I will be eligible for my mention in May next year to considering where I want to live for rest of my retirement. Looking at 2 options-Australia as I've travelled there a lot or Thailand which I've heard a lot about.

I am NZ citizen born in NZ. How difficult to get a Visa-what kind of Visa would I need to be able to live there & how much would it cost & where would I apply?

I can see that I could probably rent an apartment for 10,000 THB per month roughly but what about all the other expenses-what does it cost you to live there per month-power/internet/insurance/I would have a motorcycle to get around so fuel/eating out (as apartments generally have no cooking facilities). Do you need medical insurance? Doctor?

If you want to meet someone around your age to get married how sincere are they-loyal, or are they jsut after your money? Where do you start?

Basically I would just want to be able to afford to live comfortably with tidy apartment maybe Hua Hin, meet someone nice & do some touring around the country & occasionally go on an overseas trip-provided it's affordable. It sounds like maybe some people make it happen but are they relying on extra savings or investments to survive or can they manage on their pension as obviously you can't work on your visa over there ,whereas in Australia I would probably keep working doing what I'm doing in NZ.

Hello,

I need your help again. What is the best sites to look for a condo in Bangkok? I checked VRBO, but the prices are higher than hotels. Looking first week of Dec to end of Jan.

TIA

G'day all, I will be moving to Thailand later in the year and will rent to begin with. Is there precautions i need to take or scams i need to be aware of when renting a property in Thailand thanks.

"Everything else,,,"

So,,Im going for the move to Thailand,,(the Cha am/Hua Hin area).

So far the non O retierment visa is aproved,,,thats 3 moths.

My question is,,,what are the tips about renting when one arrive?

Do you rent for 1 month at the time? 3,6 or 12?

And how to fit this with the requerments for the 1 year extention?

So far I have only booked 5 days at a hotel😉

Appriciate all info.🥰

Will Jomtien Immigration allow a renter to do an in person TM30 and if so would it require a proxy? I am NOT asking who is supposed to do the registration. I just want to know if it is allowed.

Could some help me out,if want to rent 1 year but out of Thailand say 2 month how to pay power and water

Thank you

Hello,

i am on a Privilege Visa and do payments with Wise. Now i want to rent a condo. Do i need a local bankaccount or can i pay monthly rent and electricity or water bills with Wise?

If i open a Bangkok Bank account is there a annual fee for the account?

Thx

tm30 Bangkok question

My rental agent filled tm30 around 1 year ago. For that time I mostly stayed in Bangkok. Now I am on holiday and using a few different hotels in other provinces, so probably some tm30 could be filled for me.

My question is, if my rental condo is in Bangkok and I had tm30 there, and now travelled to a different province (and tm30 was filled in a different province), should I ask my rental agent again to file tm30 for me after I will be back in Bangkok?

My husband and I are both 60, we want to sell our house in uk and buy a villa in Thailand, is this possible, I read conflicting comments.

Just finishing my first year's lease. I've been visiting Thailand for a couple decades but just started doing the leasing thing so dealing with agents is just new in the last year or so. Looking for a new lease and it seems like each real estate office only offers their own limited selection of properties - is this true?

I'm used to how things operate in the West where all agents have access to all available properties for rent or for sale. Is it really true that you can go to different agencies and be offered different available properties?