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All air Asia flight lands at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT). If your connecting is in the main KUL airport, it is 15min away by cab. There is a regular shuttle bus that runs between the 2 airports. The physical distance is no more than 5kms apart and there is no jams there. Both airports are using the same runway but they are just on opposite side of the runway.

If you need help, just ask or PM me.

So it looks that I am lucky? I land with Air Asia at LCCT you say? And I depart from LCCT with Cebu Pacific... Excellent, was worrying that 2.5 hrs in between may not be enough, but it should be plenty then Good news! Thanks

Hi, I'm confused, which is not too difficult for me to be.... , or I am in denial, whatever, but I read conflicting info on the web. Does anyone know if I fly from Phuket to KL with Air Asia, which terminal in KL do I land? LCCT or the main one (called KLIA right?)?

I have a connection flight departing from LCCT with Cebu Pacific, so am kinda hoping I dont have to take a bus/taxi.

Should I arrive at the wrong one, how much time should I safely plan between arrival and the next departure?

Thanks!

transfer of the house was successful.... The buyer negotiated (few $$) with the Land Officer a lower value of the house

We split to transfer fee 50/50 with the buyer. We paid our income tax and SBT. Total was about 100k-150k less than expected.

Basically the scenario was: The Krungthai came with 2 bank drafts: one payable into our account, and one we cashed in right after we heard how much the total taxes were we had to pay. After cashing in that bank draft, we rushed bank to the Land Office, paid them, and the deal was done.

What you call a happy finish

My mistake, it is not a check indeed but a Bank Draft (not my native language, sorry). And Dave, sure the bank will lend only 80%, but 80% of which price ......... (if you get my drift)?

Guess I go with the flow and see how things are NOT gonna work out at the Land Office. As both banks will be there for the transfer, I hope that Krungthai will change their policy else we are all wasting our time and have to come back another day

Yes you have to pay the cash first. Why don't you ask the buyer to give you how ever much it is you need in cash and the rest by bankers draft at the land office.The tax MUST be paid before the paper work can be completed.

Their bank (Krungthai) refuses to pay until after the paper work is done, according to the buyer. And then only by check payable in cash to us. Not even in real cash....

.... I've had fantastic service from Eric Dohlon who is a dual citizen, bilingual and has an office in Phuket near Tesco. ......

Late reply, I just see this post . Do you have any contact info of Mr. Eric Dohlon? I live in Phuket and my wife and (Thai) are also looking for a good insurance. Thanks!

Why aren't you being paid at the moment of the transfer?

Actually in a way we are paid, however by check. The Land Office only wants to see cash. But, to be precise, we were told we first have to pay Land Office, then the whole process start with signing the documents etc, this takes some time, and then the money checks are being exchanged..Like I said earlier, we are only short on cash for a few minutes basically.... Maybe the person who explained us all this, is misinformed and we are getting worried for nothing? To me it just sounds too weird, but hey, we are in Thailand and stranger things have happened. Thats why I'm really keen to hear how other people handled this, first hand experiences....

The taxes and fees mentioned below are those that need to be paid, hence the percentage can either be 3.5 or 6.3 depending of whether the seller has owned the land more than five year or not. The registered value is the value Land Office put on the property and it is usually less than the selling price.

Transfer Fee: 2% of the registered value of the property

Stamp Duty: 0.5% of registered value (only payable if exempt from business tax)

Withholding Tax: 1% of the appraised value of the property

Business Tax: 3.3% of the appraised value of the property if selling within 5 years.

Strictly business thinking, the seller should be responsible for the withholding and business taxes while the buyer should cover the transfer fee and the stamp duty. This is, however, not the common practice here in Thailand and usually the taxes and fees are split 50 / 50 between seller and buyer. It is negotiable of course.

The taxes are clear, thanks. I just did some more reading and found very useful websites (eg http://www.sunbeltlegaladvisors.com/Thailand-Property-Registration.php). The most important thing for me is:

- we are told we have to pay the fees BEFORE the transfer

- we only get the money for selling the house AFTER the transfer

- this means we have to pay the taxes (several 100,000's baht) cash at the Land Office? I guess not too many people in Thailand have this kind of money cash sitting around. How is this normally handled? We basically are short on money for just like an hour or so.....

