webfact Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Luxury Bangkok condo counts costs of flood - 30 cars submerged Images: Manager Online BANGKOK: -- Owners at a luxury condominium in northern Bangkok are counting the cost of a flood after thirty cars were submerged in the underground car park. Nearby Muang Thong is being blamed after flood prevention measures there were conducted for the holding of a degree giving ceremony, it was claimed, reported Manager Online. Water rushed into the Champs Elysees Condominium in Chang Wattana Road during Sunday night catching the owners by surprise. Twelve owners managed to get their vehicles out in time after being alerted of the flood by the condo manager. But in a matter of minutes thirty cars were submerged up to the level of the steering wheels. Manager Janthorn Cheuawong, 57, said that the local authority were contacted to come and help but said they were overwhelmed with calls in the floods and couldn't come. The condo pumped out the water and put 600 sandbags in place to prevent further floods. Janthorn said that the condo had not even flooded in the great Bangkok inundation of 2011. He blamed runoff in the Bang Pang klong from Muang Thong where he said a degree presentation ceremony was organized. Seven of the damaged vehicles were not insured and the local authority are being contacted for compensation in these cases. Residents of the condo who suffered outages due to power lines that came down were housed in the nearby Luxor Hotel, said the manager. Source: Manager Online -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-09-27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Absolutely terrible. I hope they get compensated for their loses. Best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Just another typical example of Thai architecture.....nice and simple for the developer who couldn't give a fig after the units are sold...... And no different to many towers in downtown BKK.....although some do have their carparks above ground which seems to be gaining popularity finally.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 ah! - so now we know where the Tea Money drain was hidden from view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 When you look at the height of the 2nd floor slab in the photo, you know that it is a condo building of only 8 floors. The road on the first floor may well be below the level of the government road to allow a slight higher floor to floor height for the 8 floors, as the total restrictions on the building height is 23 metres. Thus, the carpark at lower ground floor and basement is easily inundated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alive Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 They should be happy and wake up and see that they've got a new swimming pool. People that don't like floods should choose to live in the highlands of Thailand and stop their complaining. Be happy with whatever happens to you good or bad. Just be happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman24 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 did you notice 7 vehicles not insured, Oh.!! bigger. buy a car and not get insurance, that will work,, NOT !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcharacters Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 44 minutes ago, Alive said: They should be happy and wake up and see that they've got a new swimming pool. People that don't like floods should choose to live in the highlands of Thailand and stop their complaining. Be happy with whatever happens to you good or bad. Just be happy! You are 100% correct. Heck, even if the bank where you bank somehow scams you out of every baht you have, just smile. Be happy, don't worry. But wait, what if these people have no clue that there's potential flood damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 11 minutes ago, mercman24 said: did you notice 7 vehicles not insured, Oh.!! bigger. buy a car and not get insurance, that will work,, NOT !! Have to save on insurance premiums to pay off the 'luxury' condo unit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Mine's not insured for this kind of thing, either. I'm covered quite nicely for liability, but it's too old to get First Class insurance. If it floods, I'll buy another older model vehicle. And I won't be able to insure it for loss or damage, either. No biggie. In the meantime, I've saved enough over the price of a new vehicle that I could lose 4 or 6 of them and still come out ahead of buying a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkspeaker Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 undergroud car park is a really bad idea in Thailand, will never park my car in one during the rainy season, even if just for a few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monspencer Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 3 hours ago, webfact said: Seven of the damaged vehicles were not insured and the local authority are being contacted for compensation in these cases. What a joke, the idiots want compensation for not taking out insurance...som nam naa to all of them. Hope they don't get a single satang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 3 hours ago, mercman24 said: did you notice 7 vehicles not insured, Oh.!! bigger. buy a car and not get insurance, that will work,, NOT !! I guess they poured all their bahts into the condo's. How can you be driving here without insurance? I hope they have mold insurance that will be their next step. All those tax dollars pouring into Bangkok and they can still not solve the flooding problem. They should cite the 2011 flooding which was worse and during which their condo sustained no flooding. Something sure changed. Good luck on getting any money from the powers that be. Reminds me why I never have the desire to own property or a vehicle here. Little red life flags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar888 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Great Thai Engineers. High rise condos all around Bangkok. But look the Thai engineering drainage. Less engineering than in a children playground. And if you offer hem some assistance for free they are getting angry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Removed a troll