Moving To Chaiyaphum

[lovinglife]

Good day all,

I am selling up down here in Hua Hin and planning to move to the Chaiyaphum area. I would consider all options such as buying land and building on it, buying a new house or just renting a nice place.

I will be spending 2 nights a week in Bkk for business reasons.

Anyone living in the area, any advice would be greatfully received

[samuibeachcomber]

Good day all,

I am selling up down here in Hua Hin and planning to move to the Chaiyaphum area. I would consider all options such as buying land and building on it, buying a new house or just renting a nice place.

I will be spending 2 nights a week in Bkk for business reasons.

Anyone living in the area, any advice would be greatfully received

how long is a piece of string?in other words how much do you want to spend?my g/f uncle is a builder and showed us a house he was building(thai style) 2 bedrooms,seperate kitchen,lounge area,and bathroom/shower,small area out front with porch and garden.............cost 1 million baht,land maybe arounf 500,000baht.It was right in the centre of town.hope this helps.Personally i'm not a fan of chaiyaphum,but i did find a lovely small town 20 mins. away called ban kwao,no bars or farang restuarants but very friendly people,the place had night/day market one 711,and i found a little thai resort smack bang in the middle of the town that had a great swimming pool area open to the public.

[JanAndersLarsson]

Good day all,

I am selling up down here in Hua Hin and planning to move to the Chaiyaphum area. I would consider all options such as buying land and building on it, buying a new house or just renting a nice place.

I will be spending 2 nights a week in Bkk for business reasons.

Anyone living in the area, any advice would be greatfully received

You are welcome !

I moved to Buriram three years ago from Hua Hin and I don't miss it. I guess the best advice is first to rent something in Chaiyaphum or in Korat and then just look around for something you like. The area south of Korat is very nice. The immigration office in Korat is very convenient and with a nice staff.

Well this sounds as if I am recommending the Korat area. I guess I do.

Which means of travel do you have to go to Bangkok twice a week ? And excuse me if I am nosey ! Where do you live in Hua Hin ?

Edited January 17, 2009 by JanAndersLarsson

[pgs]

Chaiyaphum is a nice, reasonably quiet area. Not a lot happens & that is good. Shopping here is OK - not great, but OK. Tesco, local markets (open early), usual local shops, some good bike shops. Happily, I haven't had any problems here. By bus you're looking at about 5 hours on the bus. Local village buses are fairly regular from Chaiyaphum.

If you opt to move this way, welcome to the area - if you don't: welcome to where-ever you go. :-)

[lovinglife]

Good day all,

I am selling up down here in Hua Hin and planning to move to the Chaiyaphum area. I would consider all options such as buying land and building on it, buying a new house or just renting a nice place.

I will be spending 2 nights a week in Bkk for business reasons.

Anyone living in the area, any advice would be greatfully received

You are welcome !

I moved to Buriram three years ago from Hua Hin and I don't miss it. I guess the best advice is first to rent something in Chaiyaphum or in Korat and then just look around for something you like. The area south of Korat is very nice. The immigration office in Korat is very convenient and with a nice staff.

Well this sounds as if I am recommending the Korat area. I guess I do.

Which means of travel do you have to go to Bangkok twice a week ? And excuse me if I am nosey ! Where do you live in Hua Hin ?

Maybe have to rethink the exact location of my move as I understand there are no golf courses in Chaiyaphum, don't need lots but would like one good one to join. Girlfriends family live there so we want to be relatively close, Korat or Khon Kaen area would be close enough I guess. I understand there are courses at both these cities and that KK has a very nice new course to the West of the city.

Will be travelling to BKK by car so obviously Korat would be easier, guess there must be some good clubs there too.

[barryofthailand]

You would probably be better off moving to korat. Not far from Chaiyaphum, and BKK Right in the middle between them both. Korat has many golf courses, nice restaurants etc.

Barry

[abq2020]

Good day all,

I am selling up down here in Hua Hin and planning to move to the Chaiyaphum area. I would consider all options such as buying land and building on it, buying a new house or just renting a nice place.

