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On 11/25/2022 at 10:38 PM, donx said:

Is this Right of Habitation the same as a Superficies? I’ve read on here about the Superficies but this Right of Habitation is a new term to me.

Check out <https://www.samuiforsale.com/> Real Estate Rights  =  helpfully explains everything  [my take from a very quick read is that the main difference is who owns the house]

On 11/23/2022 at 11:24 PM, donx said:

Are you unable to obtain a Usufruct? Is that why you are pursuing this Right of Habitation?

Have got both (figure two is always better than one - covering both habitation as well as use & products of the land.)

49 minutes ago, banglay said:

this is just a rough idea or the route .. lots of research and googling needed to finalize the route

https://goo.gl/maps/EVJbwmWSRq9iRjk66

 

Hhhhmmmm - an interesting - and challenging trek.  I've got an Enfield 650, and have done some trips on the Thai-side of the Mekong (live in Laem Mae Phim).  By my/Prof Google's calculations the trip from & to LMP would be 72 hours in the saddle over some 4,050Kms (<deleted> is twitching just thinking about it.....).  A few questions:

1.  How many days are you thinking about taking?

2.  Why the Lao route selected??  Is there any previous trip reports???

3.  Have a vague idea there are Lao requirements about needing a "tour guide"  -  is this so, and what are the other requirements to take a bike into/out from the LPR????

In Darwin, the arrival of the dragonflies signaled the end of the Wet Season - reckon it's pretty much the same here 

On 8/24/2022 at 1:09 PM, KhunLA said:

Hard to follow your post, but PEA at, Muang, PKK, the first 140m from their line is/was free.  Any extra and need to pay 50% of cost.  Luckily that took it right up to our wall, almost, so no extra was charged to us.

 

What you describe, 'shack', I believe is a temporary line & meter, charged at a higher rate.  Once house is done, blue book issued, then they will install pole/lines & new meter.  That's how our 3 builds went at 2 different  province.

Thanks - in my case:

*  seems everything after the meter is on me

*  the old meter to the shack was a permanent - not temporary - one.  Blue Tabien Baan issued many moons ago - now transferred into my wife's name

*  electricity to the shack now disconnected, and the old meter removed 

*  looks like the poles have been installed and the cabling is next (I'm checking tomorrow)

On 8/24/2022 at 2:49 PM, Encid said:

As 20-25% of the poles will be buried in a hole and backfilled with concrete you should consider utilizing 8m poles instead of 6m, thus keeping the cables well elevated.

 

Will it be a straight run or will there be changes in direction?

If a straight run then the final pole will need a guy wire to hold it upright against the strain/weight of the cable run.

If you have changes in direction then you will need guy wires to brace the poles against the strain/weight of the cable run.

 

(Speaking from bitter experience here!)

Thanks - two straight runs.  Tomorrow, I'll see if the final pole has a guy wire.

BRs 

22 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

Do you really want a 5/15? That's a shed sized supply.

 

Most homes would go with a 15/45 which is good for the "average" home. I'd size the cable with that in mind anyway.

 

For a 15/45 to keep the volt drop in order you're looking at 50mm² copper ($$$) or 75mm² aluminium (far less $$$ and it will have less chance of wandering off in the night).

 

If you are really having a 5/15 then 16mm² copper or 25mm² aluminium would do.

Just went to check out the meter but it's been removed already.  PEA guy told the missus that he'll supply a new 15/45 meter -  I'll get confirmation about the new cable specs (am pretty sure it will be aluminium).

Tks again Crossy  

10 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

Yeah, Al underground is specifically prohibited in consumer installations (the supply authorities can use it of course).

 

Apparently possible in Rayong, but for me cost prohibitive (rough guesstimate was over 100K.

4 minutes ago, Encid said:

We had 9 x 8m high poles @ 30m centres run from the PEA supply across farm land to the site of our new house and it cost 100,000 baht.

That included the supply and install of the poles, concrete, cables, and connection box with breaker.

So 55K for your project sounds reasonable.

Here are some photos of ours...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GREAT - THANKS!

14 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

What size meter??

Consumer/Meter Type is 1115 - which I think is a Household user -  230V and max 5 Amps

2 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

It actually sounds pretty OK.

