The price of renting a house or apartment in Thailand – how much does it really cost

I get a lot of questions about the cost of renting accommodation in Thailand at various resorts. I already wrote a number of posts related to rent, and I want to add one more, dispelling some pink dreams. It will be useful to those who are going to go soon to Tay

The fact is that some things in Thailand, for example, rental prices. We are sometimes bloggers not intentionally, but we create the illusion that for pennies you can get a little Do not have a villa with private pool. Although it is not so or not at all So.

The content of the article

• 1 The real price for renting a house or apartment
• 2 How to rent
• 3 So in Thailand, cheap or expensive housing?

The real price for renting a house or apartment

So how much is it about renting an apartment or house in Thailand? I will try to describe the prices that should be guided by renting a house / apartment, regardless of the resort. I will talk about all resorts, as it is cheaper only in Pattaya. In other places plus minus looks like. Price per month.

1. 8-15 thousand baht – very simple one-bedroom house or simple apartment on the type of cheap hotel rooms. All taistal. Search only by yourself.
2. 15-30 thousand baht – a house with slightly better furniture / appliances, 1-2-bedroom, occasionally there may be a communal swimming pool on site. House taistal. Also, somewhere from 20 thousand baht there are cramped apartments (studio or 1 bedroom), sometimes with a shared pool and mini gym in the building. The apartment will not be Thai, but with a very simple repair. If you book this accommodation, then only in advance.
3. 30-50 thousand baht – houses and apartments with more space, maybe view from the window or the sea closer. All sorts of pots on the shelves, pictures on the walls (design in the Thai sense), better furniture, general swimming pool and gym on site. But houses will still be Taistal, and the apartments are quite easy to repair. Usually starting with In this price range, this housing is offered to those who are looking for him shortly before the trip. But at the peak of the season and this can no longer be, everything is booked.
4. 50-100 thousand baht – you can already count on a house with a private by the pool. In terms of repair — There will be something transitional from Thai Style to eurostyle But the apartments in this price range are already familiar us, normally furnished, in more expensive areas, overlooking sea, bath instead of a shower, with all appliances and so on. In terms of armor is somewhat simpler, but still a little better in advance, especially during peak season.
5. 100 thousand baht and above – you can already claim to the villa. I.e large area, several bedrooms, good furniture, all you need household appliances, gazebos all over there in the territory and your pool. The more expensive, the better the quality of housing. In my opinion the real European-quality repair somewhere closer to 200-300 thousand baht begins. Villas are not looking yourself, all through realtors. In terms of armor is somewhat simpler but still better a little beforehand, especially at peak of the season.

You have only 2 options, how to rent a house / apartment in Thailand: through a realtor or independently on the spot. Last thing very much to the amateur. Believe, combing the streets for several days in a row in 30-degree heat, not for everyone, you can rest are driving.

I recommend to book accommodation in advance through a realtor. You avoid unnecessary trouble in an unfamiliar country. Than before refer, the better option will get. Send me a request, I have her I will send to a proven person whom I trust myself. And then in The last time scam has become a lot.

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As I said, the prices are approximate, as they depend on a set of conditions. Apartment rented in the winter for a week or in the summer months with a year contract will have a completely different price tag in in terms of the day.

How to rent

• Reservation is necessary for six months. If you are driving during peak season and want to get options with adequate prices, you need to start worry about housing for at least six months. That is to December-February apartments and houses should be booked, ideally still spring-summer.
• Shoot not in peak season. The main stream comes to Thailand in December-February, so if you come outside these months, then the choice will be much more. For example, Samui has great weather in summer, few tourists and very good prices.
• Do you want cheap and have time to scour the areas with houses, do it yourself True, I recommend to anyone who is looking for the most budget housing, do everything yourself on the spot (my instructions). Realtors are not engaged in such houses.

So in Thailand, cheap or expensive housing?

Thailand is full of different types of housing – houses, villas, apartments, bungalow. For every wallet and taste. But one thing is a trip to the New year, another thing – a trip out of season or a long wintering. One thing business, you want as cheap as possible, and another thing – you have money and you are ready to pay for comfort. Completely different approaches and prices

Request to the realtor: “I arrive in a week on January 5, I want a house for a month with a pool for 15 thousand baht and near the sea. ”

Mmm – I will explain the essence of the problem. Indeed, in Thailand can be removed simple housing for 15 thousand baht and sometimes even with a shared pool, but book it even a couple of months before the trip, on dates December-February, UNREAL! Even for 30 thousand baht not succeed, and for 50 thousand baht can not go—

No, I’m not saying that everything is booked during the peak season you can offer something good, but they can not offer at all nothing. How lucky, 50/50. Moreover, even doubling the budget may already do not save.

Where do low prices come from on the Internet?

When a budget traveler arrives in Thailand, he’s In any case, he will look for a house for the 10-15 thousand baht he needs. Search will be alone – because he does not want to pay a commission, and until blue in the face – there are no other options. And then tell, look, how to live cheap in Thailand.

Are you ready to hang yourself for a week in the heat, combing for 5 hours on street day and lanes? And if you just arrived for 2-3 weeks, Do you need it?

I remember how my friends came to Phuket in December and looked for housing yourself. Found nothing at all and drove back to Russia Like this.

Also on the websites of real estate agencies you often see the base apartments and houses without indication, a specific object is available now or not. And when you start writing them and asking, it turns out that Everything is already taken a long time, and there are only more expensive options. For, I repeat, everything had to be done in advance.

P.S. What is not clear, ask. I have personal experience self-rental and through agents at almost all resorts Thailand

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