genobkk Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Is their any place to live in the area for $1,000 USD per month? It would be tough in thailand doing borders runs all the time, perhaps if you owned your own place and had a retirement visa. Cambodia with no Visa runs but you still would pay a large amount of your money for rent, but hey cheap beer!!! what do other think? is anyone really doing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovelaos Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 It depends on what you define as 'live'. If you mean 'exist' then there are many places in the world. To 'live' on $1000 a month would be vey difficult for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi850m2 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 It depends on what you define as 'live'. If you mean 'exist' then there are many places in the world. To 'live' on $1000 a month would be vey difficult for me. Impossible for me as well, but okay have a family here in Thailand and that ads up on the money needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fast Eddie Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 You can do it fairly easily in Thailand, if you want to. But it depends on what things you think you have to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) It depends on what you define as 'live'. If you mean 'exist' then there are many places in the world. To 'live' on $1000 a month would be vey difficult for me. Impossible for me as well, but okay have a family here in Thailand and that ads up on the money needed. It all has it's variables. Difficult to advise, as every situation will be different. Edited February 3, 2012 by zzaa09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary A Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I can live comfortably in Loei province for a thousand dollars US per month but it required a couple of million baht investment. No rent and a non-extravagant lifestyle. Existing and living are two different things. I don't like a budget and refuse to live within a budget style lifestyle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Depends on life style and location. If I wasn't paying installments on the truck? Piece of piss on 30K Baht me and the Mrs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yannic Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 with basic insurance (which covers the absolute minimum and only a small portion of an illness), visa fees, living in the province with a small rent on a house, max two persons, no kids, no car, maybe a small motorbike then you can live on a 1,000 bucks in the Philippines. Obtaining a Visa is much easier there then in LOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gudtymchuk Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 with basic insurance (which covers the absolute minimum and only a small portion of an illness), visa fees, living in the province with a small rent on a house, max two persons, no kids, no car, maybe a small motorbike then you can live on a 1,000 bucks in the Philippines. Obtaining a Visa is much easier there then in LOS. Agree you can live on $1000 per month in the Philippines. Minimum requirement for a Philippine retirement visa but must have 10 grand in a Phil bank account. You wont live great but you can survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajaan Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Well, I lived in BKK on $1,000 USD a month from 2002-2005...but I'm not sure it's possible anymore. Well, certainly is IS possible...many, many Thais live for much less...but the question is, how much are you willing to "live like a Thai"?? We're talking: living in a working class Thai apartment building (no more than 5k baht a month, and you better invest in a fan, because if you have aircon with that, you're not gonna be using it much!!)...internet...you probably don't want to spend more than 1.5k baht a month on that...expect SLOW, intermittent service. For the 5k price, you are not gonna get a kitchen. Plan to eat most of your meals out (you can get a little gas stove--though your apartment agreement will forbid it--to cook the occasional bowl of Mama, if you want), and make sure those meals are THAI, on the street or in cheap food courts...in other words, 40-50 baht a meal, NO farang food allowed. Here's the kicker (for most farang males): you're going to have to SERIOUSLY curb your pussy intake. Maybe 3-4 ST's a month? That's 3-4k gone. Do an LT, and it's 2k...you get the picture. Of course, if you can do without such things (yeah, right), you can limit yourself to 30b large bottles of Chang bought at the 7-11 and consumed in your "loom"... Don't forget health insurance...the most basic Thai BUPA (Blue Cross) is about 12,000 a year, and that will only cover surgery and hospital stays, not doctor visits. If you're young and healthy, not a big deal... DO forget frequent visits to your home country...that would eat up a huge chunk of several months' budget. So yeah, you could do it in BKK...but, do you really WANT to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 (edited) It depends on what you define as 'live'. If you mean 'exist' then there are many places in the world. To 'live' on $1000 a month would be vey