Buying property in Thailand: culture shock!

“Before I could see any groundwork laid on the site, I was greeted with the sight of the builders’ ramshackle housing made out of tin and used wood. My wife explained that they had to live on-site to keep guard on the materials. When I noticed that they also built a small pen and brought chickens, seeing my baffled face, she said, ‘Well, they do have to eat, don’t they?'” Henry Jiminez finds setting up home in the Land of Smiles is a whole new experience!