How much money I earn living in Thailand… is it enough?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 พ.ย. 2023
- A detailed breakdown of how much money I earn living in thailand as an expat. My 3 sources of income revealed, and wether or not it’s enough to pay for mine and my wife’s life here…
Life in Thailand after leaving the UK.
Join me on my Thailand adventure as I attempt to create a fruit farm on five acres of land, build a house, dig a well for my own water source and install solar panels to become completely off grid!
Watch me generally fumble my way through every process, trying to keep positive and upbeat throughout 🧘♂️
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Your two adopted puppies are becoming great companions.
I always leave a clue that I’ve emptied the fridge with all the cans on the porch 😂
I left a used condom around for my Mrs to find once but it didn't quite have the same effect as your mop fibre had tho. She went crazy knowing I had been keeping my beer cool while tidying up. For anyone not living in Thailand, condoms are things used to keep your beer cool ;)
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I live here and did not know that!
Do you clean the freddo before wrapping your beer around? 😉
Not medical advice but I think bacteria makes your immune system stronger 😉 @@anthony7091
I'm always amazed at how some people spend money. I live here on 500 USD a month. It's not forever, I'll have more in the future, but for the last 3 years 500 a month is all I spent.
We probably spend a similar amount TBH Jeremy 👍
I cannot do that. Are you happy?
I've been spending btwn 2.5k/month
But i.live mainly in BKK and im still doing the tourist visa and runs every couple months.
Also AirBnBing it. I could probably bring expenses down to 1800 if I'd get a more long-term visa. I still live in an expensive part of the city by choice.
Thank you. I’ve been very curious about this topic. I could live on $1k a month in Thailand! $2k a month you can do almost anything! Truck, House paid for. Can’t live a week in the US on $1k!!
You are living exactly as I set my self and kids up back in 2001. Never have looked back! We went from southern USA NOLA to Culebra, a tiny island. Best decision, ever!
Hi there
Dogs will be ruling the local area soon as they’re getting bigger video by video, good on you for being able to live in Thailand full time at your age , and you’ve set everything up to cost as little as possible, peoples budgets are varied , I feel mostly governed by alcohol intake and the need for western food that many can’t be without for some reason , a $10 burgers as opposed to a $1.50 phad Thai or a 60 baht beer against a 6 baht water , it’s good to see your Thai lifestyle , and never feel you have to divulge or justify how you can afford to be here
Regards Davy 🏴🇹🇭
We are currently spending $7.83 a DAY on alcohol here in Thailand. And that is a true number, since we track all expenses on Quicken. Could we cut that in half? Maybe.
I am the same way with mopping, sweeping, dishes, laundry, not everytime of course. Only when she has complained of doing it.
70 000 thb is a very confortable income in rural Thailand. Some farmer live with 20 000 baht a month. It also depends on what you can produce on your farm. Very funny video by the way, i liked the jokes😂
Mate you are doing brilliantly. Your income is fantastic. Having no mortgage is the big thing, anything after that is gravy.
You are a nice guy. It comes across in your videos.
As for leaving clues about cleaning, I always make sure the vacuum cleaner leaves trails in my wife’s room’s carpet.
Take the mop thread off the floor and be confident. Nice looking house in Spain. Hold on to that as long as you can.
Your budget is plenty enough to live a reasonable and happy life,just found your channel and your content is of a contented person...Good luck and your digs are great..
dogs..
Dogs and digs 🙏
Like the video...don't need to earn a lot to live such a lifestyle with no bills...a low stress environment with cheap food and provisions...great to see a young man enjoy life in Thailand
Awesome video Ben! Thanks for sharing your life’s journey with us 😊
I guess most Thai guys and many expats in Thailand will be jealous about your life style. You are very lucky 1. Having a good house 2. Good enough income 3 nice thai wife 4 two cute babies (dogs). You are an honest person. God bless you. I really love your channel.
What a lovely comment, thank you! Although there are certainly difficulties sometimes, like anywhere I guess. Thanks again 🙏
Your channel is such a great source of inspiration.
