HOW MUCH DID IT COST ME TO LIVE IN MY CONDO FOR A MONTH IN HUA HIN, THAILAND? YOUR ABOUT TO FIND OUT
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2023
- I moved into my new condo here in Hua Hin a month ago. This video is about how much it cost me to live for that month. Everything from rent, electricity and water, groceries, eating out and entertainment, petrol and mobile phone charges. Over a year I spend more than this but this is just to give you an idea of my average weekly spend.
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I have just published my book “A Three-Week Road Trip Through Southern Thailand” which is my first book in the “Just Another Day in Paradise" series. Unlike my “Retirees” books, this series is not just for retirees or people who may be considering living here. This book is a little different as it is aimed at anyone who would like to take an exhilarating road trip through Thailand and is the first book of three which covers Southern Thailand the next two books will cover Northwestern Thailand and Eastern Thailand, I retired to Thailand in 2017 after working as a chef in hotels around the world, cruise ships, oil rigs, Antarctic supply vessels and gold mines. When I arrived in Thailand, I envisaged that I would spend the rest of my days sitting in a hammock on palm-fringed beaches, eying the beautiful Thai ladies and sipping cocktails but after a few months of doing this boredom kicked in and I knew that I needed something else to occupy my time or I would become an alcoholic so I reinvented myself as an author and I have written eleven books to date.
MY BIOGRAPHY
• You Will Never Amount to Anything
THE RETIREMENT SERIES OF BOOKS
• The Retire in Thailand Handbook (The First Six Months)
• Same-Same but Different
• A Retirees Guide to Southeast Asia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, and Bal
• A Retirees Guide to South East Asia, Cambodia, Vietnam, The Philippines and Laos
• The 10 Best Countries in The World to Retire on a Pension
• The Retire in Thailand Handbook 2023 (The Next Six Years)
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• The Deptford Mask Murders
• Murder In Paradise
• Bar Girl
• Adolf Fittler
Great format and content. Thanks Ged.
Thanks Robert I am glad that you enjoyed it and that it was useful to you
Cheers
Ged
Great information again Ged, much appreciated.
Good to see you've been busy publishing more books too.
Looking forward to your next video mate. 🙏
Thanks mate I am glad that it was useful to you. Next video in about 4 days
Cheers
Ged
Great Video Gez, glad you decided to continue. Great to see the videos from an ordinary working man, with a super writing talent and down to earth views. The guides and videos you do are super! Keep them up fella. Best wishes.
Thanks Greg I am glad that they are useful to you. I am just doing information videos at the present time but may go back to traveling videos one day
Cheers
Ged
This is terrific! Good news for my budget. Thanks for doing the maths Ged. I will chat soon to find a place we can catch up for a meal!
Glad to see you continued your channel.
Thanks mate. It's a watered down version but it's helping people who may want to live here
Cheers
Ged
Great video with lots of good info Thanks
Thanks Joe I appreciate your comment
Cheers
Ged
Great video Ged. Really useful, up to date information. Thank for taking the time to share it and make me feel very hungry too 😂
No worries Paul. I am glad that it was useful to you.
Cheers
Ged
Good to see you back Ged.
Hi William. I am not so much back but I am continuing the channel with information videos not so much travel videos and also to try to promote my books. As the travel videos were getting too expensive and time consuming to do regularly. If I ever get recognised on here then I may try again so stay tuned. I appreciate your support.
Cheers
Ged
Thank u for your video.going to get your books next and hopefully move there.👍
Hi David thanks for your comment and for buying the book I am sure that it will help you a lot as it can be frustrating and time consuming moving to a new country.
Look out for my videos in a few hours regarding the cost of living in Thailand in 2024
Safe travels
Ged
New sub, great vid! Thanks.
Thanks Mate. I am glad that they are useful to you.
