thairick

I got a Samsung washing machine that's leaking ( waterpump maybe) whats the chances of an English speaking plumber in mae rim.

thanks rick.

ok guys,thanks for the info on 90 day reporting,all of you are correct.we live in mae rim ( chaing mai ) we are going to laos and will be doing a land border crossing,back to thailand,can we do our passport update (24 hr.) in chaing rai or do we have to come back to chaing mai to do it. means we will be 3 or 4 days overdue.

many thanks rick.

ok,my wife and I have a retirement visa and multiple entry stamp,question if we leave the country and have 30 days left till we have to do our 90 day report

when we come back do we still have that 30 days till we have to report.thanks rick.

1 hour ago, moontang said:

Try it with a different monitor....if is a laptop, see if it will work with an HDMI to a TV.

Yep tried that,connected to tv,tv ok laptop flickering, thank you for your comment Rick.

hi everyone,my computer has a flickering screen,iv,e tried the google solutions but no good.i seem to remember a post about a repair shop in night bazaar. anyone help.thanks rick.

On ‎9‎/‎7‎/‎2018 at 10:55 AM, silverhawk_usa said:

I saw a rather small, interesting, fresh bakery near the UN Irish Pub (same side of the road nearer the moat).  Didn't give it a try but you might want to check it out. 

the bakery next to unirish pub is great,we got really good hamburger buns,saw some loaves of bread too,their small mince pies were the best we have got in Thailand.nice lady,speaks good english

On ‎9‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 6:48 PM, EricTh said:

I don't think Thai people would want to be personal taxi driver for one person when there are so many other opportunities for them.

 

However, you might find an expat friend who is willing to work part-time discreetly.

hi,if we give him a days notice he is very happy to pick us up and drop us off.

no worries.

On ‎9‎/‎14‎/‎2018 at 3:33 PM, Louleecnx said:

Hi Ricky,

 

did you managed to find a driver? I would appreciate you sharing any information as I’m looking one myself doing the occasional errands in Mae rim/Mae Teang area. Thank you very much 

hi ,yes we did,his name is noppadol and his phone no. is 0827633744.we have bought a car now but we still use him when we need a drop off,his English is ok,he lives in mae rim,i,m sure he can help.

regards rick.

Hi,we live in mae rim,two attempts so far no luck.paperwork was 1st page passport translated.resident cert.? Passport photos,letter from minister of foreign affairs. We failed because our thai translater did,nt tell us we needed two thai mae rim residents with their I'd cards,we might try one more time and not worry.yellow book for foreigners blue book thai.

Regards rick.

hi people,is there a restaurant,near night bazaar,chaing mai,who do good spare ribs.

thanks rick.

hi guys,can,t seem to google 3BB shop in mae rim,surely there must be one on chontana rd.?

thanks rick.

6 hours ago, Bagwain said:

Is the pool salt chlorinated or hand dosed chemicals?

For a start don't use baking soda (sodium bi-carbonate) for reduction of chlorine!! 

Baking soda is for Total Alkalinity. (80 - 120 ppm) best range.

 

Best to leave the chlorine to reduce by itself over a few days unless you want to swim straight away. In that case dump some water via waste setting on the filter. Not to much!!

 

Ph is best controlled by (Down) Hydrochloric acid (Up) Soda ash.

 

Where are you based?

thanks for that,as I have said I,ve had no experience with pools. hand dosed,we live in mae rim.

regards rick.

hi, we have inherited a pool with the house we bought. I have done a water test. chlorine "yellow" too yellow add baking soda,too clear chlorine.

ph. test too red add acid, too clear add ?? I havn,t owned a pool before,so am asking for help.

thanks rick.

hi,we live just out of mae rim,we are looking for a doctor that we can register with,preferably in mae rim area.

are there any, or are we going to have to look in chaing mai.

many thanks rick.

