Seaside living

[WaywardWind]

We live on Wong Amat Beach in Naklua, and have wonderful breezes from the sea almost every day.

What about the construction noise with the contractors working 24/7 ??

Then there's all the dust and paint in the air when they paint the outside of the buildings....

And all the congestion and the damage to the sois by the relentless concrete deliveries...

When you do venture down to the beach, the walkway has collapsed, and the sea don't look that clean, imho....

Far better places to live in Thailand if you ask me.....

Do you live here? If not, when was the last time you visited?

The construction on Wong Amat over the past three years has consisted of the Palm, and Wong Amat Tower, both of completed or very close to it. There is no other construction that I am aware of, other than the Riviera, which is on the other side of Soi 16 - some 300-400 meters from the beach, and where construction ends at 9 PM.

The boardwalk has been completely replaced over the past year and is fine.

We have lived here for coming up on 4 years, nd see nothing that meets your description. I think your impressions are either dated or pure fantasy.

[Litlos]

Coming originally from Perth Aust, which is the hay fever capital of the world and had to have allergy medication almost daily, twice daily if the inland breeze was blowing. My allergy was related to certain sorts of flowers, and the inland wind brought lots of the pollen. Even now when I go back to Aust within 12 hours back on the allergy medication, in Thailand 99% of the time nothing required. I have only ever been to CM during the wet season, so no idea what that is like in the dry season.

Very little problem with Bangkok or down around Pattaya. I have just moved into a house down in Huay Yai and we are about 7km from the sea. Still no problem with allergies, and is a lot quieter than in the main Pattaya/Jomtien areas alongside the beach. Bang Saray is a bit further South and may be a good thing. Be warned there is a main road going to be coming into the Na Jomtien area, probably terminating very close to the Ambassador City Hotel, so put that in your things to look at. There is a thread running on TV about this and there are maps. The map showing the road going into the middle of Pattaya is out of date and wrong.

So it may be worthwhile trying a few different areas by staying at a hotel for a few days to see what affects you and what does not.

When I get asked at work or wherever why I live in Thailand, the no allergy answer always confuses them. So I then add in the no income tax for offshore earnings to really mess with them. Not the answers they were expecting maybe, lol.

Cheers

Pollen, dust, stale air will all set me off, I built my house 6 years ago, and, I can still smell odours from the carpet like it was new, 100 meters of polished floor, since learned there is an odour less polish......I'm in the west of Melbourne, flat land and breezy most days.

These days I leave 3 windows open about 50mm all year round to keep air circulating, I'm obviously worse off in Melbourne, and part of the reason ii think is construction materials, I'm a builder, in Thailand it's mainly masonry hard plaster and ceramic tiles, we in AU use manufactured everything, the chemicals I'm sure of in these products along with dust and pollen in external breeze gets me every time.

You are right about Thai buildings, minimal wood apart from furniture and doors plus hardware.

I used to get rashes every time I used any MDF in Aust with the toxic dust from that stuff, so imagine working in building in Aust is a challenge.

I am probably less interested in an ocean view than some, probably as half my life I have a real close ocean view. So my take is take a holiday and try a few different places. This is a good time as cheap rentals abound at the moment. Hire a car and explore a few different areas, see what fits, any doubts then longer term rental on your chosen area.

Something to take into account is there is a taxi App called Grab Taxi which is doing good things around the greater Pattaya area. Anywhere along the main roads there are Songtheaws running back and forth. Whilst I may be in the wilds of Huay Yai, there are plenty of local restaurants nearby, or the taxi option.

Cheers

[phycokiller]

looked at the charts and roughly from Oct thru to Jan is mostly not good air in Pattaya, dust and pollution from the North, the rest of the year its better then most cities as long as you arent too close to a busy road

[toenail]

There can be breezes along Wongamat beach (I lived in one of the condos there for three years). What was strange was this black soot caught on the window screens facing the sea. I finally realized this mysterious black film was coming from the oil refineries over at Laem Chabang. If you have a sensitive nose, this may not be a good thing. Where ever you choose, just rent for a month and see.

[Thunderbirds20]

I live in Jomtien Beach, about 200 meters from the beach, .... I leave my hallway and balcony doors open and get a nice cross breeze all the time