Cheers
Ged
Hi Ged, I echo your other subscribers-glad to see you are still making videos. The restaurant food looks delicious and as you point out, amazingly cheap. I will be arriving in Hua Hin next week and would love to meet up if you are free. Cheers, Colin
Thanks Colin. I look forward to meeting up. Have a safe journey
Cheers
Ged
Good job ❤. Enjoy your vids. Thankyou
Thanks mate I am happy that they are useful and informative for you
Cheers
Ged
Very. We're in OZ and looking at visiting next year for 2 weeks. Thinking more long term perhaps. Again, thanks for all the good advice and info AND for your response mate. Stay safe. No need to reply .
Very useful . Many thanks. I had a resturant meal in sydney last night . One small glass of shiraz was $20 !!!!!! The cost of an entirely good bottle of red !!!! It was a standard resturant not one Michelin Starred up by any means. Shameful .
Wouldn't have chosen the wine at that price.
@@donleslie3402 I was drunk at the time 🤔🤣
Thanks for your video. Thanks also for including AUD in the prices :)
Your welcome. I am glad that it was useful to you
Cheers
Ged
Cheers for that. I'm retiring at end of October. And really like the look of Hua Hin.
Hi Mate. It's a great place but there are many other places to consider. Come and do some traveling if you can and see what places tick the boxes for what you are looking for in retirement
Cheers
Ged
Good one! 🙏
Thanks mate I hope that it was useful to you
Cheers
Ged
Love your channel. 🎉
Thanks Scott I am glad that it is useful and enjoyable for you
Cheers
Ged
Sorry I meant Christine
Great information , I like Isaan restaurant, Thanks.
Thanks Dee Dee
Thanks for this one Ged. My wife and I are hoping to start our retirement in about 5 years using Thailand as our first stop/base. Well probably have a combined income of about £2,000 a month to spend, and as ex backpackers we're more than happy with a street food/basic accommodation/local beer lifestyle. You putting this sort of video together showing the real cost of living if you don't go crazy is really useful. The TV shows about retiring abroad which they show here in the UK are great, but they are always about staying in high end apartments and eating out in posh restaurants - not the reality for most people, and certainly not us on our budget.
Keep traveling and keep putting out more content. 🙂👍🙂
Hi Mark 2000 (90000) a month is very doable and will give you a good lifestyle here though back in the UK it would not be so easy or fulfilling to live on that. Good luck with your eventual move I am sure it will be the right decision. If I can make a suggestion in the next five years before you come to live here try to learn some everyday Thai it will make a big difference.
Cheers
Ged
ok , so are you back ? and what happened to those other videos that youtube blocked .. love your videos , thanks :) i am in Florida , right in the path of the Hurricane
Maybe head up to Atlanta for until the storm passes through!?
You've still got time!
I am back doing informed videos but when travelling around the country it's more for a hole now. I lived and worked out of Florida when working on Cruise ships. I considered retirement there but I am glad that I didn't from what I see in the news with so many problems in the USA
Cheers
Ged
Hi Ged very interesting to watch this video i hope i can stay a while in Hua Hin in few months, i subscribe maybe ill contact you to have advices finding a good and cheap condo and all the good place to go!
Hi The best place to find condos is where I always go when I am looking for some place to live, Facebook Marketplace and the online marketplace Baht&Sold. Just type in Hua Hin and click rentals and you will get lots of hits. Just look back on my older videos as well to see other places I have rented and the best places to go in Hua Hin. Good luck with your plans to visit Thailand. It really is a magical country
Cheers
Ged
That’s a very nice project. I looked at buying one about a year ago but they wouldn’t take my dog. Great location and nice views. 10k rent is a deal for a nice place like that!
Hi Bill yes I was very lucky and my landlord is great also. I have just extended the lease.
Cheers
Ged
@@thailandmyland...retiringd2351 how long you extended please.
Thanks for informing
Can you add location of restaurant and market
Hi all of the locations are in the videos description.