difficult for me. Easily in Thailand or Cambodia; Phuket ( where i live) 2 bedroom house with air con $400 food for one includes going out 2-3 days/week $300 eating a mix of thai and Farang phone, internet, cable tv $40 electric $20-50 depends on if u use the air con Leaves ya a few extra $$ I live here on $2,000/month with my daughter BUT her school is $800/month and it costs me about $150./month in gas to take her to school food for both of us runs about $ 600/.month includes housing items/cleaning stuff/shampoo/soap etc etc. of course if ur a heavy drinker/bar goer $1,000 wont do it U will need to own ur own car or bike (or preferable both) Insurance for car $350/year full coverage Medical; the price of $12,000 is way off. I used to have the BUPA Platinum coverage for my daughter and myself ( 10years old and 54) was less than 60,000 baht/year out patient only and no dental Cambodia same as above but rent for a small 1 bedroom in PP or SHV $250-300/month Beer; Thailand 7/11 35 baht bar 60-125 baht Cambodia 7/11 $1 Bar $.65 drafts up to $2/bottle/can Cocktails Thailand 100-150 baht inn bars Cambodia $1.50-2.50 in bars Cigs, no idea as don't smoke Edited February 5, 2012 by phuketrichard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroy Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 The Thailand visa runs got too much for me, so I've been living in Cambodia for a few years. You can get a one-year work visa here for under $300, & it is is very simple. I have sometimes lived on $1,000 a month in Phnom Penh. However this doesn't account for emergencies that might have arisen - e.g. flights back home because of illness. You can rent a clean, part-furnished apartment in PP or Battambang for $300 p month. Serviced apartments in Battambang come in at that too, or slightly under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJohnnyBKK Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 I live in downtown Bangkok in a three-story house just back of a main road, 10 min walk from BTS, next to bus and river ferry and motorcycle taxi stop with my two kids + full-time maid + her kids. Rent = 8,000/mo Maid = 7,500/mo, plus occasional random tips here and there to keep her motivated Utilities = 3,200-3,500/mo (electric, water, cooking gas, hi-speed Internet) Basic food = 100-120/ day, supplemented by B2,500-3,000 month trip to Tesco or Macro School fees = around 2,000/mo if averaged year-round The rest I consider discretionary, but obviously clothing and appliances should be factored in long-term. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROMANOBA Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 with basic insurance (which covers the absolute minimum and only a small portion of an illness), visa fees, living in the province with a small rent on a house, max two persons, no kids, no car, maybe a small motorbike then you can live on a 1,000 bucks in the Philippines. Obtaining a Visa is much easier there then in LOS. yes, 1000 usd will do in the Philippines, if you can cope with horrible food, high criminality, zero infrastructure,typhoons, earthquakes, total lack of decent medical care ( with the exception of superexpensive Manila and Cebu), hig priced hotels, and so on.I lived in the Philippines for 2 years and I gave up.1000 usd will give you a much nicer life in Thailand, period. ( people are more interesting in the Philippines, but this is a different story...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzydom Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 It all depends on the lifestyle you expect for your $1000. Luxuries (necessary to some)can make a real hole in your budget. To live in Sihanoukville (Cambodia) the following applies. Rent (room or small flat with ensuite) $80-140 pm including electric. Visa $25 pm Food $300 pm So for less than 1/2 your budget you have the main costs. Luxury items cigs (if you smoke $3 per carton of 200 Beer has been mentioned Ladies ST $10 An outlay of $500 initially buys a serviceable motor bike Many rooms/small apartments are semi furnished so allow $200 initially to buy extra + some cooking gear. So allowing say $1000 for initial purchases and if you dont smoke ,drink or monger you can EXIST on $500 per month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morocco Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 It all depends on the lifestyle you expect for your $1000. Luxuries (necessary to some)can make a real hole in your budget. To live in Sihanoukville (Cambodia) the following applies. Rent (room or small flat with ensuite) $80-140 pm including electric. Visa $25 pm Food $300 pm So for less than 1/2 your budget you have the main costs. Luxury items cigs (if you smoke $3 per carton of 200 Beer has been mentioned Ladies ST $10 An outlay of $500 initially buys a serviceable motor bike Many rooms/small apartments are semi furnished so allow $200 initially to buy extra + some cooking gear. So allowing say $1000 for initial purchases and if you dont smoke ,drink or monger you can EXIST on $500 per month. $10 for ST? Please share your secret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 I live in downtown Bangkok in a three-story house just back of a main road, 10 min walk from BTS, next to bus and river ferry and motorcycle taxi stop with