condo bought

^ Great.

I'll buy that one.

Thanks very much.

Booked with deposit paid to hold until available.

13% roi.

How can you be sure of a 13% ROI when you have only booked the condo?

I own the condo. I listed it as available for rent from next month. 2 people came to view it, the second paid the deposit to book a one year rental starting next month. There were three more people due to look at it this week.

Anyone leave their coffee machine on overnight with the beans in it? As to get a quick hot cup in the morning?

yup. surprised me too.

The market above the 5k p/m shoeboxes with pleather sofas and laminated chipboard furniture is obviously well in demand.

Thanks for all the replies.

I never really liked the French Press.

Bit too much work and waiting.

I need my morning coffee quick and easy.

I will probably go for this:

http://www.lazada.co.th/duchess-cm5000re-new-cg-9100-4602665.html

Steamer for one's Latte.

Grind the beans and put them in the machine before going to bed, turn it on, which I presume is okay to do overnight on a coffee machine(?)

then wake up (kind of) steam one's milk, place under and pour.

Think that would suit me.

Booked with deposit paid to hold until available.

13% roi.

What are these Nescafe Machines like?

Not sure if you need to buy special capsules for the Latte etc, or if you fill up the machine with the coffee and whatever, and then it makes it 'fresh'.

^ So you buy those beans, stick 'em in a grinder, then just spoon them into nuked milk?

Do you grind them daily, or grind the whole month's worth and keep it in a jar?

cheers.

http://www.lazada.co.th/duchess-cm7000-4588236.html

http://www.lazada.co.th/minimex-set-piccolino-4-1411483.html

http://www.lazada.co.th/sbc-morphy-richards-mr-4658-3792040.html

these look good.

For any one with experience, is there anything I should look out for?

Thanks.

Looking for a first ever coffee machine.

Presumably they're called a grinder or something.

One with a timer if possible, it really only be used for one's morning coffee.

If can plug it in and set it for 8am to have a freshly grounded pot of coffee, great.

Or one where you add the ground beans yourself.

If can make a latte, fantastic.

Though I guess something like that for 5k baht or there abouts isn't really possible.

any recommendations on a machine??

Thanks.

I have a newly renovated condo in CM, about 10 minutes from Thapae Gate, so not exactly downtown.

It's not a studio shoebox, and is priced accordingly.

It wasn't really bought as a rental property, but as I'm not there now, decided to put it on a classified's site as available from next month.

I honestly wasn't expecting much interest as it's out of the city center, and priced higher than other units. In fact, I didn't really expect anybody to be interested at the price I listed it as. (I listed the rent as the total cost of unit and renovation divided by 7.5 years.)

It was only listed yesterday evening and already 3 people are due to look at it over the next few days (International Uni student, Indian NGO, digital nomad), with 2 of them asking how they can book it to ensure they get it when it becomes available next month. Just from one listing on one site.

Pleasantly (and very) surprised.

With the endless tightening up of the visa situation, the doom and gloom nonsense that you read, you'd think the opposite. But hey, TIT and the doom and gloomers will just be doom n gloomers.

Looks like the rental market in CM is doing very, very well indeed.

Where's the front of it?

I was banking on Homepro, but their installers can't come until Sunday.

Need to leave on Friday or Saturday.

Anyone know of a place downtown or near the train station that sells small kitchen sink units? Preferably one in a cabinet and not just the bare metal ones. Thanks very much.

There are many victims in this case.

The prison football team is going to suffer a dip in their average quality.

I'm now convinced.

Thais are a beacon of safe road behavior.

thanks.

I'm booking my flight now.

Thais taking care of paradise.

The elite get really nasty when they fail at winning for 4 times in a row.

Deserves everything he gets.

Well, by the time he gets out, elections still won't have been allowed.

Can't have the truth being reported now, can we.

The sunglasses have been released on bail.

Drunk and abusive behavior, now where have I seen that before....

Every city in the non-muslim World on a Friday night?

Judging by the volume of younger Thais in all the fast food outlets, it would appear that they ain't too keen on it anymore.

that's some serious confirmation bias, that you have going on there.

Switching from Thai food to highly process western junk? No, thanks!

Thai food can be delicious and very healthy; just prepare your own/have your partner prepare it or pick a proper place to eat. There's plenty restaurants available that good healthy Thai food with proper ingredients.

Indeed.

People eat 30 baht gunk 3 times a day from Nosepicker Somchai, and then seemed surprised when they are fed up with it!

Moving up a notch, or avoiding that lower notch all together is advisable.