What Do You Think Is Good Value here?

[KhunLA]

Just now, Celsius said:

 

1.6 million baht.

 

Looks extremely overpriced. 

I can walk to the surf, if wanting < 5 kms

 

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[Richard 2020]

If it is the whole house, certainly not!!!

 

But if it is only the solar system, then rather!

[4MyEgo]

40 minutes ago, Celsius said:

 

Are you seriously comparing a house that you don't own in the middle of nowhere to a house in a 1st world country?

 

Here is a price of a house in the middle of nowhere in a 1st world country. Canadian dollars. Plenty to choose from too.

 

 

Seriously, you forgot, or deliberately left out that it:

 

1) Was built in 1967

2) Is semi-detached (not freestanding), is timber and adjoins a neighbouring dwelling, i.e. it has a common wall between it.

3) Has 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom

4) Below from the advertisement

 

The main floor offers an eat-in kitchen and bright living room. Upstairs offers three bedrooms and a full family bathroom. Lower level is unfinished with lots of usable space. This house will require some TLC to bring it back to a higher standard 

 

When you convert CDA $68,000 to baht, you end up with just under 1.881,500 mil baht, that said, like I said in my previous post, a brand new 6 bedroom 3 bathroom 320 square metre (freestanding) brick ant tile, steel roof, concrete slab house built on a 1,000 square metres of land in 2015 cost me 2,120,000 baht all up.

 

The land size is similar 1,115 square metres vs 1,000 square metres, but we would be clutching at straws/

 

Come to think of it, what would the cost be to bring it up to scratch and of course, what would the cost of living be there ?

 

Now if you can't see the difference in value, then you just don't get it, and trust you me, I will NOT try to convince you, New Brunswick awaits you. 

 

 

[Kwasaki]

Cost of living.

[Celsius]

12 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

Seriously, you forgot, or deliberately left out that it:

 

 

 

It's not us dollars.

 

The fact that's built in 1967 just proves its worth. Show me how 1967 house looks like in Thailand .

 

The solar house for 1.6 million baht with no running electric just looks ridiculous. Probably submerged in water by now.

 

 

 

And here's detached. Many many more

 

[toofarnorth]

Good Value ?  A bag of Penang gai from Friday walking street , 30B.

[4MyEgo]

4 minutes ago, Celsius said:

It's not us dollars.

 

The fact that's built in 1967 just proves its worth. Show me how 1967 house looks like in Thailand .

 

The solar house for 1.6 million baht with no running electric just looks ridiculous. Probably submerged in water by now.

I corrected that.

 

Don't have time for people with blinkers on, I have moved on as I have basically wasted enough time, and should allow the topic to get back to what it is about, not trying to convince those who don't get what is good value in Thailand.

[marin]

46 minutes ago, Celsius said:

Are you seriously comparing a house that you don't own in the middle of nowhere to a house in a 1st world country?

 

 

38 minutes ago, Celsius said:

You live in Isaan or 100km from Chiang Mai. That's where most delusional expats live 

You are doing some serious trolling here. Our nice house in the Bangkok suburbs is about 1/3 of the cost of the same house back in the states where I come from. Yes it is in my wife's name but we have been together 33 years so I feel reasonably cool with that. 

 

In addition look at what you post with reference to expats in Isaan or Chiang Mai being delusional. You seem to be the one who is delusional. What caused this bitterness? 

[2009]

33 minutes ago, Celsius said:

 

1.6 million baht.

 

Looks extremely overpriced. 

Exactly.

 

Built our 3 bedroom house for less than that and it looks like a REAL house -not far off Western standard - designed and project managed by a qualified architect from a massive well known firm. Okay, he is kinda a friend of the family and gave a friendly price, but still...

 

This guy's one for 1.6m (I'm sorry to say) looks like his wife's uncle or father build it (tin roof n all) for a few hundred thousand and pocketed over a million in his own bank account.

[Lacessit]

Hell, where do I start?

 

* Rent

* Building costs

* Restaurants

* Massage

* Food

* Women

* Car and scooter registration

* Car and scooter mechanics

* Dentists

 

Most of what I have listed are 4 - 8 times as expensive in Australia.

 

[KhunLA]

11 minutes ago, 2009 said:

Exactly.

 

Built our 3 bedroom house for less than that and it looks like a REAL house -not far off Western standard - designed and project managed by a qualified architect from a massive well known firm. Okay, he is kinda a friend of the family and gave a friendly price, but still...

 

This guy's one for 1.6m (I'm sorry to say) looks like his wife's uncle or father build it (tin roof n all) for a few hundred thousand and pocketed over a million in his own bank account.

That's BlueScope rolled/insulated steel.  Insulated block, 37/38 ceiling insulation. 

 

8kw solar system w/20kw ESS (@ ฿445k).

 

Good luck building that for the same price, and < 5 kms from the surf.

120m² @ ฿9166 per / ฿1.1mill build cost.

 

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[carlyai]

2 hours ago, Celsius said:

Worst value on the entire planet.

I'm not sure about that. Bought a Pattaya house for B 1.4 m long time ago, now can easily get B3.4 but hangging out for B5.2m.

