Promula

If you buy a house in Thailand with a mixture of savings and mortgage and then need to sell it soon afterwards, is the entire sales revenue classed as taxable income even though it'll be used to repay the mortgage and replenish the savings?

That raises an interesting issue. I have no idea what her kids look like - only what they sound like. I know what she looks like - an obese chainsmoker - because I wanted to identify what and where the south European accent shouting phonecalls were the first few times I heard them. However, for her to know I'm spending quiet time relaxing on my large raised patio enjoying the breeze and landscape view my garden lacks, she must be keeping an eye on me.

About as nuts as "my daughters like playing in my garden that I'm too lazy to provide any privacy for, and a man's patio overlooks it, so he must be a pedo if he spends time there" train of thought....

I'm thinking of a 500w security spotlight pointing at my fence, which by default is also in the direction of her place.

Possibly, but I suspect that the Thai police require hard evidence, not delusional paranoid/schizoid finger-pointing.

My property is further up the side of a hill so is raised. My garden to the side of the property doesn't really overlook hers but my large patio on the front with fabulous views of the landscape and where I've set up a nice table and chairs to enjoy it does. My entire property is surrounded by wrought iron fencing which my cats can't scale or get through.

Having thought about it more, I detect a complete lack of self awareness in this woman, perhaps due to narcissistic personality disorder. To ring my doorbell and then shout at me when I'm in my property that I'm a "pervert" and "pedophile" and then when I respond by calling her an "idiot" to act offended and play the victim by shouting "Is that really how to talk to people?" "Is that any way to talk to me, you horrible little man?" shows psychological abnormality. It would also explain why she feels entitled to shout on her phone in her garden and let her dog roam the neighbourhood while I'm not allowed to spend time on my own patio.

My cats stay in my garden. Nothing I've said suggests otherwise. Your other comment is simply vile.

Good ideas thanks. But I don't want to harm the dog. Not it's fault that it's stray (and I've never noticed her taking it for a walk - presumably she expects it to do that itself).

The dispute was nothing to do with my cats. She was simply arguing with people on the phone about why her dog isn't allowed to roam around the neighbourhood when cats (in general) can.

My cats don't roam but there are plenty of others that do in the neighborhood. But even if they did, cats and dogs are very different - cats aren't aggressive - cats don't bark - cats don't leave faeces in the middle of the driveway or lawn Most people generally tolerate seeing other people's cats in their garden. It's normal. Very few people would want other people's dogs coming into their garden.

How do you suggest preventing a stray dog from entering a driveway gate when you open it then drive though it?

How to find who the agent is?

Wouldn't that prove her false point though?

I'm big enough to take the vile insults, but doing it in front of my wife was despicable. That kind of thing can end marriages.

My garden is very secure, and my cats never leave it. However, her dog is regularly roaming the street outside and bolts in when I open my electric gate to go out.

Her garden is about three metres below the height of my patio and about 10 metres away beyond the boundary of my property. I could put up a high hedge to block the view of her garden from my higher garden but that won't help with the balcony. In any event, it's her that wants privacy, so she needs to do something constructive about it rather than harass.

A straightforward solution which seems like karma to me (and anyway there could well be a clause in her lease about not disturbing the neighbours, which she's already broken), but how to go about finding out who the owner/agent is? This stuff isn't public knowledge as far as I know.

TBH I wouldn't know how to go about checking what connections someone has. How can that be done?

Indeed. I was tempted to ask her if she wanted my wife to call the police so she could repeat her criminal accusations to them, followed by me filing a defamation complaint, then seeing which of us ended up with a criminal record. My heat of the moment preference was to end the encounter asap though.

I'm hoping that she was drunk and is regretful today. Either that or she can't cope with having lost the house nearby being empty & the related privacy, and has decided to try to harass me into leaving.

Thank you. I regret not filming yesterday's event as it was shocking. My wife has been talking for weeks about installing perimeter security cameras with sound recording. She ordered two this morning. One will be aimed at the front gate.

It was a steal at 5 million. Could rent for 40,000pm once we've finished doing it up, but that was never our plan. Might be soon though if this matter doesn't end.

Presumably she moved into her place during the years my place was empty. Common sense should tell anyone that houses don't remain empty & for sale for ever. If she wanted a private garden she should have rented a place with a private garden or put in a tall hedge to make hers private. Her poor choices and lack of action isn't my fault.

Yes the view is one of the best things about the house. I'm not blocking that because of an aggressive neighbour. She could put a tall hedge around her garden if she wants it to be private. That's up to her.