This is a parcel of land that the wife's family owns. However, the family member that wants to buy the Teak trees deposits money into the family account. TIT! I recently bought 30 trees for B1,000 a tree (which is damn cheap). Shortly we will have the trees cut down and then wait about 1 year before construction begins.
Look for the yellow spray-painted dots. Dats my trees...
You might notice some trees are sprayed with a red paint. The reason? Some Thais came by, liked what they saw and painted their selection. Then they approached the family. This will often happen and then the crooks will offer B200-300 per tree. However, in our case they were soon kicked out of the village...