ChipButty

The community leader is also guilty in my eyes,

did you see any turban's

my wife cooks fresh food almost everyday and she will buy it everyday nothing is lying around but it did take me a while to get her to understand using a freezer and the fridge, once it's defrosted you cant put it back, my lunch today is fresh, a fresh packet of Mama noodles

the worst cases of food poisoning i have ever had have come from 5 star hotels, once was staying in the Fort Aguada in Goa part of the Taj group of hotels in India, the guy in the restaurant told me don't eat seafood in here,

Dutch v Yermans

They are here for the rainy season, it's hot in the middle east at the moment,

He had a dodgy TIKKA

they could start by clamping down on the rental shops, every man and his dog has bikes for rent where i live, i know they are supposed to, a friend of mine has been fined twice, We had an inquiry last week, the guest asking could we rent a bike for them as they dont have a license, not a chance,

Fighting over a woman in Thailand got to be messing,

going back to the days when you saw signs around the bars "No ARABS"

The police can do it, I've seen it done, a car side swiped a row of bikes outside a bar one evening quite a bit of damage to one bike, the car didn't stop but there was a young guy standing there he jumped on his bike and chased after them and got the number, within 10, 15 minutes the car was owned by a Thai and he rented it to a Russian woman, there was no denying it as she hit the bikes it ripped her wing mirror off plus the damage down the side of the car,

good job he doesn't see my collection, and I do have a Buriram one for this season a friend ours got me one from the club shop,

so do Americans

many supporters here, even the old lady who has a shop in our soi has a United shirt

Thai people tell me they watch the PL as it's more exciting and they prefer to gamble on the PL so I'm told,

do they ever retire?

Thats a bummer

20,000 is the going rate, so im told

I hope the girl and the baby is ok, as usual we wont get to know the out come

even that is debatable, I know of a unit 2 bed was 12 million 5 years ago it's on the market now for 9 million and it's in good condition and a good project

The HOA is an American thing, if you are thinking about management fee's well they vary a lot, ours are about 3500 baht per month which I don't think is bad considering what we get and it is a high end project, as somebody has mentioned go and stay there for a couple of months, a lot will depend on the size of the unit you decide to buy, ours are 60sqm but I'm not sure I could live there full time although lots of people do, As for running a Airbnb remotely you wont make enough money to cover the cost of hiring a co-host/cleaner we are fortunate we only live 5 minutes away, let me tell you need a full team and electrician/plumber/A/C guy and Airbnb guest will expect it to be fixed now! In the past we have had other host ask to take care of their property, they have read our Airbnb profile and seen all the excellent reviews I have declined them all. Some projects do have a management team they will rent it out for you obviously at a cost, I know they have were we are, they are not shy 500 baht to change a light bulb,

same for us the price has remained the same coming up to 6 years

If you are buying a condo with a view to renting it out I suggest you take a look on Airbnb in that area you can search as a guest and you will get some idea of daily rates but also check their calendars to see if they have any bookings, don't forget if you decide to buy check with the juristic person the foreign freehold quota, and can you rent it out many condo's around Bangkok don't allow STR ie, Airbnb, Either way STR or LTR has it's pitfalls, a friend of ours has a identical apartment to ours and she decided to rent long term and the guest smuggled a cat in now that guest has gone she cant rent it our because of the smell, no amount of cleaning will get rid of it, she may have to take up the laminated floor, there's a thing to think about if you have pets will they be allowed on the project? in ours they are not allowed and they are strict about it, which suits me,

No problem

My experience of owning condo's if you think it will be a good investment forget it, come this October we will have had them for 6 years and I will be lucky to get my money back, the only saving grace they have been superb rental units, since covid we have been 95% occupancy right now it is slowing down I can tell by the amount of views we get, I know other owners have been trying to sell for 2 to 3 years,