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There have been occasions when I have ventured up the Mulligans stairs, got past the security Nazis and entered to find that I appear to be the only farang there. The place is now generally full of well-to-do young Thais with their partners.

Not a scabby backpacker in sight!

On 6/21/2018 at 10:50 AM, threefurryfaces said:

My experience with them has been appalling.

 

Just to be clear, which company are you referring to?

On 6/21/2018 at 8:46 PM, Delight said:

 I was curious about your request for information.

So I sought an opinion from a lawyer on the net

The opinion is:

For the land office and the condo act they do not each own 50% of the unit but each is entitled to 100% ownership. Their relation as co-owners is governed by the sections governing co-ownership in the civil code. So if one dies the other co-owner should be entitled to full ownership without having to comply again with section 19 of the condo act (fet form). The other owner must of course be entitled to the other half based on, for example ,a last will and having followed the correct procedure . Also being able to show the correct documents to remove the name of the  deceased from the deed. Some transfer fees and taxes would probably apply.

 

Just to stress -this is only an opinion and not verified

 

This may help.

 

Thanks greatly for this information. So it is possible  (probably) to have two owners named on a chanote with the condo passing from one party to the other party on the death of one party.

This also explains why in the case I cited in Bangkok, the family of the deceased were not able to claim 50 pc of the condo unit,  and subsequently the chanote was 'easily' amended to the name of the surviving party.

One practical questions remains, does the purchase money have to come from both parties (i.e.2 fets) or is one party sufficient.

Thanks again

20 minutes ago, connda said:

His bank has the form to submit to Immigration.  They'll fill it out and give it to you to take to immigration.  Make sure they also update you passbook and the letter and passbook balances match.

In CW the passbook has to be updated on the day of the application whereas the bank letter balance can be from a few days, a week? before. In the case of my TMB account I cannot update the book without making a transaction in the bank, so I have to do this after 8.30 am before joining the immigration queues. This also means that the letter balance does not exactly match the passbook balance, but this is overlooked as long as both are above 800,000 THB. Just be careful not to stupidly withdraw too much to take the passbook balance below 800,000 THB.

I am personally aware of one condo in my Bangkok building that was jointly owned by two foreigners. When one joint owner passed away the second joint owner managed to get the Chanote amended to make him the sole owner. This was achieved about 4 years after the death of the other joint owner. As far as I am aware there was no need to show additional funds from overseas to accomplish this re-registration (but I do not know the full details).

So yes it can be done, but this was in Bangkok and maybe some 'special payments' were involved.

That is why I am trying to garner some information before approaching lawyers. For ever lawyer I suspect there may be a different reply.

I am interested in buying a condo (foreign quota) and putting it in my name together with a friend's (farang) name as joint ownership. The objective is to let the condo ownership pass automatically from one party to the other when one party dies.

I have heard that this can be done (somehow) at the Bangkok Land Department but I am specifically interested in how this can be achieved in the Pattaya (Jomtien) area.

Questions I have include:

Does the money to purchase the condo have to come from both parties i.e.half-half, or can one party pay the total amount?

Does there have to be a separate 'agreement' drawn up to detail the joint ownership. By a lawyer or just a hand written agreement?

Upon death of one party does the surviving party have to change of ownership from 2 names to one name  with the land department, or can the survivor just carry on using the condo with both names registered? If the survivor wanted to sell the condo I can see that some legal processes would then be required but at this stage I am not concerned about this.

Any experience/advice about this would be gratefully received. Note that I am also not concerned about the condo being sold from under me by the joint owner if we have a bust-up. The person in question is already named in my will to inherit my far more expensive Bangkok condo. Joint ownership seems like a convenient way to pass on property without the normal transfer requirements.

Thanks

It used to be recommended to take antibiotics if you had certain heart conditions such as a leaky heart valve. Any infection through the gums due to bleeding caused by dental procedures could cause serious problems to the heart. But I think I read on the BBC website that this advice has now been downplayed?

With deep cleaning around my dental implant, gum bleeding  does occur so popping a few tablets seems like a sensible precaution.

I have taken the boat (Yellow Flag?) from Saphan Taksin down to Big C at Ratburana a couple of times. You have to check on the time of sailing because there seemed to be only one boat about 5 or 6.00 pm going that way.  Not sure about the return trip, I always took a taxi.

4 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

You can read pretty good for a blind person.

