Reasons to Retire in Thailand: Accommodation

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I understand those who live at Thailand quite cheerfully around $800/month. They are not residing in Bangkok, a huge city with all the highest cost of living in Thailand. $800 is a little tight for Chiangmai, the early cultural city of 1.6 million at which I live. But also for $800 you can live comfortably at a place town.

For $1200/month you can live comfortably in Chiangmai and perform OK at Bangkok if you try to find deals.

How much that may you spend accommodation? Your alternatives are somewhat wide.

For the last 6 months I have been living in a studio apartment in a working-class portion of Chiangmai. Rent, water and electricity cost me $70 (2,100 Baht)/ month.

I rented it as I had been writing a novel on the people we ssru  Westerners rarely meet: working-class Thais. I desired to learn how they live. (Answer: far happier than many affluent individuals ).

Next month I will move back to my own condo-Thais telephone them moo baan-from the hills on the boundary of a 1,000 Km-deep woods that runs right into Burma. It’s a new, fully furnished, air-conditioned bedroom + study + family room + large contemporary bath, with good viewsplus an extensive balcony, along with great cross-ventilation. Ten minutes out of town, it’s really on a quiet street away from some other critical traffic, together with 24-hour gated security. It has an incredibly high level of structure and conclude. I leased it specifically because it is so fine looking. The cost? $230/month, including unlimited, high speed Web.

If you want to be nearer into the oldtown of Chiangmai (it really is old: 700 years now ) be prepared to pay for more as you’re competing with tourists.

A friend who lives a couple of blocks away from me personally is renting a traditional wooden Thai house (they resemble foreclosed homes ). He pays $300/month. He’s near to a busy road and has no security, but he can have a nice yard.

Before you hop onto another plane to Thailand, be warned: Thai cooking facilities are usually extremely limited, because Thais prefer to consume or get takeout on their way home. The kitchen is usually an extremely cramped countertop-the kind you still find in 1950s-vintage l a houses. Maybe not a stove. Cooking indoors with petrol is virtually not known. You make use of an electric countertop stove, which is somewhat tough for serious cooks.

Therefore, in the event you love to cook, then make a point of telling your own agent which you would like the complete kitchen. They exist, even although they usually are built into more upscale, standalone homes which are particularly created for farangs (foreigners) and upwardly mobile Thais who wish to impress and impress their buddies.

Whatever you pick, you’ll be thrilled at the level of your new Thai home… and amazed at the price.

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