Save the Most Money Working/livng in BKK

[xtan12]

Hi All,

 

I (Singaporean) will be moving to BKK for work (2 years) in this month. My office will be @ Riverside Plaza Building. I need some advice and recommendations on a decent apartment near my office and budget around 3k-4k baht monthly rental fully furnished. I can't seem to find any information via the net other than condos above 10k baht which is way too steep for a start. Appreciate for help from all experienced expats/friends out there.

 

Thank you.

[metisdead]

Moving to the Bangkok Forum.  It may also be worthy of taking a look in the Thailand Accommodation Finding Forum.

[Boycie]

Decent apartment near Riverside Plaza building for 3k-4k baht monthly rental, fully furnished?

 

I am thinking that this is not possible. Please report back if you find somewhere at this budget, i'll be your neighbour.

[JHolmesJr]

3-4k gets you a bargirl style room in onnut 71...in fact some of ur neighbors will be paying more

[blackcab]

You won't find many roos advertised in English in your price bracket, because it is mostly low income Thai people that rent these types of quite basic rooms.

 

Apartment buildings are easy to spot. Get a Thai speaking friend to ask in a few near where you will be working. 

[grumbleweed]

Decent or cheap, your gonna struggle to find both. Unless your interpretation of decent is having a door, walls and ceiling

[yellowboat]

For a cheap place, you will need to move a ways outside of the city center and commute.  Commuting in Bangkok is not overly expensive, but it could tack on another $600++ . 

 

It is odd your Singaporean bosses are screwing you on living space.  Singapore is horrifically expensive when it comes to rent. 

 

Near Khao San there are okay places for B6,000 a month.  Good food and fun.  It is just up river from there.  

[Jackie66]

With such low income you have to ask yourself is it even worth moving to another country to work.

[jspill]

So if it's this riverside plaza building you mean 

 

 

Then I see it's on Charoen Nakhon Rd. If I go to http://www.tee-pak.com/ and choose search by map, then zoom to that area - http://www.tee-pak.com/flash7/main.swf?sprache=en

 

Then click the green markers

 

Apparently 'Chareonnakorn view' is nearby for 3800 baht up - http://www.tee-pak.com/en/63720238113917.html

 

And Kaya Place, 4000 baht - http://www.tee-pak.com/en/2933266969787.html

 

And Taksin House, 1500 baht- http://www.tee-pak.com/en/11817694612230.html

 

And Pontip apartment, 3500 baht - http://www.tee-pak.com/en/48878165510795.html

 

[RichardColeman]

12 hours ago, xtan12 said:

and budget around 3k-4k baht monthly rental fully furnished.

hahahaha - good luck with that one.

[sikishrory]

If you do some skillful googling you might be able to find this site I found awhile ago. It had loads of apartments that were 3-10k a month. Most of these places are not really that easy to find online. Remember that with the cheaper apartments you actually pay more for power and water at a rate set by the owner of building. For just a few thousand more (eg. Sense of london 7500pm) you can get a much nicer enviroment/amenities/security and get your bill directly from the power company which is like 4 baht per unit as opposed to 16 or so.

I used to have Thai workmates that would talk about there 2000 baht rooms in khlongtoey but your pretty much sleeping on a mattress on a floor with toilet and bucket in a very poor area. 

I also worked with some filipinos that used to surive by living like an hour out of bangkok and getting minivans to the bts every morning.

I would be looking at the cheaper condos around morchit and bearing. Further out but much cheaper.

They are the kind of sacrifices you need to make in bangkok if your budget is just 3 or 4 thousand.

[NanLaew]

37 minutes ago, sikishrory said:

...used to surive by living like an hour out of bangkok and getting minivans to the bts every morning...

Surviving minibuses is correct.

[tutsiwarrior]

1 hour ago, Jackie66 said:

With such low income you have to ask yourself is it even worth moving to another country to work.

 

yeah...you shoulda negotiated a better housing allowance from yer employer...always better to do the necessary research before agreeing to an overseas employment contract...

[bark]

If you are from Singapore, just ask your Daddy for a bigger allowance. 

 

[speckio]

you are from singapore.... and you are looking to spend about $120/month on rent?!?!?! are you sure your budget isnt more like 30-40k?

Edited November 4, 2016 by speckio

[12DrinkMore]

57 minutes ago, speckio said:

you are from singapore.... and you are looking to spend about $120/month on rent?!?!?! are you sure your budget isnt more like 30-40k?

 

Read the title.

 

He is trying to save the most, not blow the budget.

Edited November 4, 2016 by 12DrinkMore

[seancbk]

XTan12,

 

You are going to struggle to find anything decent for that price.    I'm wondering if you've miscalculated the exchange rate or something.

