Condo wanted, Oct & Nov 2014

[Big_Brian 179]

I'm looking for a condo for 2 full calendar months; October and November 2014. Perhaps someone on here has one for rent?

 

This will be my “try living as an expat” trip. I'm hoping to move in late 2016 and want to see if I like living on a retirement budget, in the sort of place I'll be able to afford in retirement. I love Pattaya as a tourist, but that's in a hotel, with a lot of spending money, retirement will have be different.

 

I'm going to be a bit specific about what I want, sorry, I know that makes this difficult. That's why I've posted this early, in the hope that someone will have something suitable to offer in the next few months.

 

Around 10-12,000 a month including electricity & water. I could go a little higher, but it would have to be somewhere special.

30+ Sqm, 40+ would be better.

Walk in shower - NOT over a bath - with reasonable water pressure.

King-size bed.

Something decent to sit on, a settee preferably, but a comfortable chair would do.

Cooking facilities - a couple of rings will do, but a grill would be nice.

A reasonable TV.

Aircon of course.

Some sort of view - I'm not looking for dancing waterfalls and snow-capped mountains , but I don't want to be staring at someone else's windows 20 feet away! Rooftops are fine.

Balcony.

Internet access, I don't mind paying a little extra for a good connection.

Ideally Soi Bukhaow area, but I'd go as far as Sukhumvit, Naklua or the Pattaya side of Jomtien for the right place.

The higher the better, but if it's over the 2^nd floor it must have a lift.

Oh, and the normal compliment of bedding, towels, cutlery & crockery - I'm not an expat yet and can't really bring that lot on the flight out!

 

All that is the ideal of course, I doubt if I'll get all of it.

 

Any offers?

 

 

Thanks for reading.

 

Edited to add; a safe or safety deposit is a must.

Edited December 10, 2013 by Big_Brian

[Parkwahn 61]

Diana estate can be got for 11000 a month small rooms though , there are all inclusive places in lengke for 12000 not sure how big but they don't have cooking facilities , lots on pattaya klang and just off it , good luck

[sabaidii2 171]

The easiest way to do this is to start in a hotel room and then look around for the next 3-4 days. Maybe it would be best to plan on changing condos every week or two so you could get a feel for different locations (Naklua, Soi Bukhao, Jomtien, etc)

[JONPAT 222]

Wonder what the OP ended up with ?

[Big_Brian 179]

The easiest way to do this is to start in a hotel room and then look around for the next 3-4 days. Maybe it would be best to plan on changing condos every week or two so you could get a feel for different locations (Naklua, Soi Bukhao, Jomtien, etc)

Yes, a hotel for a few days is my default if I can't sort it out in advance.

 

Wonder what the OP ended up with ?

Give me a break here, it hasn't been up for a day yet!

 

[Gabor 296]

See my signature :-)

[Big_Brian 179]

See my signature :-)

Thanks Gabor, nice, but more that I want to pay. It isn't the cost, it's that I want to rent the sort of place I can afford to rent in retirement, otherwise this trip wouldn't be a real test. Yours are just too expensive for that. Sorry.

[JONPAT 222]

Yes, a hotel for a few days is my default if I can't sort it out in advance.

 

Give me a break here, it hasn't been up for a day yet!

 

OK, I read the dates as 2013. I will hold on, guess you got a smile out of that one. I'm gonna remember it for April Fools day posts.

[Gabor 296]

Thanks Gabor, nice, but more that I want to pay. It isn't the cost, it's that I want to rent the sort of place I can afford to rent in retirement, otherwise this trip wouldn't be a real test. Yours are just too expensive for that. Sorry.

 

 

Ok... I'm understand your point....however the difference of the price between a quality accomodtion and the cheapo bargain doss house where you want to live your full life are only a few ladydrinks worth...

[Big_Brian 179]

Thanks Gabor, I do understand that, and I may well spend more when I actually move. This is a test trip and I'm planning for bad scenarios - like the self-serving UK government making the pound drop by 50% against the Baht. I need to know that I can live acceptably if that happens, hence my price range.

[bigmick 840]

like the self-serving UK government making the pound drop by 50% against the Baht.

 

What makes you think that will happen

[Big_Brian 179]

 

What makes you think that will happen

I don't actually, but I have to make sure that I can sustain a reasonable standard of living if it does. I DO NOT trust our politicians, if they and theirs benefit, they'll sell the country down the river.

 

If I start a retirement where I HAVE to have at least 50 Baht to the pound then things could go badly wrong - unlike some, I won't have an easy way back to a job or a house if things don't work out. Hence this test trip.

[jacko 8,815]

I don't actually, but I have to make sure that I can sustain a reasonable standard of living if it does. I DO NOT trust our politicians, if they and theirs benefit, they'll sell the country down the river.

 

If I start a retirement where I HAVE to have at least 50 Baht to the pound then things could go badly wrong - unlike some, I won't have an easy way back to a job or a house if things don't work out. Hence this test trip.

I see you are from Scotland.

After September of 2014 you may well have a new congregation of Politicians to distrust.

But I believe the same £ to worry over.

 

You really need to plan a substantial margin before retirement......

When I was considering it there were 70-75 baht to the pound and I thought UK interest rates were unlikely to ever fall below 4%!

[Big_Brian 179]

From Scotland, but I've been in Cornwall for over 20 years.