Palm Hills Hua Hin residents now have a website

The residents of Palm Hills (outside of Hua Hin) have started a website where they talk about what they like and dislike about living in Palm Hills.
If anyone is a property owner, prospective owner or just interested in finding out what is going on in Palm Hills you can just google
"livinginpalmhills"

Not very exciting stuff...water rates, security, life in the golf course community, building your house in Palm Hills etc. But worth a look if you are interested in the area

I tried that and I couldn't find it. Wouldn't it just be easier to post the link here?

I'm not sure it's allow but the website for the Palm Hills Hua Hin residents is
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Originally Posted by MeMock

I tried that and I couldn't find it.

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it happens frequently to Australians an users of macs

lazy git :D

I like Hua Hin a lot and the property market sounds interesting over there.

I found this report posted on another forum, I'm not sure of the original source I'm afraid, so please bear that im mind when reading:

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Originally Posted by don't know

Long referred to as Thailand’s “royal resort,” Hua Hin has grown from its venerable roots as a holiday destination for Bangkok’s high-society to become one of the country’s most talked about holiday-home investment markets.
Located 230 km south of Bangkok on the Gulf of Thailand, Hua Hin’s property growth really started to take off about three and a half years ago, with beachfront development moving particularly fast.
Today, the Hua Hin market can be divided into three categories, says Phanom Kanjanathiemthao, managing director of Knight Frank Thailand.
“The first is comprised of the local Thai people who are living there to work or do business,” he said. “Those people are buying property located inland near Hua Hin’s town centre. The second largest segment is made up of Bangkok Thais looking for a resort-style second home, with the majority buying beachfront property. The third market is comprised of foreigners, which is increasing more and more every year.”
Phanom says the foreign market can be divided into two areas. The first is made up mainly of Scandinavians, with the majority purchasing homes in housing estates located off the beach. The second market consists of foreigners buying resort homes on the beach.
“Up to now, I’d have to say the market is moving quite a bit slower, especially since last year, as the economic and political problems have all have an effect,” says Phanom, adding that once these problems are sorted, the market is expected to pick up significantly, much like in the country’s other resorts.
As for Hua Hin’s property make-up, beachfront land is getting very scarce. Not much is left for new developments and land prices have grown much steeper, particularly between Hua Hin and the northern resort of Cha-Am.
“Not many big plots are left for resort-style residential developments,” says Phanom. “Some developments are moving down to Pranburi beach, which is about 40km from Hua Hin. But Pranburi is mainly for holiday type developments, not villas or condominiums. There are only one or two developing there for residential properties and land sales are still very slow.”
As for the popular stretch between Hua Hin Cha-Am, Phanom says there are a few developers who have occupied the land for some time, but most won’t develop condos or villas, instead choosing to build hotels or resort-type developments.
A tour of Hua Hin greets perspective buyers with endless numbers of local real estate agents offering up a seemingly endless list of properties. Most of these are homes in small housing projects targeting Europeans with Thai spouses. Unlike in Phuket or Pattaya, there are comparatively few large scale developments to speak of.
The Bt5 billion luxury development “Boat House Hua Hin” remains the town’s largest residential development. Launched in 2005, it sits on a 72rai plot of land and is comprised of villas and condominiums. The first phase of villas was due for completion in April, and the entire project comprises 114 villas and a condominium development with 455 units priced at Bt70,000psm. The condominium tower will be finished in the third quarter of this year and the remaining phases of the Boathouse are due for completion in two and a half years.
Phanom says Boathouse sales have been brisk, with about 70% of the launched phases sold. Of that figure, 30% of the buyers are foreigners, with many coming from Hong Kong and Europe.
Looking to the top-end of the market, the 14rai Baan Chaan Talay is considered Hua Hin’s priciest. This beachfront project features luxury low rise four and seven-storey residential condominiums and is located between Hua Hin and Cha-Am. Each of the 22 villa style units features its own swimming pool and there are also two infinity-edged swimming pools onsite. Unit sizes range from 56 sqm to 395 sqm and prices range from Bt110,000 to Bt140,000PSM.
Other notable beachfront resorts that have come on stream by the big name developers over the last two years include Sansiri’s Mexican themed Las Tortugas, located between Hua Hin and Pranburi on Khao Tao beach. This full-service condominium is near completion, and is reportedly nearly sold out. Then there’s Ocean Hua Hin, a contemporary beachfront version of the Thai-Victorian style resort homes from years past.
But that’s not to say high-end development isn’t taking place away from the beach. Golf course property remains popular among those with a love for the links. Hua Hin has long been considered a golfer’s paradise, given that Thailand’s first golf course - the Royal Hua Hin Golf Course - was built here in 1924 and remains a popular tee-off spot today.
Most of the homes being built around the town’s courses are not in actual developments, but were constructed by owners who bought a plot of land and built on their own.
Thai developer Lersuang Group, best known for its high-end Phuket developments, has taken a different route and is building the first golf course condominium property, the Hua Hin Country Club Apartments, due for completion in 2008.
The development consists of 66 luxury two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartments of 130-145sqm as well as five, three bedroom, three bathroom penthouse suites sized at 261sqm. The project is located at Nong Hiang, just 10 kilometres from the centre of Hua Hin.
Facilities include a 300 metre swimming pool, fully equipped fitness centre, Jacuzzi, spa, clubhouse, broadband wireless internet, games room, 24-hour security, a restaurant, and tropical landscaped gardens. A unique feature of the Hua Hin Country Club Apartments will be a bowls green and lawn tennis courts. Prices for the apartments range from Bt5.8-6.7 million for two-bedroom units and Bt12.6-13 million for the penthouses.
The major selling point of this project is the Black Mountain Golf Course, consisting of two newly constructed 18-hole golf courses due to open in March of 2007.
Black Mountain is in fact the seventh to be built in the Hua Hin area, joining the ranks of such courses as the Jack Nicklaus-designed Springfield Country Club.
Buyers looking for something away from the pricier beachfront developments are also looking to the hills. Thai developer Ubolchart’s Kiri Nakara project, completed in 2006, consists of hillside villas. Prices start at Bt3 million, making it an affordable alternative for both foreigners and Bangkok Thais looking for a home close to nature. The project features extensive gardens and parklands as well as lakes and trees to attract the native birds and fauna. The villas feature a fusion of Balinese and Thai tropical architecture concepts.
Overall, prices in Hua Hin range dramatically. For new beachfront condos, the average price is about Bt70,000psm, with the most expensive ranging from Bt110,000 to Bt140,000psm. Villas range from Bt50 to 60,000 per villa depending on land and size. Housing in developments away from the beach range in price from Bt2.5-6 million baht.
Phanom says the Hua Hin market appeals mainly for those looking for a laid-back lifestyle, and not for those looking for exciting nightlife such as that found in Pattaya.
“The thing is, if you were a royal family member or a rich Thai person, you wouldn’t go to Pattaya. They see it as a second class area,” he said. “Hua Hin is the first choice of resort town for them. His Majesty the King lives there, so it’s safe. It’s very difficult to get permission to open a night club or bar, unlike Pattaya. Bangkok Thais don’t want something like Pattaya and there are a number of foreigners who feel the same way. They want something with good facilities, nice people, a nice beach and security.
“Because His Majesty lives there, security is high and there are regulations keeping businessmen from opening bars. A number of royal families stay there, as well as many wealthy business men. There is a community of wealthy Thais that know each other and meet and socialize in Hua Hin.”
One set-back to the resort’s growing popularity is traffic congestion, especially on the long weekends and during festivals, however they are reportedly expanding the town’s main roads. The other setback, at least from a foreigner’s perspective, is the lack of any quality international hospitals.
Regardless, foreign interest continues to grow, and this can be attributed to the fact Hua Hin features all the major five-star brands, such as Hyatt, Marriott, Hilton, Sofitel, Anantara, Evason, Chia-Som, Novotel, and Dusit.
And now, InterContinental Hotels Group has announced plans to develop the InterContinental Hua Hin Resort, scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2008. Occupying a prime beachfront location along Petchakasem Road, the contemporary Thai-style resort will have 120 rooms and three beachfront villas with private plunge pools.
Another facility that has provided a boom to the market is last year’s arrival of the Hua Hin Market Village, the first large-scale shopping and entertainment complex in the beach resort town. The facility includes a large Tesco´s superstore, retail outlets, restaurants, bowling alley and cinema.
And as more and more high-end restaurants and boutique hotels come on stream, Hua Hin’s reputation as a prestigious destination for the well-to-do will only grow, including in the eyes of the world’s wealthy foreigners looking for an alternative resort destination.

