Whats your neighbours and privacy like?

[georgegeorgia]

When i retire to Asia whether that be thailand phillipines or cambodia i will be looking at somewhere where there is privacy number 1 and then i guess peacefulness and then number 3 security aspects

 

At the moment i live in a big city here in Australia and im laying  here on my bed and i can see the whole apartment building opposite even their TV Shows they are watching and they can see me .

I dont like that,along with the guy next door bouncing his ball against the wall

Noise from traffic outside doesnt worry me but i dont like neighbours especially in a condo building playing loud music or banging their apartment doors slamming them

 

I looked at a couple of condo and houses  in pattaya last visit and i didnt  like the privacy aspect ,i like a house with a backyard but not if your neighbours can see you from their back windows 

 

Tell me about your home ,is it private ,secure and peaceful?

where in Asia are you ?

and if you live on a farm do you feel safe at night knowing no one is around ? That maybe strange to say but i had a friend who lives in a rural setting say to me once he had to get dogs as he had people knocking on his doors at night saying they re car broke down and they need a phone ,obviously doesnt go on much nowadays with a mobile phones around but still i wouldnt feel safe being say in a rural area of the phillipines or thailand with no one nearby

 

i probaly feel more safe in a large  condo building i guess

Edited October 10, 2021 by georgegeorgia

[473geo]

Sleep well on the 'edge' of the village, as someone posted in another thread no real valuables to steal ???? it's only 7:30pm and all I can hear faintly is my son's phone on Tv mode as I sit outside, no traffic, family homes in the vicinity maybe 40 meters away closing up for the evening, as I let my supper settle, browse the forum, ponder the days events and consider tomorrow. Never felt unsafe here in Thai countryside.

[steven100]

it's ok......   but all the bom bom I can see daily makes my eyes sore.  And when they see me banging everything that moves when I get up in the morning its a bit annoying.  the gang across the condo romps around naked all the time and I do the same.  I gotta get some privacy .....  how can I get privacy  ?

[BritManToo]

24 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Tell me about your home ,is it private ,secure and peaceful?

where in Asia are you ?

I'm in a gated community 10Km outside Chiang Mai city center.

250 x 3 bed houses on small plots around a village green where the old folk sit around drinking beer of an evening. Early evening at dusk all the kids are out playing in the road, mine included. After dark it's deserted, no noise at all.

Don't bother to lock the doors or close the windows when we go out, zero crime.

 

Edited October 10, 2021 by BritManToo

[4MyEgo]

You tink too muk

[georgegeorgia]

16 minutes ago, 473geo said:

Sleep well on the 'edge' of the village, as someone posted in another thread no real valuables to steal ???? it's only 7:30pm and all I can hear faintly is my son's phone on Tv mode as I sit outside, no traffic, family homes in the vicinity maybe 40 meters away closing up for the evening, as I let my supper settle, browse the forum, ponder the days events and consider tomorrow. Never felt unsafe here in Thai countryside.

but probaly dogs barking ? 

[georgegeorgia]

13 minutes ago, steven100 said:

it's ok......   but all the bom bom I can see daily makes my eyes sore.  And when they see me banging everything that moves when I get up in the morning its a bit annoying.  the gang across the condo romps around naked all the time and I do the same.  I gotta get some privacy .....  how can I get privacy  ?

same with me????here in Sydney i live opposite a big condo building i can see a guy ironing his bed ????

[simon43]

I live in an old wooden house on the outskirts of Luang Prabang (north Laos).  From the road, it looks like a dilapidated shack!, but it's much better inside ????  The house has standard bars on the windows, so no problems with theft from the house.  But 6 months ago, some 'plonker' entered my garden after dark to steal anything that they could sell.  The only thing of value (for them) was the hundreds of metres of copper wire stretched out across my garden as the antenna and grounding system for my amateur radio station.  The thief made the almost-fatal mistake of trying to remove this wire while I was actually transmitting!  They made a very hasty exit, no doubt with burnt fingers.... ????

 

My landlord wasn't happy with this (I was furious, since the thief had stripped out maybe 200 metres of wire before he got electrocuted..).  The next day, my landlord paid to install a high fence and gate all around the property.  I also installed night lights and CCTV in the garden, and placed a sign next to my amateur antenna in Lao language that says 'You steal this - you die!!'.

 

No problems since the security was improved.  I have generally found that if you look poor and mentally-disturbed, most potential thieves leave you alone....

[georgegeorgia]

16 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I'm in a gated community 10Km outside Chiang Mai city center.

250 x 3 bed houses on small plots around a village green where the old folk sit around drinking beer of an evening. Early evening at dusk all the kids are out playing in the road, mine included. After dark it's deserted, no noise at all.

