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Ocean 1??????

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Thailand certainly has the right to enforce these conditions. In some ways I don't blame it.

But with so many countries issuing travel warnings is this the right time to raise the issue again??

Surprised this one has not had more responses. Too many shocked into silence/

I have been expecting something like this for a long time.

Is this the thin end of the wedge for company ownership of houses and condos? Probably, but it will still take a while yet. First lawyers will make money to find ways round it. The rules will be tightened again. ..and so on. Eventually no company can register property property if it has a foreign shareholder.

Then perhaps the next step will be to require a work permit for the person signing the annual company returns.

Good luck to you people who have gone down this road - hope it works out alright for you. For those that haven't gone down this road - don't.

Have a look at HSBC Invest Direct International

A condominium is not so much physically defined but rather it is the term given to describe the legal strata title.

However, in order for that project to be considered eligible to be registered for strata title sub-division it must comply with certain building regulations. In short, a unit must be a part of one building. That does not have to be a high rise.

In fact opposite Oakwood on Narathiwas is a nice condominium comprising what looks to be 4 bed houses surrounding a central garden area, which is in fact built on a concrete floor above parking for the complex. This central courtyard 'garden' connects all the 'houses' together at the 1st floor. Almost brought a place there, v nice.

I'll see if I can dig out the long answer for you later, but don't hold your breath, got a few things on right now. The intrepid amongst you might want to get copies of the building regs for condo's from the BMA translated and posted up here which will explain all.

Is this the ones the developer tried to call 'lateral condominiums'? If it is they were built in the late 90's. If I remember correctly (and I admit I might not) the Government turned somersaults to legalize them, because big money was involved, and then said it would not happen again.

I wonder if the 99 Baht restaurant on Soi LK Metro / Soi Diana is doing Christmas Day lunch?

It is good place. They probably will do something for Christmas, but being American run it will probably be Christmas Eve. I was looking for Christmas Day lunch and, being Christmas, I am prepared to splash out a bit more.

Any suggestions for a good place to get a good Christmas Day lunch in Pattaya or nearby? Traditional would be good, not not essential.

Thanks.

Thanks for the replies. Was going to do it myself until I sprained my wrist. As it is some friends are pitching in. Thanks anyway.

Can anyone recommend a good removal firm for a condo move within Pattaya?

The answer is very simple. Every time you go back to UK tell the authorities that you are a Thaksin supporter and are suffering political oppression in Thailand. Claim political asylam. You will not only get free medical treatment you will get all sorts of other hand outs, including, possibly, free accommodation. By the time your claim is rejected it will be time to come back to Thailand.

It is not covered in any of the condo laws. Immigration or labour laws might have something to say though.

However, I would have thought resposibilities for illegal staying or working would fall on individual appartment owners. To make this the responsibility of condo management would place an impossible task on their shoulders - unless of course the condo management was the employer.

Birmingham takes about 10 minutes. Never used Cardiff or Hull so I can't comment directly, but from reading TV I guess they are alll good.

I just read the 2008 condo act posted on TVF & nowhere does it say that a person who refuses to pay maintenance can be punished by:

A. Turning off of water or electrictiy (these, incidentally, are arranged by contract w/ the owner and the company)

B. Denial of use of common property

C. Denial of access to unit (padlocks, etc.)

The act does state that a defaulter may be billed a surcharge. It is also true that a condo unit must be cleared of all debts before sale or transfer.

I think you have to read the 1979 Act as well.

Yes. After 6 months the juristic person manager can cut off electric and water, suspend use of common facilities and, in the event of the condo being sold, cannot issue a letter of being debt free which is needed to transfer ownership. Voting rights are suspended and, of course, interest is charged on the amount outstanding.

I'm surprised that they didn't raise their eyebrows at promises of a 12% net annual return, guaranteed for 8 years... i.e. almost guaranteeing their money back.

Seriously, this one should fall under the "if it sounds too good to be true"....category

Absolutely! A fool and his money are soon parted.

Unfortunately it still gets Thai property market a bad reputation.

Where is Arkady's last post, the one dated today? Can't see it.

Here is link to a newspaper report from Hong Kong about buyers of Thai property being ripped off.

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail....&con_type=1

It seems that it is not only people in Thailand are being ripped off by Thailands developers.

I don't know about Thais, but I saw a western couple with matching T-shirts.

Hers had music notes and the title of a famous song -" I'm for ever blowing bubbles"." On his T-shirt the words "I'm Bubbles".

I note that they have replaced the material used to wrap the legs so that it is impossible for this to happen again. If true then this material should have been used in the first place. This is a management decision and down to the farang owners.

Can someone help me please. Tried cleaning my glasses, but I still couldn't see any bycycle kicks. anything else I can do to find them.

Poor bloke. Hope he makes a full recovery!

Going to immigration yesterday, it was my frist trip to Jomtien since 3 months. Frankly speaking I wonder why people like Jomtien. It just looks messy, dirty, dusty plus it is getting more and more th crime and robbery center of the area. Think it's about time for a big cleanup.

Just my 5 cents.

When 2nd road gets finished it will be a much better place .

But when will that be?

How did we get to this? The Op only wanted to know where to go in Philippines; a subject I was interested in. We had a few informative posts and thank you to those with some common decency. After that this thread didn't hit rock bottom; it sank below it. I am getting fed up with opening hoping to get some useful information only to find find silly people squabbling. It is long ovedue for closing.

Please wait for the experts to answer.

Since I don't have a laptop I don't even know if they do require grounding, but it would make sense since everything is OK on battery power.

opalhort

Thanks for the "expert" advice. If you are not an expert I do not know who is. I ran with your idea. I am using a 2 pin adaptor. Just turned it round in the socket and now everything is fine.

Is your main power supply grounded?

opalhort

No. My condo onlyhas two pin sockets. If this is my problem what can I do?

Thanks

When using my Sony laptop on battery both mouse pad and mouse work perfectly. When I connect the power the mouse pad stops working and the mouse works erratically.

Using system restore did not work. I presume that I have a wrong setting somewhere, but can't work it out.

Any advice would be gratefully received. Thanks