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Not much to do in Hua Hin then, is there? :)

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Originally Posted by Dougal

I found this report posted on another forum, I'm not sure of the original source I'm afraid, so please bear that im mind when reading:

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From HERE by Dawn Ferguson.

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Originally Posted by sabang

Not much to do in Hua Hin then, is there? :)

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Not much apart from "Soi Disappointment" :(

Hua Hin has the reputation of being a retirement destination for Expats and a favorite place for Thais to get away from the heat of Bangkok
It's always a bit cooler than Bangkok and because it's near the ocean there's a nice sea breeze in parts of town.
It rains a lot less in Hua Hin than in Bangkok too
It doens't have the nightlife of Pattaya..which is just fine for a lot of folks.
If you are looking for excitement...Hua Hin is probably not the place for you.
But if you are looking for somewhere quiet, peaceful and very laid back, it's just 3 hours from Bangkok

Property market there is interesting in that loads of farang families bought houses there with no Thai involvement. That means that the number of dodgy companies set up might be quite high there.
The may be some tears flowing down there in the future.:(

I spent a long week-end there and the place is much better than Pattaya. Yes quiet but in a very nice way. A few girlie bars, but not crowded, and good enough to take a drink without other plans. Full of "normal" tourists, that is young and middle aged farang couples dressing nice and being "normal". A refreshing change from Pattaya.