[worgeordie]

The Internet charges ,faster than a lot of Western countries and lot

cheaper , unlimited use ,works well for me, ditto Mobile phone tariffs , 

regards Worgeordie 

[Nickelbeer]

Rentals seem to be much more affordable here than the USA. I rent a studio condo for 10 thousand baht a month in Pattaya. It would cost me at least twice that in Alabama and probably four times that amount in Los Angeles or New York.

[Peterw42]

The price of labor, get a floor tiled, get a bike serviced, get anything done that has a labor component, and its incredibly cheap, I have lived here for eight years and still amazed when I get a price for something to be done, I still think they have left a zero off the price.

 

So long as you are not living in the 2 week millionaire/ sexpat universe, 90 % of things in Thailand are good value.

[Kwasaki]

43 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

I corrected that.

 

Don't have time for people with blinkers on, I have moved on as I have basically wasted enough time, and should allow the topic to get back to what it is about, not trying to convince those who don't get what is good value in Thailand.

???? Yeah that $65,000 shed in US is about the size of our kitchen that money could build nice house in many areas of Thailand no problem.

[Chris.B]

Ice lollies and ice cream! ????

 

[4MyEgo]

4 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

???? Yeah that $65,000 shed in US is about the size of our kitchen that money could build nice house in many areas of Thailand no problem.

Not to mention, if your lucky enough to have lived in a country where real estate prices were/are a minimum 10 times that amount, at the bottom level, after selling up and building here, you would have lots of left over $'s to invest in tax free vehicles to live a comfortable life in Thailand, just saying.

[BritManToo]

3 hours ago, 2009 said:

Anyway, what do YOU think it GOOD VALUE over here?

Housing, 9kbht/month to buy a 3 bed house with beautiful views in a quiet area.

Women, 10kbht/month to have a much younger woman live with me and pretend to love me.

Divorce, in the UK it cost me $1M, here almost nothing.

Internet, 650bht/month and no threats for downloading torrents.

Mobile phone charges, 1,500bht/year for 24/7 calls and internet.

Gas, 350bht for a 15Kg LPG delivered to my home.

Electricity, less than 300bht/month.

Diesel, petrol a fraction of UK prices.

 

All exceptionally good value compared to the UK.

[Celsius]

1 hour ago, 2009 said:

Exactly.

 

Built our 3 bedroom house for less than that and it looks like a REAL house -not far off Western standard - designed and project managed by a qualified architect from a massive well known firm. Okay, he is kinda a friend of the family and gave a friendly price, but still...

 

This guy's one for 1.6m (I'm sorry to say) looks like his wife's uncle or father build it (tin roof n all) for a few hundred thousand and pocketed over a million in his own bank account.

 

Actually he didn't say which dollars. If US than it's over 2mil baht. 

[Rhys]

AT times... the generous nature of some Thais..

[Rhys]

2 minutes ago, Rhys said:

AT times... the generous nature of some Thais..

 

[spidermike007]

2 hours ago, Celsius said:

Ok, let's try to be a bit realistic here.

 

As a matter of fact, you can find many houses in 1st world countries for cheap. They are not in NY, London or Vancouver. They are in the middle of nowhere, just like where your house is.

 

Try buying a house in Bangkok and then let us compare.

 

Even better, compare the 26 square meter influencer condo in Bangkok with nice amenities and a room where you can't even swing the cat. Then compare it to the average condo 60 square meter 1 bed condo in the big city first world country. Here an oven, dishwasher or God forbid a bathtub is a luxury. To rent or buy an equivalent condo you'd have to rent at Shangri La

Not sure about that. My sister had a small, 200 meter home built in Montana. Nice house. Nothing fancy, and they already owned the land. It cost $500,000 to build. That is 18 million baht. Maybe a pre-owned home in Arkansas or Missouri would be a good deal. 

 

One thing I do agree with, good rural land is cheaper in the US, than here. 

[BangkokHank]

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Friends of mine, who are single, enjoy the company of a young, beautiful woman for a couple of hours, for 1500 to 2500 baht. In the US? $800 an hour now for a pretty gal, with alot of attitude.

I guess that makes me a friend of yours!

[pomchop]

2 hours ago, Richard 2020 said:

Except for the double pricing, the rest is now the same throughout Europe!

yeah right...go rent a condo in most any city in europe and compare it to rents in most any city in thailand,,,,,send me the difference in price please...

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, pomchop said:

yeah right...go rent a condo in most any city in europe and compare it to rents in most any city in thailand,,,,,send me the difference in price please...

You can buy a run down farmhouse (with a lot of land) in France for under $20,000.

Before Brexit ended my right to live there, that was my plan B.

[scubascuba3]

Women, property and hair cuts

[Photoguy21]

Just about all meals are good value. Taxi's are good value as well.

[thailand49]

Massage with s happy ending! 

Then for me at least it is like the wild west you can get away with so many illegal stuff it isn't funny????

[Photoguy21]

6 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Women, property and hair cuts

Maybe not so much property when you consider other parts of the world; Spain and Portugal for example.