Property Consultation:
- When buying property, it is necessary to clarify your intentions. If you are purchasing for personal use, consider whether you prefer a busy or quiet area and whether you desire an apartment or a family house. However, if you are seeking an investment property, focus primarily on projects that are easily rentable and offer the potential for the highest increase in value. Naturally, securing reliable services is essential.
- While we understand you want to spend a reasonable amount, keep in mind that house maintenance costs, even when you're away, are significantly higher than apartment maintenance.
- Thailand offers many amazing places, but when choosing a location, it's essential to consider practical factors like infrastructure, amenities (hospitals, shopping centers, schools), and accessibility from the international airport or Bangkok. Location like Pattaya offers excellent infrastructure and amenities. While having a house on a small island like Koh Samui or Koh Yao Noi is wonderful, keep in mind that the journey to some of the smaller islands can add an additional 5-8 hours travel time to your trip after you land from Europe. If you have children, proximity to international schools might be your top priority. The alternative is to find a property in a more frequented destination with good amenities and go to these beautiful, remote places as part of trips around Thailand.
Property Purchase:
We also offer buyer representation services in Thailand and purchase advice. Our team, in cooperation with a reputable real estate law firm, will review all documents, ownership relationships, encumbrances, and any other pitfalls that may arise during the process. If there is even one flaw, we will alert you to it.
Tailor-Made Real Estate:
Can't find the property you've been dreaming of, or is it no longer available? We find most of the properties we sell for our clients, tailored to their requirements. Do you have a specific location, a specific project, or are you struggling to make a decision? Send us your requirements, ideas and expectations and our team will find tailor-made offers for you. It's a good idea to think about:
- What must your property meet under all circumstances? For example, it must not be more than 500m from the beach and must have a swimming pool.
- What are you willing to compromise on? For example, a smaller apartment closer to the beach will be the same price as a larger apartment further from the beach. Are you willing to make such a compromise?
- What are the requirements that are not important when buying? For example, a store or restaurant within walking distance, etc.
Remote Shopping:
Coming to Thailand is the best solution when buying, but if you can't come to view in person, we offer our remote purchasing services.
How does it work and what steps await you?
- Choosing a property exactly according to your requirements and intentions. Property for living or for investment? We will choose the most suitable alternative so that you make as few compromises as possible.
- Inspection - our marketing team will prepare professional photos and video not only of the apartment, but also of the building and its surroundings. Of course, this is just the beginning and for the right decision we will also prepare a virtual inspection via video call or 3D inspection. We will show you all the details and condition of the property, we will look into all the cabinets, under the sinks, to see if they are leaking, we will test the appliances so as to minimize any surprises
- Tour of the surroundings - we will also show you the location and surroundings, and warn you of possible risks, for example, blocking the view in the future - all virtually, or in person if you come to Thailand.
Transfer and Transcription:
We provide all real estate transfer services to our customers as a standard purchase service. However, if it is necessary to hire a law firm in more complex cases, we will always notify you in advance and recommend our partners from a reputable real estate law firm.
How does the standard process of buying a property work?
- Property reservation – confirms your intention to purchase the property and is reflected in the price of the property. For apartments up to approx. 200,000 EUR, it is usually 50-100,000 THB. (approx. 2600€) After paying the reservation fee, we issue a reservation receipt and then start preparing the contract and all other necessary documents.
- The contract and transcript follow after the receipt of the reservation fee and usually the deadline for the transcript is within 30 days of the reservation. We issue the contract as standard in English and Thai and always send it for review in electronic form. After approval, you sign the contract and send it to Thailand by courier together with a power of attorney for registration in the land registry in your name and a certified copy of your passport.
- After checking the contract, payment is made, the payment can be sent to a lawyer's escrow (equivalent to a notary's escrow) which is a paid service, or to our corporate account, where we keep it blocked until the transfer is completed and your name is on the new title deed. We never release funds before the transfer is completed.
- The transfer can be made in your absence based on a power of attorney for the transfer in your name at the land registry.
- We have the title deed and all other documents translated from Thai into English by official translation.
Legal Advice:
- Legal advice is one of the most sought-after services when buying real estate. However, finding the right partner who will explain all the pitfalls and prepare all the documents according to the regulations is more difficult.
