Water & Leccy Bills

[sanuk scouser 1]

Guys,

bit of boring one i know, ( i have searched as well ), but can any of the ex-pats out there tell me what the average monthy bills are for the above. I know its all dependant on usage, i`m doing a solo trip for a couple of months, managed to get a room @ Typhoon Place - 9000 baht a month, 5000 baht deposit for water & eleccy, just tryin to work out my budget...

 

Thanks

 

Sanuk Scouser

[Tahoe_Bill 0]

A lot of what you pay for electricity is dependent upon what the property owner charges you per unit (KwH).

This was addressed a couple months ago on this thread.

http://www.pattayatalk.com/forums/index.ph...c=38085&hl=

 

Since I don’t live in Pats, I’m not sure how much you’ll pay, in Khon Kaen I pay about 3 baht / KwH or about 1000 baht per month directly to the electric co. for our house.

I haven’t had to pay a water bill in the last three month based on the governments relief effort, houses (and maybe condos with individual water meters?) using less than 50K cu. Liters of water have bee exempted from paying for water through the end of the year in Khon Kaen. Before that I averaged about 150 baht per month for water.

[blacknight 5]

If you put down a 5000bht deposit and stay for 2 months even using the air con most of the time you would still expect to get a reasonable share of your deposit back. I would say at least 1000bht.

 

Obviously this depends alot on the size of room or rooms you have and the energy efficiency of the air con units.

 

Only other thing to be aware of is some of theses rental bump up the standard utility charges so that they make a profit out of you as well.

[sanuk scouser 1]

thanks for the replies lads very helpful.... as long as it doesn`t exceed the 5k that cool with me..

[jacko 8,822]

My water has been free for the last 2 months. My electricity 3300.... I live in a house.

Only other thing to be aware of is some of theses rental bump up the standard utility charges so that they make a profit out of you as well.

Most, maybe all I would say. Edited October 8, 2008 by jacko

[bigdelta 46]

I live in a large 2 room condo and always run the air when home.My 1st electric bill as $33.63 and my water bill was $5.05.

Edited October 8, 2008 by LTGTR

[friendlyric6411 0]

I stayed in a similar size room . my bill for electric and water was no more than1500baht,A month, That depends on wether you have your aircon on all night, Up to you , Just ask one or two people that stay in the rooms next to you . That will give you a more accurate reading for you.. hope this helps

[joekicker 53]

If your landlord pays the electric and water, he will charge you what you agreed, if you're careful to check.

 

If YOU pay the bill, a very, very rough guide for someone living full time in an apartment/house might be:

 

1,000 baht for all electricity - lights, fridge, computer and so on

 

1,200-1,500 baht a month for 8-10 hours of air con per day - your bedroom at night, your office in the day, etc

 

VERY rough. Huge variables of course.

 

Water is almost nothing unless you run a car wash or a nursery - NEVER close to 100 baht for a normal person for showers, clean-up and so on (less for French of course).

[Fireman Sam 336]

We pay on average about 700 baht a month on electric. But we don't use air con at all, just fans when it gets really hot.

 

Water as everybody says has been free for the last few months, think this stops in January. Still not expensive at about 200 baht a month tops.

 

This is for our house in Nakhon Phanom, think the charges are the same per unit throughout the country from the electric company.

 

Best Regards

Fireman Sam

[hybrid 1]

3 bed house (bungalow) with swimming pool.

pump on pool runs 6 hours / day

5 aircon units . 2 on most daytimes , 1 on each night. others on and off as needed.

5 large fans, 3 on 24/7

fridge freezer 24/7

2 computers 24/7

tv/satt box 12 hours each day

water heaters for showers etc, approx 10 showers per day for household

lights.. place like blackpool, 20 low power bulbs (12w) on from 6pm - midnight daily

 

 

electric bill 4000-5000 baht per monht

water bill 300 baht per monht