Cost of living in Thailand

[chitown]

Please feel free to add to this thread cost of anything in Thailand whether it be food, beer, rent, land costs, house building cost etc

Of course rural living is cheaper than living in the heart of Bangkok. Ans since I like cheap, lets look at some rural Isaan costs for living.

Say I want to live cheap and enjoy the fresh air? I might consider going to Korat, or Lopburi, or Angthong or Sisaket or some other place in Isaan.

What will I pay for a place to rest my head at night?

A furnished single room w/ toilet no air - approx. 1000 baht / month

A furnished single room w/ toilet and air - approx. 2000 baht / month

3 bedroom unfurnished townhouse - approx. 2500 baht /month

Single Thai style 3 bedroom detached house - 3500 baht / month
Although I have a friend in Petchabun that pays 2000 baht a month for a nice 3 bedroom house.

Single farang style house - 5000 baht per month

[chitown]

What other expenses should I expect?

Electric -

No air - 750 baht a month

with air - 1500 to 4000 baht depending on how often you use it.

Internet -1200 a month

Phone - 130 with no long distance

Water- 300 baht

Bottle of cooking gas 13 kg - 25 baht per kilogram

[chitown]

Bread 60 baht /kg
Shrimp 110 baht /kg
Milk 45 baht /liter
Prawns 230 baht /kg
Eggs 2 baht each
Cheese 400 baht /kg
Potatoes 50B baht /kg
Butter 300 baht /kg
Onions 15 - baht /kg
Coffee 90 baht /100 gm
Beef (Thai) 160 baht /kg
Pork 110 baht /kg
Water 9 baht /liter
Chicken 60 baht /kg
Cooking Oil 35 baht /liter
Rice 25 baht /kg
Flour 65 baht /kg

[Thetyim]

Water 9 baht /liter

I pay 8 baht for 20 litres

Even if I buy it in bottles it is only 25 baht for a case of 20 bottles

[SiamRick]

Very grateful for this thread, since I'm moving to LOS this autumn.

If I may ask a question or two:

For comparison sakes:
What would be the rent on a 2-bedroom furnished house, with a/c? (I'm thinking a small city or big town in Isaan or north around CR.)
What would be the rent on a 2-bedroom furnished city condo in CM, Udon or Ubon or KK? (I imagine the sky's the limit here.)

[withnallstoke]

UBC/True Vision so that you can watch Stoke City live every match, 2,100bht.

[S Landreth]

Very grateful for this thread

What would be the rent on a 2-bedroom unfurnished city condo in KK?

Bout 2000 (low end) baht per month (includes no utilities). The closer you get to the city center, the more expensive.

[kingwilly]

Geez, how about nice apartment off sukhumvit rd. 3 or 4 bedrooms 50K-80K pm

[Marmite the Dog]

Please feel free to add to this thread cost of anything in Thailand whether it be food, beer, rent, land costs, house building cost etc

Of course rural living is cheaper than living in the heart of Bangkok. Ans since I like cheap, lets look at some rural Isaan costs for living.

Say I want to live cheap and enjoy the fresh air? I might consider going to Korat, or Lopburi, or Angthong or Sisaket or some other place in Isaan.

What will I pay for a place to rest my head at night?

A furnished single room w/ toilet no air - approx. 1000 baht / month

A furnished single room w/ toilet and air - approx. 2000 baht / month

3 bedroom unfurnished townhouse - approx. 2500 baht /month

Single Thai style 3 bedroom detached house - 3500 baht / month
Although I have a friend in Petchabun that pays 2000 baht a month for a nice 3 bedroom house.

Single farang style house - 5000 baht per month

^ Possibly correct if you're in the arse-end of nowhere, but that's too cheap for Udon. In my village...

2 bed bungalow - 3500 to 6500 Baht a month

3 bed bungalow - 7000 to 20000 Baht a month

[BobR]

Suggest it would make sense to divide your post into which things cost more and which things cost less here than they do in the UK or the USA. Entertainment (including sex) housing, public transportation, food, energy are among the things that cost less. Buying a new or used car, good western food, computers, and English language books are among the things that cost more.
Trying to figure the exact prices of everything will not work for obvious reasons.

[Fondles]

UBC/True Vision so that you can watch Stoke City live every match, 2,100bht.

Decent internet connection and watch it for free.....fuck giving those cunts at UBC any coin.

[Norton]

Decent internet connection

A problem for us that live in a village with no phone lines. Have to use a CDMA or satellite connection. Monthly cost for CDMA, 800 baht. Satellite, 1,500 - 8,000 depending on speed.

[Wallalai]

Please feel free to add to this thread cost of anything in Thailand whether it be food, beer, rent, land costs, house building cost etc

Of course rural living is cheaper than living in the heart of Bangkok. Ans since I like cheap, lets look at some rural Isaan costs for living.

Say I want to live cheap and enjoy the fresh air? I might consider going to Korat, or Lopburi, or Angthong or Sisaket or some other place in Isaan.

What will I pay for a place to rest my head at night?

A furnished single room w/ toilet no air - approx. 1000 baht / month

A furnished single room w/ toilet and air - approx. 2000 baht / month

3 bedroom unfurnished townhouse - approx. 2500 baht /month

Single Thai style 3 bedroom detached house - 3500 baht / month
Although I have a friend in Petchabun that pays 2000 baht a month for a nice 3 bedroom house.

Single farang style house - 5000 baht per month

^ Possibly correct if you're in the arse-end of nowhere, but that's too cheap for Udon. In my village...

2 bed bungalow - 3500 to 6500 Baht a month

3 bed bungalow - 7000 to 20000 Baht a month

Agreed.