Don't bother to lock the doors or close the windows when we go out, zero crime.

 

i never considered a gated community ,yes it probaly would be safe but what about privacy when you walk in your backyard not to mention how close the neighbours house seems to be,but i guess you have fences separating.

 

Do any single people live in gated communities ,i guess theres nothing stopping them although i imagine its families

Edited October 10, 2021 by georgegeorgia

[steven100]

2 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

same with me????here in Sydney i live opposite a big condo building i can see a guy ironing his bed ????

so how can I get privacy ? my high curtains are stuck and they don't track/move .... so when i'm bangin on the sofa it's all can see, and the opposite condo do it also. young dudes romping,  so good,  what can I do ?

[georgegeorgia]

4 minutes ago, steven100 said:

so how can I get privacy ? my high curtains are stuck and they don't track/move .... so when i'm bangin on the sofa it's all can see, and the opposite condo do it also. young dudes romping,  so good,  what can I do ?

Video it with your phone,i do it all the time when i see it opposite building from me

Edited October 10, 2021 by georgegeorgia

[georgegeorgia]

11 minutes ago, simon43 said:

I live in an old wooden house on the outskirts of Luang Prabang (north Laos).  From the road, it looks like a dilapidated shack!, but it's much better inside ????  The house has standard bars on the windows, so no problems with theft from the house.  But 6 months ago, some 'plonker' entered my garden after dark to steal anything that they could sell.  The only thing of value (for them) was the hundreds of metres of copper wire stretched out across my garden as the antenna and grounding system for my amateur radio station.  The thief made the almost-fatal mistake of trying to remove this wire while I was actually transmitting!  They made a very hasty exit, no doubt with burnt fingers.... ????

 

My landlord wasn't happy with this (I was furious, since the thief had stripped out maybe 200 metres of wire before he got electrocuted..).  The next day, my landlord paid to install a high fence and gate all around the property.  I also installed night lights and CCTV in the garden, and placed a sign next to my amateur antenna in Lao language that says 'You steal this - you die!!'.

 

No problems since the security was improved.  I have generally found that if you look poor and mentally-disturbed, most potential thieves leave you alone....

i wouldnt feel safe living in a old house miles from no where and especially by yourself,are the neighbours ok ?

[Tarteso]

11 minutes ago, simon43 said:

the thief had stripped out maybe 200 metres of wire before he got electrocuted..)

Nice one. ????

[sirineou]

20 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

but probaly dogs barking ? 

Or roosters cock-a-doodle-doing half the night.  

Where we are everyone has dogs for security, and then you have the soi dogs, Every night at some point someone will get home late and set all the dogs barking ,

If there is a reason I leave thailand , on top of the list will be baking dogs. 

Edited October 10, 2021 by sirineou

[Moonlover]

Someone opened a thread on here a couple of years ago. It asked 'have you got a safe yet?' My response was 'we haven't even got round to a front door lock yet!'

 

We live in the centre of a village, which has very little passing traffic. The doors and windows  are open all day, even when we're out, but we're surrounded by family so we never worry about security at all. The family wander in an out at will.

 

We don't give out the 'rich falang family' look, because we're not, we're just an ordinary village family.

 

We're surrounded by beautiful country so I can enjoy fresh air and sunshine during daily walks. Country folk sleep early so once nightfall comes the place is so quiet you can hear the proverbial pin drop. Oh and one for @georgegeorgia no barking dogs! ????

 

And the final bonus in these stressful times, there's been no Covid around here at all. I never bother wearing one of those awful masks!

 

It wouldn't suit everyone of course, but for me it's just fine.

 

 

 

[elcaro]

6 minutes ago, sirineou said:

on top of the list will be baking dogs.

Yeah the smell of the burned dog meat is horrendous haha

[sirineou]

12 minutes ago, elcaro said:

Yeah the smell of the burned dog meat is horrendous haha

Damn dogs even ate my R????

[sirineou]

Bottom line to the OP

If you are coming to Thailand for privacy, depending where you go, you will have plenty.

If you are coming for Quiet

. Good luck.

Even if you find a place that is nice and quiet, who is to say that next month they will not open a motorcycle repair shop next door. 

[cranki]

Nearest neighbour is 150 meters from us, on 3 sides of my house is nothing but farmland......1.5 km to the local markets....30 kms away from a large town (not that I ever need to go there) life is great :-) 

[473geo]

41 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

but probaly dogs barking ? 

Not at all, as, I described, you will have a problem sure if you go with pre conceived thoughts. Occasionally yes but not tonight in fact can't remember the last barking interruption but does happen. I think given time in a village such as this chickens are grabbed by stray dogs which tends to see the problem addressed.

