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Ray before you build make sure that what you want. I just want to say I am building a house in my wife village I have no intentions of living in it it a gift from me to her since she is been with me she has done every thing for me and if I should die in the next year or two I want her to have some thing I don't buy her gold or any kind of jewelry I also want to say my in laws are just wonderful people when it comes to money I am the one borrowing from my in laws not them asking me for money. So I do want to say there are many horror stories about thai ladies but there also some wonderful stories which never get told. when you arrive in Udon stop at the night market on the first saturday of every month and meet us for some good enjoyment and few drinks both soft and alcohol drinks. and just keep in mind what ever you buy for the lady in your life consider it a gift because if it does not work out the way you planned it you can walk away feeling good about your self and always keep your life savings in your home bank and spend only what you can afford to lose until you are 100% sure this is the lady for you good luck

Nice, thoughtful advice, aznyron.
No offense taken, [b]Aardvark.
To the contrary, I think that your point is well taken, indeed the point about not wanting to host the village social club in the house is very well taken by me, one who treasures his privacy. One of the reason for wanting a two level house is that the village meetings could be held downstairs whereas I would have my bedroom, sitting room, and a balcony (and liquor) upstairs. In tense situations, I would expect my lady-Thai, Lak, to provide me with room service!
I may not mind dropping in a village meeting every now and then as long as I have my escape pre-planned.
Lak's siblings, the elder sister, a professor in Bangkok, and the elder brother, a navy guy with a few stripes on his shoulder, know how to eat in a restaurant. Lak knows to keep her mom away from me, and I actually like her grandma. Then of course there are a million other folks, including half-a-million relatives living in the village. I hope that she would be able to control the crowd after she is informed of my preferences! Then again she is tough; she may just tell me to take a walk to the rice farm.
By the way, all of you my well-wishers would be happy to know that I am searching for a rental in Lak's village. This would alllow me to not stay in a hotel, not stay in Lak's mom's home (too small for more than a few days), and will allow Lak to stay in the village for security and company when I would not be staying with her. This way I can soak in the village life a bit more and not rush the construction also.
Now, you all can let go of that sigh of relief and pray for me that I find a suitable rental in the village.

Do they have rentals in a village???

No, thats why I asked you all to pray. Don't you all believe in Buddha?
Its a tough set of requirements that I am trying to negotiate.
May be I can refurbish where Lak lived when she was growing up, smack in the center of the village behind her grandma's house. Grandma would love that. Talk about an immersion in a village culture. Lak's mother's home is on the border of the village, still just a walking distance from the center.

Ray Charles - I Got a Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAvP3eV73Vs

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Ray.Charles wrote:No, thats why I asked you all to pray. Don't you all believe in Buddha?
Its a tough set of requirements that I am trying to negotiate.
May be I can refurbish where Lak lived when she was growing up, smack in the center of the village behind her grandma's house. Grandma would love that. Talk about an immersion in a village culture. Lak's mother's home is on the border of the village, still just a walking distance from the center.

As a matter of fact,no I don't believe in Buddha and prayer to him

But since you are talking about ''miracles'',anything is possible

I doubt if you would have a privacy problem upstairs,as long as you left your ATM card downstairs

aznyron wrote:MR D I am building a house for my wife if she decides to dump me the house is hers I don't want any thing including money from the sale if she sold it my reason is I m building it as a gift you don't take back gifts. why is every one looks at how much they will lose if the marriage fails
Think positive and believe the marriage will last. my personal observation of thai women only few will look for better. / thinking they will get more $ by switching partners but most of them wind up with nothing due to stupidity and greed.

Couldn`t agree more...

Have retirement visa, have international driving permit, have rented a house, and now on to the next stage...on the prowl for some land.
My lady-Thai, Lak, agrees with you guys that we should not build and live on her land next to her mother; we do not even need to be very close her village. Nevertheless, Lak would like us to live in Udon, or somewhere between NongKhai and Khorat. Neither she nor I have any idea how to go about looking for that land. About 2 Rais would be nice enough for a small house, vegetable and fruit gardens; but we can go up to 10-12 Rais if the price is right.
We will also consider buying such land with a house on it.
Our last preference would be buying in a housing estate.
Any leads from youu guys?

Ray,
have a look www.issan-estates.com

Especially the Riverside Garden Home project, plot from 1 -2 rai and 15 available,

Call me or PM if interested, There is a house availble for rent on this development so you could supervise building

Hi Ray,

Check out our company Udon Property and Land. We have a pretty wide selection of property available and also offer a construction consultancy service. The website is www.udonpropertyandland.com. On property that might be of interest to you would be this listing link: http://www.udonpropertyandland.com/?q=node/53 Its located about 1/2 way between Udon and Nong Khai in a lovely quiet spot.

Call me 0804218901 or email to gareth@udonpropertyandland.com.

Be pleased to give any help or advice i can.

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I have put the idea of building a house on "my field of dreams" on the shelf for now. Instead, I am converging on a buying a new house in the Hansa Estates to the west of the city. The list price of this 2-storey, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 160 sq. meter house is 2,550,000. Here are my questions:
1. Do you have any general comments, bad or good, about this estate?
2. They are sweetening the offer with 2 extra A/Cs over the one listed on their brochure, and absorbing the whole of the transfer fees which according to them would be about 100,000 baht, and is normally split 50-50 between them and the buyer. That is, so far a total of about 80,000 baht in sweeteners. What reductions, if any, is reasonable to ask for in the price?
3. According to them non-Thais can buy this house with 30% in downpayment, whereas the Thais need only 10% down. There would be no need to establish a Thai company. This is contrary to my understanding that non-Thais can not buy a house,
In any case, I am inclined to have my lady-Thai buy this house and lease it to me for say 25 years. What do you think and whom do you recommend for the legal advice and the subsequent work?