Wobbly

I am retired and enjoy bumming around Asia. Over the past 5 years I've used Vietnam (Saigon) as my base, spending 2-3 months very year in Saigon.

From my numerous visits to Thailand (Bangkok or?) it seems like an easier place to be. My problem is, Bangkok is overwhelming and I can't figuare where to start. I have asked Thai friends to help in looking for a place and with the same result as here in Saigon, they talk about where they live or would like to live.

Any tips on how to decide on where to live and what each area offers?

Thanks, Doug

Hi Doug:

The info posted by another member about Bangna is donkey years old, b4 bangnatrad rd was turned into a super-highway linked to te new airport. It is the only link to the beaches in the gulf of Thailand eg pattaya, rayong, etc. I lived there for 7 years.

Hi Mr. Roomfinder:

I wish to respond to Mr. John-Ralph on this forum. He is earching for a 2 bdrm condo in the bangna area. I have one that fits his specifications. It is at Thana City on Bangna Trad rd. KM 14. It is 98 sq mts, fully furnished with excellent facilities including full kitchen, dining, 2 baths, large living room, golf, pool, etc, great security, and near three international schools.

It is going for 15,000 baht/month. I can be reached at [email protected] or at 05-814-2182.

Can you help me connect to my ralph or anyone else who needs such a place.

Thanks

Wobbly

Hello everyone.

My name is Aitch (AKA Mr. Roomfinder!) and I'm the webmaster of the all new site MrRoomfinder dot com. We've just partnered with Thaivisa to create this new forum which I hope will be of benefit to us all.

For those of you who don't know the site, Mr. Roomfinder is a free information service with a primary purpose to help the home hunters of greater Bangkok find that perfect pad. There are also plans to add a national database soon but this will obviously take a bit of time before we get any real listings in there.

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Also for consideration at a later date, is a plan to build some kind of 'members rated' list of properties and tie a search facility into that.

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