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Yes, also bad, as is Thepprasit and others.

Next time take your walk on Pattaya Second Road by the Smart Kids School.

Stand by generators for most condo projects usually only power a few things like the elevators and emergency lighting.

Pattaya Beach Road had sand deposits all along it yesterday and a large construction fence had blown over--must have been high winds coming from the west. We lost electric for awhile.

Me, too. I think there are more than a few retirees who have come to your same conclusion. Some tweaking is needed to make it more desirable.

Just a couple of suggestions. Make sure it is listed with as many agencies as possible. Since it has been on the market for awhile, check the agency websites to make sure it is still listed and hasn't been dropped. Sometimes I have to send a listing several times before an agency gets it listed. If you haven't already done so I would list it yourself on Facebook, Craigslist, Hipflat, Bahtsold, etc. Mention in your listings that agents are welcome. I would also send an email reminder to agencies letting them know it is still for sale and include some new photos so they will have it fresh in their minds. Also remind them of the new, reduced asking price so they can adjust their listings with the new price if they have not already done so. When you get a viewing, it's a good idea to check with the agent afterwards to get their feedback on what the client liked and, perhaps, didn't like. If the clients you have had are liking your property but not buying it, try to discover what is the reason--you might be able to work on that. Good luck with your sale.

Air con on all night set at 27. I don't like a fan blowing on me when I am sleeping.

Liked your post. My partner and I have moved about 16 times since we arrived in Thailand 11 years ago--starting with two moves when we lived in Rayong. We've managed to move twice in Bangkok and we don't even live there full-time. Since our arrival, we've been buying a condo, fixing it up, selling it, and moving on to the next one--which explains all our moves. Most of our moves have been in Pattaya--at least a dozen--and we've been about all over the area--from south Jomtien to Wong Amat and about every point in between the two. Now, we are exploring the last frontier for us here--the Darkside. Recently we did our first house, on the Darkside, sold it, and have just started a renovation on a second one. Hopefully, this might be our last move--but we've said that before. Color us restless. Moving can be stressful, no doubt about it. We attempt to make things easier by trying to always avoid having to do a quick move. We don't like the pressure of having to get everything moved in just a day or two so we usually arrange to have several weeks or more. We sell our properties mostly furnished so we are primarily moving some treasured antiques, artwork, decorative items, housewares, linens, and personal items. It's still a lot--but no large items like king beds, sofas, dining sets, etc. Every item we always take with us on our moves can fit into our large SUV--although a move takes numerous trips back and forth. We don't have to rent a moving truck and we do the moves ourselves, taking our time. One of the best things about moving so often is it has kept us from accumulating a lot of useless stuff that we don't really need or use--although some items I consider useless have inexplicably made the cut move after move. When my parents retired from living around the World they bought a retirement house, never moved in over 38 years of retirement, and accumulated a ton of stuff--they never threw away anything on the dubious theory that they 'might need it sometime'. If nothing else, my partner and I are not pack rats. Good luck with your move (s).

Boo hoo. Next time book a hotel.

All this time and they aren't even 30% finished??? Pathetic. Meanwhile, how about all the other super-slow road work? Week after week, month after month, the giant holes still look like giant holes with no visible progress.

Quality properties priced correctly in excellent locations are still selling.

As an American, this is what I find the most depressing of the whole thing--those two incomprehensible, to me, figures of two-thirds Republicans believing the Big Lie and, even more shocking to me, apparently one-third of all voters also falling for Trump's outrageous, ludicrous Big Lie. Sad that someone like sleazy, grifter Trump can seize on the Big Lie propaganda strategy of the Nazis and have it still maddeningly work so well in the 21st century. And, sad to see too many examples of it working in the 11 pages of this tread. Depressing.

Pronouncing a newly married couple 'man and wife' is actually quite sexist. Why should the woman have to change and now be 'pronounced' as the 'wife', yet the man does not change in the pronouncement and remains a 'man', not becoming a 'husband'. With that outdated thinking in mind, I guess when two males marry it should be "I now pronounce you man and man'. Makes no sense, and neither does 'man and wife' in the 21st century.

