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You can find good accommodations for 9k, or less, but add utilities, and you're back to 9k. Remember, he is trying to live on the cheap, so it may be lacking the extras of higher priced places; pool & gym. Krung Thep (BKK) is huge, and as always, location location location when it comes to RE. Personally, I'd go for a townhouse, more room & full kitchen, eat better & cheaper, if one knows how to cook. Yes, you are correct, though implied, I should have stated ... IF ... doesn't have the 800k or 65k a month, or health ins, the stay the F in home country. As I did state, and everyone knows, you can live on the cheap in TH, but, do you really want to ? 20k would be my minimum per month, 10k for housing, 10 for food. A bare existence. We actually live on <20k a month (2 adults & dog) ... BUT ... all bought in, no house, car, electric, or petrol bills, which would add; 20k, 15k, 5k & 5k respectfully, if having those bills. Turns that 20k monthly budget, into, 65k ... hmm, I think IMM knows exactly how quality expats wish to live And I don't have health ins, so and additional oops fund, or 800k, should be mandatory for all expats if on the 65k a month visa requirement, if not more ... IMHO.

Rebranded Deye ... from invoice "TO SUPPLY AND FIT FOLLOWING PRICE CONFIRMED THB 345,000.00 18 PANELS OF SUNTECH SOLAR 540 WP DEYE 8 KWS HYBRID INVERTER BATTERIES LVTOPSUN 48 V 200 AH 10 KWS X 1 UNITS" Added the 2nd ESS, same 10kWh later, another 90k THB, I think

Home assembled. Store bought puff pasty & cheddar. Ham & kefir only 'homemade' part. Added my usual cacao powder, Creatine & a bit of honey to the Kefir.

I would avoid swimming in it. Looks nice, well, the southern end. If you need some convincing, go to the north end, (old Mod Guesthouse area) where the pier guesthouses and restaurants start at low tide, and let your nose confirm the obvious. First place I ever stayed at in Hua Hin (Mod), 24 yrs ago, before it was built up the the level today, and the smell of sewage was in the air most of the day, and so much more so at low tide. End of the pier then was easily 40 meters away from the street. I put HH up there with one of the dirtiest (fecal count) beaches I've ever been at.... IMHO

The query for him is, would he be happy 'without spending much on bars, restaurants, women, and other luxuries.'. And what about health insurance, or another 'go fund me' in the making. Of course he needs to plop 800k into a bank, or have 65k baht a month income to even qualify to be in TH. If I had to, I could live on 20k baht a month, but wouldn't want to. PLEASE tell him to stay where ever he is. Don't think TH wants or needs another poor expat.

Yep ... really don't need to give up much at all, and that's only if you ate a lot of it anyway. Myself, just cut way back on potatoes, pasta & bread. Feel much better for it. Egg noodles instead of pasta. Whole wheat Rye, when in the mood. All these are considerer Keto friendly, and most I ate anyway. Cutting sugar was the easiest to do, as wasn't a big fan or user of anyway. Just adjusted the type of pastries I eat now. Foods I eat, and are readily available in TH. Taken from an Keto approved list, that is much longer. On topic as always ... note Chocolate is on the list 😎

Little afternoon snack, Ham & Cheddar turnovers, 'washed' down with spoonfuls of Chocolate protein kefir smoothie 😎

To add to the other silliness .... "Trump dodged the draft" He didn't have to 'dodge' the draft, as it just wasn't going to happen ... ... "Lottery numbers ranged from 1 to 365 and were allotted according to birthdates. Trump's number was a very high, 356." https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-vietnam-draft-records-secret-documents-deferments/story?id=13492639

I think posters should concentrate on their own IQ, as the HateTrump.com forum is really exposing some totally ignorant and beyond borderline stupid people ... IMHO

@ExpatOilWorker If you get around to DIY Solar, here's some things to avoid ...

Got 50 adult years of experience, so all quite easy 😎

To the title ... ... you must not live in TH

For us it would be about 78% cheaper, if we had to charge the BEV using the grid. Minimal use would only be ~฿4 / kWh, or 70% if ฿5 / kWh vs 91 @ ฿35 / L MG ZS EV vs ICE version. When O&A, ฿7.5 / kWh = ฿347 per 340 kms vs ฿850 if using petrol. Still 60% savings 👍

As opposed to ... ... LBJ supporting and prolonging civil war in Nam, killing millions ... Clinton & NATO destruction of Bosnian and Kosovo ... Bush 2 invade & occupy of Iraq & Afghanistan, resulting in about a million dead, and 10X that displaced. ... Obama's continuation of the same ... Biden's open border policy, disrupting the lives of millions of Yanks with the influx of illegal immigrants, with criminals, cartel members and illegal low wage workers disrupting the Yank labor force, and pay scales. Along with support of UA conflict w/RU. OMT ... and DJT is the anti Christ ... Trying to solve some of these past issues are heinous acts of leadership.

