MYBB - Where do all live?

Where do you live currently?

  • Africa

    Votes: 171 85.9%

  • Europe

    Votes: 8 4.0%

  • Australasia

    Votes: 1 0.5%

  • Asia

    Votes: 6 3.0%

  • North America

    Votes: 5 2.5%

  • South America

    Votes: 1 0.5%

  • UK

    Votes: 7 3.5%
  • Total voters
    199
  • Poll closed .
Norrad said:
Nah, it's super difficult to get citizenship as a man. My son is half-Thai so I can stay on a Non-O visa as long as I want to and I'm fine with that.
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Just wondered about how you did the farm purchase, I think you answered the question there, I presume your missus is Thai?
 
Dave said:
Just wondered about how you did the farm purchase, I think you answered the question there, I presume your missus is Thai?
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My ex was Thai. I actually answered earlier regarding owning property over there and the way I did it was to register a company and then buy the farm under the company's name. You can set up a company so that you own all of the preferential shares giving you full control. I'm going to transfer everything to my son's name later though when he is old enough.
 
Norrad said:
My ex was Thai. I actually answered earlier regarding owning property over there and the way I did it was to register a company and then buy the farm under the company's name. You can set up a company so that you own all of the preferential shares giving you full control. I'm going to transfer everything to my son's name later though when he is old enough.
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What did you pay for the farm in Rand value ? How many hectares ? What buildings are on it ? Any livestock ?
 
HunterNW said:
What did you pay for the farm in Rand value ? How many hectares ? What buildings are on it ? Any livestock ?
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They use a unit of measurement called "rai" and their farms are generally much smaller than we are used to. The farm is 196 rai (about 30 hectares). I paid 12000 Baht per rai including all fees so 2.35 million Baht which at the time worked out to just under R600000. There is a small house on it which I call a bungalow as it's only two bedrooms, a living room and a bathroom (with an outside kitchen). There are a few raised resting platforms scattered around the farm (kinda like lapas I suppose). There is no livestock beyond the fish I put in the lake. I prefer not having livestock until I actually decide to live there full-time in the future.
 
Norrad said:
They use a unit of measurement called "rai" and their farms are generally much smaller than we are used to. The farm is 196 rai (about 30 hectares). I paid 12000 Baht per rai including all fees so 2.35 million Baht which at the time worked out to just under R600000. There is a small house on it which I call a bungalow as it's only two bedrooms, a living room and a bathroom (with an outside kitchen). There are a few raised resting platforms scattered around the farm (kinda like lapas I suppose). There is no livestock beyond the fish I put in the lake. I prefer not having livestock until I actually decide to live there full-time in the future.
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Not a bad price. Damn cheap. What's your closest town to the farm ? Maybe post a google map link ?
 
HunterNW said:
Not a bad price. Damn cheap. What's your closest town to the farm ? Maybe post a google map link ?
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There are some really good deals around. A lot of older people sell up as their kids aren't interested in farming and simply want to head to the cities, it's also not very level land which is a big factor in farm desirability in Thailand as most people want to have a few rice paddies on their farms.

It's situated right between two towns, Muak Lek and Pak Chong (the cowboy region of Thailand hahaha).
 
Norrad said:
There are some really good deals around. A lot of older people sell up as their kids aren't interested in farming and simply want to head to the cities, it's also not very level land which is a big factor in farm desirability in Thailand as most people want to have a few rice paddies on their farms.

It's situated right between two towns, Muak Lek and Pak Chong (the cowboy region of Thailand hahaha).
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Not too far from Bangkok, and i see there's a national park on your doorstep.
 
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HunterNW said:
Not too far from Bangkok, and i see there's a national park on your doorstep.
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Yep, I used to ride down to Bangkok weekly for meetings although I recommend not driving in Thailand as everyone drives just like a crazy minibus taxi in SA. Khao Yai national park is nearby and there are a few smaller parks in the area too. You just need to know the quieter entrances to be able to get in at the Thai price rather than the foreign price. There are also a ton of small waterfalls that are great for swimming.

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My son in the tube.

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One of multiple small cascading waterfalls for swimming.

The reason I chose that area over some of the more well-known areas, some with even cheaper land, is that it's very close to Asia-Pacific International University for my son's studies in the future. There are quite a few Saffas studying there, so he should fit in nicely.
 
Norrad said:
Yep, I used to ride down to Bangkok weekly for meetings although I recommend not driving in Thailand as everyone drives just like a crazy minibus taxi in SA. Khao Yai national park is nearby and there are a few smaller parks in the area too. You just need to know the quieter entrances to be able to get in at the Thai price rather than the foreign price. There are also a ton of small waterfalls that are great for swimming.

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My son in the tube.

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One of multiple small cascading waterfalls for swimming.

The reason I chose that area over some of the more well-known areas, some with even cheaper land, is that it's very close to Asia-Pacific International University for my son's studies in the future. There are quite a few Saffas studying there, so he should fit in nicely.
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Beautiful. I'd say you have the perfect pension planned.
Now to tell the SO i need to marry a Thai girl so we can have a lovely pension coming. :ROFL:
 
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HunterNW said:
Beautiful. I'd say you have the perfect pension planned.
Now to tell the SO i need to marry a Thai girl so we can have a lovely pension coming. :ROFL:
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Tell your SO she can always be your "mia luang - main wife" and the other will be your "mia noi - little wife" :ROFL: although your SO may learn the Thai way of threatening to cut your d*ck off and feed it to a duck.
 
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