Sad

Last time I did the extension I was not given any date to report back so I didn't. My 1 year extension is in a few weeks so I'll see how it goes this year.

Yes. This is not unique to Thailand. If it's too expensive or if just the idea of paying more offends you, don't go. I, for one, am happy to pay because I realize I am saving so much more on many other things by living in Thailand vs. the US.

boo hoo

Arms, yes. Assault rifles, not mentioned--which allows for flexibility in interpreting the law over time as technology changes, not to mention the changes in the need for militias. In any case, just adding an age limit does very little. Assault rifles should be banned, period, along with all other types of multiple-fire weapons.

Have to disagree. It's been nicely busy every time my partner and I have visited recently. At one visit we had to search for an empty table at the food court. At another visit we noticed that most of the stand-alone restaurants were doing a good business--one even had people waiting for a table. What has surprised me is the majority of the stores have stayed open during these years of covid. And, this with a mall focused on tourists. Yes, a number of the small, marginal-at-best stalls in the low-traffic outer areas closed but the majority of the stores surprisingly have remained open. Compare that to a recent trip my partner and I took to Asiatique in Bangkok--also with a tourist focus. We were shocked that at least two-thirds of the stores were closed--maybe even more than that. Some of the buildings looked completely empty. Only a few stand-alone restaurants were still open. Very few people around and most were waiting, as we were, to go on a dinner cruise. Very sad to see it in such a state compared to our last pre-covid visit, when it was packed.

Yes, I've noticed that, too. The numbers they tout seem to vary from day to day but every time I add them up they don't reach the low point they are predicting. A few days ago they said Thailand would average 500,000 tourists a month in 2022 with 7 to 10 million tourists for the year. 500,000 a month is only 6 million a year--a million short of the 7 million low point. What we do know is there were 1,360,000 international tourists thru May. That leaves 7 months to attract 8,640,000 tourists to achieve the 10 million figure. That's 1,234,000 a month--higher than their prediction of 1 million a month for just the 4th quarter months. For the low 7 million figure, they need to attract 5,640,00 tourists to hit that mark. That comes to 805,000 a month. January thru May they were averaging 272,000 a month. The low 7 million figure seems very high--and, highly unlikely.

As I said, two choices for the OP to consider. Perhaps one will suit his needs. And, perhaps, there will be other choices put forward by other posters.

The unit I mentioned does have 2 bathrooms. The project is beachfront--there are no other projects in front of it--just the street and then the beach. If you're in the 'A' building at Lumpini I doubt you're any farther back from the beach than your choice. LPB offers the chance of having a seaview unit, which we did. Your choice is low rise, older, and most units don't have a seaview, or much of one--I remember looking at a unit there and being disappointed with the view. But, you're correct about larger room sizes there. Two choices for the OP to consider.

Lumpini Park Beach at the south end of Beach Road is beachfront. My partner and I used to own a 56 sqm 2 bedroom/2 bath there. Bathrooms are small but there are two of them. Second bedroom is also small but can sleep 1, or 2 with bunk beds. Nice size balcony. Two big pools and a small gym. Library, sky lounge, ping pong, baht bus on Beach Road. Might suit for a short stay. Can't think of much else beachfront at that price point for 2 bedroom/2 bath with both gym and pool.

I don't care if they're Harley's or whatever. As another poster mentioned, some of the noisiest can be smaller ones. It's a bad problem in Bangkok, too. No reason for a bike to be that noisy other than to say, "Look at me, look at me!!! Look at me being a big annoyance!!!"

Drove in to Pattaya from the Darkside this afternoon around 3 pm on the motorway. Traffic was backed up past the Sattahip exit. At 3 pm. Took forever to make the right turn with cars trying to cut the line and bad congestion on Sukhumvit limiting the number of cars that could make the turn on a signal cycle. Total mess. Not a cop in sight, of course. Yes, a holiday weekend but still few international tourists and tourist buses right now. I don't look forward to what it's going to be like on a holiday weekend when the tourists are back in force.