6 hours ago, jackdd said:

The maximum duration is 30 years, when people promise 30+30+30 it's afaik a scam, even if it says so in your contract, this is not enforcable or there are ways out of this for the land owner. So you can expect that the house is gone after 30 years, unless you pay a lot of money to renew the lease then. Didn't you get suspicious that the guy who built the house sold it to you and is now renting it? I also think this house is nearly impossible to sell by you.

And whatever the lawyer says, you should personally make sure that the 30 year lease is properly registered at the land office or you can be kicked out well before 30 years.

 

To answer your initial question: You take some documents that confirm that you stay there (normally this would be a rental contract, so maybe take your contract of sale with you) together with your passport and a photo to the immigration police office and then you can should be able to get a certificate of residence there which can be used to register the vehicle on your name. Theoretically it should be free, but many offices charge a fee, something like 500THB.

ok,i know everyone is trying to help and that's great.the situation here is a bit different from the scams you hear about and which I researched.

first of all the guy that sold the house is not renting it,there are two attached properties,we live in one and we rent the other.it is called passive income,which is allowed under thai laws.he has looked after the thai family (which we have met on several occasions) even to the point of paying for his education in America.the seller and us house swap every now and again,he has a house on koh phanang? the lease is properly registered at the land office.somehow the german guy (the seller) bought the land (don,t ask me how) and owns the land for his other properties.

5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

You should check that out. There was some discussion a while back that that was scam, and the maximum is 30 years. Anyway, all the owner has to do is increase the cost of the lease at the end of the first 30 years to a point that the original lessee can't afford to renew it.

It's in our contract that can,t be done.if he tries it he loses the 4 properties that the German seller has left to him in his will.all parties have met and agreed contracts.

we bought the house ( 2 villas) we live in one and rent the other off a german guy who has built 5 houses in mae rim and rents them.this guy

helped us with the process and there maybe special circumstances which allowed us to buy the house.we don't own the land we have a 30 year renewable lease up to 90 years,which is the maximum.as far as I,m concerned a foreigner can buy a house but cant buy the land.through lawyers this is 100% legal.during the lease we can build on the property we can resell or we can leave it to our children.all this is in the documents.the

german guy is leaving the houses he owns to the thai family when he dies so they can,t and won,t cause us problems.and we have a built in mortgage set up,which means they would have to buy the house off us if they wanted their land back.

regards rick & gill.

hi people,here,s the question,we have bought a house in mae rim,we hav,nt got our names in the yellow book yet,because at the last moment they required some changes.

which is going to take a week to sort out. in the meantime we have paid a booking fee for a new vehicle.so what paperwork is required to pay and pick up the vehicle.we have

our passports with 90 day extension,afterwhich we change to retirement visa we have chanote document and our tm30,s.

is this enough? any advice would be greatly appreciated.

thanks rick & gill.

hi,just a quick question,i see all these adds about, "ridiculous airfares" I can,t find any. Chaing Mai/ Koh Samui return about $660 for 2 passengers is

about the cheapest I can find, even with booking 2 months in advance. does anyone know of any better?

thanks rick.

Hi,live in mae rim (3months) looking at diesel jeep.any taxes here for diesel vehicle and of course a good mechanic in mae rim.any advice would be greatly appreciated. Rick

2 hours ago, WinnieTheKhwai said:

 

I don't think 83 baht is all that unreasonable.  Not as affordable as the Mae Rim songthaews, but overall it seems pretty fair for your own aircon vehicle.

Ok,what  i meant was it was very cheap.

Used uber first time today,we are new here in mai rim.took 20 mins to pick up from macro.thats ok he was a fair way away.took us home close to mae raem shooting range,83 baht,unbelievable!

Hi,my wife and i are looking to retire in mai rim.we have a house in mind and are looking for an english speaking driver that we can call up to pick us up for shopping etc.this will be long

term for a negotiated price.we will be in the mae ream area

Regards rick & gill