CONSTRUCTION PERMISSION NOT NEEDED

[jazzman]

Living in a relatively rural area certainly has some advantages, and now that we have completed a major phase of our project, we have applied for and received our tabien baan (house registration book) and confirmation of our postal address.

We never applied for building permission simply because we had faith in the local rumour that we did not need it - but safe in the knowledge that a small back-pocket fix would put things to rights if it turned out not to be true.

Sure enough, the rumour machine rang true, the house registration book was delivered without a murmur by a young girl employee of the Tambon office, who fulfills the function of Or Bor Dor amongst others - such as preparing the monthly water bills - and at no time was there any mention of wanting to see the blueprints or any other construction related documents.
Cost of the excercise?

20 baht.
See the pics and full story of the construction of our amazing low cost house in Thailand.
and How it all started
See also: Getting Connected with electricity.

[Nawty]

YEs, upcountry has both sides of the coim, good and bad.

In bkk we had to provide the building permit for both the reg book and eletricity connection.

Having said that, we paid for the permit when we started...plus 5k for it to be issued within a couple of weeks. In this time, we did not renew the permit when it ran out, we also did not build exactly what was on the plans, we also built closer to the boundary in 2 spots than supposed to, changed the roof and a few other things.

Never once had an insection, even though we got several complaints from neighbours and apparently they went to council once with their complaints.

So the book is issued, the eletcricity commected and all is well.....I think.

[tung]

Whose name is in the blue book and whose name is the house in or can the house be in joint names?

[dozer]

Having your name in the blue 'tabien baan' book does not necessarily signify ownership. There is a designation for owner 'jao baan' who is listed on the first page. Then all members of the family are listed on separate pages as residents (puu asay). At least in Pattaya foreigners can easily be added as residents (with proper documentation) but cannot be added as the 'jao baan'.

[jazzman]

Whose name is in the blue book and whose name is the house in or can the house be in joint names?

This topic is about Planning and/or Building Permission - please check out the other forums and threads which address ownership issues, it has been discussed at some length. This CoolThaiHouse topic seems line a good place to start: Name on Chanote.

In bkk we had to provide the building permit for both the reg book and eletricity connection.

Yes, Nawty, getting permission in BKK can be a pain, but probably a very neccessary procedure, if of course it is handled efficiently and honestly. Corruption would of course make a mock of any environmental regulations.
- Can you remember how much you had to pay for your permission?
- Did you do it yourself or did your architect do it for you?
- In BKK, does each district have its own or Bor Dor?