Locations to Live in Pattaya

[AAArdvark]

I am planning to move into Pattaya in a condo rental.  What are the names of places (condo name or area) that would provide places that provide this?

 

Flood free

easy cheap local transportation (Grab, Bolt, walking)

Access to nightlife

Access to supermarkets and or Mall

No car

Condo price> 20K

 

 

 

 

 

[scubascuba3]

As a newbie just rent View Talay 6, on beach road, 17-20k for 48m condo, good location and transport on doorstep

[bbi1]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

As a newbie just rent View Talay 6, on beach road, 17-20k for 48m condo, good location and transport on doorstep

HipFlat shows heaps available for 15k/month at View Talay 6.

[Leaver]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

As a newbie just rent View Talay 6, on beach road, 17-20k for 48m condo, good location and transport on doorstep

 

I concur. 

 

From there, the OP can plan his move to a village in Issan in the future.  ????

 

 

Edited December 9, 2022 by Leaver

[scubascuba3]

12 hours ago, Leaver said:

 

I concur. 

 

From there, the OP can plan his move to a village in Issan in the future.  ????

 

 

Yes the script is already written

[Hummin]

10 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Yes the script is already written

Some is doomed, others thrive here. 

12 hours ago, Leaver said:

 

I concur. 

 

From there, the OP can plan his move to a village in Issan in the future.  ????

 

 

Paradise on earth ????

[Peterw42]

OP, there are literally 10,000 condos that would fit your criteria. Comes down to personal choice. You can live above a bar, or a couple of kilometers away in a quiet soi, you can be beachside, suburban or semi rural.

Get setup in a hotel and look around.

Most expats end up around at Jomtien or over the darkside

[scubascuba3]

12 hours ago, bbi1 said:

HipFlat shows heaps available for 15k/month at View Talay 6.

Maybe old listings, i see new ones on facebook for 20k now, a friend lives there and is getting kicked out as doesn't want to pay higher rent of 18k+, depends on sea view etc

[Real Name Hidden]

I lived in View Talay 6 for two years, 26th floor on the Walking Street side.  The condo was beautifully furnished, rent was 24K.  I left because the landlord wanted to raise it to 30K.  That was 10 years ago.

[Hummin]

Just now, Real Name Hidden said:

I lived in View Talay 6 for two years, 26th floor on the Walking Street side.  The condo was beautifully furnished, rent was 24K.  I left because the landlord wanted to raise it to 30K.  That was 10 years ago.

And the exchange rate was at least one third higher than today. Still you get a beer downtown for 70 baht ???? 

[bkk6060]

The location of View Talay is good, but the noise is not.  Every weekend now there is some event or festival on Beach Road with late blasting music and activities.  Ok for a holiday maybe, but I would never live there.

Like others have said, 1,000's of places.  Try looking at Grand Avenue and the other condos around that area.

[bbi1]

11 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

 

Most expats end up around at Jomtien or over the darkside

The smart ones live in Central Pattaya for the convenience to everything, all within walking distance ????????

[bbi1]

11 hours ago, Real Name Hidden said:

I lived in View Talay 6 for two years, 26th floor on the Walking Street side.  The condo was beautifully furnished, rent was 24K.  I left because the landlord wanted to raise it to 30K.  That was 10 years ago.

Wow 30k, was that a 2 bedder and how big was it? If that's a 1 bedder that's a ripoff, especially more so for 10 years ago.

[Hummin]

21 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

The smart ones live in Central Pattaya for the convenience to everything, all within walking distance ????????

Not sure what criteria you base that on, please share. 

[Lucky Bones]

31 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

The smart ones live in Central Pattaya for the convenience to everything, all within walking distance ????????

I'm on Darkside.

I have convenience to everything, apart from go go bars.

Is their something I am missing? (go go bars excepted.)????????

[Peterw42]

47 minutes ago, Lucky Bones said:

I'm on Darkside.

I have convenience to everything, apart from go go bars.

Is their something I am missing? (go go bars excepted.)????????

I'm in khaonoi, and there are lots of behind closed door bars around me, maybe not strictly gogos but not much different.

[Lucky Bones]

2 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

I'm in khaonoi, and there are lots of behind closed door bars around me, maybe not strictly gogos but not much different.

Yup. Plenty of life here.

Guess that's why it is called  "Darkside".

Been here 10 years.????????

 

[Peterw42]

1 hour ago, bbi1 said:

The smart ones live in Central Pattaya for the convenience to everything, all within walking distance ????????

I'm on the darkside and walk to everything, I literally have chilled shopping mall with tops etc, at my front gate. restaurants, dentists, doctor, bars. 

 

[Lucky Bones]

22 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

I'm on the darkside and walk to everything, I literally have chilled shopping mall with tops etc, at my front gate. restaurants, dentists, doctor, bars. 