Hi Davy,
Love watching your videos. I have been to Thailand many times, live in Canada right now but i too am from the uk. Married to a Thai woman, looking at moving back to the UK and then just semi retiring. working in the summer months and then Thailand over the winter months. Love what you have done with your house and how your living. Great job, keep it up.
Mark
Cheers mark.
(Ben) 👍
@@LifeinThailand777can I sell online in Thailand, is it legal
Great video again.. its nice to see nice people happy!
Thanks for sharing.
You have your liberty and peaceful life…be happy 🎉
Watching from NZ. Great to have found you! This is great content keep up the great work.
Love the video Ben, well explained and being a similar age to you, I would love to do something similar sooner rather than later...quiet life in the countryside...BTW your home is starting to look really homely mate..great job!
Your getting very good at these videos. Think you income will increase over time. Great work. Thanks for your efforts.
You're living the dream, sir! And thanks for representing Cleveland (44yr native resident). By the way, can you tell us what you do for health insurance, or direct me to a previous video where you discuss the topic? Thanks much...
I have health insurance through pacific cross. If you email me here media.lifeinthailand777@gmail.com I can forward your enquiry to get you a good discount. They’re a great company, not pushy either. They just lay out the different options available to you and let you decide. Defo worth enquiring Joe 😇
Much better job adjusting the sound volume down when you were speaking. Great video. You live the same type of "farm" life we do.
Saw you on the recent boxing day podcast, so found your channel and subscribed. Appreciate your candid demeanor, as well as your transparency on Thai earnings. May I inquire what city your Italian rental is located? Thinking of a trip there. 🙏
Thanks so much. My rental house is in Spain, in Andalusia 😇
What a dunce I am lol! Spain is also on our list of dream destinations so I'll probably inquire again at a later time. Thanks for the great content!
Great video. Off grid & not using bars, restaurants etc. Also well away from tourist district prices. What you make is plenty for a comfortable life in rural Isaan.
Thanks ben good side hustle
You have set up your life in Thailand extremely well I'd say.
Nice video and breakdown! As for the clues after cleaning, when I get up to clean the house it is usually in such a bad state that I really don't need to give any clues as the difference will be like a day and night xD ...I'm very thorough and will turn everything up-side-down and get to every corner when I do cleaning... even our cats act like they moved to a new house after that lol
I leave the bucket, mop, vacuum cleaner and detergent beside the dining table so the Mrs can't help but see it when she gets home!
Thanks for information. Interesting to see what you can afford to live on over there.
You're living your dream and that's what is important. Very few people get this opportunity for social or financial reasons or are too scared to step out of their comfort zone and give it a go. Whatever makes you happy keep doing it. Money helps but don't make it the priority like every one does cause they never make enough of it. Chok Dee Khulp 🙏
Wow, I think 700 is excellent for a small yt channel that makes local content in Isaan once a week. I might have to start making videos. hahaha Two thousand a month income is a great in Thailand when you think the average thai makes 300 to 400 a month.
Hahaha mate 👍 excellent thinking 🤣
I leave clues too. It’s nice to be appreciated and I reckon our girls learned that trick wayyyyyyyy before us guys 😉🤣👍
I really enjoy your videos, and for one, I hope you never stop making them. I live in Las Vegas and can only dream about living in Thailand. I don't have the money because I never saved a dime. But if I was making what you are I'd be there next month. It's nice to see someone living their dream...
No social security income to get to Thailand?
@@americaninthailand8760 Not quite enough, I'm looking into alternatives for supplementing my income.
Living the dream, mate! I haven't been back to Thailand since 2019, missing the food and the Land of Smiles. Have you looked into doing some affiliate marketing? It can be very rewarding and would suit your lifestyle. Anyway, all the best with the new home and lifestyle.
I leave the mop and the bucket on our balcony to "dry" in the sun. She always knows 😅
I’ve just started watching your videos , I’m living in rural Sukothai, in my wife’s village , we just built our house ,
While watching your videos , something came to my mind,
( Heath Robinson ), no offense
Peter ,
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Spot on Ben. Sometimes the Devil takes me, and I deliberately put the milk away in the fridge THE WRONG WAY. I never knew there was a wrong way until I got married. Now I know, and there's no excuse for it unless I need to score a point and tell her that 'At least I put the bugger away!'
