Somoh

I just went through this with my Thai wife. She has my last name....

It was required for me to sign a document for each Chanote that the money used was her money independant of my money. (We had 4 pieces of property).

If she has never changed her name, and but is in fact married, the transfer is illegal by the rules. If she is married and says she is married, but still uses her Thai last name, the assumption is she is married to a Thai, and may not be asked for this document from her husband.

I know many Thai, that do not declare there married status. However, they can find problems if they have relitives that care to stir things up.

The one advantage to declaring a marrriage to a farang, if something should happen title will pass to the farang, but he must sell within 6 months.

If she says she is single, dies, then titile passes to all the Thai relitives, not to the unknown spouce.

So keeping it simple, is my wife's house and land safe?

We bought a couple of rai last year and have build a house on it. My Thai wife and I had been married and living outside Thailand for about five years. I transfered the funds to my wife's account in Thailand. Then we both went down to the land registry. She has my last name and I was asked to sign the same form stating that the money was my wifes and that I had no claim to it.

I can live with the fact that I cannot own the land, but I would be more than a little miffed if she were to lose it.

Hi

My wife just bought some land in Ban Phe and is looking for a builder to build a house. We have the Home Collection Group catalogues and have choosen a house, now we're looking for a builder.

Can anyone recommend someone?

How close to the cost is the amount quoted in those catalogues?

Cheers

Hi all

My wife has just bought a bit of land in Ban Phe, and we are looking for a building firm to build a home for us. We have the home collection group catalogues, and have choosen a house but have only found one building firm.

Does anyone have someone they can recommend?

Are the prices shown in these Architects catalogues anything like the real cost?

Cheers.