Popular Post ChasingTheSun Posted May 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2023 On 5/29/2023 at 5:02 AM, gargamon said: Pretty much anywhere. Phuket is a sh*th*le. Glad you feel that way. Please don't come. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 On 5/14/2023 at 5:15 AM, MJCM said: That is Thai economics for you, if you can't rent it out, just increase the price to re-coup your losses Same if you have 5 bungalows and no customers, build 5 more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 On 5/25/2023 at 4:06 PM, ChasingTheSun said: Please do share with us where is better than Phuket overall? I'm not telling but a long way from Pooket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasingTheSun Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 1 minute ago, brianthainess said: I'm not telling but a long way from Pooket Wakanda? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 1 hour ago, ChasingTheSun said: indeed, Phuket does attract many more people than those other places because it’s overall attraction far outweighs its downsides. Would those attractions include one Bangla Road ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChasingTheSun Posted May 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2023 53 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said: Would those attractions include one Bangla Road ???? Perhaps thats one of the reasons for some. However, I can’t speak for the millions who chose to make Phuket one of the most popular international travel destinations. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paahlman Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 On 5/14/2023 at 12:00 PM, DrDave said: I don't recall ever seeing a villa renting for 150,000 or more until just a few months ago. Occasionally I'd see a high-end one for 75-80,000 but even those were quite rare. I'm guessing the villas we're now seeing at 150,000 - 300,000 were previously priced around 60-70,000. 3-400 k is totally normal and has been for many years. Here it starts on 2 mill a month. https://www.fazwaz.com/villa-for-rent/thailand/phuket?order_by=monthly_price|desc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli42 Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 It’s the Russians and Chinese. They pay whatever is asked, no questions. Rent always paid on time. My wife owns a large number of high end houses in Bangkok. The renters were all expat senior managers working for international companies. The houses are now mainly rented to Chinese at twice the price of what they were three years ago. Also, short term rentals have taken many properties out of the long term rental pool. The short term rental market generates even better returns. No surprised in bit with your story/situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lks7689 Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 1 hour ago, chilli42 said: It’s the Russians and Chinese. They pay whatever is asked, no questions. Rent always paid on time. My wife owns a large number of high end houses in Bangkok. The renters were all expat senior managers working for international companies. The houses are now mainly rented to Chinese at twice the price of what they were three years ago. Also, short term rentals have taken many properties out of the long term rental pool. The short term rental market generates even better returns. No surprised in bit with your story/situation. It's simple supply and demand. If you guys are stunned about those rental rates, come over little red dot. I assure you that phuket rental prices are nothing compared to what's happened here. What's the cause? Recent flight of capital from certain countries. 350,000baht per month is nothing when a bungalow here rents for up to sgd 200,000 monthly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 my rent is 3500....keeping it simple.....(waits for attacks and accusations of being a cheap charlie) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin612 Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 350k is 10K USD, you live like a king here if you have 10k monthly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunPer Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 On 5/13/2023 at 4:38 PM, MarkT63 said: We are not "poor" but over GBP 8,500 per month in Thailand - WTF??? Supply and demand, business as normal... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zzzzz Posted June 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2023 On 5/30/2023 at 6:30 PM, 4MyEgo said: Would those attractions include one Bangla Road ???? having lived in Phuket since 85, ( except for 2 1/2 years) I would say bangla is not even amongst the list for staying 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 This may shock some people so sit down before reading. You don't have to live in Phuket . Thailand is bigger than that small, over rated island. Do proper research and live somewhere else. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasingTheSun Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Denim said: This may shock some people so sit down before reading. You don't have to live in Phuket . Thailand is bigger than that small, over rated island. Do proper research and live somewhere else. If you can’t afford Phuket, live somewhere else. FIFY. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoftyViews Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 Got a mate who rented his 4 bed sea view Villa slightly North of Kamala to Russians back in October for a year, 500,000thb pcm. He used to just do holiday lets now and again but went long term cos it was such a good offer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post schlog Posted June 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2023 1 hour ago, LoftyViews said: Got a mate who rented his 4 bed sea view Villa slightly North of Kamala to Russians back in October for a year, 500,000thb pcm. He used to just do holiday lets now and again but went long term cos it was such a good offer... I can top that easily. I let rent my seaview villa with my great samlohr for 1 million per month. The renter is a prince from Burundi and he signed a 3 year contract. Signing fee was 50 baht thai gold. Times are the best i say! Here a pic of my villa&samlohr! 