I have been known to be a big help around the house. I can now change the toilet roll without being told to. I sometimes close a cupboard door without bidding, just to make it easier on the little woman, and just the other day, I had a go at putting the quilt back on the bed. (FYI Ben, a quilt is something that people in Britain use to keep warm in bed at night. Yeah! Who'da thunk it?) Anyway, I managed to catch the light shade with just a tiny corner of the quilt and the light bulb fell out.
Now I'm a big chap, and standing on the mattress to put the light bulb back in would not be good for the slats of wood on which the mattress sits. I knew this instinctively. Didn't need to be told.
So I left the light bulb on the bedside cabinet, so that we could deal with it as a team bonding exercise sometime in the near future. This appears to have NOT been THE THING TO DO. I am now off bedmaking duties for the foreseeable future. I'm relegated to changing the loo roll and keeping OUT OF THE WAY.
Buddy. I know exactly what you mean.
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Thanks for the honesty, Ben. Thanks also for the mob trick - gonna utilize that tomorrow 😂Jay
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$2000pm is good money, sounds like you have everything sorted 👌. Good luck.
I would appreciate if you could share any insights on your solar installation, please. I’m looking at going the same route at my home in rural udon but don’t know where to start, other than buying from Do Home, Home Pro etc. and figuring it out myself!
Send me an email and I’ll happily answer any questions about it 👍
You’re great
You are earning more than enough, to be honest I was quite surprised on how much you make on TH-cam, and you could argue that's only going to get bigger, but I really wouldn't worry about your finances I think you're sitting pretty, there's only so much money you can spend in rural Thailand, I think I was spending around 25,000baht same as you, I owned everything, my electric was a 1000baht, a month, I'm curious do you have to burn your rubbish, I had to, there was no bin collection where I was
We’ve yet to conquer the rubbish situation. Currently we burn paper and cardboard, and put binbags of other rubbish into public bins twice a week in the city. Once we get some chickens / ducks then this will solve the food waste issue I guess. I’m sure there’s some kind of compost solution but I’ve not reached that far down on my to-do list yet 😆
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Do you have insurance for car and health also howe a bout internet howe do u do it thank u for creating and sharing
We have car and house insurance, also accident insurance but not health.
Internet we use a router from AIS. it’s unlimited data throughout the whole house and costs 399 baht per month 👍
You keep it a buck I respect it.
Ha ha, yes I leave clues to what I've done, but Fon can tell anyway.
Kudos and respect to you about living the simple life
In my book bro your living the dream and the YT and your main job are more than enough to have an extremely nice comfortable life, lso i bet your place in Spain hasn't got much of a mortgage on it and is also most at a end.
My wife is clueless. Will not work. 😂
😂 no idea mate. I never clean. 😊
Thanks for the video today. I like to leave the bucket and mop in the kitchen just so she knows. :) She'll say something, so I'll go put it away. She likes to leave the vacuum in the middle of the living room right where you'll walk into it. :) There is a lot of tile floor in my place. It's kind of a regular joke between us, but after 40 years, we still can laugh. Enjoy the day.
You aren't short our kid..
Hi
Just stumbled accross your chanel.