Love the ones I eat also, and don't miss the ones I avoid; potatoes, pasta & rice. Rice is easy, as don't and never did care for it. Control the ones I'm addicted to; Rye bread & Tater tots. Rye has plenty of fat & protein on it when eaten, and the TT are deep fried, to slow the digestion and sugar / insulin spike to minimal. Homemade Cheesecake is my go to dessert, with only ~8gr of sugar per large slice, again, with heathy amount of fat & protein to go with it.

Solar grilled chicken Phetchaburi

Sugar has no nutritional value, except quick energy boost. Along with insulin spiking. Fat's on the other hand ... Call it carb phobia ... I call it better eating. Carbs don't give me anything that I can't get elsewhere, without the sugar & insulin spikes. I'm usually very picky with my carb intake, and try to stick to fibrous (greens) carbs. Avoiding most of the starchy carbs, as they really don't agree with me. On Topic ... as always ... Chocolate is great, though I do try to stick with just the cacao powder (100%), added to things (milk kefir yoghurt mostly), though if cool temps, hot chocolate drink always nice break from coffee. Or Mocha coffee. When I make chocolate bars, I have a hard time walking pass the frig. Too addicting 😎

I would avoid buying rotisserie chickens from chain superstores. My thinking, if chicken not exactly fresh enough to sell raw, then to maximize profits, cook & sell, as the customer wouldn't know the freshness, or not so freshness. 5 Star when feeling lazy, or just a grilled chicken vendor, not trying to get rid of old birds.

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I stick it in the frig. Next day, all firmed up. Will melt in you hand rather quick, if holding, since no crap in it. Melts in your mouth, so freezer is good option also.

Definitely, Two 5s better thana 10. Redundancy never hurts with energy. My only regret, and if thought about it more, would have went that route instead of the 8kW inverter. Along with a bit daily energy, and would never go amiss. With the price drops, think about a DIY project myself. Like the inverter Crossy posted, < 30k. Panels would be < 30k, and would all be mounted on ground level frame, no roof to deal with. Now just need to figure out, what to use it for 7 years at PKK, I'm getting bored. Can't think of what else to cook. Got milk & water kefir to tend to. Wife has the garden / greenhouse. Chickens are a bit too much hassle, then what to do when O&A.

Nah ... I like a cool house, even the AC overnight instead of the fan. Cleaner air & lower RH. Also, have to drive around doing nothing. And if less than 250 kms R/T ... free. If I had to buy petrol to explore locally, I wouldn't bother, as nothing really worth spending money to see. We could seriously get by on 25 kms a month, and not even have to be the car, which is only 300 kms a year, and yet, 1st year put on 20k, and shy of 20k the following 18 months.

Not having the back, crew, tools, experience (though not needed, I'm handy), and pricing components (LV / Deye rebranded) we used at retail level, 3 yrs ago, we went with an installer. Extra cost really wasn't worth trying to do myself. After seeing them wire everything in, I'm glad I did go with installer. Especially when they did a major rewire, when adding the 2nd ESS. As they originally had the water heaters (2X 3.5kW) on the grid ... WTF, I want to be off grid. Guess they thought we were stupid and would trip the system. OK, I did do that once, ACs on, (13 & 24BTU), car charging (2.3kW), baking (2kW), 2 frigs, 55" TV, 2 laptops, and whatever else, and I decided to take a shower ... oops. System off, and restarted itself a minute or 2 afterwards. 2.5 years in, no issues, and less than 2 yrs more, and the ROI will be realized, and the BEVs' petrol savings make that possible, or it would take a few more years for ROI. Only thing on the grid, is the BEV wall charger which is rarely used. Only if we need the car, after returning from an O&A, as I like returning at the 20% mark. Then top up, free with excess solar, though that may take a couple days, 37kWh. E-MB comes in handy then Since getting the digital meter, 16 days after installation of system, no load to the house at all ... 😎