phannam31

Khunper

Been a while but have been investigating.. come back to your suggestion of island life as be nice to be near a beach not too commercialised but not too remote as settling in.
We been checking out places just for the purpose of getting an idea and a feel for areas and prices through DDProperty site... like all countries getting something when in the country is better and could be cheaper etc I’m sure.. but that site doesn’t seem to give a flavour of what’s available on island type properties?
Are there other sites you can recommend?
Islands to check out?


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     Yes.  Traffic and flooding.  Also found in Bangkok.  And, other areas--certainly plenty of traffic in Chiang Mai and Rayong.  Also had bad traffic in the desirable and expensive area where I lived in America--traffic is often the by-product of popularity.  Normally no flooding where I lived in the US but snow storms and ice storms to contend with.  I'll take flooding now and again over a long winter of snow and ice.   
     No place is perfect and you have to weigh the pros and cons with a mental list of what you would most like to have in the place where you live.  Phala apparently works for you, with visits now and then to Pattaya.  In the case of my partner and I, greater Pattaya does it, with visits fairly often to Bangkok.

Try Cha am, long beach, many expats(retired) restaurants and bars, have darts night, quiz nights etc.Close enough to Hua Hin so have shopping and hospitols. Buses run every few minutes so you wont even need a car.
Accommodation is mostly houses but a few new beach condos have opened the past years. 

To assist and clarify:

Without working I would have available £1400 income per month U.K. money plus savings if needed but do not want to use ideally .hence why I envisage return to U.K. for a few months to do a little extra work per year to build up reserves .

Yes ideally would like a peaceful area but not remote so boring or no English speaking people around especially whilst we settle in.
Initially we are happy with one bed place to rent ideally ... in proximity to a nice beach... and to amenities .

Hope that clarifies a little?

Responses appreciated.




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Mr trip

Are you trying to get me to
That area so the bugs got me to
Lunch on lol


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OP... unless one of either you or your "wife to be" is over 50, you won't bee able to get a retirement visa/extension, and you both will need the Elite visa. (5yr for 1/2MM bt, or 20yr for 1MM, I think)  

Correct, but they are not married as of yet so she/he dosn't qualify  as a dependent 

no it doesn't it requires one to have the 800,000 or and income of 65,000, and then the wife/husband piggy backs 




ThNks I thought that was the case....


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You mentioned Chiang Mai and Ubon which are about as far away from beaches as you can get in Thailand. Both very interesting cities with masses of interesting places within a short distance.

I actually love Ubon and the area to the west out to the Mekong, fascinating countryside but no real beaches unfortunately.




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Hope not change too much in 12 months.. thanks for input .. yes I aim on going to look at places first .. hence why asking so can pinpoint after suggestions and research maybe 3/4 areas and suss out when there .



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Will not be till mid 2019 to end 2019 but me and my future wife looking to move to Thailand. We have been looking at Chiang Mai and ubonratchatani based on friends recommendations from visits, but looking for practical experience of areas as in living in a place. Ideally we would like to be out of major towns and near a beach/coast ...quiet /but not with little

To do in striking distance.. obviously safer the better for newbie ex pats and areas where can tie up with others to gain experience of area and settle in.

Suggestions appreciated. As regards places to live we are ideally looking at 10000 baht and below but that is open ended a bit.. just an idea of a figure of decent areas where we can settle ? Thanks .

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I assume company like Henley and partners who contacted me after an enquiry to Thai elite are agents?


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Sorry to be a bit dim but I do come from Bristol :-)
It seems under my age for retirement visa I can get a more or less continuous year on year stay without going out country or can leave RG come back UK for a few weeks visit family and just re enter? And can stay indefinitely this way at moment? If so we will be just married when we aim arrive in Thailand but my wife is not retirement age so what is the securest wAy for her to stay too obviously with me if my perception above for me is correct?


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Ubonjoe: thanks for advice above much appreciated . One query , nothing is guaranteed I guess but am I to assume from your informative reply that:

Reapply every just before 90 days up and get 90 days at a time ? Or may be granted one year if apply and check
In every 90 days in that year ... “ May” be able to reapply for another one year resulting in two year total stay ?... if so is that the max or from
Experiences what are the chances of getting renewed again and again eg if we wanted to stay 5/6 years permanent ? Someone has privately suggested fly out to Cambodia for a few days every 90 days and easy just to re enter and will have another 90 days and forever indefinitely going on like that with no problems of being rejected? Is that true?


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I’m 52 and a UK citizen and my fiancée is under 50 and has a South African passport. We aim on going to Sa to get married prior to wanting to settle in Thailand. We do t really want to settle and keep looking over our shoulder to be removed from the country and then have the complications of our different citizenships being a problem.

What would you guys recommend best options for us to look to stay in Thailand permanent and/or best U.K. advice place we could talk this over with someone ?

Thanks in advance .