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  1. On 5/14/2023 at 12:00 PM, DrDave said:

    I don't recall ever seeing a villa renting for 150,000 or more until just a few months ago. Occasionally I'd see a high-end one for 75-80,000 but even those were quite rare. I'm guessing the villas we're now seeing at 150,000 - 300,000 were previously priced around 60-70,000.

    3-400 k is totally normal and has been for many years. Here it starts on 2 mill a month.

     

    https://www.fazwaz.com/villa-for-rent/thailand/phuket?order_by=monthly_price|desc

  2. 14 hours ago, rbpeters said:

    If you buy through a company you may then want to consider putting the building freehold in your name and keeping land (as you have to ) in the Thai company. This should stop you having to pay rent to the company and thus reduce tax expense.

    Correct and a viable choice..Just make sure you trust the thai company..(normally the builder or the property management) does not go out of business.. Normally they do.. Not of of bankruptcy but other thing.. Like giving up .. resold or similar.. If so.. its not always granted its an easy transfer process.

  3. Taxes on the thai company has to be paid two times a year along with the accounting expenses. Maintenance should be calculated to maybe around roughly 100 000 a year.. That is for paint.. Repair of pipes.. , toilets.. , sprayers.. new tables.. revarnishing.. , oiling up doors.. , windows... Changing tiles.. etc.. It depends if you want to keep it spiffy or not. Gardeners... 2-5000 baht a month.. Pool same.. So there goes around 10k.. then a maid set you back around the same.. So then.. electric, maid, gardener, pool care, and maintenance funds... Around 50 a month or a little less hopefully.... Then there is the new land tax that is around 1-2-3% (depending on ownership and type of house, villa, hotel , business etc..) Then with a villa of this size.. Ecxpect electric pr. airconditioner to be around 1500 pr. month so with 5 airs blasting its 7500.. plus washing machines.. speakers.. tvs.. etc.. garden .., pumps.. all that.. Its easy 10k a month.. If you only use one aircondition 8 hours a night.. of course.. much less. This was a rant.. sorry about that.. , But its more or less.. Put off 200 000 for all expenses a year or a little more.. and you will be on the safe side ... Normally. Renting is cheaper.. but more expensive in the long rund since one normally gain value of the house and land over time.. However.. That is of course not a sure thing. Build and buy if you dare.. It normally comes out cheaper.. But i know people have different needs and different budgets.. and some simply dont care which is fine.. You have to weigh in your own personal requirements and needs. 

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  4. 23 hours ago, arick said:

    My pool is roughly the same size for years we just throw a few scopes of chlorine in every week after cleaning and dump a bag of salt once a month not rocket science but it works 

    correct.. Even with saltwater chlorination it is useful and if not mandatory to now and then "shock chlorinate" it a little bit now and then .. Depending on rain etc.. The weather in other words... Salt should be main source though for the chlorinator to do its work.

     

  5. On 9/15/2022 at 10:54 PM, Eddie45 said:

    I am in contact with an office manager who's in charge of renting out Condo's. I am trying to rent a condo that has good internet. I know in Thailand it's not going to be good 100% of the time. The last Condo I stayed in Phuket the internet would stop working a few times a week, but this was a few years ago now so hopefully its improved. The office manager has said the internet service is from TOT and 3BB, are they in a partnership or is this incorrect info.

    Believe it or not. Thailand’s broadband internet speed is ranking number 1

     

    https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2054991/thailand-tops-internet-speed-testing

  6. Yes. We also use 3bb. But the answer is more what location you are in. 3bb is best many places.. AIS might be better somewhere else based on their lines.. True or even 5ghz over the phone might be best for some people also... 

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  7. Melantonin is the bodys natural sleeping pill. The brain produces it.. However.. This is why they call it a drowsiness pill. Bad translation , but it makes you naturally sleepy.. but not if you are excited or have general medical problems.. I think ... not sure. the point is that once i has helped you sleep the bodys natural mechanism takes over... It helped for me withouth any bi effect, but that was some 20 years ago.

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  8. On 3/1/2022 at 5:35 PM, sometimewoodworker said:

    You completely misunderstand the rules.

     

    Your Thai license is invalid for driving the day it expires. 
    The regulations allow for renewal with no special extra requirements up to 1 year. Your new license has a different number.

     

    Between 1 year and 3 years expired you are required to do a theory test. (Your license can be renewed) Your new license has a different number.

     

    Over 3 years you are required to do a driving test and theory test. (Your license can be renewed) Your new license has a different number.

     

    On each renewal you get a different license number. 

     

    The procedure you outline is not within the driving license regulations. 

    Your DLT office may go outside the regulations, many others will not. Others may try your procedure, they may get lucky or the DLT office may enforce the license renewal requirements.

     

    this is once again TIT YMMV

     

     

     

    Well.. seems we are going in circles.. I do understand the rules the same as you.. Im just saying they told me to take theory and practical exam once again after 1.5 years already. I know they practice 3 years sometimes. I have also just been told that.. However.. 1 year seems to be the norm here in Phuket. However.. I produced an international license and asked them to just renew it again or convert it you might say. This was withing their capability and was so done. However.. In the end they gave up that and just gave me a license since it as they said it did not make sense to replace the old with a new one since i had the license already for 15 years. Anyway.. It was good for me since i then got 5 more years and not the regulatory 2 on a new one which i anticipated i had to do.

     

    I am not saying anything you say is wrong.. ????

  9. The law has been in existence for around 15 years already.. Maybe more. Its just that the law in existence was much easier with a requirement of 10 millions invested. Seems they have just inflated it and called it new. As far as I understand selling that before to a Thai owner was never out of the question either. I am wrong of course.. I have to be, but I see this new law as the same just 4 times more draconic.

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  10. On 2/26/2022 at 5:29 PM, sometimewoodworker said:

    The procedure you outline is NOT guaranteed to work. It may work for some people, it may work in some offices.
     

    Other offices have refused to allow that exact procedure. They have maintained that once issued with a Thai driving license you are obligated to follow the Thai license process and cannot bypass it in the way you suggest.

     

    TIT YMMV

    Yes.. I do not mean to argue agains what you say.. But the thing is .. It is not illegal to do this.. as you in the eyes of the law start again.. And when you start again this is a normal procedure.. Your old license is invalid and can not be renewed after one year after it was due for renewal. Hence it is not of any use anymore.. So a brand new license with new registration number on it is required.. Then it is considered a new thing and the procedure discussed is a normal way of doint it.. I do know it might not work everywhere. But it has worked recently. That is for sure..  ????

  11. On 2/24/2022 at 3:10 PM, sometimewoodworker said:

    Faulty information. The video is required in almost every office for all licenses, however you can watch it online and get a completion certificate to print. You were given a break about the theory test as over 1 year expired it is required.

    Again. This is not faulty info.. Some offices never ask for the complete certificate print.. Some do not even bother to send you to watch the video again.. This was in Phuket.. I hear some other provinces require what you say.., but it is also depending on what kind of licence you already have.. Maybe they are more relaxed if it is a 5 to 5 new year renewal.. From 2-5 I also did not watch any video, but I know some people has to.

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