Moving to chaing mai November

[charlie1968]

Hi me and the wife are moving to chaing mai November also bringing the dog

Wife is Thai from chaing rai I'm 45 sang is 30 and been living in England for 5 years been coming to Thailand for 12 years a month at a time just wanting to know we're is a good place to rent a house already got hotel sorted for first month so we can have a look round and sort a business out thx

[stuartd1]

Suggest you review your post and work out why so few responses.

[Beetlejuice]

If the OP could inform us how he intends to financially support himself and his wife in Thailand, then perhaps we can give him some advice.

[jackr]

Best off having a 'search' or Classifieds (top Nav' middle) -- umpteen threads on it -- but driving around looking for 'rent' signs is the way to go as opposed to paying double through an agent.

[charlie1968]

If the OP could inform us how he intends to financially support himself and his wife in Thailand, then perhaps we can give him some advice.

Hi we have enough money till we find a

Business to buy

Also would have regular money from England each month about 30.000 baht

[charlie1968]

Best off having a 'search' or Classifieds (top Nav' middle) -- umpteen threads on it -- but driving around looking for 'rent' signs is the way to go as opposed to paying double through an agent.

Yeah I think that's the way only after a 2 bedroom house was looking somewhere centeral

[Jose]

Hi we have enough money till we find a Business to buy

Also would have regular money from England each month about 30.000 baht

Be psychologically ready to lose 100% of any $ investment made in Thailand.

30,000 Baht/month will offer you a very basic life here.

[charlie1968]

Hi we have enough money till we find a Business to buy

Also would have regular money from England each month about 30.000 baht

Be psychologically ready to lose 100% of any $ investment made in Thailand.

30,000 Baht/month will offer you a very basic life here.

Yeah I know 30.000 is not much but will have to do for a few months till we get

Everything sorted. Hopefully not lose to

Much

Thanks

[mesquite]

Hi we have enough money till we find a Business to buy

Also would have regular money from England each month about 30.000 baht

Be psychologically ready to lose 100% of any $ investment made in Thailand.

30,000 Baht/month will offer you a very basic life here.

Truer words have never been spoken

[worgeordie]

Hi Charlie1968,Dont worry about the doom sayers,first off you have a Thai wife

so thats a good start,you can manage ok on 30K bht a month,if you live within

your means,just be careful with your spending until you get on your feet.

Finding a business to do is not easy,don't invest in any bars,eateries,too much

competition,and failure rate is very high,don't know what your skills are ,so unable

to suggest anything.

I arrived here 1987 with just 2 pair trousers,couple shirts,underwear in small carry

on bag,and I have never regretted for one moment,just do it,if it fails you can always

return to the UK,but if you don't try you may regret it for the rest of your life,

Oh and while I only arrived with a few clothes,I had plenty of money so that helped!

and did not waste it on stupid schemes, so good luck to you your wife and dog.

regards worgeordie

[charlie1968]

Hi Charlie1968,Dont worry about the doom sayers,first off you have a Thai wife

so thats a good start,you can manage ok on 30K bht a month,if you live within

your means,just be careful with your spending until you get on your feet.

Finding a business to do is not easy,don't invest in any bars,eateries,too much

competition,and failure rate is very high,don't know what your skills are ,so unable

to suggest anything.

I arrived here 1987 with just 2 pair trousers,couple shirts,underwear in small carry

on bag,and I have never regretted for one moment,just do it,if it fails you can always

return to the UK,but if you don't try you may regret it for the rest of your life,

Oh and while I only arrived with a few clothes,I had plenty of money so that helped!

and did not waste it on stupid schemes, so good luck to you your wife and dog.

regards worgeordie

Cheers for the comment

Yeah going to try and stick to the budget and see how it goes got extra money if needed so should be ok

Occupation is a roofer so don't think.

Will be doing that in Thailand

Cheers again

[mascarakatze]

Let me understand. In the same sentence you refer to THE wife and THE dog. Perhaps you meant to say MY wife and THE dog

[Jose]

FIFY, Mascara:

Hi. My dog and I are moving to Chiangmai in November. Also bringing the wife.

