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  1. No... Mityon provide pick up service. Jomtien area to Pattaya Tai is 300 Baht. Unfortunately I have had to use this service a couple of times. So go down to Big Bike and arrange. Obviously you will be paying more to go out to the lake area.

     

    In Thai it's called ka joke..fee for p/u service.

  2. 7 hours ago, tryasimight said:

    Where? Most seem to be overpriced by farang owners trying to claw their money back from currency crashes due to the strong baht.

    I've been offered one for 3 million baht that cost 1million baht ten years ago. Real estate can appreciate but not at three hundred percent over that time frame and certainly not a condo. 

    Not that often you get to see a post that is so completely wrong... 555

     

    Those foreign currency "crashes" mean the owners would actually make a profit when figured in their own currencies, which they were required to bring into Thailand to purchase the condo.

     

    And real estate can not appreciate 300% in ten years? You haven't been paying attention have you?

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  3. On 8/10/2018 at 8:30 AM, wpcoe said:

    My experiences with laminate flooring (in two places) was meh.  It "floats" and it sounds like walking on a high school dance floor in the gymnasium.

    That's not a negative if you don't like walking on tiles in bare feet..like me.

  4. On 7/27/2018 at 6:28 PM, Guitar God said:

    Another great idea. 

    These are outlawed in many states in the US after they found that they increased the number of accidents rather than reduced them. 

     

    People were so afraid of getting a ticket that they’d lock up theirs brakes when the light turned yellow, get rear ended and then pushed out into the intersection to maybe be hit by another car. 

     

    In Minnesota, the state even ended up refunding the money people paid for tickets. T 

    This almost qualifies as "fake news".. I googled after reading this and the truth is far from what you state. Side-impact collisions were very definitely reduced while rear-end collisions were up slightly but less injuries. Better warning signs are needed. Also the longer the cameras are in operation the less motorists will be surprised by their presence, so fewer rear-end collisions.

     

    The main issue is contracting out the issuance of tickets to private for-profit companies. This is a not a good idea, similar to for-profit prisons, in that there is no incentive to reduce infractions.

  5. On 7/7/2018 at 5:52 PM, impulse said:

     

    They may have a private entrance, but the defining characteristic of a condo is that you own the space enclosed within your unit. 

     

    You don't even own the walls, floor or ceiling- much less the land it sits on (why foreigners can own condos- their ownership doesn't include the land).  Just the space.  So even if there is a private entrance, occupants have to cross common property to enter that private space.

     

    You are not completely correct with regards to condos..

     

    While you hold title to your condo, you also own, in common with the other owners, the building and the land it occupies. That is the "common property" or areas.

     

    This is a concept that escapes many purchasers.

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