Real Estate & Construction

Property Transactions

Sale and purchase from reservation to transfer at the Land Office — with the checks done before money moves, not after.

Talk to us

Tell us the situation and we will tell you what we think you should do — and what it will cost.

Book a Consultation

Foreign buyers purchasing a condominium unit
Thai buyers and sellers of land and houses
Buyers of off-plan units from a developer
Sellers who want the transfer clean and the payment secure

Reservation agreements and deposits, reviewed before signing

Sale and purchase agreements — drafting and review, Thai, English or bilingual

Foreign-quota confirmation and foreign-currency remittance evidence for condominium purchases

The transfer appointment at the Land Office, attended and completed

Taxes and transfer fees — calculated and allocated in the contract

Payment structuring so funds and title move at the same moment

Review the reservation terms before any deposit is paid
Run due diligence on the title, the property and the seller
Draft or negotiate the sale and purchase agreement
Prepare the funds evidence and the transfer documents
Attend and complete the transfer at the Land Office
Hand over the registered title and the closing statement

Documents to prepare

Copy of the title deed and any unit or house documents
Seller’s ID or company documents
The reservation form or draft agreement received
For foreign condo buyers — the bank’s foreign-remittance evidence
Marital-status documents where consent to sell is needed

Foreigners generally cannot own land, but can own a condominium unit freehold within the building’s 49% foreign quota, and can hold registered long leases and other real rights. What lawfully fits your case is assessed before you commit — not engineered around the prohibition afterwards.

Foreign freehold registration requires evidence that the purchase funds were remitted into Thailand in foreign currency — the bank’s foreign-exchange documents are checked at transfer. Getting the remittance references right at the start avoids re-sending money later.

The law fixes who owes what to the state, but between buyer and seller the split is negotiable and market practice varies. We calculate the actual figures for your transaction and write the allocation into the agreement, so the Land Office counter is not where the negotiation happens.

It depends on who caused the failure and on what the reservation or contract says — which is precisely why the document is reviewed before the deposit is paid, not after. Default rules on earnest money exist, but well-drafted terms beat arguing about defaults.

The pacing items are due diligence, the buyer’s funds arrangements and any bank redemption on the seller’s side; the Land Office transfer itself is a single appointment. We sequence those items at the start so the transfer date in the contract is one the parties can actually meet.

Lawyers for this matter

Generation 1