Edited September 2, 2013 by Jose

[worgeordie]

Hi Charlie, are you sure you want to come here, your not even here

yet and the ThaiVisa PC police are on your case,!

As i am thinking you have only one wife ,she is THE wife.

Thats one reason i keep to myself,too many Aholes here.

regards worgeordie

[kevvy]

Hi Charlie, are you sure you want to come here, your not even here

yet and the ThaiVisa PC police are on your case,!

As i am thinking you have only one wife ,she is THE wife.

Thats one reason i keep to myself,too many Aholes here.

regards worgeordie

+1

[NCC1701A]

Houses for rent:

http://www.chiangmaihouse.com/

http://www.raintree-chiangmai.com/1/houses-for-rent.html

I would be interested in what kind of business you will be starting. I would think something your wife could do without it being food/drink/bar thing.

[AnotherOneAmerican]

If the OP could inform us how he intends to financially support himself and his wife in Thailand, then perhaps we can give him some advice.

Hi we have enough money till we find a

Business to buy

Also would have regular money from England each month about 30.000 baht

Assume any business you buy will be 100% loss.

It normally is, so don't pay too much.

[charlie1968]

If the OP could inform us how he intends to financially support himself and his wife in Thailand, then perhaps we can give him some advice.

Hi we have enough money till we find a

Business to buy

Also would have regular money from England each month about 30.000 baht

Assume any business you buy will be 100% loss.

It normally is, so don't pay too much.

Yeah thanks for the advise will

Have a good look round as we're in no

Rush to buy its no problem if it takes

6 to 12 months to find the right thing

Charlie

[charlie1968]

Houses for rent:

http://www.chiangmaihouse.com/

http://www.raintree-chiangmai.com/1/houses-for-rent.html

I would be interested in what kind of business you will be starting. I would think something your wife could do without it being food/drink/bar thing.

Yeah we have some ideas that doesn't
The food drink or bar thing
Charlie

[AnotherOneAmerican]

Nobody sells a business in Thailand that is making money.

People only sell a business that is failing, or they know will soon be failing.

Better to start something from scratch, then if it starts failing, sell it to someone else as a going concern.

I know a clever Thai lady in CM that sells coffee shops.

Everyone thinks she is selling coffee, but in fact she sells coffee shops.

Very profitable business. Set up cost per shop about 100k, then sells it for 200-300k.

Always sold to a foreigner looking to park his lady, not sure if lady gets a finders fee, I suspect yes.

Edited September 3, 2013 by AnotherOneAmerican

[charlie1968]

Hi Charlie, are you sure you want to come here, your not even here
yet and the ThaiVisa PC police are on your case,!

As i am thinking you have only one wife ,she is THE wife.
Thats one reason i keep to myself,too many Aholes here.
regards worgeordie

Yeah there is always people trying
To find fault with someone
It's no problem there's small minded people all around the world
Charlie
Ps yeah only one wife

[andreandre]

Best off having a 'search' or Classifieds (top Nav' middle) -- umpteen threads on it -- but driving around looking for 'rent' signs is the way to go as opposed to paying double through an agent.

I'm moving to C/M shortly and have to find a rental house

In your opinion and anyone else who has done the same, a question;

Is it really all that much cheaper to deal with the owner?

I fully understand comissions etc paid to agents, but are you really going to be paying double?

Thanks for any input.

PS maybe any pros/cons re; just calling an owner as against using an agent

Edited September 9, 2013 by andreandre

[onthedarkside]

I'm moving to C/M shortly and have to find a rental house

In your opinion and anyone else who has done the same, a question;

Is it really all that much cheaper to deal with the owner?

I fully understand comissions etc paid to agents, but are you really going to be paying double?

Thanks for any input.