post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdaz Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 3 hours ago, mercman24 said: did you notice 7 vehicles not insured, Oh.!! bigger. buy a car and not get insurance, that will work,, NOT !! It is possible that they only had third party or the basic Govt insurance. Both will compensate others for damage done by the vehicle in an accident etc. But not the vehicle owner for damage incurred. Hence the need to pursue a third party for damages. Not everyone has first class insurance here - only basic insurance is mandatory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 1 hour ago, monspencer said: What a joke, the idiots want compensation for not taking out insurance...som nam naa to all of them. Hope they don't get a single satang You may want to temper your compassion just a little bit. Once a vehicle reaches a certain age, you can't get First Class insurance on it. I don't have it, because my vehicle is too old. If mine were to be flooded, I'd be out of luck for any compensation. But if I start saving on a Monday, I'll have enough to buy a comparable vehicle by Thursday lunch. For someone on a Thai salary, it may take a year- if they can ever recover financially from that kind of loss. So my heart goes out to them, especially if they didn't have insurance. It wasn't necessarily by their choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdgbb Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 1 hour ago, elgordo38 said: How can you be driving here without insurance? Different classes of car insurance cover different risks, it doesn't mean that the owners "were driving without insurance". In fact the owners weren't driving on public roads at the time of the flooding so there would be no legal requirement for insurance at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdgbb Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 1 hour ago, oscar888 said: Great Thai Engineers. High rise condos all around Bangkok. ...and this is the first report of one getting flooded for this reason, so not much wrong with them. Perhaps as a newbie you didn't realise that even if you don't bother to read the report properly (or choose to ignore what was actually reported) you leave yourself open for some well-deserved flack. The suspected reason for the condo flood was given and it was nothing to do with Thai engineering at the condo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlQaholic Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 hope they where all Benz and BMW, snicker... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvavin Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 The moral of the story is; never by any residents with underground car parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffer Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 16 minutes ago, wvavin said: The moral of the story is; never by any residents with underground car parks. ...by any residents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theron Ware Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 19 minutes ago, wvavin said: The moral of the story is; never by any residents with underground car parks. Buy, residence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlakey Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 2 hours ago, elgordo38 said: I guess they poured all their bahts into the condo's. How can you be driving here without insurance? I hope they have mold insurance that will be their next step. All those tax dollars pouring into Bangkok and they can still not solve the flooding problem. They should cite the 2011 flooding which was worse and during which their condo sustained no flooding. Something sure changed. Good luck on getting any money from the powers that be. Reminds me why I never have the desire to own property or a vehicle here. Little red life flags. May I respectfully suggest that in future situations like this you use a more appropriate term, as against I guess they poured all their Baht into the condo's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlakey Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 1 hour ago, AlQaholic said: hope they where all Benz and BMW, snicker... Excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlakey Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 1 hour ago, gdgbb said: ...and this is the first report of one getting flooded for this reason, so not much wrong with them. Perhaps as a newbie you didn't realise that even if you don't bother to read the report properly (or choose to ignore what was actually reported) you leave yourself open for some well-deserved flack. The suspected reason for the condo flood was given and it was nothing to do with Thai engineering at the condo. Without a bit of flack now and again it sometimes seems you are talking to yourself Just dont take it personally, after all most of us if not all dont know one another from Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepinthailand Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 7 hours ago, craigt3365 said: Absolutely terrible. I hope they get compensated for their loses. Best of luck. 7 hours ago, craigt3365 said: Absolutely terrible. I hope they get compensated for their loses. Best of luck. Yes it's called insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 ....mimicking civilization..... ...throwing words around....like luxury....resort....deluxe...... ...means nothing except for 'inflated prices'..... .....'Next'........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffer Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 37 minutes ago, SOTIRIOS said: ....mimicking civilization..... ...throwing words around....like luxury....resort....deluxe...... ...means nothing except for 'inflated prices'..... .....'Next'........ Welcome to toyland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldiablo72 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 So out of those 30 cars, 7 of them have no insurance or 23% of those vehicles have no insurance, but I bet that didn't stop them from driving those vehicles uninsured. Those 7 owners in no way should be compensated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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