Well Be Moving To Phuket

[Notstupid30]

At stated on the topic title Well be moving to Phuket as of Tuesday and was wondering what input you people of Phuket Fourm could give us on Muang Phuket .. I have also seen a really nice town house for around 12,000 THB but has been on a property site now since Dec and think i should try and push it down maybe to 10,000 THB but depends on the Thai owner on top of this it's partially furnished and looks a very nice modern place ..

[JetsetBkk]

Oh dear. Are you sure you want to come here? Maybe reconsider your nick name?

[Jimi007]

Oh dear. Are you sure you want to come here? Maybe reconsider your nick name?

LOL, good one! It was the first thought that came to my mind as well!

Muang Phuket is a fairly large area of Phuket. Could you be a bit more specific? I live in Rawai, which is also Muang Phuket. I pay less than you plan to for a two bedroom house with a large garden...

[Notstupid30]

Oh dear. Are you sure you want to come here? Maybe reconsider your nick name?

LOL, good one! It was the first thought that came to my mind as well!

Muang Phuket is a fairly large area of Phuket. Could you be a bit more specific? I live in Rawai, which is also Muang Phuket. I pay less than you plan to for a two bedroom house with a large garden...

Anything got to be better then Pattaya in all truth also looking to stay around where Bangkok Phuket Hospital is ?

[pagallim]

Oh dear. Are you sure you want to come here? Maybe reconsider your nick name?

LOL, good one! It was the first thought that came to my mind as well!

Muang Phuket is a fairly large area of Phuket. Could you be a bit more specific? I live in Rawai, which is also Muang Phuket. I pay less than you plan to for a two bedroom house with a large garden...

Anything got to be better then Pattaya in all truth also looking to stay around where Bangkok Phuket Hospital is ?

Not a lot of 'typical' expat accommodation around BKK Hospital. Maybe a few condos nearer the (Phuket) town centre, or going towards the Bypass Road between Tesco Lotus/Central. Quite a lot of reasonably priced guesthouse/suite type accommodation in Phuket Town, as a temporary measure, so you can gauge the market further.

[Jimi007]

Oh dear. Are you sure you want to come here? Maybe reconsider your nick name?

LOL, good one! It was the first thought that came to my mind as well!

Muang Phuket is a fairly large area of Phuket. Could you be a bit more specific? I live in Rawai, which is also Muang Phuket. I pay less than you plan to for a two bedroom house with a large garden...

Anything got to be better then Pattaya in all truth also looking to stay around where Bangkok Phuket Hospital is ?

Really rather a busy commercial area around there. I wouldn't even consider living in that area. But we all have different wants and needs. I don't know of anything off hand in that area. As Pagallim mentioned there are a lot of newer large apartment building in Phuket town. I think there is a thread or two about them in this forum. Good luck...

[Notstupid30]

Oh dear. Are you sure you want to come here? Maybe reconsider your nick name?

LOL, good one! It was the first thought that came to my mind as well!

Muang Phuket is a fairly large area of Phuket. Could you be a bit more specific? I live in Rawai, which is also Muang Phuket. I pay less than you plan to for a two bedroom house with a large garden...

Anything got to be better then Pattaya in all truth also looking to stay around where Bangkok Phuket Hospital is ?

Really rather a busy commercial area around there. I wouldn't even consider living in that area. But we all have different wants and needs. I don't know of anything off hand in that area. As Pagallim mentioned there are a lot of newer large apartment building in Phuket town. I think there is a thread or two about them in this forum. Good luck...

for us commercial area what me and the girlfriend need in all truth also as for condos go we all sometimes need some space from the other half been living in a condo now for some months in Pattaya and it is and was a nightmare in all truth plus the rates can be killer compared to government rates .. also thanks for your input

[hansgruber]

Oh dear. Are you sure you want to come here? Maybe reconsider your nick name?

He had no choice with the nickname, he has to defend the fact he supports Man u somehow.

[Colonel_Mustard]

Oh dear. Are you sure you want to come here? Maybe reconsider your nick name?

He had no choice with the nickname, he has to defend the fact he supports Man u somehow.

I noticed that. His username and avatar are somewhat of a contradiction.

Anyway, it sounds as if you're looking at the Samkong area which I think is a decent enough area to be in Phuket Town. Close to shopping, restaurants, bars, hospitals etc.

Good luck with the move. There's a lot of negative stuff spouted on here about Phuket, and, while some of it is no doubt deserved, it still remains the best place to live in Thailand IMO.

