Well, Jaime, as I post before, "just buy a house; if you're sure to be rich enough to give it to your Thai-girlfriend as "special gift" .Jaime wrote:The house in the UK is worth approximately 10 times that of the house in Thailand. If you can't trust your own wife with 10 per cent of your real estate assets then you really have to question whether you have married the right woman - whether she is Thai or Farang!
I live now for 12 years in Thailand.
You don't believe at all, how many broken marriages between Thais and foreigners I saw.
...also so-called, initial "lucky" marriages.
Principal reason was mostly the greedy of the Thai wives and her family after comfortable prosperity without tiresome, foreign "appendix".
It's great to hear, that in your relationship all seems to be ok.
... and I wish to you furthermore a lot of luck!!!
On the other hand, nobody can look in the future.
If one recognizes that he has married the wrong wife, it's already too late.
My parents have taught me:
"Trust is good, control is better!"
I think Thailand doesn't offer a good investment opportunity yet, because everything is built up only on loyalty and belief and/or very risky (il)legal interpretations.
Hence, ingenuous investors should not be horrified if one day everything gets lost.
Actually, I ask myself, why so many foreigners want to buy a house in Thailand?
In their home countries they would not even buy a bicycle, without suitable legal security!
Could it be that the climate is too hot here for some???