Cheers
Ged
Coming out in November for a retirement research trip. Hua hin top of my list. Thinking pool villa or beach front condo with a pool. Appreciate your insights. Do you have a recommendation for hotel in Hua hin close to night life and a pool? Gonna be there for a week. Thanks.
Hi Mark. I usually stay in the Hua Hin Terminal on Soi 88. It's a five minute drive from town. If you look back at some of my past videos you will see some of them with the hotel. It has a swimming pool, gym and big room. I normally pay around 400 to 500 baht a night but the price often goes up at weekends and holidays when people come from Bangkok. November is the high season and Thailand is starting to pick up again after covid so prices may be higher now
Safe travels
Cheers
Ged
Great video, what do you think about 1400$ US for a budget for Hua Hin?
Hi Denny. It would depend on how you want to live your life in retirement as everyone is different with different needs and expectations. US$350 a week is liveable for the day to day living expenses and is about what I budget to live on. I like to travel a lot so that is extra on top of my monthly expenses. If you like to go out to bars and restaurants regularly then that would have to be factored in . If you intend to take out medical insurance that would need to be added also. I drive a motorbike so that's very cheap to run but if you were intending to buy a car then that would be an added expense. But US$350 a week would be liveable for day to day living.
I hope that this helps
Cheers
Ged
Love Hua Hin. Was there April/May, and June/July. I should be moving to Jomtien in November. Hua Hin would have been my other choice. Thanks f/ posting this. I leave f/ Thailand in 10 days
Thanks mate have a safe trip and enjoy your time here
Cheers
Ged
Thanks Ged , but your visa costs are 1900 Bhat per month not a year is that correct please ?
It's per year. Your 3x3 monthly reports are free
With phone bill 19 a month did you purchase phone in Thailand or transfer service
Yes I bought my phone in Thailand and went with True phone company, though there are many phone providers to choose from
Hi Ged, another great insight. Going on your cost's for a year how much percentage increase £6420 do you forsee each year ? This would give me a rough idea how much I will spend monthly when I decide to retire in Thailand
Hi Mark. Living here is not the same as living in the west and you don't see the cost of living increases like you do in most of those countries. What you have to remember is that the wages and income is low for most Thais and there's no social security system here to help them in hard times. If you go to the tourist hot spots you will pay more but if you just live a normal life and splurge every now and again you can live a great life on your western pension. Having said that I believe that the UK pension is frozen when a UK citizen leaves the country so if you are from there it could be different.
I hope that this helps
Cheers
Ged
@@thailandmyland...retiringd2351 thank you Ged, the prices will roughly be the same in 5 years. Yeah the UK pension does freeze but only when you first claim for it. You can let's say retire and move at 63years age, but the UK pension doesn't freeze at 63 years old it will freeze only at 66 year's old,which I believe its the retirement age in the UK.
Can you live in thailand on the australian government pension? If so that's good to know, because the government pension in Australia is about $400 a week. So can you live there on $1600 a month do you think?
Hi Paul. I live well on my Australian pension of $912 a fortnight. But that is just week to week daily living expenses.
I don't know if you have seen the video from a couple of weeks ago about a realistic budget to live in Thailand.
Here's a link I hope that it helps
Cheers
Ged
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@@thailandmyland...retiringd2351 thanks I'll have a look!
Moving to Hua Hin early next year, what resources do you use to rent a condo. Thanks you
Hi I always use Facebook Marketplace and Baht and Sold just Google search and put in the town and what you are looking for eg, condo for rent and you will get lots of hits
@@thailandmyland...retiringd2351 thank you by the way I order your book Retire in Thailand Handbook but In Amazon it's sold out and they'll send it too me when it comes in
@@raymondlowon7799 Hi Raymond I dont know why it would be unavailable but I have just sent Amazon a message to find out why. I will get back to you when I get an answer. Thanks for your input and support
I order it through Amazon Canada
@@raymondlowon7799 Hi Raymond I just received the email below from Amazon. Canada should not be a problem because I have sold books through Amazon before. I suggest that you try again and let me know if there is still a problem
Cheers
Ged
Upon checking on your inquiry and your book, I can confirm that your book is available on all marketplaces, I attached a screenshot of it as well.