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Doctor Tom Posted June 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2023 8 minutes ago, schlog said: I can top that easily. I let rent my seaview villa with my great samlohr for 1 million per month. The renter is a prince from Burundi and he signed a 3 year contract. Signing fee was 50 baht thai gold. Times are the best i say! Here a pic of my villa&samlohr! Nice, well worth it. Love the view and the carefully placed ornamental stones. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 11 hours ago, zzzzz said: having lived in Phuket since 85, ( except for 2 1/2 years) I would say bangla is not even amongst the list for staying Your probably right, but it is always a busy place that is always frequented, I wonder why ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAZ Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 Koh Samui rent has not been as effected as by the influx of Russians (yet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandboxer Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, schlog said: October for a year, 500,000thb pcm 500k PerCentiMeter, that's peanuts for PooKrap nowadays!~☺️ Edited June 4, 2023 by Sandboxer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virt Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/russians-own-40-of-foreign-owned-condos-in-phuket That's quite a lot of Russians. Seems like the Russians are doing the same as the English and Scandinavians did in Spain years back and hunkered down in specific areas. No wonder the prices are sky rocketing. Locals not to pleased with it according to Swedish newspaper. Locals quoted saying that the Russians are acting like the new kings of Phuket and have scared away a lot of their regular tourists from Europe. No idea if that's the case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geisha Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 On 5/30/2023 at 1:30 PM, 4MyEgo said: Would those attractions include one Bangla Road ???? Not everyone living in Patong or nearby goes to Bangla. The closest I got to it was Junk Ceylon for the usual shopping and parking., There are a lot of nice condos and villas reasonably priced, some very nice hotels and restaurants with scenic views, plenty shopping and the huge double Central not far away. I only left because the weather was too hot and humid for me. Went to Hua Hin for 2 years , good breezy air, but found it too boring and ugly beaches, so ended up in Jomtien where the prom is nice but the seawater disgusting ( as is Pattaya ). Lots of reasonable condos in Jomtien . Must admit Phuket has by far some of the nicest beaches ( apart from the smaller islands that have their own drawbacks). I have the best of friends there, great Thai people I’ve known for 35 years , so I go back for holidays only. ( PS phuket taxis must be the worst rip off scoundrels in Thailand unfortunately). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Can we see a link to said 350,000 baht villa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwood1 Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Anyone who pays 350,000 baht in rent needs to see a doctor ASAP....A brain doctor needs to do some deep probing to find out why they are so stupid... 350,000 Xs 12 Do the math......You can BUY a ok place for this.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bassosa Posted July 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) On 5/13/2023 at 10:49 PM, ezzra said: Even 150k a month is high in Thai standard, and as one poster commented, there's a lot of Russian and other nationalities flocking to Phuket right now that either can afford it or they're forced to pay such high rent, so if they think they can get it, good for them. That sucks. Don't want Russians to get priced out and spread to other parts of Thailand. We need them contained like that and ideally in a place which I'd never consider visiting, ie. Phuket. Edited July 27, 2023 by Bassosa 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 14 hours ago, geisha said: Must admit Phuket has by far some of the nicest beaches If you have transport, yes, Nai Han is one of my favourites, and most beaches along that route are better than swimming at Patong which is disgusting, especially when you see all of the street water and waste run into it at one of the ends of the beach. 14 hours ago, geisha said: Went to Hua Hin for 2 years , good breezy air, but found it too boring and ugly beaches Again, unless you have transport, not much to see and do at Hua Hin, apart from shopping centres, but outside of Hua Hin, like Ao Manae Bay down at Prachuap Khiri Khan District which is a good hour and a half drive, is a pretty place, but the drivers on the roads are some of the craziest I have come across around Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harsh Jones Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 On 5/14/2023 at 2:00 AM, MarkT63 said: Nope - 350K per month for min 1 year contract ???? It is called inflation. Not Thailand specifically but the world. It sloshes around everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harsh Jones Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 On 6/3/2023 at 3:45 AM, khunPer said: Supply and demand, business as normal... Funny when the big dogs get trampled by even bigger dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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