JBChiangRai

My daughters tell me my purpose in life is to give them money.

You can buy a room in the Chiang Rai Condotel in your budget. Great location, nice cheap restaurant on site, swimming pool. some of the cheaper rooms need renovating though, it’s a popular choice for foreigners. inquire at reception or look at the noticeboard next to the lift. I have never stayed there, but I know a lot of people who have.

Maybe we should ask Bob? I believe his postman smiles at him…

Except it isn’t your full liability…

I had Tax office investigate me last year, passed it over to my accountant and it was handled amicably, nothing due as we file every year. It was another farang who, annoyed that I wouldn’t loan him a few hundred thousand baht, called the tax office before he returned to his native Australia.

I’ve had tenants leave early and forfeit deposit, never had damage.

I was being satirical, it’s only true in Liverpool

As a landlord, if lots of damage, we would sue, block the passport for departure and negotiate, expecting to settle before trial. Trial can take 7 years, I suspect the tenant might have more of a sense of urgency. I would probably try for loss of profits whilst fixing damages too, all part of the negotiation.

Don’t you find it strange that the camp of EV lovers and EV haters are generally populated with those that own an EV and those that have never owned an EV respectively. One group has formed an opinion on experience and the other on ignorance and prejudice. It screams to me.

You don’t even need a clause about damages to be in the lease to be held liable. A landlord is fully entitled to expect you to take reasonable care of his property, and the law expects that too. It sounds to me like you wanted to avoid the walk through inspection at lease termination.

Landlord is fully entitled to pursue you if damages are more than the deposit and if he starts legal action, he can ask the court to stop you from leaving.

Not reliving my youth. Gone are the days of hiding sticky socks under the bed.

I know a few guys in Chiang Rai in a MC gang, really a club. All nice guys who do a lot for charity. OPPY (old people, playing young.).

And that Chinese cars are crap

Older people look better illuminated by Warm White, also beer helps.

I love Bob, he’s such a role model for us all and exactly what they mean when they say good guys in, bad guys out. About Mrs. Smith, I am sure he must adore you Bob!

I think I have worked out why the older Russian guys don’t smile, have you seen their wives? If you smile at someone in a British pub, expect to be asked “Who do you think you’re looking at?” Closely followed by a beer glass in the face.

I wonder how paying sinsod affects this? If the husband had paid substantial sinsod for the wife and the wife, then commits adultery with another guy causing the marriage to fail, would the husband have a claim against the other guy?

I am settled here and have put down roots in the form of 2 adopted children and a family business with moral obligations to employees. Leaving is not an option for me, I am British and would hate to return the way the country has gone. Here’s some more speculation, what if new retirement requirements said one or more of these… No single men Fee: 250k thb per year No British single men Validating nett worth of X by new agency Single men must buy condo costing over X million etc etc. Incidentally, I am a British single man and whilst I would pass any new financial requirements I wouldn’t want to get married to stay here - had that T-shirt in the UK, once was enough. 20 year Elite visa is eminently sensible on a risk/reward basis. Peace of mind is priceless.

This is only true if the landlord has 5 or more properties

The problem with a non-paying customer is the cost and timescale of litigation to collect a debt. If Thailand had some form of low cost small claims system, then I suspect more companies might accept the risk of a new customer not paying. The reality is, if you don’t to pay and it's a small debt, then you probably don’t need to pay.

As you say it’s speculative. The million baht 20 year visa removes all the worry & stress of that speculation. Stress is a killer, we should all be de—stressing our lives as much as possible. I don’t care a fig what happens with retirement qualifications as I have my 20 year Elite. I used to find it incredibly stressful renewing my retirement extension every year. Not wearing the right shirt - rejected, come back. Get ATM slip showing balance on date of application -rejected. You didn’t have form 3213A in triplicate - rejected. You didn’t bury form 3213A for 3 months & recycle them as firelighters - rejected. Apologies to Douglas Adams

I couldn’t agree more. A very sensible move and exactly why I did it 4 years ago.

I think paying up front is a problem. They are probably worried that if it doesn’t generate any sales for you that you won’t pay. Maybe they know they have set your expectations too high? I founded a highly specialised marketing company in the UK. Our payment terms were invoice at commencement of work for payment in 30 days. We set customer expectation lower than we knew we could deliver, it’s easier that way and we always got paid.

I had the halogen bulbs on my youngest daughters Suzuki CIAZ replaced with HID Xenon bulbs. The shop had lots of HID bulbs in different colours and powers but refused to supply LED, they said aftermarket LED bulbs had fans and the fans seize up with dust and they got fed up with warranty claims. Apparently factory fitted LED headlights are specifically designed to avoid this problem.