But be warned, this might be the most "how long is a piece of string" question ever asked
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Apologies in advance. Here goes....
We're looking at villas to rent via airbnb. Many (if not most) of them have a rental fee exclusive of the electricity units used. I just have no idea what electricity costs in Thailand, or the amount of electricity we're likely to use. We've never even had a house with an aircon unit. Or a pool. I know aircon eats electricity, not sure about pools though.
Can anyone give me a ballpark figure of what to expect electricity cost wise for a
3 bedroom villa (with pool)
2 occupants
4 showers a day
aircon living room probably on at 25ish from 7am ish to 11pm ish
aircon bedroom on at 25ish for 5 hours a day
(the aircon in the other 2 bedrooms wont be used at all)
cooking will be zero
laundry will be minimal (1 load a week in the machine and no drier)
and all the other small use things like charging phones, lights, making a cup of coffee etc
When I say ballpark I really do mean it in the widest sense of the word. It's just that we have a total accommodation budget of 1700 euros for the 3 weeks. My husband thinks we should only look at villas up to about 1000euros .... I think he is insane as no way could we use 700euros (11,800 baht) worth of leccy in 3 weeks. I had guessed electricity wouldn't cost much more than 100euros (+- 4000 baht) for 3 weeks. And the villa I want to book is 1400euros (excl electricity) for 3 weeks, I think we'll be fine (have money left over) if we put 300 euros aside for electricity usage. If it helps any the ad in airbnb states "electricity used will be charged at cost price of 5baht a unit".
Should I be safe if I have 300euros (11,500+ baht) put aside to cover the electricity?
Thanks in advance, and sorry again for the vague nature of my question
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