PS maybe any pros/cons re; just calling an owner as against using an agent

Not likely you would pay 'double' if you go through an agent, but someone has to pay for the agent's commission of typically 10%. Some owners accept to eat this, other add the 10% onto the lowest price. Much depends on whether you are talking about a budget price rental or a luxury rental. Many agents don't bother with low budget rentals as not much to made.

Quite honestly going direct to the owner (not manager or agent) will always pay dividends.

[MisterTee]

Hi Charlie, are you sure you want to come here, your not even here

yet and the ThaiVisa PC police are on your case,!

As i am thinking you have only one wife ,she is THE wife.

Thats one reason i keep to myself,too many Aholes here.

regards worgeordie

Yeah there is always people trying

To find fault with someone

It's no problem there's small minded people all around the world

Charlie

Ps yeah only one wife

Charlie, you sound like a roofer... and a good-natured one at that.

Incidentally, my house needs a new roof... I'm not kidding, I wish I was. A lot of the roof tiles here have an admixture of asbestos, as do my old ones. For the new roof I'd like to use something safer. Send me a PM when you get settled. Maybe we can get that business of yours started sooner than you think.

[anto]

If the OP could inform us how he intends to financially support himself and his wife in Thailand, then perhaps we can give him some advice.

What you ask is none of your business .<deleted> ,you are a nosey one .

[wolf5370]

Plenty of places to rent here (don't buy - at least not for a few years) - don't necessarily opt for in-town either. Its more expensive to live and starting a business there will cost you more (in money and hassle!) - most places just outside of town are within easy and inexpensive reach (songtaew, bus, tuktuk, mototaxi, taxi or your own transport) - Moos Bajns are plentiful too outside of town (especially South - Hang Dong is being continually built - 3 new moo bahns near me in progress and several older ones with new and older properties up for rent/sale). You can get a nice 2 bed place with small garden for 8k+ out of town a bit, less if you hunt around - or a mini-palace for most of your 30k

With the usual caveat of Work Permits etc - I would suggest building skills would be quite useful to you to do the odd job for a bung. It is a good idea to have some idea of what you are going to do to support yourselves before you come, don't rely on teaching, running a bar or a restaurant/café as there is a lot of competition and only the luck and the good survive! (no different from the UK there either - 90% of restaurants close in their first year in London, or so was banded about when I used to own one twenty odd years ago).

Dog can be expensive to bring in with all the cargo, taxes, etc (especially if bigger than lap size) - once small dogs could go hand luggage, these days few (if any) airlines allow it - so cargo it is, and that mean import tax - use an agent (arrange it through a UK shipping agent that is used to flying out pets to Thailand - they will have a guy they use that smoothes it all out without ripping you off). He may also suffer with the heat a bit at first, plenty of water and be careful of wet food (meat) at first as it turns very fast here (and flies lay eggs in minutes!) - plug a fan in if nes, not air con though otherwise he will never acclimatize - it will take a month or so until he's running around like usual. Also you need different worming tablets here (to include heart worm) - and tick/flea jab (Thai version of SpotOn is cheap and good - but monthly jab is better).

[kevvy]

Hi Charlie1968,Dont worry about the doom sayers,first off you have a Thai wife

so thats a good start,you can manage ok on 30K bht a month,if you live within

your means,just be careful with your spending until you get on your feet.

Finding a business to do is not easy,don't invest in any bars,eateries,too much

competition,and failure rate is very high,don't know what your skills are ,so unable

to suggest anything.

I arrived here 1987 with just 2 pair trousers,couple shirts,underwear in small carry

on bag,and I have never regretted for one moment,just do it,if it fails you can always

return to the UK,but if you don't try you may regret it for the rest of your life,

Oh and while I only arrived with a few clothes,I had plenty of money so that helped!

and did not waste it on stupid schemes, so good luck to you your wife and dog.

regards worgeordie

Cheers for the comment

Yeah going to try and stick to the budget and see how it goes got extra money if needed so should be ok

Occupation is a roofer so don't think.

Will be doing that in Thailand

Cheers again

charlie welcome and I hope everything goes well for you , if you need any help just ask the right people

cheers mate