Become a potential member without any commitment

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Birchley Community Village Developments at now in the process?

Achieved so far:

  1. All designs completed and building material suppliers selected.
  2. The best value and reliable construction company partners identified in each country.
  3. The best regions of each country identified to purchase land.
  4. Watertight legal contracts carefully designed to protect everyone concerned.

Testing the market to see if we have designed a concept that enough of quality people are interested in our offering.

Because of all our initial indepth research, we will be in a position to start the legal contracts and construction for any village in a matter of a few months, when each village of 100 villas reaches it’s quota of community members.

That will depend on personal preference for many different reasons, but we would suggest visiting each one you are interested in for a few months to see where you believe would be best for you.

There are three scenarios which often lead to the deprivation of many gated village communities around the world.

  1.  Members stop paying community maintenance fees, for whatever reason, and then the common areas fall into disrepair.
    To make sure this doesn’t happen, our rules stipulate that access to the village will be prohibited by anyone in arrears even by one day.
    All arrears will be charged an interest rate of 50% accumulating per month, and in the event that the arrears go over 12 months, the community has the right to take over the property, sell it, and take the arrears plus interest from the sale proceeds.
    It is also important to point out that Birchley will provide the community management services for each village at the start, but the ultimate decision about who provides those services going forward is the choice of the community members themselves, by majority vote.This is to ensure that the members have total control over their village, and can replace a management company who is underperforming at any time. Some gated communities are tied into a 10 or 20 year management contract, which leads to carelessness and underperformance, which we never want for our villages at anytime in the future.
  2. While it is unlikely to happen in our case because of our vetting process, another reason for concern in community villages is that there is a very troublesome member who continuously causes problems for other neighbours. To counteract the possibility of this happening, we have added a clause that if over 50% of the members vote to have a troublesome member removed, as well as the approval of the management team, they must vacate their property, and it will either be rented to another member, or sold. This might seem harsh, but the reality is that someone would have to be doing something very wrong continuously to have over 50% of the community voting to evict them. Not all members will be the best of friends, which is natural, but as long as all are civil and respectful towards their fellow members, there will never be a problem.
  3. Another issue that can arise in community villages is that a member decides to build an extension, or undergo some exterior work on their property. If they don’t plan and execute it properly, they can turn it into a continuous building site. To counteract this scenario, any development must be approved by the management team to ensure it will not negatively affect neighbours, and most definitely for a prolonged period of time. Again there will be severe penalties for any member who breaks this rule.

All of these rules are to benefit the overall community members, so that everyone can live in peace in a community that is always maintained to the very highest of standards.

Yes is the simple answer, and foreigners can only hold a 30 year lease on land legally. Estate agents in Thailand will tell you there are ways around this, but the reality is none of them are legally solide, which makes the information they provide dangerous.
Here are three totally legal scenarios that can play out.

  1.  It can be stipulated in the lease that if the foreigner sells their property to a Thai national anytime within the 30 year lease period, the lease automatically becomes a freehold title for the Thai purchaser. That means that if a member is 55 years of age now, they can live on the property until they are 85, and sell it to a Thai national, or a foreigner with a Thai partner at any time. They could also sell it with an agreement to rent it from the new Thai owner for lets say another 5 years, if they wished.
  2. Supposing one of our members has had a Thai partner for 30 years, it might not be a bad idea to let the property to him or her in your will, or sell it to them for $1 towards the end of the 30 year lease, which gives them a freehold title.
  3. They say that all leases will be automatically renewed after 30 years, but there is no legal obligation for this to happen, which means that the land could be reclaimed if the lease was not transferred to a Thai national within the 30 year lease period. So, the very worst case scenario is that you buy your villa for 70k, live in it for 30 years, which is a rent of 2.3k per year, and you walk away from it at 85 years of age. Of course nobody will ever let that happen given point one above, but it is the very worst case scenario.
    Any other gimmicks you hear about setting up Thai companies etc to purchase the land are not solid legally, so be careful.

No, is the simple answer, but we do offer quality furniture packages for those who want to avail of them. We strongly advise members to avail of these packages because we can purchase in bulk, which will save at least 50% on what they will pay for equal quality individually.
We have spent a lot of time and research into sourcing quality good value furniture, and we do NOT make a single cent from selling these furniture packages. It is solely a service our members can avail of, if they so wish too.
All fitted wardrobes, bathrooms, kitchens and appliances are included in the basic price.