Hi Charlieb,

Check out the web site UdonThaniHouse.com for a lot of information about buying a house here and moving to Udon Thani.

Agree with Bob, The lowest priced new houses at Lake Garden City are similar to the ones at PK-5 which is better located on Ring Road just a few hundred meters West of Big C. Three Bedroom two bath with a car port cover at PK-5 is advertised for 1.39 million Baht. These houses are about 100 sq meter...

Steve Graham wrote: Foreigners can get loans for a house they are not buying, . . . . but the interest rate of 40% is steep. That may have been the case 7 years ago when Steve was shopping for a house, but presently a foreigner legally married to a Thai woman can get a joint mortgage loan in both na...

This advert is from the same Udon Property and Land headed by G. Meadows. Check out the other thread on "Missing Property Manager". Does anyone know of someone who made the 500,000 Baht deposit on one of these properties??? If the principals skipped with the deposits there could be a fraud case agai...

The transformers will change the voltage from 220/240 to 110 volts, however here in Thailand the frequency is only 50 Hz while in the USA it is 60 Hz. So if you use your electric tools using a step down transformer they will run 17% slower. Probably OK for saws etc but this solution will probably no...

Need recommendations of High Performance private shops in the Udon Thani area that can service high performance Japanese cars with turbo charged gasoline engines. These are principally Toyota TRD (Toyota Racing Development) cars. Need to find a shop that can service a Toyota Supra, Toyota Soarer or ...

Referencing Parrot's earlier comment about white roofs, I lived in Miami for 15 years. About 50% of the roofs were white and 50% the red clay Spanish tile (similar to the tiles here in Udon). Everyone who had the white roofs that I knew had lower electric bills for similar sized houses. You have to ...

Your friend is probably facing a divorce in the UK court system soon. Thai wife will try and obtain half of UK assets PLUS alimony payments for many many years. If your friend also adopted any children of the Thai wife she will also be asking for child support payments in UK. Also since she now has ...

What is the best private school in the Udon Thani area? I have heard it is Don Bosco located near Nong Sim park, but would like some confirmation from the forum.

Tilokarat: Congratulations on your outstanding purchase of speculative commercial real estate which you turned from $300 to 20,000,000 Baht. Great eyes on finding this property. My comment however, was not directed to speculative real estate. It was directed to the unsuspecting Farang who is duped i...

Most of the girls you meet will want you to buy a house for you both to live together. If you find the right girl, you can have a very enjoyable life, but make sure you buy the house in an established neighborhood in either Udon Thani or Nongkhai. Then you can meet many farang neighbors for friendsh...

Roof guttering is mostly a requirement for home owners trying to add on and create a Thai Kitchen right next to the wall behind or adjacent to a side of their home. The plan is to add some roofing and structure to extend the size of the roofed area to the edge of the property wall. A Thai kitchen is...

If you still have your cash in US$ currency, you can go to Bangkok and visit the head office of any of the large banks and open a US$ denominated account. With that account you can wire transfer to any country in the world, but I believe you will have to physically go to Bangkok each time you want t...

The best area to live in Udon Thani depends on the things you consider most important in selecting a family home. There are some housing developments that have a very high proportion of English speaking farangs living with their Thai wives/GF's. Some others are more centrally located close to shoppi...