Monthly cost of living (Sukhumvit) ?

[drogon]

GD:

I do not go to the airport to welcome people.

 

-> if convincing enough then I might send the limo with a nice welcome TG gift though

[Paillote]

Samak, take a look at this:

 

Savings Accounts

 

Interesting link. Would you be subject to UK capital gains tax on these accounts, and how much is that in the UK?

 

The pound have taken some hard beating lately, so maybe the bottom is reached. Then again, with rates like this, they will probably drop rather than increase followed by more depreaciation to the sterling.

 

Anyone have a crystal ball for sale?

 

Paillote

 

"She never lied to me. She just did not tell everything"

[dullnight]

Hhhmmm... After having visited over 20apartments in BKK, it indeed appears there are very different prices on the market, in very similar areas, but also very different standards of construction. Go to something new and well made and you need to fork over 500TBH/sqm/month, even though half or a third of this might be possible in older buildings around, and I have'n't even started looking at houses, much les townhouses.

 

Besides some of the owners are in fantasy land when they advertise the size of their apartments, have seen a few places which looked at least 30% smaller than what was advertised.

 

We were actually ready to accept 150K/month in a 275sqm high floor appartment in Bahn Ratchadamri but it seems the owner got a more interesting offer from someone else and the deal won't be done for us. Penthouses routinely go for 200Kup,and we were actually asked over 300K for a couple of places.

 

Anyway I'm curious to visit a nice apartment over 200sqm offering a view downtown which rents for 40K. I'm afraid it's like with your BGs, "nice" is in the eyes in the beholder.

 

Dullnight, family homeless in BKK

[CTO]

Nope - it's a pretty dam nice spot - similar to the one he had the month before 1 soi away.

 

I had a two story dulplex top floor apartment in Soi Aree 17 and 18th floors. Older building, but great area - big enough for me to put staff downstairs and family upstairs.

 

55K a month

 

Thursday I looked at a new building - 11 - ELEVEN bedrooms - 4 carspaces - each room with toilet and shower and new air con.

 

40K for this place!

 

Where - 5 minute easy walk to Fortune Shopping town and underground.

 

I have found there are "Expat" real estate agents, who know the "Company" is paying and the owner doesn't care - then there are Thai agents who are a lot cheaper -and then there is "Find it yourself" cheapest deal for quality - but DIY.

 

 

[Dumsoda]

Thursday I looked at a new building - 11 - ELEVEN bedrooms - 4 carspaces - each room with toilet and shower and new air con.

 

40K for this place!

 

Where - 5 minute easy walk to Fortune Shopping town and underground.

 

Room for a Bar downstairs????

[The_Munchmaster]

....We were actually ready to accept 150K/month in a 275sqm high floor appartment in Bahn Ratchadamri but it seems the owner got a more interesting offer from someone else and the deal won't be done for us....

 

Anyway I'm curious to visit a nice apartment over 200sqm offering a view downtown which rents for 40K....

You were about to sign up for a 150K per month apartment and now you're looking for a 40K per month apartment?

 

[samak]

Go to something new and well made and you need to fork over 500TBH/sqm/month, even though half or a third of this might be possible in older buildings around

Anyway I'm curious to visit a nice apartment over 200sqm offering a view downtown which rents for 40K.

with prices for new condos skyrocketing and high end over 100k THB per sqm what you experience should be no surprise. that makes 20 million for a 200 sqm.

6-8 years the same condos were available for around 30-40k.

as for the size that seems smaller than stated, thais add balcony, maid room and everything to the sqm!

40k for 200m with a nice view? well that must be a older middle to low end apartment.

how many people are you that you need 200 sqm (not that i had less though!)?

 

 

[dullnight]

Naahhh.. still looking in the same price range,(100 to 200K) just curious about what some people call nice apartment.

 

CTO,

 

I've used both DIY and an agent, the agent gave up the older building after I dismissed a couple of them, and he saw where we live (too small small serviced apartment and could be much better bathroom equipment, but modern corner apartment on a high floor with floor to ceiling glass walls and great view over CBD, great pool area, squash and badmington, Missus actually loves the place and is not eager to move- Good crowd also with serious eye candy at the moment with both a Korean and Japanese movie team staying there)

 

There are sure better deals around Ari, and it is a rather atractive area but I'm looking mostly around Sathorn, in a location with direct access to plenty of taxis. Rustic furnishing, massive prol presence right next to us, dark apartments, or socialist minded ones without a large master bedrooms are all nono. Recommendations. also on Narathiwat are welcome If you can to some good agent I will contact them as well.

 

Now 11BRs... are you planning to open an MP?

[dullnight]

Samak,

 

Wife, baby, nanny and maid, need a room as well for guests . I'm actualy not surprised at the prices we encounter, but more at the much cheaper ones other members seem to get. Bangkok is still a great deal compared to London, Paris or HKG, which are the alternatives for us to live in, and apartment hunting is much less frustrating in BKK.

[WorldFun]

CTO, is that place for sale by any chance???