Jump to content

Many expats live in Thailand on less than 45,000 baht a month


Recommended Posts

Posted

Cooking your own food will be healthier because they add a bunch of chemicals. You can also control your appetite better by eating at set time. And much cheaper.

 

The problem in Thailand is too much good stuff to buy and spend money on.

 

If you live in Nepal, an apartment is maybe $150 a month, local veg and fish is like $3 a day. Beer is terrible so you won't need that. Local food seems to be good quality.

Posted
16 minutes ago, beavenlen said:

THANK YOU Thaivisa. about time someone recognized that some expats can survive comfortably on a uk state pension.

Yes, but my Australian pension falls below the Immigration Department's requirement for a "Retirement Visa", which we all know is just a scam anyway, having to renew yearly.

The Philippines, looking more attractive by the day, requires less, permits the purchase of property after 6 months, permits one to work, and none of this 90 Day reporting bull****, and once the visa is granted, one is free to come and go from the country without additional costs of any sort. With a Retirement visa there, one is treated as a Philippine citizen.

Go figure. 

 

 

 

  • Like 2
Posted
1 hour ago, david555 said:

than the point is missed about the topic is meant for expatts ….. they are then categorized as tourist or worse : over stayers ….not ?

Not, I'm afraid. A multiple entry type "O", available because I am married to a Thai, and a day out across the border (40 baht bus ride away) every 3 months. 

Simple, legal, you can get a work permit, and it works out at B5000 every 15 months. 

Posted (edited)
4 minutes ago, TechnikaIII said:

Yes, but my Australian pension falls below the Immigration Department's requirement for a "Retirement Visa", which we all know is just a scam anyway, having to renew yearly.

The Philippines, looking more attractive by the day, requires less, permits the purchase of property after 6 months, permits one to work, and none of this 90 Day reporting bull****, and once the visa is granted, one is free to come and go from the country without additional costs of any sort. With a Retirement visa there, one is treated as a Philippine citizen.

Go figure. 

 

 

 

 

So seems your problem is solved by leaving ? …… 

Edited by david555
  • Like 1
Posted
2 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

My income falls daily every time Boris the toss pot from the Bank of England or some other muppet opens their gob?

It, the £, shot up a bit last Thursday on the interest raye announcement. An hour later it was lower than ever. Can't win!

  • Sad 1
Posted

I think there is a different question asking what you live on rather than what you earn Expats   retired here quite a few would proberaly have their own accommodation  car ect plus money put aside for example Pensions. Which meet the retirement visa 60000 baht plus per month or the 800000 Baht yearly 

if a expat is working and has a work permit must be paid a minimum if I remember correctly 60000 Baht depending on your Country of orgin 

i know some teachers. Will earn less but that is their choice of being here not for the long term but a work experience of being in Thailand 

Posted
3 minutes ago, dick dasterdly said:

I largely agree, but (as always!) it depends on the individual and their preferences in life.

 

I'm a single female, so have no interest in bars and the like....

 

Nonetheless, because I love the relatively expensive house on Phuket that I rent (relatively, because it would be an impossible dream in the UK!)/spend a small fortune on providing the best possible foods to my dogs etc. etc. - I just about get by on approx 65k p.m. - and certainly consider myself poor compared to the vast majority of 'farangs' that I know here!

 

I also agree with a previous poster that it is actually cheaper to buy food from the local stalls - but again my personal preference is to mostly cook my own food (even though I hate cooking and it's more expensive) - as that way I can eat more vegetables and minimise the pesticides etc. by thorough washing.

Given your circumstances, how on earth do you manage to spend that much?  Palace??

 

Muttley must be in clover!

  • Like 1
  • Haha 1
Posted
2 hours ago, trd said:

I find that 40,000 baht a month is just enough to pay for the basics, which is food, a few nights out, gas for the car, just the essential living expenses.

Then add on health insurance Bht 60,000 pa, car insurance Bht 15,000, road tax Bht 7000, servicing Bht 6000, there's another Bht 8500 a month. Oh, plus a bit of spends for the one indoors.

  • Like 1
Posted
2 hours ago, kannot said:

How do they come up with enough money to renew their visas every year?

Bht 1900 isn't gonna break the bank.

Posted
56 minutes ago, David Walden said:

As I understand a farang cannot own a land in Thailand does this mean you live in a condo or have a long term lease (25 year) you say you own the home (not a house).

I am in a fortunate situation to have found a way around this. Its possible and can be done safely if you know of Thais living in Europe that you trust. I have 2 former stepdaughters that help me. 

Posted
1 hour ago, rwill said:

Me and the wife could easily live on 45K if we wanted/needed to.  But I figure about 120K to have more fun.

That is A LOT of expensive fun. What is it you do?

Posted
3 hours ago, CLW said:
3 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:
They have more earners in the same house and considerable debt. So please stop spreading you have a moderate lifestyle on 25k. You compare yourself with Thai minimum wage earners. You have to live (more survive) here because in your home country you would be very, very poor.

Come down from your high horse

Try some good food for a change:

 

https://toptables.asia-city.com/new-venues

Posted
2 minutes ago, Whitson said:

I am probably not typical but here is my monthly budget. I am 75 years old and have a live in girfriend plus I own my own small condo. Have a motor bike and a car.

Condo maintenance  1300B

Electric and water 1000B

Eat out 2-3 times a week at local thai restaurants  3000B

Food shopping  8000B

Internet 400B

Bar 2-3 times a week 6000B

Girlfriend who does laundry, cooks, cleans and service 6000B (she also has a full time job).

Car/ Motor bike tax, insurance, servicing and fuel 1000B

Repairs, a/c service and other small bills 1000B

So round about 27000 a month. I realise that others may have to pay rent. My lifestyle is fine. Rarely go on holiday and dont use lady bars or drink to excess. I dont smoke.

Frankly I consider that I have an excellent life here compared to the UK, where I paid £5 pounds 74 for a pint of lager and a pineapple juice.

Forty thousand a month would be nice so I could save more for the rainy day or whatever. More than that might be problematic... what would I spend it on...answers on a postcard to.......

 

 

 

 

When you live here year in year out then inevitably things go wrong- if only health issues do you need to add another 10k per month to that imo.  Even so, not such a bad life for the money, is it?

  • Like 1
Posted
Just now, dick dasterdly said:

Muttley and friends are definitely in clover  - I shock myself at how much I spend on their food compared to my own ?!

 

It's not the house I love so much, it's the location.  Quiet, with virtually no neighbours (so the dogs can run free without annoying anyone) and the beach is only a few steps away.  Add in a large garden, and it's very close to the paradise of which I dreamt for so many years ?.

Important!

 

It's still a modest sum really.

  • Thanks 1
Posted
4 hours ago, coulson said:

Didn't know 7/11 paid so well

You really don't know anything about Thais and what they earn, do you?

  • Like 1
Posted
2 minutes ago, mommysboy said:

'I'm sure this post will rub some people the wrong way'

 

Correction: it will rub everyone up the wrong way.  

 

?

too many assumptions that "people"

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.




×
×
  • Create New...