nikster Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Is there a page with all the current developments in Chiang Mai somewhere? Some sort of overview? Looking for a house in a moo baan... Thanks for any info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyecatcher Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Try google earth.....can't think of a better overview of chiang mai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikster Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 Try google earth.....can't think of a better overview of chiang mai. Should have worded that better. I meant a website that lists all the developments currently underway. I know there's lots of them. Google Earth is often behind the times by a year or five... although they're apparently about to change that & map the world daily! Which is cool. But they're not doing it yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccw Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Good idea. I think I just might set one up. Buyers agent for all CM off plan. Negotiate discounts on buyers behalf. Slice a finders fee off the developers side. Developers have more sales. Everyone's a winner. Cheers ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramrod711 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Good idea. I think I just might set one up. Buyers agent for all CM off plan. Negotiate discounts on buyers behalf. Slice a finders fee off the developers side. Developers have more sales. Everyone's a winner. Cheers ;-) You set one up, I'll set one up, you can buy me out for a million baht. I don't know about you, but i'll be very happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikster Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 ^ By all means, please do it. I'll consult for free. You could add information that a surprising number of CM real estate websites are missing such as: Map; Size of the house (I am looking at you TV classifieds!), size of the land. Actually with developments there's usually a standard contract where they have a map with available plots / sold houses / available built-up plots, a base price for the different house types, and a price per additional sq wah. This could seriously be a whole business. Driving around Chiang Mai to hope to randomly run across advertisements and developments seems a really inefficient way to do it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I can stand my Condo balcony and watch 4 new projects going up. All condo's. Condo's are quieter less dog and rooster noise. I would be careful of any big real estate investment at present for 2 reasons. The first you know and the second is that I feel a real estate bubble is in the making. Don't get caught at the top of the cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamborobert Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 (edited) For all new condo and housing you really cannot go past the CMHouse magazine. Its out monthly and sold at some 7/11s and Rimping that I know of. Has a map in the middle and extensive listing/index. Also a lot of website links for the developments as well through the ads and index. Its the most comprensive, current, cheap, available, and easy to navigate thing I have seen. Flick through one on sale but they seem to sell quickly. Edited June 19, 2014 by mamborobert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikster Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) ^ Thank you! That sounds like the ticket, will check it out! I dislike condos; longevity is questionable and they seem very expensive for what you get. Also I have a family, cars, tools, bikes, etc etc - we need space! If I was alone different story. With kids you want a house. Edited June 20, 2014 by nikster 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernjohn Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) ^ Thank you! That sounds like the ticket, will check it out! I dislike condos; longevity is questionable and they seem very expensive for what you get. Also I have a family, cars, tools, bikes, etc etc - we need space! If I was alone different story. With kids you want a house. Defiantly agree I had all those things and after the kids and a little older found that they no longer served my needs and a condo did. But at the time a condo would have been a nightmare. Edit Maybe if I was into gardening a small house would be OK. But it would be the main reason for the house. Not into gardening so it is a pass. Edited June 20, 2014 by northernjohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mapguy Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 The quick answer is a somewhat time-consuming but thorough search. Much better than on-line and blind agent searches. Armed with your iPhone or whatever, get in your auto or hire a tuk tuk and do a one- to two-day tour of those areas in which you are interested. Take note of all sales office phone numbers. They all have them posted! Keep a record of photos and make notes on location and surroundings. Just based on initial sales offerings, you will begin to establish a range of desireable places. Then, start contacting the sales offices. Then the process gets difficult, much more so! Nevermind getting into that! You do not need to rush. If Chiang Mai isnt in a real estate bubble, I have never seen one --- and I have. Take your time. Happy hunting! By the way, web search for a copy of the Thai condo law. It is interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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