[JetsetBkk]

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it still remains the best place to live in Thailand IMO.

I sincerely hope that's not true.

[pagallim]

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it still remains the best place to live in Thailand IMO.

I sincerely hope that's not true.

For availability of products and services, access to beaches, islands and stunning scenery, difficult to think of another place in Thailand that compares. Best place to live always depends on how the individual intends to live, and their definition of quality.

[chiang mai]

From Pattaya to Phuket, I'm not sure if that's step up or not and I lived in Phuket for four years. As for Phuket being the best place in Thailand to live, neither place is really Thailand, they're both tourist centres that don't share much in common with the rest of Thailand or its people.

[Mrjlh]

Sent you a private message of you are interested.

[KarenBravo]

From Pattaya to Phuket, I'm not sure if that's step up or not and I lived in Phuket for four years. As for Phuket being the best place in Thailand to live, neither place is really Thailand, they're both tourist centres that don't share much in common with the rest of Thailand or its people.

Precisely!

Most of Thailand has cookie-cutter towns where life is dull, amenities rare and choices are limited.

Much rather live in Phuket where you can be a free-wheeling rich man living the high-life, or a beach-bum on a budget and everything in-between.

[Felt 35]

Go up Yaowarat Rd from town and head up Hongyok Utis Road (left) before Bangkok Phuket Hospital and you find plenty of housing for any budget.This area is ok and much less traffic than in Yaowarat road. Mostly working / business minded neighbourhood and flooded with genuine Thai food restaurants without tourist prices.

Nicest area is near Khao Rang,end of Hongyok Utis Rd but will cost you more.

[JetsetBkk]

Forget Phuket town. Really.

I moved to Phuket town after living in Rawai for about 5 years. I convinced myself that being near to the big shopping centres - Central, Big C, Tesco - Phang Nga road computer shops, good hardware stores, my bank, the hospitals, immigration, etc. would be better than stuck in the south. And it would be cheaper - a lot cheaper.

First I lived in the east side - Surin Road, new development, big mistake. Noisy traffic, noisy market, bad air, lunatic drivers, no peace and quiet.

Then went north - near to Supercheap, new development, big mistake. Noisy bikes, noisy dogs - all f****** night - constant noisy traffic, roads always busy.

Now I'm back in Rawai - same house. Oh, the peace and quiet! You think Hayek Chalong is a problem? You ain't seen nothin' 'till you lived in town.

[Notstupid30]

Thanks for the input guys ...

[Colonel_Mustard]

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it still remains the best place to live in Thailand IMO.

I sincerely hope that's not true.

It is for me.

International schools, golf courses, shopping, sport and leisure centres, air quality, airport, nightlife, beautiful beaches, scenery etc.

Here you can pretty much choose the life you wish to lead. There are deserted beaches and packed beaches, lively nightlife, quiet nightlife. It's pretty much all here. There are of course some negatives but they rarely impact upon my life and there is no other part of Thailand where I could live the life I presently enjoy.

Of course when the kids grow up and I no longer have the desire to go to the beach/play golf/tennis etc, my opinion may change but for me, and for now it is still by far the best place in Thailand to live.

[Notstupid30]

<snip>

it still remains the best place to live in Thailand IMO.

I sincerely hope that's not true.

It is for me.

International schools, golf courses, shopping, sport and leisure centres, air quality, airport, nightlife, beautiful beaches, scenery etc.

Here you can pretty much choose the life you wish to lead. There are deserted beaches and packed beaches, lively nightlife, quiet nightlife. It's pretty much all here. There are of course some negatives but they rarely impact upon my life and there is no other part of Thailand where I could live the life I presently enjoy.

Of course when the kids grow up and I no longer have the desire to go to the beach/play golf/tennis etc, my opinion may change but for me, and for now it is still by far the best place in Thailand to live.

Life to short ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HG0q6GkTsE

[chiang mai]

<snip>

it still remains the best place to live in Thailand IMO.

I sincerely hope that's not true.

It is for me.

International schools, golf courses, shopping, sport and leisure centres, air quality, airport, nightlife, beautiful beaches, scenery etc.

Here you can pretty much choose the life you wish to lead. There are deserted beaches and packed beaches, lively nightlife, quiet nightlife. It's pretty much all here. There are of course some negatives but they rarely impact upon my life and there is no other part of Thailand where I could live the life I presently enjoy.

Of course when the kids grow up and I no longer have the desire to go to the beach/play golf/tennis etc, my opinion may change but for me, and for now it is still by far the best place in Thailand to live.

