how much do you spent a month

Post by **bj.blackowitz** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:19 am

for the xpats :
How much do you spent in a month

< 10k Bt
10K <> 20K bt
20K <> 30K
30K <> 50 K
50K >> >>

as a whole when living there, including everything exluding trips "back home"

Post by **Guess** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:28 am

20K - 30K for myself and my wife and daughter

Post by **hogus** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 3:37 am

Same as Guess, but without any kids...just with a gf

Post by **Governor** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:21 am

I would't mind an indicative breakdown of monthly costs, if that is not too personal.

Post by **lomuamart** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:38 am

Up to you, but here:
Rent 7000
Bills 3000
H/hold,food 5000
Ent/ment 21000

That's for my wife and I.

Post by **hogus** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:24 pm

Well, it's not a big secret...I use Lomu's listing:

Rent 5000
Bills 4000
H/hold, food 5000
ent/ment 10k-15k

It's very seldom, that I must cross my self sedated limit of max. 30k.
If I have to do so, it just has to do with "entertainment" or unpredictable repairing in my car.

Post by **Sultry** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:02 pm

Interesting to know. I'm trying to figure out how much I'll be spending in HH.

Post by **c.g** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:49 am

rent 5,000
beer 8,000
car 4,000
food 5,000

Post by **NicFrenchy** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:58 am

5,000 for rent??
Wow ... that's rather low isn't it?
What kind of Accomodation can you get for that in HuaHin?

I'm curious because I was quoted 35k for a 3 bedroom house with no backyard...

JW · Post by JW » Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:59 am

5k is vey cheap rent, i think budget for between 10 and 15k, depends where you wanna be in town.

Post by **hogus** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:29 pm

In my eyes about 5,000 Baht/month is the normal rent for a townhouse without furniture.
In my case I've a 2-storey townhouse, with 2 sleeping-rooms (one with air-con), living room, kitchen, 2 bathrooms (shower/toilet).
My townhouse is placed in the city-center near San Paolo Hospital.
I rent also a 2nd house in the same street under similar conditions (different landlords), but have to pay 500 Baht more per month, because the property is a little bit bigger.
If you want to rent a house in the same area but include furniture, you should get it for about 10,000 Baht/month.

Take a motorbike and investigate the streets of town where you'd like to rent anything.
Many houses are free right now for acceptable or even cheap prices.
Contact-addresses for free accommodations are mostly written on a sign at the front door or gate.
Try to contact the landlord directly to prevent brokerages, which force up the monthly rent usually.
Keep in mind, that TH is a land of barter.

Post by **NicFrenchy** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:46 pm

wow.... that's much cheaper than what I thought... I have an appartment in Bkk that I pay 50k/month (Fully furnished and equipped)

Post by **Jankou** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:56 pm

Normally I spend everything what I have, if I have 200 000 THB, maybe one month it's gone but I don't live in Thailand so maybe this is a wrong topic for me. But my opinion is that maybe 30 000 - 50 000 THB per month would be enough to me if I live all the time in Thailand (rent, motorbike, food and Visas etc...).