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Trump ahead in all battleground states - ALL OF THEM!
Once again I am calling BS on your claim, unless you back this nonsense up with proof. -
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Condo fees and building
I've had condo fees ranging from 20 baht a sqm to 77 baht a sqm--and a number of condos with fees in between those two figures, with a dozen or so projects. What's important to me, as a condo owner, is not how much the condo fee is but, rather, is it enough to keep the project maintained properly. A condo is a big investment for me and I want my investment maintained. At the last Pattaya condo I owned, at an older project, the condo fee was not high enough to maintain the project in the style the owners demanded. Rather than raise the condo fee--if I remember 40 or 45 baht a sqm--the project did a special assessment every year to make up that year's shortfall. Special assessments are easier to get approved than raising the annual fees. The special assessments varied but generally amounted to the condo fee being around 60 baht a sqm--about right for the project's size and the small number of units. Obviously, with a project of 1000 units, you get some economies of scale vs. a condo project with 200 units. 1000 owners are chipping in for the guard at the front gate vs. 200 owners at the smaller project. The 20 baht condo fee I mentioned was at a project with 1800 units. At one project I owned at, I could look from my balcony to another older condo project next door. It was easy to see that the condo fee was not adequate to maintain the project. The pool water was often murky green rather than crystal clear and the building had a somewhat rundown look to it. I would guess that not enough owners want to raise the condo fees at that property to maintain it well. I don't want to live in a project where that is the case. If you do your homework before buying you should be able to avoid purchasing at a project that is not adequately funded. Check the condo fee, the sinking fund and the financials. Even when properly funded, some condo projects are not maintained as well as they should be. That's why there's no substitute for on-site observation before buying, with several visits at different times of the day, checking everything you can. I recently visited a condo project that I used to own at--a newer project of around 1000 units. Although I was not there long, I observed enough to see that I would not be happy with how the project was being maintained if I still lived there. Everything still looked to be working, the pool was clean, etc., but a closer look showed a lot of neglected maintenance that would drive me nuts. Quite simply, it has around 1000 units and a condo fee of around 50 baht a sqm. That should provide ample funds to keep the project in tiptop shape. This project was plagued with illegal daily renters when I lived there and it was clear on my recent visit the project had been subjected to very heavy wear and tear. I understand they have since cracked down on the daily renters but the maintenance hasn't caught up. That's what you want to be looking for when you visit. Keep a sharp eye on everything. I was a new owner at this project and it's always a gamble on how a new project will be maintained. Seeing it now, I would give it a pass and look for a better maintained project, one with owners that are far more demanding with management about maintaining the building well. -
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Western Homosexual Promotion hurts Americas Foreign Policy
There is no “promotion” Only civil rights and equality before the law versus irrational hate and discrimination. -
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Trump ahead in all battleground states - ALL OF THEM!
Most of them would not say hello without payment. Mel Gibson was one honest celebrity who said Kamala has the IQ of a fence post, rather insulting to fence posts -
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Pattani Police Officer Shot & Pursued into Mosque for Execution
The murderous ones yes, the rest are fine law abiding people. -
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People who don't know the words they use
You get it. Less freedom and more government control toward totalitarian is Left. More freedom and less government control toward anarchy is Right. Fascism, communism, Marxism, socialism and Nazism all have some nuanced differences, but they are all immoral, all authoritarian, all oppressive, all totalitarian and all Left. -
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Trump ahead in all battleground states - ALL OF THEM!
They probably don't get paid, but you're right, they don't do it for nothing. -
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Cvt gearbox oil change,filter or similar also?
Well what a big difference in price 'Genuine Nissan' 299b......Non genuine Same Part Number just 39b. (of course Nissan do not make filters, just their logo on the box) -
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