 

I don't have these things that close to my front gate. But I understand where you are coming from.

I have Mom & Pop shop 300 metres away. (Just gotta beat the soi dogs off after nightfall.)

Soi Khaotalo, another 200 metres off (and more beating of soi dogs.)

Easy peasy.????????

[jacko45k]

9 hours ago, bbi1 said:

The smart ones live in Central Pattaya for the convenience to everything, all within walking distance ????????

Not sure about that... many seem to want to get out of town after some years. I always though those remaining in Central Pattaya were those who didn't want to drive and could be seen walking down Arunothai with a shopping bag early morning, and had the odd meal from a 7-11.

[scubascuba3]

Dark side was always over rated, glad I didn't move there,did cross my mind though, life and choices are better central, Pratumnak, Jomtien. When i go DS to go to expat shops its always nice to get back

[Mickeymaus]

11 hours ago, bbi1 said:

The smart ones live in Central Pattaya for the convenience to everything, all within walking distance ????????

It's a great place if you want to live in the middle of a very noisy red light district and don't need sleep. And big floods there - no more need to visit Venice.  And then the air quality????????????. Don't just rent there. Buy something there.  Lots of people want to move away.  So a perfect time to buy.

 

[carlyai]

On 12/9/2022 at 7:23 PM, Leaver said:

 

I concur. 

 

From there, the OP can plan his move to a village in Issan in the future.  ????

 

 

Future smart move.

[Mike Teavee]

11 hours ago, bbi1 said:

The smart ones live in Central Pattaya for the convenience to everything, all within walking distance ????????

To each his own, I got tired of living in the middle of a city so choose to live on the outskirts (Wongamat), can be at Central Festival in 20mins/80b with Bolt + we get little to no flooding here.

Somebody mentioned Grand Avenue, suggest they might want to dig out the YouTube videos of when the car park floods there. 
 

 

[Inala]

On 12/10/2022 at 8:25 AM, scubascuba3 said:

Yes the script is already written

It's inevitable! In that location I give him no more than 3-4 days before he's got the first one holed up in his condo. Hope it's not a crazy one though, cos that location is a jumper's paradise.

[Olmate]

34 minutes ago, Mike Teavee said:

To each his own, I got tired of living in the middle of a city so choose to live on the outskirts (Wongamat), can be at Central Festival in 20mins/80b with Bolt + we get little to no flooding here.

Somebody mentioned Grand Avenue, suggest they might want to dig out the YouTube videos of when the car park floods there. 
 

 

Moonlitehill in Pratumnak is ideal, no floods there, close to baht bus, beach is good, local bar scene.10k condos.

[bbi1]

18 hours ago, Hummin said:

Not sure what criteria you base that on, please share. 

  

18 hours ago, Lucky Bones said:

I'm on Darkside.

I have convenience to everything, apart from go go bars.

Is their something I am missing? (go go bars excepted.)????????

 

 

Yes, you are missing a lot. You can't have a seaview from your room, you can't walk to the beach, you can't walk to Walking Street, you can't walk to all the 3 big shopping malls on 2nd Rd, you can't have 10 baht Songtaew rides, no need to have a car or motorbike. That's just a few things, but there are more than that ???? Oh, and pick up and girl and tell her you live in the middle of nowhere and see if she will go with you lol

 

 

Edited December 11, 2022 by bbi1

[scubascuba3]

7 hours ago, Mickeymaus said:

It's a great place if you want to live in the middle of a very noisy red light district and don't need sleep. And big floods there - no more need to visit Venice.  And then the air quality????????????. Don't just rent there. Buy something there.  Lots of people want to move away.  So a perfect time to buy.

 

Flooding occurs darkside, central, maybe Jomtien also but not Pratumnak

[Hummin]

9 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

  

 

 

Yes, you are missing a lot. You can't have a seaview from your room, you can't walk to the beach, you can't walk to Walking Street, you can't walk to all the 3 big shopping malls on 2nd Rd, you can't have 10 baht Songtaew rides, no need to have a car or motorbike. That's just a few things, but there are more than that ???? Oh, and pick up and girl and tell her you live in the middle of nowhere and see if she will go with you lol

 

 

I guess we have different priorities. I prefer Hua Hin before Pattaya, also Jomtien before Pattaya, but we living in Isaan where closest Robinson is 1 hour 30 minutes awy.

 

In exchange we have our own little forrest and rice fields as view surrounded by mountains. 

 

Fresh food all year and fresh air 9 months a year. 

 

 

[Lucky Bones]

53 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Flooding occurs darkside, central, maybe Jomtien also but not Pratumnak

Minimal flooding only occurs Darkside when the water is running downhill to central Pattaya and accumulating the rubbish from a thousand drains.

Walk in Soi Lengkee during a downpour, good luck.????????