This is our last winter in UK and looking to build our new home off grid like you but much smaller in near Korat
We live off grid on our barge in the Uk and suffer with shortage off power in winter so do us generator most day from Oct to Feb
Q what is your solar storage capcity, what wattage are your panels and how big is your inverter please
appologies if you mentioned it but i maybe missed
kind regards
Gary and Mon
Hiya Gary. We have an 8kw system, with 2x 10kw battery storage. We have 12 panels on the roof. We also have a backup diesel generator but so far this hasn’t come on. I’m sure they’ll be days during the monsoon season when this changes though. We don’t restrict our electricity consumption at all, other than aircon. We are careful with this. If we had aircon going in both bedrooms all night, I’m sure this would drain the batteries. Hope this helps mate, also I just replied to your email 🙏
Thanks Ben 🎄
Hi Ben
You are such a kind, caring & loving guy. Im interesting in renting in Spain long term winter months with a friend. Get away from 🇸🇪Wishing you both fantastic weekend. 💞💞
Hi Wendy. Feel free to send me an email if you’d like more information on the house etc, and thank you for the kind words 🙏
abnb.me/XzhmUBgpcFb
@@LifeinThailand777 Hi Ben, had a look and looks beautiful. It seems quite a long way from Malaga Airport. Thought of renting a car. Will discuss with my friend as it is maybe a bit too isolated. 💞💞
$2000 dollars a month plus your TH-cam income is more than enough I am in uk and live on that easily with no mortgage
Just get one of those yellow caution cones that says Floor is Wet. Just leave it around the house so she sees it when it comes back. One side in English and the other side in Thai. LOL
interesting to hear about your income streams. Good that you have the recruitment, that means you still pay UK tax and NI, which is very important for the future for when your pension age. Dont let that slip. Even if you dont work in UK any more in the future, keep the NI going. You will regret it if you dont. Im doing similar to you. Im 66 though. I was sitting on my savings, watching it make eff all. So I am buying an off plan house here in Hua HIn. You cant take it with you, so much better to have a base, and not pay rent. Im looking into solar, but will add later if necessary. Im more concerned about double glazing for my house, i like quiet, but I dont want to be as rural as your location. Since im older, i have factored in the remainder of my savings for income on a monthly basis, I have also sold my place in Malaga Province which is giving me a good income also. I will have income of between 2 and 3 grand UK a month until im about 96. So hopefully that should be ok.........very interested in the solar though.......and have you seen the top of the range BYD electric car? I need one of those........so having a charging panel at home powered by solar would be ideal. Keep up the good work
Don’t rely on the UK state pension. Its already one of the lowest in the so called developed world and is likely to be further restricted and means tested in the future.
Pups getting big
Thanks for your honest summary, given the proposed tightening of thai tax laws are you considering getting Thai Citizenship in the future.
More than enough to live off, keep it up!
Nice work! Very informative and to the point. Regarding this topic, I'm wondering if anyone can help me with a bit of a dilemma. I'm just about to start building a homestead and farm on 9 rai of raw land in Northern Thailand. I would like to document the journey on yt but I'm unsure about the legal side of it all. Even if I get the necessary work permits to run a youtube channel, I think I'm not technically allowed to build my own home, do any of the farm work, or any job that's not permitted for farang. Can anyone help shed some light on this?
If you have a Thai wife? then just put the yt channel in her name, as for the permits you can't own land if you're a foreigner but you can own a house (or a percentage of it) you should seek professional advice on that. If you are on a marriage visa you can get a work permit easily. Most don't though and I've only heard of one ferrang getting a bit of bother for painting, I think he was in a tourist area though. Just run it by immigration for the exact do's and dont's
If you can have an income coming in from with little time/effort, as long as you look after the business then you are on to a winner. Finding a little niche.
I spot another little niche where you are, with your back ground.
Hahahahaha! The thread! lol!
Would i require some kind of digital nomad visa to run a UK recruitment operation remotely similar to your chef recruitment?
Always wondered if you need a work visa because of earning an income inside Thailand. Albeit online income. Does the 6 month rule being out of the UK affect any UK government pensions later in life, NI that's if you ever need To go back to the UK.
🤣🤣Ben! Your hints for Anna🤣🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻
I thought I was alone in using this secret method to say without saying it that I had done the job😂😂😂😂😂
Ha...I like to leave behind a few fibers from the ol' Thai broom. "Did I sweep?!" - Is that a real question?
Your living a great life in Thailand mate , most thai family would be very very happy to have your income, your a very smart man to get out of the rat race of the western world. It's not getting any better here in Australia under Labor with all the money wasting . net zero B S.we following Germany down the wind and solar road not looking good for manufacturing and mining industry.No jobs,No taxes????