Hi all,

Ok, I am a total newbie in this area and could nto really find an answer in this forum (too many topics? hehe). For the first time we (my Thai wife and me) will sell a house. The buyers are Thai. Now I am lost in how the procedures and rules are for this.

I do know the following (yet, correct me when I am wrong): we as sellers have to pay tax. This is around 3%. I hope it will be 3% of the price that be bought the huse, not the selling price, but most likely an estimated value of the property (estimated by the local government?). Is this correct?

Then we will transfer the property to our buyers at the Land Office. Is it there that we have to pay the taxes? We do not have the money at this moment to pay the taxes cash. We are talking hundreds of thousands of baht here! We only have that money once the buyers paid us..... Assuming this is a common issue, how to handle this? Can we write a cheque to the Land Office? Can the bank issuing the mortgage for the buyers transfer the money? (this is actually my BIGGEST issue, the timing gap between the moment we have to pay the sums, and the moment that we receive the money)

Any info about the transfer, hoe to handle the money etc is more than appreciated....

Thanks! Simon

Hi, my wife found this little snake crawling out of our house. Poor little fella did not survive this Anyone knows what it is? We live surrounded by rubber trees and banana trees. Thanks.

apparently no RELIABLE ones in Kata? lol

Hi all, I need a reliable handyman who preferably speaks some English (not a must) for some small work in my house like installing a new door and fixing some problems with the waterpiping.

Anyone knows someone? Thanks!

In all the time I have been in Thailand there have been so many mates from back home asking me if I have started "batting for the other side". They generalize that blokes coming to Thailand like men and ladyboys.

How true is this generalization?

Does Thailand have a higher percentage of bisexual expat men than other countrys like Hong Kong, Spain, Norway?

I have been here a lot of years and now think that some acts performed by those half women half men would be accpetable for a red-blooded Aussie bloke like me. 10 years ago it would have shocked me.

Does living in Thailand a bloke?

Interesting thread. can't wait for the replies.

The last paragraph is truly compelling. I suggest you go try it and report back.

James, it could be that he already has tried, but he's just trying to come to terms with it.

Thought of that too, nothing like coming to the TV Confessional first thing on a Monday morning.

But back to OP's question if there are more bisexual expats here than HK, SP etc? Probably as those countries don't have a reputation as such and therefore will attract less bi-men. Same for Ibiza attracts more gay men for the gay party scene?

personally I don't relish the "westernization" of Thailand, whether it is inevitable or not..part of the attraction for me is the difference, and one of those used to be I guess a more conservative Thai lady..

I have to agree with this.  Women are women the world over, (and men are men.)  Basically we all have the same drives, desires, and needs.  The cultural aspect of things tends to mask our outward face we put on things, but we still do the same things.  Even where the cultural mores are very stringent, people still are promiscuous.  The horrible recent video-taped example of the Taliban shooting a couple who were having sex outside of marriage shows that even where the punishment is so severe, people still act out their biological impulses.

As a vast, vast generalization, and I mean nothing derogatory to anyone here, when a Norwegian woman wants to sleep with a man, she just asks if the man wants to.  An American just does it without saying anything.  And  Thai does it with the worried preface of "Thai women don't do this."  All three women are doing the same thing, but cultural mores predicate how each woman acts and feels as she does it.

Total = B28k a month for a pretty basic lifestyle

Hmm, let's see:

Rent - 6000

Electric - 500

Cable - 400

Tel+internet - 760

Mobile - 1500

Car - 9000

Petrol - 4500

Food - 8000

Clothes - 2000

Insurances/memberships - 3000

total of 36k, for me and my misses. Add another 10k/month for saving for 2 return tickets EU, visa every 3 months, and some other small expenses. Still, this is for 2 persons, and she has a decent job...

We are lucky with a low rent for a fairly big house and we both have minimum of 2 meals/day at work, free of charge. No siggies, and maybe 2 beers a day at home. Should add some for repair furniture, TV, camera, whatever unexpected costs...

Would have to agree here. Also you may want to look into your daily activities. How deep do they take you into relations with the locals or are you talking about common transactions encountered in daily life like buying milk from 7/11 or shopping in Central World? Do you hang around tourist traps or have you tried to take a turn around the grand palace?