[Damrongsak]

Our compound in Loei is close in, but fairly private as it borders a swamp.  The soi was just a dirt road until recently.  View from the porch is nice.  HOWEVER, there is a big Wat a few hundred meters away.  They occasionally have one of those all night parties and it's very noisy.

 

  

[4MyEgo]

1 hour ago, 4MyEgo said:

You tink too muk

All jokes aside, you had a post the other day also stated that you feared being out late at night, e.g. being bashed by drunk foreigners and we told you to get to bed at midnight to avoid such problems in touristy areas.

 

I take it you like Pattaya, personally I don't, it's too big for my liking, I like still like Phuket, but not into Patong, more out like Nai Harn or Kata and Karon, coastal and when and if I wanted to smell the sewer in Bangla through the grates on the ground, I would visit, but these days it's Hua Hin, which is more middle class and less scum tourists visiting and they have some really nice low rise condo buildings, shopping centres and hospitals close by.

 

If you are from Sydney, not that I can recall, it's a little like Double Bay, or if Melbourne, Toorak, if you haven't been to Hua Hin, do yourself a favour next trip, go, there is a small bar area, probably 4 Soi's and more elsewhere, but just about obliviated now due to the Pandemic, if you want to feel safe and want privacy, I would recommend Hua Hin.

 

We live in a big house in rural Thailand, no one across the road, no one behind us, no neighbour living next to us on one side (deceased estate) which we are looking at buying, some neighbours next to that property, and neighbours about 100 metres on the other side of us so it is very private for us and we enjoy being away from the Hussle and bustle, and if I get bored I can drive to the local town where there are a couple of expat bars, play some pool, have a couple of drinks, but no bargirls, so that's a disappointment, although if one really wants it, an hour up the road in the City you can find lots of bars with bargirls, pre Covid, been there, done that.

 

I don't think you will be disappointed with Hua Hin, unless you like the bigger places like Pattaya. I recall my first visit there with my wife, dropped our bags into the hotel and went to get a bite to eat, long of the short saw this farang across the road almost fall on the road opposite us, I thought he got hit by a speeding motorbike, ends up the two guys on it, ripped his gold chain off of his neck, that must have hurt, turned to the wife and she was stripping off the chain, bracelet and ring and putting them in her jean pockets, so from that day forward, I knew the type of place it was. Seen a few things in Phuket as well, but not in Hua Hin, like I said, different breed of tourists and Thai's. 

[simon43]

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

i wouldnt feel safe living in a old house miles from no where and especially by yourself,are the neighbours ok ?

Neighbours?  What neighbours? ????

 

[Rampant Rabbit]

Ok Thais are the nosiest people I  have ever  met, if they dont spot  something theyll  make it  up, my advice  have no neigbours. They  just love to  point their  pokey  little  fingers at the flang also.

[Rampant Rabbit]

49 minutes ago, Damrongsak said:

Our compound in Loei is close in, but fairly private as it borders a swamp.  The soi was just a dirt road until recently.  View from the porch is nice.  HOWEVER, there is a big Wat a few hundred meters away.  They occasionally have one of those all night parties and it's very noisy.

 

  

Praise be to the lord,  no neighbours for me

 

Edited October 10, 2021 by Rampant Rabbit

[bbabythai]

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

i never considered a gated community ,yes it probaly would be safe but what about privacy when you walk in your backyard not to mention how close the neighbours house seems to be,but i guess you have fences separating.

 

Do any single people live in gated communities ,i guess theres nothing stopping them although i imagine its families

 

gated community houses are a shocker. dont rent or buy. we lived in one for a few yrs. nightmare dog situation with rat dogs barking left, right and centre. selfish middle class thais

[Rampant Rabbit]

1 hour ago, sirineou said:

on top of the list will be baking dogs

Id  do em  gas  mark 6 for 10  hours, should  fix  that problem

[BritManToo]

Just now, bbabythai said:

gated community houses are a shocker. dont rent or buy. we lived in one for a few yrs. nightmare dog situation with rat dogs barking left, right and centre. selfish middle class thais

And yet, in mine the only noise is the birds tweeting and the insects.

We also get the occasional bellow from a buffalo or two in the fields over the wall

[Doctor Tom]

The sound of Thailand  is the circular saw.  Thais are never happier than making a noise for hours on end with various power tools, but the circular saw against metal is their favorite,  you can't avoid the sound. 

[bbabythai]

neighbours are a nightmare here. theres an old lady near our back yard area that burns charcoal everyday to cook. She doesnt have gas cooker. it comes in our windows everyday. 

 

another neighbour sometimes burns plastic. all neighbours have to smell this and would you believe its at 4am in the morning. 

 

lucky for us we are renting...