[chitown]

Please feel free to add to this thread cost of anything in Thailand whether it be food, beer, rent, land costs, house building cost etc

Of course rural living is cheaper than living in the heart of Bangkok. Ans since I like cheap, lets look at some rural Isaan costs for living.

Say I want to live cheap and enjoy the fresh air? I might consider going to Korat, or Lopburi, or Angthong or Sisaket or some other place in Isaan.

What will I pay for a place to rest my head at night?

A furnished single room w/ toilet no air - approx. 1000 baht / month

A furnished single room w/ toilet and air - approx. 2000 baht / month

3 bedroom unfurnished townhouse - approx. 2500 baht /month

Single Thai style 3 bedroom detached house - 3500 baht / month
Although I have a friend in Petchabun that pays 2000 baht a month for a nice 3 bedroom house.

Single farang style house - 5000 baht per month

^ Possibly correct if you're in the arse-end of nowhere, but that's too cheap for Udon. In my village...

2 bed bungalow - 3500 to 6500 Baht a month

3 bed bungalow - 7000 to 20000 Baht a month

Maybe it is the farang price?

I pay less than that in Bangers - 5 k a month for a 3 bedroom 2 bath town home.

When you are cheap like me, you can sniff out a bargain.

[Spin]

No air - 750 baht a month

I hardly use my air and the bill normally comes in at 550

Water 9 baht /liter

I like to use those machines that are dotted around the place, the ones that UV and filter. 1 baht per litre and I reuse a bunch of those 6 litre branded water bottles to hold it in. Cost about 100 baht a month for nice tasting water.

I pay 8 baht for 20 litres

Cant drink the stuff in the 12 and 20 litre cans. I'm sure I can taste mud in it!

Single Thai style 3 bedroom detached house - 3500 baht / month

I pay 4000 per month for a brand new unfurnished 2 bed one bath house with air and hot water shower. To be honest the place is pretty crap, the build quality is pitiful, but there wasn't much choice around here.

UBC/True Vision so that you can watch Stoke City live every match, 2,100bht.

No need to pay that, looky here (Live torrent sports)

[Marmite the Dog]

I pay less than that in Bangers - 5 k a month for a 3 bedroom 2 bath town home.

You live in Rangsit, not Bangkok. Where is live is much nicer, so that's why it costs a bit more.

[withnallstoke]

Decent internet connection and watch it for free.....fuck giving those cunts at UBC any coin.

The connection here is shite, and live matches end up as a series of stills.

[chitown]

I pay less than that in Bangers - 5 k a month for a 3 bedroom 2 bath town home.

You live in Rangsit, not Bangkok. Where is live is much nicer, so that's why it costs a bit more.

On one side of the road is a Don Muang mailing address.

[Camel Toe]

UBC/True Vision so that you can watch Stoke City live every match, 2,100bht.

This is where Thailand is expensive vis a vis wages earned (in Thailand).

In Yankers I pay $30 a month for cable TV with Internet that actually works every day ([at] 10MBs).

A lot of stuff is cheap in Thailand, if you want to live like a Thai. Rice can't be all that nutritious though.

Petrol here is $2.40 a gallon and motor oil is $2. Way cheaper than Thailand.

A used car costs about 5-10 times more in Thailand.

Even that made-in-Asia street stall clothing is cheaper here.

Rent in LoS is cheap and it should be cause you'll (on average) be living in what's classified here as a ghetto, full of spitters and screamers. And in many Thai locations a drop of rain lands on the city and the power goes out for 6 hours.

All and all life for me is cheaper here in the US believe it or not, and much cleaner and safer. Of course the US is a big country so any environment is possible.

Sorry to be little off topic.

[Boon Mee]

Northern Suphanburi:

Electric running one A/C right now ~ 1K baht per month
TOT land-line phone with ''high speed'' internet ~ 1K Baht per month. Way cheaper than the states.
Case of Chang Beer ~ 400 baht from my local retailer. Ferget Tescos...

Have no idea what rents are but one thing that's nice is very limited or no double-pricing. I've strolled into all kinds of shops with the missus and/or contractors and we get the ''real'' price. From what I gather, it's yáll who live in the Farang-infested areas of LOS who get this double-pricing thing.

[Lorenzo]

Bangkok, Rachada Soi 3 near Fortune Town, Studio Apartment with air within 1 Km of MRT-Subway 5 - 6000 /month plus electric (1000 - 1500) and water (300)

Meal for 2 in this area 100 - 150, includes water and 3 - 4 dishes

Moto to subway or Lotus, 10 baht

Subway to Sukhumveit area 25 baht

Taxi from lower suk (foodland) back to apartment, 60 baht

Bus to anywhere 16 baht air con

[Ratchaburi]

I live in Ratchaburi province in a small village.

3 bedroom 2 bathroom house no air con 3,000b
15,000 beer & ciggs per month at home.
10,000 for the famaly in Chonburi per month.
15,000 for food per month
27,000 drinking with the local girls (drinking only no sex).

70,000 per month total.

[wefearourdespot]

27,000 drinking with the local girls (drinking only no sex).

aren't the ladies thirsty ?

[Norton]

15,000 for food per month

3 bedroom 2 bathroom house no air con 3,000b

10,000 for the famaly in Chonburi per month.

Prioritize! Need to cut back on these unnecessary items so you will have more for the bare necessities.

[DrAndy]

UBC/True Vision so that you can watch Stoke City live every match, 2,100bht.

Decent internet connection and watch it for free.....fuck giving those cunts at UBC any coin.

how does that work? what do you need to buy, besides a TV card for the computer?