About Estamora

Records worth keeping deserve a home worth finding.

We are a small, careful team in Chonburi dedicated to helping Thai households bring lasting order to their family archives.

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Our Story

How Estamora came to be

Estamora began with a simple observation: most families have important documents and records scattered across drawers, folders, email inboxes, and memory — and very few have ever sat down together to map out where everything is.

Our founder, having worked alongside estate professionals in Thailand for many years, noticed that families who arrived prepared — with organised records and a shared understanding of what existed and where — found the whole process considerably less stressful. The practical preparation, it turned out, was something families could do for themselves.

Estamora was set up to offer exactly that preparation: clear, unhurried sessions that help households bring order to their archives and understand, in plain language, how estate matters are generally structured in Thailand. Nothing more, nothing less.

We work from our office in Bang Lamung, Chonburi, and serve families across the eastern seaboard and by video call. We are not a law firm, not a financial advisory, and not a government service. We are an education and organisation resource — and we are careful to stay within that role.

Our Values

Honesty about scope

We are clear about what we do and do not do. We never overstate our role or drift into territory that belongs to qualified specialists.
Unhurried pace

We do not rush families. Estate and archive matters can carry emotional weight, and we give people the time they need to think and ask questions.
Discretion

Family records are personal. Information shared in a session stays within the session and is never retained, passed on, or used for any other purpose.
Plain language

We use everyday words, not legal shorthand. If something is not clear, we find another way to explain it.

The People

Our small, careful team

Estamora is a small practice. Each team member brings a background in records management, education, or family facilitation.

Somchai Rattanaporn

Founder & Lead Facilitator

Spent fifteen years working alongside estate professionals across Thailand before establishing Estamora to provide the preparation side of the process directly to families.

Natchaya Pongsakul

Records Organisation Specialist

A former archivist with a background in document management, Natchaya designs the filing and labelling systems used in the Starter Kit sessions.

William Cosgrove

Educational Content Coordinator

William develops the educational materials and reference notes used across all sessions, with a focus on clarity and plain-language explanations for international families in Thailand.

Our Standards

How we hold ourselves to account

Being a small practice means every session carries our name. These are the commitments we keep.

Privacy First

No family information is retained after a session concludes. We do not hold records, pass on details, or follow up with unsolicited contact.

Scope Discipline

We stay within education and organisation. When a family's question moves into legal, financial, or tax territory, we say so and direct them to the right professionals.

Written Reference Notes

Every session comes with written notes for the family to keep. Plain, dated, and easy to revisit — not a legal document, but a useful record of what was covered.

Source Transparency

Educational information is drawn from official and publicly available sources, which we share with families so they can verify and explore further.

Open Q&A

Every session includes time for questions. We do not move on until the family feels ready, and no question is treated as too basic or too obvious.

Ongoing Improvement

We review our materials regularly to keep educational content current with publicly available information. Families can return to update their archive as circumstances change.

Our Approach

Inheritance and estate organisation in Thailand — what preparation looks like in practice

Many households in Thailand — expatriate and Thai alike — find themselves with records spread across multiple locations, languages, and filing systems. When a family member passes away, or when older generations wish to hand on knowledge to younger ones, the first practical challenge is often simply finding out what exists and where.

Estamora addresses that challenge directly. Through our three services — the Family Archive Starter Kit, the educational talk on how estates are generally handled, and the Generational Records Programme — we help families move from scattered to organised. The outcome is a household archive that any family member can navigate, accompanied by a shared understanding of the categories of records that tend to matter most.

Our educational content draws on publicly available information about how estate and inheritance matters are generally structured in Thailand. We present this in plain English, suitable for households where not all members are familiar with formal legal or administrative language. We are not a substitute for a solicitor, a notary, or a financial adviser — and we make that clear from the outset. What we offer is the preparation that makes working with those professionals more productive and less stressful.

Families in the Chonburi area, along the eastern seaboard, and further afield have found our sessions a useful starting point. A well-ordered archive and a shared family understanding are things that can be built at any time — and are considerably easier to build before they are urgently needed.

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Ready to bring order to your family archive?

A short conversation will help us understand which session suits your household. There is no pressure and no obligation.

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