Delta), then I wouldn't hesitate, that would be my decision, and I am aware of all the BS that goes around on both sides of the fence, fact of the matter is, the vaccines didn't cost me anything, and I am still here breathing, till when is another matter. Like you say, it's about choice, and we ALL have to respect each others choices, not bash each other about the head because of choices. I don't know of anyone who has passed because of the vaccine, but I do know someone who passed because of Covid, she was 87 and unvaccinated by choice, and I respect her choice.

Agree, although I know of a guy who had his card fraudulently used by his girlfriend. At the time, he had returned to his homeland, but she had his card and his pin number without his knowledge, and she was withdrawing the funds everyday, he thought he misplaced it at home when he got back, it's only when he got his bank statement and saw all of the daily withdrawals, that he put a stop on his card and contacted the police over here. She pleaded that she didn't have the card and didn't use his card, but the CCTV cameras at the ATM's don't lie, his lawyers proved his case, she was offered the opportunity to give him the money back before sentencing, after being shown the CCTV footage, she withdrew some 5 million baht, but refused the courts offer and said would take what the court sentence would be. She got 20 years, no doubt will be out in less than half that with good behaviour, that said, 5,000,000/10 years is 500,000 baht per year, about 16 times more than she could earn over that same period working for 300 baht per day x 5 days per week. Now let's assume that she purchased some land in her parents name, what would that land be worth in 10 years, lets say it went up by just 10%, there's another 500,000 so she is miles ahead, i.e. if she didn't blow it all, but I heard her brother was driving a new car, so who knows where it went. As for the guy who got done over, he was happy with her being behind bars.