MikeBond

The website samuiforsale.com gives information regarding leaseholds

and includes the scenario of what happens to a building on land with

an expiring lease. Its well worth a read.

We are buying a villa at Sabai Thani. When we were out there in January construction was being carried out on both villas and condos. I have since seen photos of 4 of the villas which have been completed. There are also pics on eyeonworldwide.com a website for property purchasers covering many parts of the world. While out there we also looked at other developements going on and found that some which were originally designed with flat roofs were having problems (eg Luxury Tropical Living) because the planning law was being amended and this change was causeing some delays and re-planning applications. This info. was from other, rival developers who were in competition with Sabai Properties. We agree that it is quite frustrating when up to date info is not being communicated especially when modern communications makes it so easy. Perhaps the posted comments will galvanise Martello and Sabai Properties to e-mail developements or delays in a pro-active way to purchasers in future.