Looking for rental property

[inalyat 0]

Can anyone help.

I currently live in Bangkok with my Thai wife whome i married 6 months ago. She is due to have our first child (Her 2nd and my 3rd) in about 10 days. Whilst living in Bangkok is ok, there is nothing to do to break the boredom and apart from that the outskirts of thailand appear to think that expats are a zoo exhibit as im always stared at, (maybe because my wife is very beautiful but im guessing its because im a very handsome man) also to strike up a conversation here is virtually impossible, partly my fault as i dont speak thai i know.

The guts of this is we have decided to move down to Pattaya or its outskirts for a few reasons, 1 the expat interaction that i need to keep me sane, 2 something to do as its close to the beach etc etc.

Ive looked at many websites and there are many nice appealing homes on it, im sure the realestate agents want their cut and have inflated the prices. Also all of the homes i have seen are fully furnished which poses a problem for me as i have all the furniture i need for a 3 bedroom home.

The question,

Can someone please reccomend a nice unfurnished 3 bedroom home (Pool would be nice but not essential) at a reasonable price. I am looking at a long lease, 1 year minimum (will pay for whole year up front) with possibility of extending for 1 more year. (this will give me the time required to buy a property in this area)

 

Any advice would be appreciated

 

Thanks

[lovedog100 1,372]

What is your price range? Would you go for simi furnished, or sparsely furnished?

[inalyat 0]

under the 30,000 Baht range. Would go for partly furnished but then it raises the question, where do i put my furniture? or the house needs to include an extra room so some furniture could be stored.

[BigDUSA 71]

It's a buyers market in Pattaya. Loads of quality homes for rent. Many for rent signs in various gated communities. Do you have a car?

[Greg_B 306]

http://www.fairproperties.com/

[frostfire 1,279]

My suggestion: Give a pass to EVERY property thats advertised on the internet, including those at fairproperties.

 

If they advertise on the internet, then there is a very good chance that a falang is involved in some way as 95% of Thai owners/managers do not use the internet to advertise their properties. Only property managers do, and they WILL take a cut, which is usually taken out of a higher rent or deposit.

 

The absolute best way to find a place here is to simply get on a motorbike and drive around. It wont take you long - there are hundreds of places for rent on the pattaya outskirts. Find one with a sign up, call the number and you will get a MUCH better deal then you will online.

 

Frosty

[jacko 8,907]

It's a buyers market in Pattaya. Loads of quality homes for rent. Many for rent signs in various gated communities. Do you have a car?

How do you know this BigD, I mean it is a while since you were last here? When exactly was it, over a year? You are no longer the 4-5 trips/ year man you used to be.

You are correct though...

Edited January 30, 2011 by jacko

[BigDUSA 71]

How do you know this BigD, I mean it is a while since you were last here? When exactly was it, over a year? You are no longer the 4-5 trips/ year man you used to be.

You are correct though...

 

When I was in town last year, I know a number of guys who own property and they were telling me how hard it was to rent out their property. Given the almost world wide recession and the lack of guys visiting Pattaya. I figure the rental market hasn't changed all that much.

[inalyat 0]

To answer a few questions raised, yes i have a car, i visit down Pattaya way atleast once every 10 days or so as it breaks the boredom of Bangkok. I did, only yesterday drive arround for a good few hours in the residential areas looking for signs and ringing them. I would have found 20-30 homes that looked like prospective places for me to reside for the next few years, i called the number and believe it or not every one of them were linked to a realestate agent. Even when a thai answered the phone i put my wife on who told me directly that the house was also linked through an agent as when she started negotiating prices their comeback was "the realestate people take 15% so they couldnt drop their prices.

Im sure with a few more trips down there and some more calls i will eventually find a house without the inflated realestate prices attached. I dont need a house until mid to end of april so i still have some time up my sleeve.

 

Thanks for the advice but still if anyone knows of a property then please let me know.

 

Cheers

[BigDUSA 71]

To answer a few questions raised, yes i have a car, i visit down Pattaya way atleast once every 10 days or so as it breaks the boredom of Bangkok. I did, only yesterday drive arround for a good few hours in the residential areas looking for signs and ringing them. I would have found 20-30 homes that looked like prospective places for me to reside for the next few years, i called the number and believe it or not every one of them were linked to a realestate agent. Even when a thai answered the phone i put my wife on who told me directly that the house was also linked through an agent as when she started negotiating prices their comeback was "the realestate people take 15% so they couldnt drop their prices.

Im sure with a few more trips down there and some more calls i will eventually find a house without the inflated realestate prices attached. I dont need a house until mid to end of april so i still have some time up my sleeve.

 

Thanks for the advice but still if anyone knows of a property then please let me know.

 

Cheers

 

The question to ask is when does the contract with the agent is finished. BTW you could place and ad in the local paper and see what develops.

[Paul BRS 64]

Think someone already mentioned this but...

 

Check out the Adverts on a post-cards in Big C, Carrefour etc. generally will find a couple there and also more often than not direct to the owner as opposed to the agent!

[jacko 8,907]

To answer a few questions raised, yes i have a car, i visit down Pattaya way atleast once every 10 days or so as it breaks the boredom of Bangkok. I did, only yesterday drive arround for a good few hours in the residential areas looking for signs and ringing them. I would have found 20-30 homes that looked like prospective places for me to reside for the next few years, i called the number and believe it or not every one of them were linked to a realestate agent. Even when a thai answered the phone i put my wife on who told me directly that the house was also linked through an agent as when she started negotiating prices their comeback was "the realestate people take 15% so they couldnt drop their prices.

Im sure with a few more trips down there and some more calls i will eventually find a house without the inflated realestate prices attached. I dont need a house until mid to end of april so i still have some time up my sleeve.

 

Thanks for the advice but still if anyone knows of a property then please let me know.

 

Cheers

Remember. haggle and make an offer. Get some improvemnent like a reduction in deposit. Yes the agent wants his cut but rather than that being 15% it can often be just one month's rent, and the renter is glad of the cash injection coming from advance rent and deposit. For rentals possibly not via agents try the advert boards in Carrefour/ Foodland/ Friendship.

[lovedog100 1,372]

There is a gated community with pool that has some new houses for sale or rent all with the same number on them. Maybe an agent, maybe an owner. The houses were not finished, they needed paint, electrical outlets and switches. I think they were holding on to them waiting for the market to come back, then sell. You could give them a call and see if they will finish one for you to move in. # 086-3684964

 

In the same community there is a sparsely furnished house for rent #081-3574657, and one where the neighbor is playing agent, she wouldn't just tell me where it was, she wanted us to do a walk threw. Her sign says furnished, but in talking with her, it's unfurnished.

 

Behind Eden hotel there is another community between it, and the water department. There is always rentals there in the 18-25k range. When I was looking they were all owner numbers on the signs, not agents. Most are furnished, or partially furnished.

 

On Sukhumvit going north from Pattaya Thai, the first soi right after / next to the McDonald's is a gated community 15-35k range. The cheaper houses 15-18k were all the same and had a weird layout. However those 25k and up are very, very nice and huge, many with back yard pools. The bad part of that one is, the only access to the community is from Sukhumvit. I talked with several owners there, no agents.

 

Edit: added phone number

Edited February 5, 2011 by lovedog100

[inalyat 0]

Thanks Mate, ill give them all a shot when im in town again in the next few days.

 

Cheers

[BigDUSA 71]

Thanks Mate, ill give them all a shot when im in town again in the next few days.

 

Cheers

 

Good luck and let us know how you made out.