I used to teach English at a Blind Institute in Hanoi. The students used to have this great software called Jaws (I think) that allowed them to navigate round windows and read anything on the screen. Used to speak out commands and select options in a terrible American accent!

I went to the Bangkok Heart Hospital Bangkok in December last year. The price estimate for the ablation AFib procedure with 2 nights stay, came within the range of 538,000 to 728,000 baht with some additional costs not included.

So far I have managed to control my short lived AFib episodes and I have decided not to proceed.

The surgeon's name is Dr Koonlawee Nademanee and I was told that he has trained/performed the procedure in the US where it cost 3 times as much.

I also read recently in the British "Daily Mail" about a new procedure that uses 'cold' to freeze tissue to produce the same benefits as RF burning. Title of the article was "Icy balloon to help calm a racing heart". This article appeared about 2 weeks ago, I read it in a pub.

Hope this helps.

Definitely change your money at Superich in Bangkok or similar money exchange. It will mean a double exchange i.e. NZD to THB to USD but this is carried out in one operation. The THB to USD rate is so narrow between buy and sell that you lose very little by this double exchange. Much better than Cambo I reckon.

The online visa 35 usd just requires a digital photo, so a phone selfie suitably edited will do.  It takes a couple of minutes to get it granted and the entry paperwork sent back to you for printing (2 copies b/w will do).

Just make sure you find the official Cambodian visa website. If it is more than 35 USD it's a visa shop.

I have 2 of these 2 dollar bills.

Any offers?

I think they still must be using Windows NT from the 90's on their system.They have to input account data into fields on a b/w screen. If they cannot read a bar code (e.g. airline payment) they cannot just input a string of numbers from the bar code, they have to separate the code into fields for input.

On 5/22/2018 at 1:07 PM, altcar bob said:

The Trust, high rise opp Bangkok hospital,is an amazing empty high rise, so is Pattaya Posh,lights on at night time,3 at rear  two in front,constantly

So what is the story behind Pattaya Posh (next to North Pattaya bus station)? Looks finished to me?

For Siem Reap the choice is simple using this equation:

Price (Bangkok Air) - Price (Air Asia)  = 200 glasses of beer (happy hour price @ 50 cents/glass).

I have just spent 5 days in Siem Reap and observed that 2 usd dollar notes are not accepted by some bars/restaurants. This seems contrary to the situation years ago when in Vietnam I found that people used to collect these notes due to their scarcity and appeal.

What is the reason for this rejection?

Not sure if it has been mentioned already, but the UK double taxation agreement only applies to Civil Service UK pensions and only to those  individuals holding Thai citizenship. So effectively there is no double taxation agreement for UK pensions income. This was explained to me by my UK accountant/financial advisors.

I used to buy d/f cigarettes in Dubai when transiting through, a carton of 200 Players Gold Leaf used to cost less than 10 GBP. However most of the people I used to buy for either gave up or died.  Bit of a shame really that nobody I know wants to 'exchange' 500 baht for a carton of top quality high class English cigarettes these days. So I don't bother anymore.

19 hours ago, KittenKong said:

Was that a promo fare? Currently I see Cathay at about 17,500B and Singapore a few hundred Baht cheaper.

Looks like you have missed the boat/plane. I certainly paid 12,xxx baht last year but now it looks like prices have been hiked up.

Cathay Pacific have one flight BKK Singapore a day. Business class is far cheaper than the other flag carriers, about 12,000 baht return (Nov 2017). The lounges are OK, with mainly HK style noodles for choice, but the champers tastes the same as the other more expensive lounges!

On 5/6/2018 at 11:00 AM, masuk said:

 

Once one has to pay for imported medicines, the picture becomes less and less rosy, and another farang has to pack his bags.

Imported medicines would be priced in the overseas currency so if you pay from your home currency bank account the baht exchange rate is not relevant. Other currency exchange rates come into play.

On 7/2/2017 at 8:51 PM, shadowofacloud said:

 

Exactly my point. I would also look forward to the reopening of some of the old khlongs. One thing Bangkok needs for sure is less cars.

 

Yes, I know I am a dreamer.

I am pretty sure that when I visited Jim Thompson's house in 1978 I was struck how nice the house was and how disgusting the smelly khlong at the back of the house was. And now I see that the khlong at the back is the navigable Saen Saep canal.

Or am I just dreaming?