Rolo89

Quite. Any engineer already saying it's all safe can't be trusted at all. A trustworthy one would at best say a visual inspection indicates no serious damage, but a further detailed assessment is needed to verify.

The damage you need to know about is the structural stuff. An expert would take at least a week with proper tools to know if there's any damage to be concerned about.

Skyrise Avenue Sukhumvit 64 is one that already has been said is unsafe to inhabit. It was only finished a few months ago.

I think lots are dreaming that insurance and or building companies will cover it. Even if for 99% of cases it's just surface level stuff like plaster and tiles that need replacing it's going to cost a fortune and take a long time to get the manpower to do it. Companies will be running off with their profits and leaving people with expensive bills.

These condos were sold as being up to Japanese standards. I've experinced similar earthquakes there and there was no where near this obvious damage to load bearing structures.

They are designed to not be condemed unsafe to live in after an earthquake. Buildings still standing but you can't live in are hardly a sucess story 🤣

New buildings that were supposted to withstand much stronger earthquakes were damaged to the extent of being uninhabitable. BKK failed with a lot of damage. If this had of happened in Japan there would be minimal damage and back to normal quickly. Loads of lift shafts are ruined. There are huge bills and huge repairs coming for thousands of buildings. But who will pay it?

Agree. I'm not sure people will easily forget the poor quality of the buildings that aren't up to the spec promised all to maximise profits. This earthquake over 1000km away was a little test, and BKK failed. I think this could be the final straw for lots of people - really poor air quality where you can't leave the condo for many days of the year, buildings that will be very dangerous if a strong earthquake hits, worldwide taxation, officials that you can't trust. The negatives are very quickly outweighing the positives of BKK.

I can't see them holding the Chinese to account. There's too much money coming from them. Chinese people behind the collapsed building were apparenly seen fleeing with lots of documents https://www.thairath.co.th/news/local/bangkok/2850054

A friends condo has cracks in the support structures that you can see on the car parks on the lower levels. They were all evacuated and then told a few hours later that it had been checked and said it's all safe 🤨 I'm sure they conducted a full structural assesment with an expert that quickly 🤣 I wouldn't buy at half the price, it'll be hard to tell what buildings have been checked by someone indpendant and professional.

That's 6 that were declared unsafe to live in within hours of it before any detailed checks. There's extensive damage to the many other high rises. It might just be superficial but it's very likley more will be condemed. Bankgkok is built on soft clay and corruption is rife - some that are now unsafe were only finished very recently. No one will be buying these condos for a while, will impact many jobs. The UK cladding issue on condos is so minor compared to this and has caused so many problems for the last 5+ years.

If only it was that easy to asses the structural inegrity of buildings by driving by! If 6 are already declared uninhabital without a detailed assesment it's going to be a lot worse after there's the time to assess them all properly. Which might take weeks with how many need experts looking at them!

I mean the whole bkk condo market could get a lot worse. Even if only 6 buildings are declared uninhabitable now selling condos will now be so much harder. Lots of people won't want to buy, at least for now. It's going to be a tricky 2025 for anyone working in property and the issues will ripple out.

It's way too early to declare the structure is sound. So that's a lie from them. The structure could be sound, but they're lying now as there has not been enough time for it to be properly inspected other than a visual check which doesn't show the full extent.

Condo Life Lat Phrao Valley, Chatuchak District Condo Skyrise Avenue Sukhumvit 64, Phra Khanong District https://www.facebook.com/share/1FRLjiEFcU/

That's 6 declared uninhabitable just from inital basic mostly visual inspections. The proper structural inspections won't be done for at least another week to reveal the full extent of the damage. It could get so much worse.

6 high rises in BKK already declared uninhabitable. Some of them are brand new and were supposed to withstand this. The condo market in BKK is going to have dire issues. https://www.bernama.com/en/news.php/?id=2407409

Only an idiot goes to a country like Thailand and carries on with bad behaviour thinking they have the same rights as back home in a country that's high on corruption.

They have this in Malaysia and it's never more than 30 seconds to get through the e-gates now. I'm all for it if it reduces the waiting from 30-50 mins to seconds. You'll soon need an "authorization to travel" before entering most countries which is annoying, but if it makes for a speedy entry after a long flight it's worth it.

It's hard to call Japan expensive compared to Thailand. A budget stay in Japan is far more confortable than an medium cost stay in Thailand. You can rent a nice flat in Osaka for $20 a night and it'll be well built and organised. Something of the same cost in Bangkok is often poorly built and half broken (even if it was only built a few years ago). It's cold for the winter and houses have no insulation, but at least you can walk on the streets without them being a deathtrap and choking on the fumes. Food is a bit more expensive, but far higher quality. Although stuff like grapes is crazy expensive as it's grown for beauty and gifting. Police is probably similar in both countries and you don't want to get on their wrong side when you're a foreigner. The dream is to live between the two and make the most of the different benefits they both have.

He should be deported back to Poland and banned from the UK. Doubt he's ever paid any tax and has used a fortune in tax payers money.

British weather really isn't that bad. Never that cold and never that hot. Lots of beautiful countryside. Worth escaping at least for Jan-March although that's when Thailand has air so toxic most days that it's advised not to breathe. The spring and summer in the UK is pretty nice. The dream is splitting your time between various and getting to enjoy the best of many different places.

If they want to streamline immigration they should have e-gates like Malaysia. Has never taken more than 90 seconds to get through there. Thailand usually about 40 mins.

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When there's children with 1 Thai parent and one non-Thai parent it's very pot luck and time consuming to decide what the child will be charged. Usually they'll go off how they look and if they look Thai enough.