Hi to the forum from a Shropshire lad

[rufus]

Hi people 

Found this forum the other day, Im currently living in Samui and soon to be married to my Thai gf and have plans to move to Korat next year. Were going to buy some land and build a house near my soon to be Thai relatives.

I dont know too much about Korat but i believe quiet and cheap are the keywords which suits me fine!

Anyway I hope to learn some much needed info and hopefully get some advice from this great little forum.

Rufus

[Korat-DK]

Hi people 

Found this forum the other day, Im currently living in Samui and soon to be married to my Thai gf and have plans to move to Korat next year. Were going to buy some land and build a house near my soon to be Thai relatives.

I dont know too much about Korat but i believe quiet and cheap are the keywords which suits me fine!

Anyway I hope to learn some much needed info and hopefully get some advice from this great little forum.Rufus

First of all, I will say : Welcome to KF board.
And my first advise to you and I think that many other members will agree 
(Red color). DON'T do it  . Minimum range 25-30 kms away      .

[koratwanderer]

Hi people 

Found this forum the other day, Im currently living in Samui and soon to be married to my Thai gf and have plans to move to Korat next year. Were going to buy some land and build a house near my soon to be Thai relatives.

I dont know too much about Korat but i believe quiet and cheap are the keywords which suits me fine!

Anyway I hope to learn some much needed info and hopefully get some advice from this great little forum.Rufus

Fiest of all, I will say : Welcome to KF board.
And my  first advise to you and I think that many other members will agree 
(Red color). DON'T do it  . Minimum range 25-30 kms away      .

Welcome to KF Rufus.
I and, I think most others, will agree with Korat-DK (red colour) 

Regarding your statement about "quiet and cheap". Certainly cheap compared with places like Samui, Bangkok, Pattaya etc, but is anywhere in Thailand quiet? 

[dutchy124]

I built a small house in the family compound in Saraburi just after getting married and had NO problems whatsoever with her family.

The only reason we moved after two years there was we found a much nicer place to live. The family still come to visit and very much welcome.

No they don't cost me money every time, my wife charges everyone for booze except Mother and Father, and I have found them all to be very helpful and great company. I couldn't wish for better in laws.

[rdrokit]

Rufus,
Welcome to the Forum. There are 2 avenues of thought when it comes to living close to your wife's relatives as can be seen by the above comments. Can only give you personal observations. I love my wife's relatives. There is only one problem (for me) is that when you live close (a couple km or closer) they tend to drop in without telliing you they are coming over. It's like your house is there house (and visa versa). We now live about 20km from them and see them about once a month which is OK with me. If you want some help looking for places to live in Korat I would be happy to show you around. Just PM me when you come up and best wishes on your move.

Rokit

[MPO]

First of all, I will say : Welcome to KF board.
And my first advise to you and I think that many other members will agree 
(Red color). DON'T do it  . Minimum range 25-30 kms away      .

I concur with 'Korat DK'. I'm lucky in that my wife only has her mother living near by. Unfortunately it has taken 4 years for her to learn to press the door bell before coming onto the property. I've lost count of the times I've deliberately locked her out. Each time she promising to ring next time. In the past she's caught us having an afternoon cuddle, if you know what I mean ? Sat watching TV as I walked out of the shower in the buff. And looked over my shoulder while I was looking at 'Redtube' on me computer. I'm only happy that there are no more outlaws living nearby. Oh, I forgot, WELCOME.

[joefarang]

welcome to the board rufus.

[Korat-DK]

First of all, I will say : Welcome to KF board.
And my first advise to you and I think that many other members will agree 
(Red color). DON'T do it  . Minimum range 25-30 kms away      .

I concur with 'Korat DK'. I'm lucky in that my wife only has her mother living near by. Unfortunately it has taken 4 years for her to learn to press the door bell before coming onto the property. I've lost count of the times I've deliberately locked her out. Each time she promising to ring next time. In the past she's caught us having an afternoon cuddle, if you know what I mean ? Sat watching TV as I walked out of the shower in the buff. And looked over my shoulder while I was looking at 'Redtube' on me computer. I'm only happy that there are no more outlaws living nearby. Oh, I forgot, WELCOME.

My comment is well discribed by RDROKIT, of course they are welcome, but not every day, every lunch/dinner hour , sitting in the evening for hours and "yak-yak" talking while you try to concentrate on your PC.
And to your own story, you are lucky that when you walked out of the shower, she didn't salute you with: << Hello little man>>    

[MrChokChai]

i live right next door to my mum in law.

she is cool.

she uses our gate to aceess her place as she has a side door that joins our land (no fence between).

there is always people around coming and going yelling out.

it is thailand you guys are living in you realise right?.

don't bother me as i do me own thing.

i kind of like it as there is always someone to NOD and smile with.

i like them they like me.

mcc

[dereklev]

We built our house on a plot given to us by my mother in law. At the time the 3 plots were all on 1 chahoot, her house, my wife's elder sister's house and our house.

When we finished building my wife went to the Amphur to register our house and get a channot issued. They wanted the original chanoot before they could do so. When she returned home we found out that the sister had taken out a loan, after we started building, and the chanoot had been lodged as security.

Needless to say I was livid

Luckily I have a few very decent brother in laws and the matter was resolved and the chanoot retrieved within a few days.

My advice to anyone building on family land is to get a chanoot for your plot before you build as afterwards you might find yourself in similar circumstances and possibly not have the happy ending that I had.

As for living on a family compound as MrCC said you are living in Thailand so don't expect too much privacy especially if you have kids.

Certainly after 7 years in the village things are much better than the early days but there are still a few family members who wander in as and when they like.