Best Way To Find A Cheap Place For Long Time Rental?

[whitek]

1: Which is the best way to find a cheap apartment for long-time renting in Thailand?

2: Is it generally more expensive when looking on web?

3: Is there some kind of "apartment-agencies" (not sure of the proper word) keeping lists of available places, and if so, how do they work?

4: Let's say one sees a building with apartments on a location one would like to stay, how do one go about to find out if there are any available apartments in that building?

In my case its leaning towards 1-2 months at a time (to see if I like the place) in either HuaHin, KohSamui or Phuket. (Preferably not far from the beach)

5: Do you know of any websites where I can browse for available apartments(or even cheap houses?) in those areas?

[allane]

1. Walk around. If you see a place that you like, in a location that you like, walk in and talk to the manager.

2. Yes, if you are looking at an English language web.

3. Yes. I have no idea how they work, but I do know that they don't work for nothing.

4. See #1 above.

5. Maybe, put up a posting in the Local Forum for each of those locations here on Thaivisa. Probably best to give an idea of your budget.

[Garry9999]

1-2 months, now that's a loooong, I love you long-time.

[GungaDin]

1-2 months, hmmmm. That's definitely short-time.

Try TV classifieds, and look for Hotel California, cha am, nice digs & location for 12KB a month

Try craigs list and baht / sold for short time rentals.

I got my long-term house rental through Craigs list.

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allane is correct, esp point 1.

If you don't speak Thai, make sure you take a black haired dictionary with you and chat up the security guards,

they know what's going on, it's about the only use they are.

"Security".....

[chiang mai]

You'll pay premium rates for one or two months in Phuket, go for twelve or twenty four months and you can find some good deals right now, what's you budget?

[BillR]

you need thai handler. Even if you walk around and call you will double the price just by speaking english. I pay 15k/mo 2 bed and swimming pool, new construction. My neighbor pays 30k.

[coxhoedave]

The cheapest places I've seen on the internet are here http://www.thaiapartments.net/

Good luck.

[Loz]

best advice I got before I came here. NETWORK LOCALLY.

I guess having a local front for you might get a better price but I've sorted my own places out each time and always been happy with the deal except my first appartment where utilities were extortionate once I found out the going rates. But I'd been here 4 days when I found that place. And it did its job well.

ride around the 'hood, don't be affraid to ask. Don't be affraid to haggle.

[dave2]

whitek.

re .... In my case its leaning towards 1-2 months at a time

one or two months ? .... that makes you a tourist not a long term stayer !

book a week at a time my friend coz your at the bottom of the pile in thailand im affraid !

dave2 : )

[whitek]

Thanks guys.

Hmm, I guess my new plan would be to spend a week each (in hotels to begin with) at several locations around Thailand until I've found a location where I can dedicate to stay for 3-6 months at least.