Originally Posted by
taxexile
and what exactly has that got to do with anything seeing as most are self employed and charge £60 for a call out and £60-£80 an hour labour.
you live in thailand, home of the toothless jack of all trades who turns up to re wire the fusebox, fix the leak, tile the floor and service the aircon with a rusty penknife and an oily rag in his pocket and with a brain dead gofer in tow.
if your chinese buyer actually decides to stump up and pay you for your condo in these dark days of recession and plague and you eventually make it back to the civilised world it would appear that you will need a long period of readjustment. maybe the civil service has some counselling services available for confused ex members trying to come to terms with life in the 21st century in the west.