Hotels are better value than Pattaya now where you can't get anything decent for less than 1500 THB.

Only 2 hours from Bangkok, and it's actually 202km, not more. But of course the stupid signs on the road got it wrong again (not the first time)

Property agents (mostly farangs) have setup a lot of very nicely decorated shops with a lot of interesting properties. Well designed and well presented at a bargain compared to Pattaya. Even found some land on beach for 20,000 THB a darag wah, which is not too bad, compared to the overpriced Pattaya, and in Hua Hin you can actually go to the Beach for swimming instead of pretending like Pattaya.

Hua Hin, a very enjoyable place, with a lot of interesting little restaurants everywhere.

And for those who can't stop from whoring, Lolittas has opened shop there, so afternoon BJ are still possible like in Pattaya.

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Originally Posted by Butterfly

Even found some land on beach for 20,000 THB a darag wah, which is not too bad, compared to the overpriced Pattaya, and in Hua Hin you can actually go to the Beach for swimming instead of pretending like Pattaya.

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Where did you find beach land at 8 mill for a rai as a matter of interest BF?

As for Lolitas, did you look closely at the 'ladies' there? I believe my mother in law was turned down at the interview for being too young :) .

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Originally Posted by egeefay

I'm not sure it's allow but the website for the Palm Hills Hua Hin residents is
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A new website has been started.
www.palmhillsresidentsclub.com coming soon!

Egeefay,

What happened to the last website? Last time I tried to look you had to register and now it appears to have been shut down?

Has there been a lot of "politics" going on? I recall lots of gripes being posted and that the Thai owners of PH seemed anti the website?

Will the new one be as before or focus just on the residents club?

The original web site seems to be still there but with no content, the one above just seems to be a holding page.

I would imagine that the residents need their own web site like they need square golf balls.

I get this, seems dead to me?


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^ That is the forum page. The Home page and Links are still there.

Links

The website for Palm Hills residents has been discontinued but their forum has been up and running for about a year now.
Palm Hills Residents' Forum :: Index
mostly about internal issues like maintenance fees, water rates, golf issues, and such.

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Originally Posted by Spin

The may be some tears flowing down there in the future

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didn't someone get shot recently

If you're talking about who I think, no, not in Palm Hills.

Seems someone (farang) was murdered in HH (Khao Tao) this week, as well. :(


Edit - sorry, G2BH, just read Spin's post & seen it refers to all of HH, so, yes, you're correct.

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didn't someone get shot recently

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the man who was shot was an american , he is paralysed now , he was shot by a couple of thais after a long running dispute with a british developer over water bills and shoddy construction that could not be settled either by the courts or the earlier firebombing of his car.

the british developer ( ex night club bouncer from sheffield) is wanted by the british police in relation to jumping bail from a drug peddling case.

the bentley and lamborghini driving brit married a thai girl well connected to the local plod , she was arrested in relation to this case trying to cross over to cambodia. but i read that both darren oxley ( the brit) and the wife are now living in bangkok.

the man murdered in khao tow was a brit who was stabbed in the chest during a break in , although the police are saying in the thai press that he may have slipped onto the knife during a struggle with the intruder. what difference that makes only a thai policeman would know.

lots of stories about bad practice from some of the brit developers here in hua hin , some of their ghetto like housing developments starting to have the feel of the run down council estates that they crawled away from.

what is it about the brits that some of them ( both tourists and residents) have to bring their foul temperament , aggressive behaviour and stinking shit with them wherever they go.

but i digress.

palm hills is one of the nicer developments in this part of the world , as far removed from a falang moo baan ghetto as it is possible to be.

but if you live in a house anywhere , better have some good security , break ins are on the increase , even in quiet sleepy unexciting hua hin.

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Originally Posted by taxexile

the bentley and lamborghini driving brit

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Really? I've only ever seen him in a Range Rover.

C'mon, tax, you're stretching the truth a bit in your entire post, aren't you? No need to sensationalise things that are already bad.

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C'mon, tax, you're stretching the truth a bit in your entire post, aren't you? No need to sensationalise things that are already bad.

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me ? truth stretching ? sensationalising ? surely not.

the reputation of brits abroad is at an all time low these days , down there with the albanians and the nigerians ..... and the tactics used by the property business to sucker in the naive and the dreamer are nothing to be proud off either.

who do you blame , the perpetrators or the patsys?

thailand is certainly not for the faint hearted.

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Originally Posted by taxexile

and the tactics used by the property business to sucker in the naive and the dreamer are nothing to be proud off either.

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I'll agree wholeheartedly with you on that.

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Originally Posted by taxexile

who do you blame , the perpetrators or the patsys?

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Both, if I'm honest.

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Originally Posted by taxexile

thailand is certainly not for the faint hearted.

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Yup, I'll agree with that one, too. I'd add that it's not for the faint-of-wits, also. And not for anyone that expects omsbudsmen (is that a word?), citizen's advice or justice like they would expect in the West.