2-3 hours a day what do you do with other 15 hours left once you've had 6 hrs sleep
Re your Spanish property. If the rate is right I may be interested in an off season hire. How do I see it…
Hi Ian. Here’s the house on Airbnb…. Feel free to send me an email if you’re interested 👍
abnb.me/XzhmUBgpcFb
Awesome work mate! Great ideas. I’m
A chef and the recurring is something I never thought about for australia thanks for being so sharing mate is the recurring a business or employment can I ask?
As you are living away from the cities do you have a problem with snakes and spiders ?
TBH no, I’ve only ever seen one snake on our farm. I’m sure there a lots here, but I make sure to tread loudly, so they always disappear before I see them. I did see a large cobra once on the road to the farm, that was a little disconcerting 😅
dont overlook the cost of medical insurance.. and pls get it. expensive and it goes up with age. but without it you are walking a tightrope blind
Where did you get your dogs?
We flew the small one over from the Uk when we moved here, and we found the other 2 abandoned underneath a car as puppies 🐶
I was surprised that you receive as much as $750 for November with 10.3k subscribers from TH-cam.
$2,000 per month working remotely is also very good.
I hope you are operating with a UK Limited Company and you and Anna are employees of the company on salaries of £10,000 gross per annum to (1) use up your personal allowances (2) to get qualifying years for your UK state pension (3) no CT to pay after trading costs.
Having no rent to pay, the two of you should be able to live very well on 50,000 baht per month => $1,430 => £1,200 per month.
October not November 😇
I confused myself because it’s almost December lol
Good on yer. Seems like you're doing very well, and $2700 approx per month seems more than enough given your circumstances. Can I lend you my 3 daughters for a month and then we'll see how you get on, on that income 😂😂😂😂😂 You can pick them up from Korat anytime. 😊
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Make sure youre laying on the couch with a cold flannel on your forehead just before Anna returns. Tell her you've not stopped all day. Together with the clues you've left she'll take pity on you haha.
How much was the house and land?
The land was 600,000 baht and the house build was about 3.3 million baht 👍
Wow, you have hair
I'm questioning how u got a mortgage on a Spanish property 😮
Is it not risky putting this up ? Do u have a thai work visa, plenty of weirdos could report you
Yeah I have all that covered 🙏
I'd love to see some of the arrogant SOB Thai vloggers go down, but this guy does a good job, his videos are quality and he doesn't shout his mouth off. The vlogger swho have seriously angered people in the past have all gone and one or two just 'disappeared'.
With your low over head and your spending habits 2k plus TH-cam as some extra cash you should even be able to save money each month .
I cannot see how you have earned almost $750 dollars in November with only 68444 views.. Your average daily views are around 3000 which would pay you roughly £3-4 a day depending on the quality of the adverts. I can only assume you have over 100 members if so well done but you never made this clear in the video
October not November 👍
My CPM is consistently around the $16 mark, I think this is quite high. Either way I certainly earn a lot more than $3-4 per day from my channel 🙏
OK cheers thanks for the info@@LifeinThailand777
Have you thought about leaving a clue but not doing the work?
The only reason I can think of for leaving clues that you did housework is that you are feeling guilty about how much housework you are doing to begin with. Just saying
I'm waiting for someone to ask a certain question.😂😂👍🇮🇪🇯🇴🇷🇺🇷🇺
She likes her privacy 😆😆😆
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Boom!!!!
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If she actually exists…
That’s right, she’s my make-believe wife 🤓
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Probably saw that picture from yesterday(?) of you looking ab fab and so thinks you maybe batting for the other team?🤣
You have more patience,than me, with people visiting your channel and being retarded.
Not talking about me.
Or am I?🤔
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Do you plan on having children ?
Obviously this would increase your spending budget !!
And also you not have kids!
Why show a thumbnail of yourself living at a resort when you don't? Very click bait.
If you consider that clickbait then perhaps you shouldn’t even be on TH-cam 😆. The thumbnail doesn’t say that I live in a resort. Thanks for the comment though 👍
Thai man hardly do the house work!!!..