I do not want to turn this into a Phuket bashing thread but you've listed all the positives without listing a single negative, so, as someone who has lived in Thailand for ten years, four of them in Phuket, here's what I don't miss:

I don't miss cat burglars breaking into my house at 4am just because I'm a farang who lives in a farang enclave; I don't miss parking almost anywhere in Patong (except Jungcelylon) only to find that some local thought I was parked in his spot and hence he keyed the paintwork of my car; I don't miss paying at least 30% more for food and drink in bars/restaurants ib Phuket than I pay elsewhere in Thailand; I don't miss the "un-Thainess" of the local population; I don't miss not having access to any semblance of a sensibly priced public transportation system.

I like Phuket, parts of it are very beautiful and a few of the beaches are excellent, for a two week holiday for those who live outside of Thailand, great. Or if you are running a business that capitalises on the tourist industry, Phuket is a great place to be. But for those people who came to Thailand to live because of the culture or its people, Phuket wouldn't be my first choice I'm afraid.

[Colonel_Mustard]

I don't miss cat burglars breaking into my house at 4am just because I'm a farang who lives in a farang enclave; I don't miss parking almost anywhere in Patong (except Jungcelylon) only to find that some local thought I was parked in his spot and hence he keyed the paintwork of my car; I don't miss paying at least 30% more for food and drink in bars/restaurants ib Phuket than I pay elsewhere in Thailand; I don't miss the "un-Thainess" of the local population; I don't miss not having access to any semblance of a sensibly priced public transportation system.

I didn't just list positives, I listed facilities that are available here and that are important in my life.

I've lived in Phuket 12 years and of course there are some negatives. I didn't list any of the ones you did though because I was talking about from a personal point of view and they don't really affect my life. I have never yet been burgled, I don't live in a farang enclave, I haven't been to Patong in years, never had my car keyed, don't care about the supposed 'un-Thainess' of the Phuket populace (I say supposed un-Thainess as the locals are as Thai as anywhere else), rarely go to bars anymore and I have my own transport. I'm sure if those things affected me on a regular basis, I'd have a different opinion.

My main negatives here are the lack of a solid education for my kids at reasonable prices, general standard of driving, the weather (I prefer the 4 defined seasons) and I miss some of the activities that were available in places I have lived previously (skiing, opera, ballet, concerts, galleries etc). Having said that, I don't think those things are readily available elsewhere in Thailand either.

So, as I said, for me Phuket remains the best (and possibly only) to live in Thailand at the moment. However, I do understand that that might not be the case for everybody. It all depends on our personal experiences, needs and expectations.

Edited February 4, 2013 by Colonel_Mustard

[slipperx]

Phuket is lovely as long as you can accept traffic like Bangkok, scumbags trying to scam you everywhere both small and big scale, a totally corrupt police force beyond your wildest imaginings which can extend to the judiciary and most lawyers offices, sky high prices in anywhere tourists visit, a mafia stranglehold on transport and a rapidly worsening crime rate from robbery, burglary to murder and serious violence. If you can stay clear of that lot it has a lot of natural beauty and plenty of things to do with any money you manage to keep hold of but the people? Not the best place in the country for the people in my opinion.

Edited February 4, 2013 by slipperx

[chiang mai]

I don't miss cat burglars breaking into my house at 4am just because I'm a farang who lives in a farang enclave; I don't miss parking almost anywhere in Patong (except Jungcelylon) only to find that some local thought I was parked in his spot and hence he keyed the paintwork of my car; I don't miss paying at least 30% more for food and drink in bars/restaurants ib Phuket than I pay elsewhere in Thailand; I don't miss the "un-Thainess" of the local population; I don't miss not having access to any semblance of a sensibly priced public transportation system.

I didn't just list positives, I listed facilities that are available here and that are important in my life.

I've lived in Phuket 12 years and of course there are some negatives. I didn't list any of the ones you did though because I was talking about from a personal point of view and they don't really affect my life. I have never yet been burgled, I don't live in a farang enclave, I haven't been to Patong in years, never had my car keyed, don't care about the supposed 'un-Thainess' of the Phuket populace (I say supposed un-Thainess as the locals are as Thai as anywhere else), rarely go to bars anymore and I have my own transport. I'm sure if those things affected me on a regular basis, I'd have a different opinion.

