Thread: Building a house on in-laws property

Hi fred, 1st time to post on this thread but not new to TD. I would listen to Davis as he has lived in Asia for a long time. The others give good advice too. If they say not to build a house yet, just rent first, then that's what I would do. U might not like it in Isaan. Btw, I'm a Filipina, and now consider myself well traveled. Am posting this frm Vientiane. Fleecing a Farang is not unique to Thailand, it happens everywhere. I had a classmate frm uni, her mom got married to a Brit. Her mom was 40+ at the time, I think. Brit built a 5M pesi house for her, so I've heard. Few yrs after, I heard frm my parents that they separated & the house was for sale. The mom gambled & made Brit bankrupt. We felt sorry 4 d Brit. I'm not saying that ur wife is bad. But as they all say, maybe it's best to wait b4 buildinf a house. Maybe get a Tefl cert in the meantime, if u intend 2 teach. Maybe sell ur appliances, buy frm Thailand instead. Lots of appliance stores in Th. All the best to u. Pardon the typos, posting frm fone.

Fred

If you're thinking of teaching, I hope the school that you find employment at doesn't expect you teach writing paragraphs!

^^
Very good advice Katie23..

The other posters, also gave good advice, different prospectives.

We can all learn from each other..

No money, no honey, sums it up in a nutshell..

These guys may be on to something. Would not be the first time falang paid for this.........

And they give you that.

Those steps aren't horizontal.

And once your gone you can't come back, when your out of the blue and into the black.

Originally Posted by fishlocker

I was thinking that myself

Originally Posted by fishlocker

may be somewhat of an optical illusion due to camera angle.

Nah, compare it to the verticals and the horizontal of the roof above.

But it comes with a satellite television dish... Oops wrong place. I'll try to dig into that one. I know I'm a it of a perfectionist and hate to settle for less than the best. That is why on big concreet pours I never go with the cheepest bids.

Fish out got to crash now. You all behave now. Yea right........

Originally Posted by fredwiggy

John, actually I do trust my wife. That's why I chose to marry her and have a child with her. Funny, but it's posts from you and a few others that have tried to convince me,"If everything goes tits up, you'll need an out, don't put all your money into one thing, all Thai's lie, etc etc etc.

You really don’t seem to pay much attention to what anyone writes if it doesn’t suit your agenda.


I’ve not only never said anything remotely like that but amongst other things I wrote the following which makes my own views / actions very clear:

Originally Posted by JohnG

I retired here over 20 years ago when I was 36, because I thought a relationship I had then with a Thai was going to be a good one. I was delusional as it was doomed, but I refused to admit it to myself and dragged out the misery for several years. My ‘new’ Thai partner and I have now been together for 14 years, married for 9; all my UK / offshore assets are in joint accounts (single signature access), all I own in Thailand is in their name (house, land, car, motorbikes, etc), and because of caps on capital / interest rates and most of my capital here currently going on building a house (in their name, on land in their name) most of my capital here is also in their name. I have had a pension since I retired, 50% of which will continue to be paid to my partner when I die. I’m worth considerably more and much less of a drain on ‘our’ resources dead than alive.


Would I recommend anyone else to do that? No, not under any circumstances, but even if the worst happens and I lose every penny / baht I have I won't regret it and I will still have a reasonable pension on which I can live here quite comfortably. You don’t.

Originally Posted by fredwiggy

And my house isn't worth 75k, not understanding wher you got that from. 75k is what I owe, and I should get around 150k for the sale of it, and maybe more, so that's the figure I came up with after paying off the mortgage, a budget of around 75k.

Oh come onnn … it was based on what you wrote. If it’s “worth $75k” or you “get $75k” out of it THAT’S ALL YOU’VE GOT which is what matters.

Originally Posted by fredwiggy

Money doesn't make a parent, time spent with family does.

That's a matter of opinion.

Mine would be that if you deliberately choose to be unemployed and to run out of money and end up dependent on your in-laws rather than continue to earn a living and support your family that's not being a parent so much as being rather stupid and very selfish.

Originally Posted by Happy As Larry

...Teaching in Isaan will pay approx 30,000 baht per month probably less if you are not qualified and not qualified will also mean that the work will be 'illegal' as it will not be possible to obtain a work permit.

In my experience that used to be the case and 27 - 30k a month was the going rate for teachers with 'quickie' TEFLs but no degrees.

Since then a degree is needed for teaching anywhere and those who were previously eking out a living at 27 - 30k a month in a government school have all been replaced by "teachers" earning 3k (that's three thousand) a month plus free accommodation at the school plus some free meals. I live in a rural area in Issan, I know the local (Thai) teachers, some of my in-laws kids go to the local schools, and I see one of these "teachers" occasionally at a local noodle shop when one of the other teachers takes pity on "maa-dam" and invites her out for a bowl of kao-lao.

While some may still get away with it in town, the old standby of teaching just doesn't happen in the sticks anymore.

Originally Posted by katie23

Maybe get a Tefl cert in the meantime, if u intend 2 teach.

... and a degree and recorded experience, as that's what's needed now! Things have changed!!

Jesus FIshlocker, my eyes, my eyes. This is not the 'worst interior design' thread.please please please my burnt retinas cannot cope.

Originally Posted by JohnG

Originally Posted by fredwiggy

50k for house USD,10k for bank to live legally in Thailand, 15k truck,living expenses until work is found.

$50k / 1.5m baht will build you a more than reasonable house in a Thai village, even with your friendly local Brit expert ripping you off.

Let's be brutally realistic, though. If your life savings and assets at 60, including house, are around $75k then you're obviously not some high earning computer geek who can make a good living anywhere. Your chances of finding work locally as a 60 year old unskilled farang that will give you an income and enable you to support a wife and child are zero. Nil. Non-existent.

If, as you said last year, you are making enough in the States to support her then maybe that's what you should be doing as, by what you've said here, you won't be able to once you move here. There's no point in pretending you will.

You may be able to help her out by getting her some training as a hair-dresser or something where she can make some money, but from what you've said here you're living in dreamland if you think you're going be able to find a job in Thailand.

I'm beginning to think

But you are still posting and telling not only Fred but everybody else what YOU think...you must be bored pal.

Originally Posted by fishlocker

These guys may be on to something. Would not be the first time falang paid for this.........

What the fuck's that - The Leaning Tower of Buri Ram?

Originally Posted by Dapper

Originally Posted by fishlocker

These guys may be on to something. Would not be the first time falang paid for this.........

What the fuck's that - The Leaning Tower of Buri Ram?

Just a wee bit of Subsidence (quite normal) and certainly no cause for alarm

To put this to bed on a happy note a bit of a house warming party.

Now I hope in a year or two Freddie comes back with a build thread and a house warming party. Good luck to you all in whatever your endeavors.

fish

^^Surely a fan fitted that high to a ceiling would be an extraction fan as per a toilet room?

Mabe theyre on a hi fibre diet ^

What happened to freewilly?

^Outed as a troll.....slithered away.