my two kids + full-time maid + her kids. Rent = 8,000/mo Maid = 7,500/mo, plus occasional random tips here and there to keep her motivated Utilities = 3,200-3,500/mo (electric, water, cooking gas, hi-speed Internet) Basic food = 100-120/ day, supplemented by B2,500-3,000 month trip to Tesco or Macro School fees = around 2,000/mo if averaged year-round The rest I consider discretionary, but obviously clothing and appliances should be factored in long-term. Hope this helps You only paying school fees of 2,000 baht./month for two kids? I assume ur raising them Thai style 100-120 /day you an ur kids? Cant do that as i love dairy products and more than the cheapest cuts of pork and chicken. Living very cheap indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 (edited) It all depends on the lifestyle you expect for your $1000. Luxuries (necessary to some)can make a real hole in your budget. To live in Sihanoukville (Cambodia) the following applies. Rent (room or small flat with ensuite) $80-140 pm including electric. Visa $25 pm Food $300 pm So for less than 1/2 your budget you have the main costs. Luxury items cigs (if you smoke $3 per carton of 200 Beer has been mentioned Ladies ST $10 An outlay of $500 initially buys a serviceable motor bike Many rooms/small apartments are semi furnished so allow $200 initially to buy extra + some cooking gear. So allowing say $1000 for initial purchases and if you dont smoke ,drink or monger you can EXIST on $500 per month. $10 for ST? Please share your secret. Blue Mountain above the harbor Edited February 5, 2012 by phuketrichard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anterian Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 I bought two adjacent semi detached run down, derelict houses for 300 KBaht each. Spent a further 150 Kbaht on each renovating and modernising them. My monthly overheads are about 3 Kbaht, gas, water, electricity, phone, Internet. Once a week I spend about 2KBaht at BigC. I eat English food, just buy the raw materials. My biggest expenditure is 7,500 Baht per month on cigars.I have a total of 8 rooms and 3 toilet/shower rooms, a large covered patio and two smaller covered patios. At the moment it takes an hour to get into Bangkok, but the Purple line should improve that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzydom Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 It all depends on the lifestyle you expect for your $1000. Luxuries (necessary to some)can make a real hole in your budget. To live in Sihanoukville (Cambodia) the following applies. Rent (room or small flat with ensuite) $80-140 pm including electric. Visa $25 pm Food $300 pm So for less than 1/2 your budget you have the main costs. Luxury items cigs (if you smoke $3 per carton of 200 Beer has been mentioned Ladies ST $10 An outlay of $500 initially buys a serviceable motor bike Many rooms/small apartments are semi furnished so allow $200 initially to buy extra + some cooking gear. So allowing say $1000 for initial purchases and if you dont smoke ,drink or monger you can EXIST on $500 per month. $10 for ST? Please share your secret. I,m sworn to secrecy ,this knowledge for local punters only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genobkk Posted February 5, 2012 Author Share Posted February 5, 2012 so it seems 1.000 USD is not even close to enough in thailand but more like,2.000 USD in Bangkok and other higher cost area may not even be enough if you need visa runs every 3 months. Not much said on Cambodia. II spend about 2,000 USD per month in Bangkok, some times I spend it all some times I can have $400 or more left over. with beer being very cheap in Cambodia and not having to do Visa runs I thought it would be possible ore even easey to do. My guess is Malaysia you would need at least 2,000 USD per month but seems rent is cheaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Geno Bkk did u even read the thread responses?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morocco Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 It all depends on the lifestyle you expect for your $1000. Luxuries (necessary to some)can make a real hole in your budget. To live in Sihanoukville (Cambodia) the following applies. Rent (room or small flat with ensuite) $80-140 pm including electric. Visa $25 pm Food $300 pm So for less than 1/2 your budget you have the main costs. Luxury items cigs (if you smoke $3 per carton of 200 Beer has been mentioned Ladies ST $10 An outlay of $500 initially buys a serviceable motor bike Many rooms/small apartments are semi furnished so allow $200 initially to buy extra + some cooking gear. So allowing say $1000 for initial purchases and if you dont smoke ,drink or monger you can EXIST on $500 per month. $10 for ST? Please share your secret. I,m sworn to secrecy ,this knowledge for local punters only The last time I was there blue mountain was shut down and I am a little tired of Victoria Hill girls thinking they are worth more money than PP GIRLS.I live in Cambodia but only hit the beach a couple times a year now.Most people I know there have left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzydom Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 It all depends on the lifestyle you expect for your $1000. Luxuries (necessary