 

You have some rather long runs so you need to ensure that the cable is sized adequately, do you have an actual cost breakdown of the job showing exactly what will be supplied?

 

Great - thanks.  I'm relaxed now about the costs.

Cost breakdown was requested but not supplied - just the 55k quote for the total job.  I'll get details of the cable size -  what should it be????

12 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Task A is to go along to your local PEA office with a Thai speaker.

 

Take along photos and a decent map (Google maps will be your friend) of what the current position is and what you want to do. 

 

Take a photo of the existing meter (they will want the reference number).

 

They will tell you where they can/will place the new meter. This may not be where you expect depending upon the actual ownership of the poles on the (now public) road (they may actually have reverted to PEA when the road was adopted).

 

Anything that happens after that meter is on your coin. Although you will likely be able to get a moonlighting PEA crew to do the job. Our poles were installed on a Sunday by a crew driving a PEA truck, wearing PEA uniforms, the poles are marked "PEA". Pay cash to the supervisor and everyone goes away happy.

 

Thanks Crossy.  You've pretty well nailed where we are at (it's a side-job by PEA folks - that's where the 55k quote has come from).  To further clarify:

*  PEA said they are private poles - with any arrangement to be between us & the neighbour who installed & paid for them

*  I know where the meter will go - and expected everything thereafter would be at my cost

The main cost items should therefore be the supply and install of  1. some 230 metres of wire (for single phase supply);  2.  6 electricity poles, with connection box and breaker.

How does the 55k sound to you????  

We are presently arranging for the electricity supply (single phase) to our recently purchased block.  Summary details are:

*  a shack on the property was connected to the electric supply through the neighbour's land.  The neighbour wants this arrangement to cease (fair enough too!)

*  that supply needs to be disconnected, and the meter moved (so a new meter is not required)

*  wires need to be run from the main supply line along a (now) public road for about 100 metres.  There are existing poles along this road that were privately purchased by another neighbour before the road became public (we've very kindly been given permission to use those private poles)

*  Once at the entrance to our property, the wires need to be run some 130 metres down the fence line to the proposed site for a new bungalow.  Understand, this requires the purchase and installation of 6 poles (each 6 metres in length)

*  Connection box - I think with a breaker - will be installed on the final pole.

Appreciate estimates (based on experience) of the likely cost for doing the above [we've been quoted 55,000 baht but this seems high to me - although I have no experience in such.  The local hardware store sells the 6 m poles for 3,000 baht]   

1 hour ago, orientalist said:

How did you manage to do it in the end? My local branch was adamant that if blue tabien baan wasn't on their list and I hadn't previously had an account with them, I couldn't apply.

Persistence....  started off with the same "reason" you were rejected [yes, our circumstances have clearly been omitted in error and it really is astounding that the Branch staff are seemingly unable to recognise that, and act logically ....  I had the same problem when I wanted to open a joint K-Bank Account with my wife - despite being a long term customer with a couple of current accounts, my request was initially declined by Ban Phe Branch even though both of us had accounts there.  It's absolute madness that was only corrected after I directly emailed KBank HQ].

As for the SCB EZ Account, after they checked a couple of times with their HQ, they finally agreed to let me open two Accounts (Savings Account and the EZ  -my 1st ones with SCB)  -  after approval, I had a few more wasted visits due to administrative deficiencies at the Branch (a suspicious person might think these impediments were deliberate...).  For this pig-head,  it was a matter of principle to eventually succeed.

Chok Dee 

12 hours ago, orientalist said:

I tried to sign up a few months ago but they refused me because a foreigner with blue tabien baan and PR is not on their list of allowable applicants. <deleted>. Also they couldn't find my previous SCB account in their system. However, I just found my 1990s SCB pass book so I might go back and spit in their eye. Or maybe try a different branch.

 

My former Thai colleagues told me they don't feel comfortable having an account with no passbook but there is usually a way to print your own records. Does an EZ account allow you to request a statement via email?

I'm the same as you with PR and Blue TB.  It took me 5 visits to the Klaeng Branch of SCB to open an EZ Account (bl**dy frustrating, but keep at it and you'll be successful)

EXCELLENT - thanks (yes - I did watch the 1st video - and just watched it again

BRs

On 12/11/2021 at 12:39 PM, Bandersnatch said:

My land is about the same size 

 

Firstly I would say my expertise is more on the solar side than the gardening side.

