Hi everyone, sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but here goes, we are in the process of employing a lawyer from Bangkok to assist in our house purchase/ land lease ( lawyers recommended buy British embassy) They have requested full payment(112,500 )upfront, is this common practise or like UK billed after work is done?
When I bought a house a good few years back in Thailand I did pay everything up front but it was not anyplace near that amount, If I remember correctly it was about half that amount.
I'm sure someone with more accurate advice will help you on here
I paid 20,000 up front for a divorce a year ago or so i thought as it turns out this highly recommended lawyer used it to fill his SUV and piss off never to be seen again
My advice get reciepts plus all and i emphasise all off his addresses plus his meer noys, his inside leg measurement, finger prints,DNA profile passport number, birth certificate and hold his son as collateral
And if he runs get a hit man and send me your hit mans address
I am in the process of buying a hose in hua hin..paid 25,000 baht to set up the company..and will pay 50,000 on completion...sounds like you are beeing taken to the cleaners...
I've never bought a house here, but as a general rule of thumb, I'd never pay for anything upfront. The rule seems to be (for most things, not lawyers - I have no real experience there) a third deposit, a third in the middle & a third on completion.
"The question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk? But, can they suffer?" - Jeremy Bentham, philosopher, 1748-1832
And as I've said before elsewhere on this forum - where large sums are involved, get a signed photocopy of his / her I.D. acknowledging receipt of money.
I used a HH law company and I paid 50% following gov't approval of the company name and preparation/signing of the documents/forms etc to be submitted.
Several weeks later I paid the remainder when I received the official documents with all stamps and translations.
Cost was about 40K in all.
