On the way to buy Land

[cyberfarang]

17 hours ago, ramrod711 said:

I never considered it as an investment, it was a gift, a gift that has more than tripled in value. No further investment such as buildings, it is just sitting there, my wife get's the occasional offer but has no interest in selling. Our residence is different, I paid for the land and we built a house on it. I then got a lease on the land and house registered at the land office. We also both have wills leaving each other our assets. My Thai wife is as nice a person as you could ever hope to meet, and more trustworthy than my farang wife ever was.

That`s good news, what could possibly go wrong?

 

If I were you and this is sound advice; I`d keep quite about your investment in that land and this applies to anyone doing the same.

Edited January 14, 2018 by cyberfarang

[473geo]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

OP, I hope you read this post. YOU have no rights in Thailand ( when it comes down to it, regardless of the "law" ) and YOU can't own that land in any way. Even just paying for it is enough to see you in court.

Think carefully.

I guess you didn't know before, as you so casually mentioned that you were buying the land.

Oh please do you and the miserable cyberman have to come on every land thread scaremongering, this is not some scam for foreigners buying up tracts of land, it is a man supporting his wife and family.

His wife decides to buy a plot of land. He Knows he does not own the land, will never require any claim on the land, and that the land is solely owned by his wife. Should be perfectly comfortable with this. There is no implication or suggestion any person other than the wife enjoys full ownership rights.

My wife and I have 'our' money it is the way 'we' work, however as my wife generates income, obviously her income would pay for any land purchase, while my contribution runs the household, feeds the children, and supports their education. I do also buy the occasional water pump and fence post which I understand is legal.

 

That a Thai wife owns a little land is good for her, and good for her children, it provides security for their future, and that is the principal driver for a husband supporting his wife, just as the majority of good husbands with successful marriages tend to do.

 

I fully support the Thai way of land for the Thai only, it is an excellent way to keep the subsistence model going, I embrace this methodology, good for Thailand.

 

I note with pleasure that many Thai who have migrated to the city for employment are looking to the future, buying up family plots as they occasionally come available, preserving the family unit, but also driving up the land prices to realistic value.  At least in my family they are!! Good for them.

 

Like many positive posters on Thai visa I thrive on the love and respect from my family, and take great pleasure in seeing my wife and children happy and doing well. I don't need to own anything

 

 

[Ron2]

Thank´s for all the usefully Postings.

Well, i am not in worry about that Land, about the papers (Chanode deed) and also not about  the seller. Everything is serious. About the chanode mark, i will try to let the seller do manage that with the chanode mark, before i (my wife) buy it.  Think that will be the best way. 

 

@thaibeachlover 

Please.....in fact. I think nearly every Farang know about:

1. Foreigner can not own land in Thailand.

2. On the way to buy land under name from Thai wife, Foreigner always have to sign on Land Office, that money for buy land don´t comes from him. Mean, he will never have Right on that Land. 

3. There is no law in Thailand who say that a Thai can´t own land after married with Farang.

And please.......stop this Topic on my Thread....thank you. 

 

Best Regards

Ron

Edited January 14, 2018 by Ron2

[MaeJoMTB]

On 1/13/2018 at 3:54 PM, ramrod711 said:

I don't know if it has changed, but I paid for land for my wife in Saraphi a few years ago. My wife went to the land office with the seller, I went to the gym. My wife called, said I had to go to the land office because they wanted to see me. I was baffled really because the land was going to be in my wife's name and my name was nowhere on any paperwork. I went, the official never looked at me, not once, asked my wife if I was aware that I couldn't own it or have any claim on it. She asked me, I said that I was aware of that and they went ahead with the deal. As an aside, the tax was paid by the seller. Apparently that is traditional. We got a good deal on the land so I asked my wife if we shouldn't pay 50% at least. Her reply was in the negative.

4 years back when my wife bought a house San Sai land office made me write a translation in English on the Thai form notifying me I couldn't own it. Completely pointless as a home loan was issued and repaying during our marriage makes it jointly owned. (Marriage law trumps land law)