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The UK Royal Family could learn a thing or two from Thailand on how to manage scandals

There are nothing 'intruding' if trains pass that location all the time with no problem, as these vintage thai railways posters will attest And most of the construction is done, his danfling feet is probably got snagged by the station platform edge

If what I understand is true, would this make leasing long term worse than renting or buying freehold? you own nothing, your rent is paid upfront and if <deleted> hit the fan you're left with nothing, sure you might end up being a 'creditor' to the company/trust if they goes under but when it comes to that I doubt the company have any assets left, at least with a freehold condo, there's the value of the land that can be divided up should the worse come to worst.

for developments like office building, hotels and malls it's understandable that the landowner expects increase and re-negotiation every now and then, but for a wholly residential building where most of the lessee paid upfront, I don't see why would periodic rent increase be in the contract between the landowner and the developer, it's not like they can magically find the extra money

After a high profile case in Bangkok surfaced this week where a leasehold condo run by a REIT funds were found to be unable to pay the annual rent towards the ultimate owner they were built on, which could mean dissolution of the condo, apparently this is common practice in leasehold condo where the lessee paid upfront or mortgaged and the bank paid upfront for the value of the room for 30 years, but the contract between the landowner and developer is for annual payment and provision for increases later on, why would developers expose themselves for a risk like this? the landowner might get better deal ultimately but I don't see any upside unless the the developer intend to invest in their customers' money to do something else So if you're 'buying' a leasehold condo and the developers/Reit's finance is rock solid you could find yourself being kicked out before the lease is up? Granted most of the leasehold in Bangkok is on very high profile plot rented from you know who, but the fact that this even happen is a big question mark on the whole scheme

Not just foreigner, they seem to despise Thais tourist from other province coming in and complaining about the rip-off price and taxis mafias in Phuket too

apart from filing tax returns on the behalf of the employee, employer might need all the details of what their employee's tax allowance are for the year ahead to put into their payroll system in order to make appropriate tax withholding, otherwise they could over/under pay the tax

usually the condo's line group is a good indicator of how much mess you'll be dealing with

unless they're filing her tax returns for her, or has some benefits for you like insurance of registering you as recipient in some funeral scheme, they absolutely don't need the detail

Rumour has it the PM has an Aston DB5 in a garage overseas also rumoured that looks like it'll be year based, ie prior to certain cutoff date, so 'Classic 60-70s cars but nothing 80s or 90s as they reached 20-30 years like the US

if they let her marry you, you shouldn't be surprised by their naivety

disadvantage of separate dehumidifier is that the water collection needs to be emptied whereas the aircon is plumbed in also the hot site of the dehumidifier is in the same room, producing heat But for the air conditioner to be able to be run cheaper in 'dry' mode vs full on cooling, the compressor would have to be invertor type that can 'throttle down' and run slowly right? or does the dry mode in non-invertor aircon just turns on and off like you're setting the temperature to not too cold?

Thai ATMS are worse in this regard in that not only the card don't come out before the cash, they don't come out at all unless you press the button confirming if you want the receipt or not, if you'd walked away without pressing anything they'd spit out the card after what seems like a minute with loud beeping, any passer by could have taken the card, if not it sucks the card back in to be destroyed. Or on the rare occasion of power failures then it just eats your card right away

Modern water cooled automatics are certainly lot more powerful than the air-cooled Waves Until you look at servicing and maintaining them, cleaning and servicing he belt is a lot more involved than just lubing chains that is not necessary in most wave use, lots of Thais seem to abuse them and survive without much attention. whereas you start loosing acceleration and power on the automatics if the belt is not maintained The bigger wheels also rides a lot better on potholed roads

The Bangkok ones like the ones in underground station and shopping mall are deserted, booking in advance only saves the time for the clerks to type up the details as you'd already fill in the details when you booked online, in and out in 20 minutes, The booking slots seems to be every half hour, so even if the place is packed if you'd booked the wait shouldn't be long.

try taking a stroll down Lopburi and see if you'll change your mind then

it's so they can identify your body in the eventual crash

Checking a license plate would mean looking at the license plate then going to a book or a list of 'allowed/registered' vehicles, the regular guard might be able to recognize on sight some of the cars but you think they get paid enough to care? It's also good to have the sticker displayed when parked in case some accidents happen like a water leaking onto your car or in case of people blocking other people in while leaving the cars in gear they know which door to go knock on, sure they can have a list of registration in the book, but try making Somchai read that off a book in an emergency If you're concerned about privacy, stick the sticker on a transparent plastic and put them up on the dash and take it down when you go outside having just the access cards that open the gantry to the parking might not be enough as how it is setup you might be able to sneak multiple cars in on the same card, and again you'll have issue with identifying which rooms the car belong to Automatic numberplate recognition are used in shopping malls now, it's only time when it is used in residence too

Thai persons also gets a grilling over FATCA as well Out of the boondocks, the banks might know what to do if someone tick the "Yes, I'm an American" , box on the application

Privacy wise if you're concerned you can stick the sticker on a card, and put that on the front of your car when you come in most buildings have access control gate with rfid card or remote that open the gantry that alone should be enough but some with multiple cars might be able to sneak second car in if the system is not too smart

It's what's the co-owners, or the committee agreed on, if enough people want to change it, bring it up at the next meeting. from the perspective of those that came home from work and has to circle around the carpark trying to find a spot and see the Farang pensioner's car sitting in the same spot sitting there collecting dust for months, they could feel unfairly treated, why does that guy get to hog the space while the rest of us has to play musical chairs, not saying that it is right of course, but situations change, when you moved in years ago the parking lot could be empty due to being full of renters with no cars or just that the whole building was vacant. In my very old condo while we don't have assigned parking spot and could comfortably park two cars, the past year more tenants has moved in and the car park has been more crowded, I rarely used my car whereas my wife drives almost every day, If I'm being courteous, I would park my car on the floors with no direct elevator access and leave the convenient floors for those that need it more like contractor moving stuff in or parents with children and lots of stuff, If it comes to worse, I could leave the car at our house instead, but that option is not available to many people.

It's not a problem if there are space enough for everybody, if someone park their car and use it once a week, it just shows that they don't need the car that much compared to those that drive to work and go out everyday. making it inconvenient for them enough that they get the message that maybe they should park somewhere else

The law seem to define it as ratio per square meters of usable area depending on size, works out to about 40-60% as in 40 spot for every 100 units as legal minimum, Unless the condo's couple of decades old or new ultra luxury high-end development 1:1 parking is rare

It's not the act of moving car, but rather that stationary car means it's just being 'left' there, this is a problem with condos full of workers during the week, if there are cars they don't use, maybe they should have parked at their house or someplace else like parents' house. It doesn't solve the oversubscription of cars vs parking spot issue, but it makes it inconvenient for those that don't use their car often enough that they may seek parking/storage of their rarely used cars elsewhere If you want to have a garage where you can park without being bothered, 1:1 or 2:1 parking spot ratios condos or even with assign parking spot are available.

If these were Motorcycle Taxis turf battle or Marijuana Stalls trader brawl the public would have a different reaction