My main negatives here are the lack of a solid education for my kids at reasonable prices, general standard of driving, the weather (I prefer the 4 defined seasons) and I miss some of the activities that were available in places I have lived previously (skiing, opera, ballet, concerts, galleries etc). Having said that, I don't think those things are readily available elsewhere in Thailand either.

So, as I said, for me Phuket remains the best (and possibly only) to live in Thailand at the moment. However, I do understand that that might not be the case for everybody. It all depends on our personal experiences, needs and expectations.

We might only disagree on one point and that is the Thainess issue, it didn't really strike me until I'd been back in Chiang Mai for a couple of months how different the people in Phuket are by comparison to Chiang Mai. True, most of the locals in Phuket are Thai citizens but there again most are transient workers from Issan and their attitude when compared to local Chiang Mai residents for example is a world apart, the latter being, on the whole, much more friendly, polite and conversational.

[Felt 35]

I don't miss cat burglars breaking into my house at 4am just because I'm a farang who lives in a farang enclave; I don't miss parking almost anywhere in Patong (except Jungcelylon) only to find that some local thought I was parked in his spot and hence he keyed the paintwork of my car; I don't miss paying at least 30% more for food and drink in bars/restaurants ib Phuket than I pay elsewhere in Thailand; I don't miss the "un-Thainess" of the local population; I don't miss not having access to any semblance of a sensibly priced public transportation system.

I didn't just list positives, I listed facilities that are available here and that are important in my life.

I've lived in Phuket 12 years and of course there are some negatives. I didn't list any of the ones you did though because I was talking about from a personal point of view and they don't really affect my life. I have never yet been burgled, I don't live in a farang enclave, I haven't been to Patong in years, never had my car keyed, don't care about the supposed 'un-Thainess' of the Phuket populace (I say supposed un-Thainess as the locals are as Thai as anywhere else), rarely go to bars anymore and I have my own transport. I'm sure if those things affected me on a regular basis, I'd have a different opinion.

My main negatives here are the lack of a solid education for my kids at reasonable prices, general standard of driving, the weather (I prefer the 4 defined seasons) and I miss some of the activities that were available in places I have lived previously (skiing, opera, ballet, concerts, galleries etc). Having said that, I don't think those things are readily available elsewhere in Thailand either.

So, as I said, for me Phuket remains the best (and possibly only) to live in Thailand at the moment. However, I do understand that that might not be the case for everybody. It all depends on our personal experiences, needs and expectations.

We might only disagree on one point and that is the Thainess issue, it didn't really strike me until I'd been back in Chiang Mai for a couple of months how different the people in Phuket are by comparison to Chiang Mai. True, most of the locals in Phuket are Thai citizens but there again most are transient workers from Issan and their attitude when compared to local Chiang Mai residents for example is a world apart, the latter being, on the whole, much more friendly, polite and conversational.

ah... chiang mai you talk about Khon Phuket which is totally different from Khon Thai

[phuketrichard]

why live on an island and stay in a town??

[manly100]

why live on an island and stay in a town??

yep, head for a beach location.

[Felt 35]

why live on an island and stay in a town??

Why live in Thailand if you want a Western neighbourhood?

[Jimi007]

why live on an island and stay in a town??

Why live in Thailand if you want a Western neighbourhood?

I pretty much understand Phuketrichard's comment. If you live on a tropical island, why live in Phuket "city," when there are loads of nice beaches. I'm guessing you may be talking about some developments around that are aimed more at westerners? Plenty of areas around Phuket that have a mix of Thai and westerners IMO.

[pagallim]

It may well be that Notsostupid30's partner is going to work at Bangkok Hospital, hence looking for somewhere close to there.

I can't think of anywhere within Phuket island that's more than 15 to 20 minutes from a beach. The closer you are to a beach, the more you'll pay for accommodation, food, drinks etc. All down to priorities and likes I guess. I like to go to a beach occasionally (or at least a restaurant next to one), but wouldn't consider staying next to one. Living in say Rassada, which is 5 minutes from Bangkok Hospital, is only around 5 minutes from Koh Siray where there are some good beaches etc.

[Felt 35]

I have no problem to understand Richards comment based on my love for watersports......but no not live on the beach in a tourist resort town.

Many moons ago I tried in Kata but I felt looked at and treated like a tourist day out / in.

Have since been where we are now and sure it have a few downsides but all together I feel more at home here than with new faces around every day. Here we have more or less the same neigbours now than when I come. Knock on wood we have been lucky with great landlord, no neighbours behind us and as every one visiting us says, here it was quiet!

If i move anymore on Phuket it will be North on the Island or of the Island.