 

I have installed 4 solar pumps in Thailand so far  - 2 I installed myself  and 2 I outsourced.

 

My first solar pump was for my house build. "Builder said they can start on Monday but they need water" 

 

I bought the well pump and solar panel from the same shop in the next province, but had to make the panel frame myself and do the install 

 

Cost about ฿20,000

 

I then did a surface pump install at my local primary school  - taking water from a pond to water plants. This was a smaller system and cost about ฿10,000

 

 

 

 

I outsourced 2 on my land, the smaller one featured in the video cost ฿20,000 plus ฿6,000 to drill the well. The bigger one was about ฿50,000 all in. The pipes and connectors are not expensive and we installed them over a period of 3 years so I couldn't tell you the total cost, but a trip to Thaiwatsadu, HomePro, Global House, etc you would you would be able find the cost for your situation. The bigger solar well pump is also a backup for the house water system as we off-grid for water and so is oversized. My installer here in Surin provided the pump and panels you can contact him @ http://www.8urich.com 

  

I have used both a spray system and a drip system - The spray system uses much much more water and as it over-sprays it tends to encourage weed growth. The drip system just puts water just at the plants, but I agree it is more work to setup up and maintain.

Great thread, but I can't see where you answered the question about the pump sizes.  See you have 4 pumps - 1.  What are their sizes?  Appreciate the model numbers so I can locate the specifications.  2.  Also appreciate if you could advise how many trees/plants are watered by each pump (think you said the drippers provide 20 litres per hour).  How many hours do you run each pump? How many days a week do you water the trees? (so I can get an idea of the total water needs)

Thanks again!

14 minutes ago, BHW said:

To clarify my post, the person has to be a person who can witness a signiture on an Australian legal documents like an Australian qualified doctor, justice of the peace, police officer, defence people, solicitor, school teacher, engineer, consular staff etc.

Information about the requirements of other countries is very helpful......NOT

I've successful had documents signed and stamped (and then accepted in OZ) by our local BIBs - 1st at the Police Station where a large amount of time was spent in explaining that the witness was NOT attesting to the accuracy of the information contained in the documents - only the fact that he/she had witnessed the signing - and thereafter by the husband of a wife's friend.

Good luck! 

On 6/14/2022 at 9:45 PM, Adumbration said:

I just bought a boat yesterday.  Is that classed as an asset.

Sadly - from experience - NO (old saying is correct that a boat is a hole in the ocean, into which you throw money)

9 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Imo

2% coins

8% gold

70% shares

20% cash

 

You cant lose much at 2%.

WHAT??????  Buffet doesn't own Gold!!!!!!

4 minutes ago, dinga said:

I give up (you don't want to understand/acknowledge Purchasing Power)

Oh - BTW, studies suggest that a Portfolio holding 20% Gold is the investment sweet spot (NOT 100%)

1 minute ago, Sparktrader said:

So the average is 7% or so.

 

Gold yield zero.

 

 

I give up (you don't want to understand/acknowledge Purchasing Power)

14 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Aud is 24.5 baht.

 

86k a year dividends from my example is 175,500 baht a month to live off.

 

Gold income zero. Storage costs.

 

175,500 vs net fees

 

Why would you buy gold????

 

Makes no sense unless you think gold will double in price next few years.

I have no expectation for you, but others may find this helpful:

https://www.asgoodasgoldaus.com.au/blog/australias-dollar-has-collapsed-76-in-21-years/

3 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Sorry but thats very ignorant. Gold has storage costs. So a net loss.

 

Hold shares yielding 10% for 10 years. Free carry after 10 years.

 

Cba shares $5 in about 1996 now $90 plus dividends.

 

Rio

Bhp

Cba

Anz

Wbc

Nab

 

All killed gold when you include dividends over 5,10, 20 years.

 

For goodness sake - PURCHASING POWER is the aim - NOT fiat value (take at burton at the extremes of Weimar Germany, Turkey or Zimbabwe if you remain fixated on Capital "Value" and Dividends.   Look at the AUD purchasing power over that period VS Gold (in AUD - FX movements also important as the USD has very likely greatly strengthened since 1996).  Purchasing Power is the real thing that matters - not the smoke & mirrors of Fiat measures...

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