Chads

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Wow, that's... odd.

Hi Chads, what do you play?

I can play guitar, bass, drums, and sing.

It seems like the rent some of you pay for property is pretty high compared to what's on this site: http://www.ddproperty.com/

You can select to search for Phuket housing and set a maximum rent amount, many are 10-12k too.

There's a small restaurant on ratsada road (the road paralel to the bypass which you can access by the small light going to ptown from tesco) which opened 2weeks ago from a thai chef that used to work in other countries. its 24hrs and the menu is huge. The prices are the same as cheap thai restaurants except the food is actually edible and closer to what you get for 5-10x the price. It'S right in front of the small supercheap.

https://maps.google....,301.67,,0,5.49

its not in the picture because they just rebuilt the whole thing a few days ago, but its there next to isaan restuarant and CP

Oh great! I'll check it out soon

i'm an old neverbeen and i'm very interested. i play drums and guitar (not a les paul copy by the way, sorry i don't fit the profile exactly)

i'm in rawai, where are you (OP i mean)

Oh that's great. I'm going to be in Phuket Town. What bands do you like?

will you have a place to play?

i'm into hard rock/metal, like ozzy, metallica, acdc and prog rock, namely rush and dream theater but the latter two are far too technical for a garage band.

happy to play anything so long as its not got the name of a US state in the song title

personally i'm not interested in jamming that much. i prefer to learn songs.

I don't have a place to play yet. But yeah ACDC, Metallica, etc I do enjoy all that stuff.

We could learn some songs together when I'm there. I'll contact you

Thank you all. I have learnt basic Thai (and I've been told that I know enough to survive). I will be practicing more when I'm there since I have Thai friends and colleagues as well and I try to speak Thai as much as possible.

Where's a good place to buy affordable furniture? SuperCheap Warehouse as well?

Based on the week I was there before, I do know that rent, food & hanging out there is surely much cheaper than Singapore.

Cost of living Monthly

rental - 12000thb

wirelesss - 750thb

water & electric - 4000thb

food thai food 70- 2100thb

ciggerates(L&M) - 58*30 = 1740thb

groceries - 2000thb

car gas full tank - 1400thb

Total Expenses - 24000thb

I would appreciate greatly if anyone can teach me to go lower than this, Surfing net most of the time, watching online movie , gym , swimming...very lazy lifestyle.

Many thanks.

Your elec and water bill seem v high for a 12,000 bht rented home.

20 fags a day as well....

His budget looks good, expect for the fags of course

Big 3 bedroom house in Phuket Town on 1/2 rai of wooded land = 10,000 Baht per month

Electricity = 3,000 Baht

Phone + internet = 2,500 - 3,000 Baht

Food = 8,000 - 10,000 Baht

Gasoline = varies greatly

I barely drink, but I do get a few bottles of wine every month = probably 2,000 Baht

I work and have a work permit, so I get social security medical care at the Mission FOC.

I don't chase women (huge savings I'm sure)

I never added this up before, but I live a really good life, eat out all the time (almost exclusively Thai food) and travel quite a bit. My street has at least a dozen wonderful restaurants that I walk to. I usually eat out for lunch every day. It's usually 50 - 60 Baht including a drink.

What street do you live on and which area?

Timber hut serves food late

Do you have any idea what time they close? I searched online and couldn't get that info.

And that means that if I fly out and back in the next day, I get another 30 days?

You can do it the same day.

Okay thank you for your help everyone

And that means that if I fly out and back in the next day, I get another 30 days?

I always fly into Thailand, that means I can stay 30 days correct?

Oh yes it's 30 days, thank you for correcting me. So would it work that way, where at maybe 29 days I make a trip into the Malaysia border and go back in to Thailand?

I see. What about bars that close late but serve food?

My current passport allows me 60 days of stay in Thailand without the need for a visa. If I need to renew it, can I just make a quick trip across the Malaysian border and come back and stay another 60 days?

And no, I'm not talking about 7-11

I'm wondering about this because I couldn't find that many places to eat at that time in Phuket Town.

Thankfully I left last week. It was raining everyday of course when I was there, but there were enough clear weather to make my trip fine.

i'm an old neverbeen and i'm very interested. i play drums and guitar (not a les paul copy by the way, sorry i don't fit the profile exactly)

i'm in rawai, where are you (OP i mean)

Oh that's great. I'm going to be in Phuket Town. What bands do you like?

Best advise - rent for a month and use the time to find long-term residence. Car taxis are expensive. Motorbike taxis better but... Buying a used motorbike is the best low-cost option for transport - IF you are comfortable riding and understand Thai driving culture.

Thank you. I have concerns with motorbikes. Would a simple car be cheap enough to get? How much would it cost around?

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That's a great fun song by the way!

If you're looking for someone to play the triangle.........I'm your man!

Hahaha! Sure, I'll keep you in mind!

Why yes! I'm sure you'll find no problem attracting old neverbeens just itching to grab their moth eaten Les Paul copies and get some chum able to hit a stretched cowhide with a stick or two, together with someone playing along with themselves, alone, on an all singing all dancing 'keyboard', whose collection in music stopped around 1980 and deems everything else 'rubbish'.

Good luck with that .

No worries, just trying. If it doesn't work out it's alright too. What kind of music do you like?

I wondered if there are people in Phuket who would like to form a band and play/write music together. I'm into everything (modern) from indie/alternative to hardcore/punk/metal.

I don't know if people from Phuket check this sub-forum as much. But I thought I'd post this here first.