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damen

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  1. It depends on where your land is located. If it is in the south or central part of Thailand, I would plant durian trees. However, they are not easy to manage. I have spent 9 years and approximately 30,000 baht per rai annually on maintenance. Each tree can produce up to 80-110 durian fruits per year. The market rate for each fruit is 100 baht per kilogram, meaning that each tree can generate up to 36,000 baht. Under Thai law, you can plant up to 25 trees per rai, so each tree should earn you 6,000 baht per year. If you have 10 rai of land, you could earn (25 trees x 10 rai) * 6,000 baht = 1,500,000 baht annually. However, durian trees are very difficult to maintain. There is a chance that they will die. It takes 7-10 years for them to produce fruit. *My wife owns 20 rai of farmland in the south. The durian trees are already planted there, so I did not have to wait for them to produce fruit. However, it may take some time for your investment to pay off. In my opinion, the price of durians will only go up. It is very unlikely that they will go down. Teak trees would not be profitable because you can buy teak wood at a much cheaper rate like 1/10 cost in Myanmar & Laos.
  2. Yes, I live in Phuket. My house humidity is quite high because I live near the sea. When I go back to my country for a while, for example 4-5 months, I turn on the dehumidifier for 1 -2 hour daily during midnight, as midnight is usually the worst time for humidity.
  3. I apologize for the late reply. The wattage of a dehumidifier depends on the size of the area it is used in. I am not sure if your condo is a studio or has separate bedrooms. I am currently using 4 WIDETECH Dehumidifier 12 L (WDH312NW1) units in my living room, study room, and 2 bedrooms. You can set up the timing through the Xiaomi app, but the machine will need to be connected to Wi-Fi in order to do so. The model I am using is 125 watts and can cover an area of up to 25 m2. However, I believe that they can cover a larger area if they have to work harder. I do not think that the electricity costs will be too high. However, if you run them for 1 hour every day, the costs will add up. Maybe set aside 400-700 baht per month to operate this machine?
  4. You could buy Farcent Charcoal Disposable Dehumidifiers, or you could buy tons of charcoal and place them inside multiple rice bags with some kind of ventilation to allow air to circulate.
  5. Just get a widetech dehumidifier. you can set up the timing interval daily, weekly or monthly. The water tube outlet can connect into drain.
  6. Is fiberglass insulation effective? Does it really help to cool down your house temperature?
  7. ID number cannot be changed. However a fake ID card not hard to find.
  8. damen

    Film on window

    Reflective glass often has metal additives that can heavily absorb Wi-Fi signals and phone signals. Maybe is not good for op. Ceramic glass film would be a better choice if you have a better budget. It should cost around 1000-3000 baht (Depending on the brand)
  9. damen

    Film on window

    It does work to a certain extend.
  10. No Mazda. Repair time require more than usual. No spare part avaible in Thailand espically in rural area. Take toyota yaris. best resale value.
  11. In order to get the bank account to be frozen, you require a court order. Technically you could do it. Just hired a lawyer, usually, the cost is around 70,000 baht onwards.
  12. Different bank has different penatly. There might be early settlement fees, I have to be honest. 83k sound a little low. Just transfer fees, i have paid 100k.
  13. You are sort of correct. They are using CCTV in Phuket if they want to find somebody.
  14. A SWAT team and local Soi police gathered Sunday morning before daybreak. There were about 30 armed men.
  15. Mai Khao area still sort of un-touch. Rent your villa out, you may generate maybe 30k-100k per month of extra income.
  16. I would say this is kind of pure bs. My wife father is a judge. Even him can't do a backdate offence.
  17. Usually, their promotion is targeting Thai Customers (Often civil servants) https://www.toyota.co.th/promotion/corollacross You could get some kind of discount, try calling them and ask. 1800-238-444
  18. licenses were generally 10,000 to 20,000 baht. Oh i see. Seems like the funds will come soon and fill up those bottomless hole
  19. Err, I do own an EV car. ORA Good Cat for wifey. Also, my current car is also a plug-in Hybrid outlander. So I do know what I'm talking about.
  20. Well i am sure it will stick with guilty sticker when he step down from his seats. And why do you think he is trying so hard to stay?
  21. Actually, in my experience, a private seller is the one who always sells much higher compared to the market price. But maybe it could be my location. I stayed in Phuket and usually I buy most of my cars in Bangkok. And won't want to touch EV cars in Thailand. Hybrid Lexus or Toyota car (big yes) but not EV. Charging in a Public Thai station is a nightmare.
  22. Normally I will check with Talarod (Google Translate) - a famous website in Thailand for the used car market. You can buy your car over there on the website or you can check the as a price reference. Most of the cars sold over there usually came from second-hand dealers (In Thailand they called them: Car secondhand -Tent). Try to search for cars with low mileage and guarantee by the dealer that there is no crash, flooded, or amended odometer. Ask them to put this in your contract. Check on youtube for signs of crashes, and flooded cars. It will definitely help you a little along the way. If you found a good and nice car you wish to buy, get them into a written contract with all these requirements which I told you (no crash, flooded, or amended odometer else return double or full of the amount which you paid). And usually, you can also get a bargain of free transfer too. if you are good at bartering. I don't usually get from the Facebook market as I cannot get some kind of assurance from private sellers as compared to big second-hand car dealers. At least for the dealer, it is hard for them to run away since the shop is there.
  23. If you are tight in finance, my advice is not to buy now. Rent for 1-2 months first if you really need it now. And save up money to fully paid a second-hand car within your budget range. Try to get Toyota or Isuzu so you won't need to worry about their reliability or fixing costs as they are usually relatively much cheaper compared to other brands. Second-hand cars (finance on used cars usually have a high-interest rate, which I find not worth it) First-hand cars (usually they will have some kind of promotion- ie: downpayment of 30% of the car price and take a loan for 48 months. The interest rate is usually around 1.3% - 1.6%. I have bought 10-11 cars within 5 years times of my stay in Thailand. I usually buy second-hand cars as cars usually depreciate like mad. As I don't find a need to get a first-hand as I feel that as long the car feels price right, I will get it. For example, during the end of 2019. I bought a Toyota Fortuner (4 months old) at 1 mil baht. New was 1.49 mil. No crash or any other nonsense problem. Sold it during Jan 2022 for 850k. If I were to buy second-hand, my losses will be even higher. There is every price of the car for your budget. So depending on your budget. You can get a relatively cheap Camry 2013 - 2017 model for 300k - 500k. Hardly spoil if you were to ask me and standard EU safely.
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