Then again you didn't say what your job is so I'm going to guess you are a junior in whatever business it is and are therefore not on a high salary even in Singapore.

Are you working for a Thai company or Singaporean?   

I moved here from Hong Kong and was actually working for a Singapore based company when I first arrived here.   Before leaving my job in HK, I negotiated an even higher salary to come here and work.

Living in Bangkok if your rental budget is so low will not be a fun time.   

 

[speckio]

9 minutes ago, 12DrinkMore said:

 

Read the title.

 

He is trying to save the most, not blow the budget.

if you are looking for a decent place for yourself expect to pay 15k and up in anycase..... saving money in bangkok is all about life style.  IE stay away from air conditioned restaurants and mall food.... no cable tv.... and no star bucks!

3--5k is ridiculous...  but if  you insist on paying that little try renting room out of a house.  or moving farther out 

 

Edited November 4, 2016 by speckio

[jolive]

3-4K budget for oversea job accommodation?? Quit this job


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[12DrinkMore]

29 minutes ago, speckio said:

if you are looking for a decent place for yourself expect to pay 15k and up in anycase..... saving money in bangkok is all about life style.  IE stay away from air conditioned restaurants and mall food.... no cable tv.... and no star bucks!

3--5k is ridiculous...  but if  you insist on paying that little try renting room out of a house.  or moving farther out 

 

 

You have completely missed the biggest expense, Thai females.

 

Many a man's lifetime's budget has been utterly destroyed by one of those little hexen.

[12DrinkMore]

4 hours ago, grumbleweed said:

Decent or cheap, your gonna struggle to find both. Unless your interpretation of decent is having a door, walls and ceiling

 

A window being an excessive luxury.

[DSJPC]

1.  No pussy.

 

2.  No alcohol.

 

3.  Eat only Thai food.

[sioux2012]

17 hours ago, xtan12 said:

a decent apartment near my office and budget around 3k-4k baht monthly rental fully furnished.

Ok.... so your a dreamer. Next question please!

[ChiangMaiLightning2143]

Hard to believe any Singapore national would be willing to work in BKK on local wage and stay in a 4000 baht hovel.


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[jolive]

I'm a Singaporean, my company post me to work in bkk few year back.
My package,
Each of us has our own unit in nearby condo (fully furnished)
Salary increase around 25-30percent
Transportation claim
Pocket allowance $1500sgd

Construction trade


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[xtan12]

hi all for the replies regardless good or bad. I have been offered a 50k baht job. I just want to explore the working life in overseas since there is a chance. of cos I do have commitments in SG to pay too. Tts y I am looking at a place ard tt range so I don't need to wake up so early in the morning to travel to work. hope you guys understand. but now it has been 2 weeks and company has get to get the WP3 approved. I am worried.

[xtan12]

On ‎4‎/‎11‎/‎2016 at 8:55 AM, jspill said:

So if it's this riverside plaza building you mean 

 

 

Then I see it's on Charoen Nakhon Rd. If I go to http://www.tee-pak.com/ and choose search by map, then zoom to that area - http://www.tee-pak.com/flash7/main.swf?sprache=en

 

Then click the green markers

 

Apparently 'Chareonnakorn view' is nearby for 3800 baht up - http://www.tee-pak.com/en/63720238113917.html

 

And Kaya Place, 4000 baht - http://www.tee-pak.com/en/2933266969787.html

 

And Taksin House, 1500 baht- http://www.tee-pak.com/en/11817694612230.html

 

And Pontip apartment, 3500 baht - http://www.tee-pak.com/en/48878165510795.html

 

Hi jspill, you are very thoughtful and helpful. Yes that is the area that the new office will be shifted to from Ekkamai area. it does not seem convenience as my friend's place is currently at a townhouse name Townplus Prachauthit. And if I am going to stay at my fren's place I would not know how to travel to my office. haiz...

[jolive]

50k baht is $2000 sgd

I think u can do better in sg


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[xtan12]

Just now, jolive said:

50k baht is $2000 sgd

I think u can do better in sg


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it is not much a difference from my latest sg job excluding OT. And I have left my sg job as the thai job contract suppose to start 20th Oct but the WP3 is not ready till date... stress

[jolive]

My friend accepted an marketing job in Bangkok few years back and his salary was about the same as u but the company gave him an apartment to stay during his employment.. owner of the company is a Singaporean but person in charge in bkk was his wife. My friend couldn't get along with his wife in bkk and he only survived there for a month and when he wanna leave bkk, his passport was stolen from his company's apartment. I went down to bkk, bring my friend to embassy and get him on a flight back home.
Hopefully u wun end up like my friend.. all the best bro


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