I will be spending 2 nights a week in Bkk for business reasons.

Anyone living in the area, any advice would be greatfully received

Hello.

Having in the past lived in Korat and Khon Kaen, and now in Chaiyaphum, all three are nice places to live. Each have their pluses and minuses...and those are different in the eyes of each beholder.

Korat and Khon Kaen are similar in that they are both among the larger cities in Thailand, and offer many more shopping, entertainment, living, schooling, health care, etc., options than Chaiyaphum. If you get bored easily, need a big mall nearby, and thrive on nightlife...then Chaiyaphum perhaps is not your best choice. If you have now or will have children, there are many more schooling options and children activities in Korat and Khon Kaen. Korat has a large mall, and a large "Central" mall is now under construction in Khon Kaen. Cinemas, bowling, etc. do not know exist in Chaiyaphum. There are many golf course near to Korat and a few near to Khon Kaen.

You mention the need to have golf nearby. There is a 9 hole golf course just 7 km outside of Chaiyaphum. It is at a small university/college, and is a challenging Par 36 layout. Its condition is acceptable, playable, and cost of playing minimal. There is also one reasonably nice driving range within the Chai city limits. Supposedly, there are three 18 courses within 100km of Chaiyaphum, though I have not yet personally visited them.

Scattered notes...property costs are more in/around Korat than in/around Khon Kaen, and both much higher than Chaiyaphum; traveling to/from BKK easiest from Korat because it has an airport and just a 3 hour bus ride/drive; Khon Kaen has airport and VERY comfortable VIP 24 bus service (about 7 hour ride/drive). Chaiyaphum/BKK bus service is reasonable with confortable (but not luxurious) VIP buses available. Fares for VIP buses about bt 350 and 700 for travel from/to Chai and Khon Kaen, respectively.

Bottomline is trying before you buy or build. Some like, if not demand, a quiet and low impact environment; others want a pseudo BKK-like option. Whichever, it is relatively convenient get to what you want with a quick trip to BKK or other places...

Good luck!!

[ClaytonSeymour]

I am selling up down here in Hua Hin and planning to move to the Chaiyaphum area.

Good luck. Rather you than me.

[Junglejumbo]

The only thing i don't like about Chaiyaphum is that it's not really accessible by air-conditioned busses, at least from Khon Khaen or Korat where you have to go to a different bus station and get the red ones which have harder seats besides no air. Also little obvious transportation in and around there but I guess if you travel everywhere by car or bike then that's not a problem.

KK doesn't really have any nice scenic areas close whereas Chayaphum does.

Edited February 15, 2009 by Junglejumbo

[fishhooks]

Air-Con bus's definitely available from Korat to Chaiyaphum, used a brand new double decker one two days ago, 104 Baht and have used normal Nakhonchai Air bus's also out of Korat Bus Station over the last 2 years.

It's a very frequent route every couple of hours or so out of Korat.

Would also reckon that Air-Con bus's to Chaiyaphum also run frequently out of Khon Khaen, they certainly do out of Udon Thani as I've aslo used these in the past, very comfortable.

Junglejumbo: don't get put-off by the many "Touts" in these bus stations, they will definitely give you the wrong info if you are not going with the company that pays them their tea money.

[gazzasore]

Khon Kaen has an Airport

Chaiyaphum I dont think it has one

[Ken]

One potential problem that I see is that if you live in Chaiyaphum your Thai immigration office is Tha Li. There is an Australian guy that lives in a small village 15 Km behind me. I am in Nakhornratchasima Province and report 80 Km to the Korat office. The Australian falls in Chaiyaphum Province so he cannot report to Korat (80 Km for him). He must report to Tha Li which is at least 350 Km from his village.

[fishhooks]

Quite true Ken!

I've just been there and done that, nice little office and friendly staff similar to Korat, but a hel_l of a long way to go.

We stayed in Loei for a few days.

My main concern is the need to return there just for a reentry visa if one is required. I've posted as such in the main ThaiVisa section but am not getting any 'real' reaction.

I think the reentry issue stands out as being one of the silent issues at the moment that will really start to bite.