Here's the screenshot: rb.gy/u4wzc
In this case what might've happened is that the address that they have on their account is outside of the Marketplace range, this happens with the US when the address is outside of US, they can try doing the troubleshooting for the browser that they are using as well.
Mate, no health insurance?
I don't have health insurance and it's difficult to put a cast on health insurance because it all depends on your age and your own personal health circumstances and needs. As I said in the video this is just the basics for living from day to day obviously there's other expenses depending on your circumstances
Cheers
Ged
@@thailandmyland...retiringd2351 Mate my question is what are you going to do when something happens to you, sickness, accident etc?
@@joeshmooo5327 I keep one million baht at all times in a separate Thai bank account for if needed medical procedures. I have lived here 7 years and apart from a couple of motorbike accidents which didn't cost me much in hospital costs. I have never been sick or needed hospital treatment. If I had paid i paid medical insurance for the last 7 years at my age I would have paid close to that 1 million baht. I don't like giving my money to insurance companies because most of the time they will try to get out of paying what you're entitled to.
Hey Yorkie, £820 income per month is doable then, do you feel insecure having no health insurance? from another Yorkie. Oh what’s the condo name for future ref?
Hi. Thanks for your input and comment. It's doable depending on the lifestyle that you are looking for on your retirement, definitely doable for me. The cond is 88 Condo's as the name suggests it's on Soi 88. I did a video about it about 3 weeks ago. Take a look at it and you will find their details in the videos description
Cheers
Ged
Odd how the people in the U.S. and U.K. have not changed, and other westernized countries, but our governments have with all this WOKE crap. I have 5 more years until I can retire early. I will sell my house, take my savings and 401 k (total $800,000 USD) until my pension begins 4 years later. I wish I did not have to wait until I am 62 to do this. I have a lot of respect for you and other men that realize they need to be where they are treated the best and can find the most happiness. I can not imagine how the West will be in 3 to 5 years, but I no longer have to concern myself with it. Love your channel my brotha.
Same here, 4 more years left, but I have visited Thailand back in 2018 and love it. I'll be there again in November 2023 🤪
Thanks Ronnie. Yes I don't recognise my country of birth the UK from the country it was when I was growing up. Thailand isn't perfect by any means but it ticks most of the boxes for me and I am happy living here. I lived in the USA for a while and once considered it as a home in retirement but it looks to me that the country is declining and divided now.
Good luck with your eventual move.
Cheers
Ged
Great video 🙏💪🙏, so I'm assuming if you have a girlfriend just double the amount on food and travel, right?😀
Maybe triple 😂😂😂😂😂
@@thailandmyland...retiringd2351 🤣😅😂
I also live on a Budget of 25,000 baht per month,in Issan
When you don't drink smoke or waste money at bars then this budget is achievable
My condo rental is 7000 baht per month, own my own motorbike and don't eat expensive western foods gym membership 1200baht per month
Oh yeah.. my g/f expects nothing financially that's a significant factor as why a budget of 25,000 baht a month is set ,
Hi Chris. Yes it's doable. I had a comment from someone saying that it's impossible to live on such a low income,so thanks for your input. In Issan if you are careful and if you want to just live a simple back to nature type lifestyle you can live very cheaply. It would be more difficult in the tourist towns around the country but whatever it's still a lot cheaper to live here than the alternative
Cheers
Ged
24000 Baht? A month? Impossible!
You obviously didn't listen to what I said in the video. I said that was the basic amount for just necessities like rent , food, water, electricity, petrol and a few nights out a week. It didn't include the many things that you need to buy over a year.
Cheers
Ged
Not impossible at all ..
Yes depends on your circumstances and if you can control your spending
Cheers
Ged