mikebike

Seriously, no one has a company truck not being used for a week? No one has a Thai friend who wants to make a monthly payment in a week?

I think most people reading this forum use their trucks daily.

Don’t you have a Thai friend who wants to make monthly payment in a week?

So your advise would be not to take advantage of the wider community and see what's out there... I have options but I'm looking for the perfect match before I decide.

Seriously, no one has a company truck not being used for a week? No one has a Thai friend who wants to make a monthly payment in a week?

Hi All!

I am looking to rent a work truck (standard cab, tie-down hooks) from about June 30 to July 07 to haul some household goods from Phuket to Khanom (Nakhon Si Thammarat Province). Cheap would be my price range! LOL!

Anybody know of anything out there? PM me if you have something privately. Something like the pic, thanks.

Renew five year bike & car license in Phuket. June 19, 2013.

Required:

- Original and copy (one for bike one for car) of Certificate of Residence from Immigration (or Work Permit)

- Two copies of picture page and visa page from passport (arrival/departure card NOT required)

- Old licenses

Arrived @ 8:30am. Do break reaction and colour tests. Wait 'til 10 am and watch rules-of-the-road/safety video (english), about 1 hour. Pay for licenses. Get photos. Collect license.

They didn't even ask to see my passport. Total time 8:30 am to about 11:30am.

Rawai Condotel near Laguna night club has one room apartments for about 3000/m... Nothing special but good location.

Satun

Probably best NOT to try and rent a house long term until you get here... word of mouth is still the best estate agent on the island! Get a decent guest house on-line for 2-3 weeks. Buy a used bike. Start riding the sois in the area(s) you like. The for rent signs will be everywhere you look in low season. Pick your house and landlord carefully, on your terms, after you get here!

Same as 4evermaat. Not seen or been bothered by any insects on the beach day or night.

To clarify there is a mini Tesco in Khanom, less than five minutes away. If y'all read my OP I was referring to Big C, Markro, and Tesco... I figured you would have understood I meant a full scale Tesco (which you cannot get to from Rawai, Kata/Karon, Patong etc in 5 mins!).

Also in terms of real estate "5 minutes from the beach" and "beachfront" are worlds apart... Find me a 8000b/m house ON THE BEACH in Phuket!

We (my expat wife, two dogs and myself) still love Phuket but began yearning for something quieter with reasonable access to farrang stuff. We chose Khanom for the following reasons: 1. How can you beat a house right on a quiet beach for less than $200/month? 2. Small but hardy expat community and reasonable local western dining choices; 3. Delightfully easy 40 minute drive to Surat for Big C, Macro, Tesco, or any other supplies; 4. Easy 60 minute drive to Nakorn for Big C, Macro, Tesco, or any other supplies; 5. Local hospital in Khanom, good hospitals in Surat and Nakorn, and International hospital(s) on Samui; 6. We are good friends with a large, local Thai family (always nice to have fixers!).

We will be fully relocated by the middle of August. We found a number of suitable houses in different price ranges (up to about 20,000 b/m), but picked an 'entry level' one bedroom beach house near Jam Bay. Less than 6000 baht/month, city water, internet, unfurnished (we have plenty of furniture) and if it turns out we don't like it we can upgrade or move elsewhere...

How is the locals attitude to foreigners up there and is it reasonable safe regarding crime,burglary etc?

You are an oddity in their everyday life, not a target. Unless you place one on yourself... People either ignore you or want to chat and show-off/practice their english. Like country-folk.

We (my expat wife, two dogs and myself) still love Phuket but began yearning for something quieter with reasonable access to farrang stuff. We chose Khanom for the following reasons: 1. How can you beat a house right on a quiet beach for less than $200/month? 2. Small but hardy expat community and reasonable local western dining choices; 3. Delightfully easy 40 minute drive to Surat for Big C, Macro, Tesco, or any other supplies; 4. Easy 60 minute drive to Nakorn for Big C, Macro, Tesco, or any other supplies; 5. Local hospital in Khanom, good hospitals in Surat and Nakorn, and International hospital(s) on Samui; 6. We are good friends with a large, local Thai family (always nice to have fixers!).

We will be fully relocated by the middle of August. We found a number of suitable houses in different price ranges (up to about 20,000 b/m), but picked an 'entry level' one bedroom beach house near Jam Bay. Less than 6000 baht/month, city water, internet, unfurnished (we have plenty of furniture) and if it turns out we don't like it we can upgrade or move elsewhere...

Hi Mike

Where u find your new home??

Nice to hear that, Welcome!!!

When u move to here???

Cheers

Miki

Near Jam Bay, Miki. We take possession of the house July 1 and will be back and forth until August 16 when our term is finished in Phuket. After Aug 16 we are fully Khanom residents!

We found a number of suitable houses in different price ranges (up to about 20,000 b/m), but picked an 'entry level' one bedroom beach house near Jam Bay. Less than 6000 baht/month, city water, internet, unfurnished (we have plenty of furniture) and if it turns out we don't like it we can upgrade or move elsewhere...

800 baht/day for Yaris. Shop beside Magic Mushroom near Freedom and Flintsone's...

Hi cm man. Nothing near the bus station. Best to take a bike taxi to your hotel and sort out from there.

Much thanks to everyone who helped!! We now have a home in Khanom!

Hi y'all! We will be in Khanom this Friday (May 24) through Monday or Tuesday to look at a number of properties. If anyone has any other suggestions, now's the time! Thanks.

PM sent. Thanks.

I'm a smoker fan to the core. My first bike was a '74 Suzuki GT 550 triple, a ram-air cooled little (and much lighter) brother the the big liquid cooled 750 buffalo. There was also a ram-air GT 380. They were more a 'standard' bike like the original RDs (vs the killer Kawi H1 500 triple), but I stripped my 550 as light as I could, slapped on a 'bullet' and clip-ons and had a blast!

My '97 TZM 150... basically half a RZ350. Kills 2 stroke step-throughs, and just about any 4 stroke on the twisties!

Will do. We will be going up there again 24 -27 for some more scouting!

@steve - well, at least we have time on our side! We will make regular trips to Khanom to look and speak to locals ourselves, and have one good Thai family looking for us as well. I think we will find something!

Hello. My wife and I are interested in renting a house in Khanom. We have spent some time there looking but not found much... We are wondering if anyone in the area know of any beach houses for rent. We have been in Phuket for seven years and now find it too busy. Ideally we are looking for a two bedroom house on the beach with 10 metres to the next house (don't want to open a window and be able to reach out and touch a neighbour!). If the ideal house is not available we will consider anything. We would rent for at least a year starting anywhere between 15 June and 15 October 2013. Thank-you in advance for any help you have to offer.

We ARE talking about a 43 year man here, not a 16 year old. He can pretty much do whatever-the-frig he wants if it's not illegal.

...have a crack at the bible... Maybe then I would entertain some form of debate with you.

Ah yes, good one TM... The book which advocates misogyny, genocide, slavery, murder, prejudice, rape, removal of limbs and eyes as punishment, and ultimately eternal damnation to the worst prison imaginable for minor transgressions of faith! Let's debate!

Well done for taking my quote completely out of context! You should apply for a job at one of the news/media agencies on the island... Would fit right in.

Completely in context. You suggested turning to the bible to find compassion for LA... I merely pointed out the irony of your suggestion...

...have a crack at the bible... Maybe then I would entertain some form of debate with you.

Ah yes, good one TM... The book which advocates misogyny, genocide, slavery, murder, prejudice, rape, removal of limbs and eyes as punishment, and ultimately eternal damnation to the worst prison imaginable for minor transgressions of faith! Let's debate!