London Networking Dinner · Wednesday 24 February 2027
Buying a property in Thailand?
Advice · Agents · Action. An intimate 10-seat networking dinner in Hammersmith with people who have already made the move — straight answers on costs, renting first, ownership rules, and introductions to qualified agents and developers on the ground.
The room · the city · the move
Som tam (green papaya salad), a Thai dish. Illustrative - not a specific venue.
Bangkok street at night: traffic, lit shopfronts and overhead cabling.
BTS Skytrain station, Bangkok: the elevated line over a city street.
Chao Phraya river: a passenger boat passing the Bangkok bank.
Street-food skewers on a Bangkok market stall.
Illustrative residential swimming pool - not a specific property or unit.
Benjakitti Park, Bangkok: green space with the city skyline behind.
Illustrative: an older couple walking together. Not a specific tour or client.
Illustrative photographs of Thailand from the BuyThai image kit. Dinner photographs are added after the first sitting.
Limited to 10 seats
Tickets are not on sale yet. The Eventbrite listing is still being set up.
- Date
- Wednesday 24 February 2027, 19:00
- Venue
- The Salutation, 154 King Street, Hammersmith, London W6 0QU (Khun Pakin Thai inside)
- Venue to be confirmed
- Covers
- 10 covers (10 seats only)
- Price
- £85 per seat
What the evening is
A friendly networking dinner for people planning a move or a property purchase in Thailand — not a sales pitch and not a lecture. The evening runs on the 4 A's: Agenda · Advice · Agents · Action. You get a printed menu agenda and a briefing pack, a table of peers and relocated expats who have already made the move, and — when you say you are ready — warm introductions to established agents and developers in Thailand.
The 4 A's
Agenda · Advice · Agents · Action
01
Advice — Who you are, where to live & why rent first
Tailored paths by profile — retiree, DTV remote worker, relocator — with the price and rent bands for Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Hua Hin, and why most newcomers should rent first to learn the locations. Includes how Thai one-year leases and deposits work in practice.
02
Advice — New (off-plan) vs old (resale), leases & the “no landed” crackdowns
Sinking funds, CAM fees and building checks; the Condominium Act 49% foreign freehold quota and 30-year registered leases; and why foreign land ownership and Thai nominee schemes face active government crackdowns.
03
Agents & Developers — Who to meet in each area
How Thailand's market works on the ground: the major public Developers versus independent Agents across Bangkok, Phuket and Chiang Mai, what each of them sells, and how a BuyThai warm introduction works — the Thai side pays us a B2B marketing introducer fee, and you pay nothing.
04
Action — Cash, Mortgages, FET currency rules & legal checks
Why most foreign buyers use cash and how the limited overseas Mortgages work; the mandatory Bank of Thailand Foreign Exchange Transaction form (Tor Tor 3); and Chanote title due diligence before any money moves.
05
Action — Visas & walking the ground
A factual overview of the Visas — DTV, Retirement, LTR and Marriage — plus how to visit, walk neighbourhoods by day and by night, and how local agents run property viewings on the ground. BuyThai never organises travel or tours.
Visa corner
What exists, not advice.
- DTV — 180 days, one extension, remote work for a non-Thai employer
- Retirement — Non-O-A or O-X, with age and financial-deposit conditions
- Long-Term Resident — high-income and skilled-target criteria
- Marriage or family — spouse-based
- Business or work permit — employer-tied and permission-based
We are not immigration advisers. This is what exists, not what you should do.
Limited to 10 seats, one table.
Tickets will be sold only through Eventbrite. The listing will appear here when it is live.
10 seats only · £85 per seat