Imagine Moving to Rural Issan (Issan) - Budget and Income

[BigBabyKenny]

Hello everyone in Buriram,

I am the owner of one of the main Nightlife Blogs in Thailand-BigBabyKenny.com

I was recently contacted by the owners/moderators of BuriramExpats.com to exchange links. I was happy to add a link to this forum on my blog.

Last summer I made a couple of visits to Buriram and wrote a series of posts about it.

http://bigbabykenny.com/?page_id=3199

What I am really interested in is what it is like to live in a place like Buriram not just visit it. There are a ton of guys who have vacationed in Thailand, love the place, and considered moving here. The information on the internet about doing exactly that is pretty sparse.

Personally, I am interested spending a month or two in a place like Buriram, Khorat, or Ubon, just hanging out, experiencing everyday life in a rural Issan city, and, of course, checking out the Thai girls of Buriram.

I started a discussion topic on my blog so that my readers can hopefully get some information from ExPats who have done exactly that.

If you have the inclination, please click over and offer your opinion, insights, experience, and knowledge.

BigBabyKenny

[Admin]

 

[BigBabyKenny]

There was some discussion on my blog about what it costs to rent a nice house in Buriram.

I figured you could rent a nice house for about 20,000 THB per month.

One of the commentors on BigBabyKenny,com mentioned that houses in Ubon costs 9,000 THB per month.

Are there any Buriram real estate agents on the forum who could provide some numbers and examples for Buriram?

http://bigbabykenny.com/?p=4435

It is Ok to post your business information in the comments BTW.

BigBabyKenny

BigBabyKenny.com

[Admin]

20,000 Baht is waaayyy too expensive for rent a house in Buriram.
There are no real Real Eastate agents that I know..
Mostly it's on the private market and individuals selling their property.
There are big lists of properties in Buriram located in every Bank Branch in Buriram which I personaly recommend to search there for mostly real value properties abnd not to deal with some locals rising their properties for no connection to the market structure and actual value of the asset they have on sale.
This way of directing your searching in the banks database of properties can save you a lot of headache and some money as well.
You'll be surprise to find properties in Buriram where no signs "for sale" at all,some in very tempting prices.

Be aware of the contract the bank will let you sign on when/if you decide to buy property from them but usually it's a straight forward deal.
 

[lahansai]

good advice Admin. you seem to know alot.

20,000 baht a month for a house rental in Buriram ? did you see the level of buildings here?would you pay more than 10,000? if yes.you must be nuts !
I have a friend rent a town house in the city paying 4000 baht.
2 floors.2 toilet/shower.2 bedrooms and can park the car inside the building which adds a nice security benefit to the whole package.whenever he leaves thailand he leave the car inside and no worries. of course the building is not so new but inside its clean wall has been painted by a thai guy,all the house 5000 baht. splitted half-half with the owner of the building.
good deal as I see it.