Am trying new rose tinted glasses again, as I do intend to live here long term, have my lovely wife here, but must say, it is not always easy. And all the complaining on TV, come on, if we can't complain here, where can we? Do not take it too serious, we all sometimes have a bad day.

This is weird stuff, wow. Glad u ok after breaking in that door! Poor girl though.

...and they said this is Thai people you are farang Thai people fight like this lot of screaming bla bla.

They are right there, Thai fight like this....

Actually the OP is probably mistaken, from the description he has actually observed Ex-Pat Pattaya man. Pattaya man is very rarely sighted at this time of year.

Ex-Pat Pattaya man is one of the last adult stages of the species.

Life for Ex-Pat Pattaya man begins on far flung shores.

After completing his first childhood he enters his first adult stage when he is known as Family Man.

Family Man builds a nest and breeds with Family woman. He forages to feed the offspring from this union and gradually builds a stronger and bigger nest. When the nest is sufficiently large, he is set upon and forced out of the nest by Family Woman and the predator commonly known as Family Lawyer and has to move to a smaller nest to live alone.

Family Man finds it difficult to survive the cold winter months in these far off shores as nearly all the flesh has been picked from his bones by Family Woman and Family Lawyer.

Using his last remaining strength and resources he manages to migrate to warmer climates, especially Pattaya.

Here, he sheds his Family Man skin and enters the next stage of the cycle – Second Childhood.

During Second Childhood he regains his handsumness and achieves new sexy-man status. He nourishes himself at the various oasis called beer bars Eventually, he stumbles across the tribe known as Agogo and is enchanted by their mating dances.

When the weather in Pattaya becomes too hot, he returns to his homeland and forages to build up sustainance for the next migration.

This migration occurs for a few years, until he acclimatizes and is able to stay in Pattaya for longer periods. This is when he evolves from second childhood into Pattaya Man.

Pattaya Man continues to nourish himself at the Bar Beers and builds up sufficient fat layers to become irresistible to the local wildlife. He now has ample resources and resistance that he no longer needs to return to his homeland for additional sustainance.

At this point he enters the last stage of his life. By a strange quirk, not all of the Pattaya Man species will evolve the same. Many will become Ex-Pat Pattaya Man, Others will regress to Family Man again and some will become Isaan Man.

Unfortunately Family Man and Isaan Man often suffer with the disease "My girl is different" and get infected by a parasite known as Isaan Wife. This parasite sucks his blood until he is nearly dry and forced to return and forage in his homeland

some things puzzle me here. How can you be homosexual if you never had sex?

Same way a heterosexual virgin is a heterosexual. Sexuality is based on the sex you desire, whether you act on it or not. I find your question weird, but there is your answer.

Your question about the soap in prison is more interesting. If a heterosexual man is raped in prison, is he still a virgin? That brings up the issue of rape versus consent, and also the meaning of virginity across your preference. For example, I am over 50 and a heterosexual virgin but obviously not a homosexual virgin, perhaps some of you consider me a virgin still?

I know of one heterosexual (non-priest) virgin over 40 and I had considered it incredibly rare, so this is interesting to me to hear it is not all that rare.

but 13.9%, who would have thought, 1 in every 7. Wonder how the numbers are in Thailand, guess quite different, this is not the US of A!

some things puzzle me here. How can you be homosexual if you never had sex? Aren't you a non-sexual?

And less female virgins than male? You see, we men have higher morals ! j/k

Less virgins in prison.... You see, never drop your soap while having a shower.....

interesting article!

And AlexLah? What's the status? Try calling emergency again but ask for the name of the person you are talking to? Hope all is ok...

COBOL, ok language but always found PL/1 far superior when it comes down to IBM mainframe languages. At least pointers were supported . Small installed base however. Pascal was later kinda used in the Delphi toolset as their scripting language. Nice language actually. Of course, we all know, the best OO language was and is just plain assembler haha, as we geeks used to say at Big Blue. Ahh, the days of PL1/CICS/DB2......

Anyway, COBOL, good on ya, 50 years and still going strong.....

Per capita, Australia produces far more garbage and hydrocarbons than Thailand.

I've worked on similar type on real-times systems when working for Big Blue and remember it could be many things, slow network communications, database timeout etc. Nothing really to worry about, now ask the misses for money...?