to some)can make a real hole in your budget. To live in Sihanoukville (Cambodia) the following applies. Rent (room or small flat with ensuite) $80-140 pm including electric. Visa $25 pm Food $300 pm So for less than 1/2 your budget you have the main costs. Luxury items cigs (if you smoke $3 per carton of 200 Beer has been mentioned Ladies ST $10 An outlay of $500 initially buys a serviceable motor bike Many rooms/small apartments are semi furnished so allow $200 initially to buy extra + some cooking gear. So allowing say $1000 for initial purchases and if you dont smoke ,drink or monger you can EXIST on $500 per month. $10 for ST? Please share your secret. Blue Mountain above the harbor Thats the chicken farm near the harbour Richard, but its largely demolished now for the new port rebuilding. Blue Mountain is up town near the market, but it to is on a downhill slide with the governments drive against drugs and prostitution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzydom Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 It all depends on the lifestyle you expect for your $1000. Luxuries (necessary to some)can make a real hole in your budget. To live in Sihanoukville (Cambodia) the following applies. Rent (room or small flat with ensuite) $80-140 pm including electric. Visa $25 pm Food $300 pm So for less than 1/2 your budget you have the main costs. Luxury items cigs (if you smoke $3 per carton of 200 Beer has been mentioned Ladies ST $10 An outlay of $500 initially buys a serviceable motor bike Many rooms/small apartments are semi furnished so allow $200 initially to buy extra + some cooking gear. So allowing say $1000 for initial purchases and if you dont smoke ,drink or monger you can EXIST on $500 per month. $10 for ST? Please share your secret. I,m sworn to secrecy ,this knowledge for local punters only The last time I was there blue mountain was shut down and I am a little tired of Victoria Hill girls thinking they are worth more money than PP GIRLS.I live in Cambodia but only hit the beach a couple times a year now.Most people I know there have left. Know the feeling.but being in the older group ,most people I know are dead or dieing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happysanook Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 (edited) pretty much anywhere in thailand other than the touristy islands...depends on how u live. I can easily live off about half that if I wanted. apt or small house.. 5k or less. food, 6k or less. internet 1k. visa fees figure average 2k per month. that's 500usd ...then whatever extras u require... eating out, drinking, gf...etc... Posted with Thaivisa App http://apps.thaivisa.com Edited February 5, 2012 by happysanook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 (edited) It all depends on the lifestyle you expect for your $1000. Luxuries (necessary to some)can make a real hole in your budget. To live in Sihanoukville (Cambodia) the following applies. Rent (room or small flat with ensuite) $80-140 pm including electric. Visa $25 pm Food $300 pm So for less than 1/2 your budget you have the main costs. Luxury items cigs (if you smoke $3 per carton of 200 Beer has been mentioned Ladies ST $10 An outlay of $500 initially buys a serviceable motor bike Many rooms/small apartments are semi furnished so allow $200 initially to buy extra + some cooking gear. So allowing say $1000 for initial purchases and if you dont smoke ,drink or monger you can EXIST on $500 per month. $10 for ST? Please share your secret. Blue Mountain above the harbor Thats the chicken farm near the harbour Richard, but its largely demolished now for the new port rebuilding. Blue Mountain is up town near the market, but it to is on a downhill slide with the governments drive against drugs and prostitution. Ahh ok, i was last there in Dec and as i have a Cambodian GF don't get out like i used to :-) AS to living on less than $1,000 Even here in Phuket very doable. Studio apts including air and electric can be had for under 7,500 baht if u want live cheaper u can find fan rooms for under 3,000 baht 100/day for food unlimited internet via ais and a smartphone 600 baht motorcycle rental 2,500/month or buy a used one for 15,000 baht gas 1,000/month 1 night a week out 12,000 baht/month and ur still under $800/month and i guarante ur living better here in Phuket than in Sakorn nowhwere BUT u do need the visa worked out if over 50 and have a pension its easy and than ur 1 year visa is 1,900 baht and u dont need leave every 3 months Under than u go the study visa and that will add another 30,000 baht/year It all depends on the difference between surviving and living Edited February 5, 2012 by phuketrichard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genobkk Posted February 5, 2012 Author Share Posted February 5, 2012 Geno Bkk did u even read the thread responses?? yes it seems several are doing, when I read and reply it seemed most thought you could not do it, I did not read the last few post. I am shocked that many are doing it, if you owned your own place a small condo or townhouse I could see doing it without to much trouble. would it be easer to do it in Cambodia or about the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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