@Terry ******

very helpful 🙄 In Iowa , not KS, we’d have to drive at least 45 min (half the year on snowy gravel roads) to eat somewhere other than home, and it’d be expensive. We had a huge deep freezer full of meat we’d raised ourselves, and a mud room with all the canning from the garden that Spring. Sure we got a lot of stuff from the store when we went ONCE A MONTH. This is a huge cultural difference than urban Thailand! I was asking about cost efficiency and how it feels for others living there with a similar background as me. Read thoroughly next time, Dorothy 😉

@Steve ******

I don’t need a work permit first. I’ll interview on a tourist Visa, and then have help with my non-imm B Visa bc I’ll have the letter of employment and a residency. It’s possible to complete the whole process, interview and all, by Skype etc. but many schools prefer I be there first. This stuff I’ve actually been researching for months. Getting all my credentials/transcripts ready. I had only recently browsed at properties and that’s when I spoke to other Expats and a Thai real estate co about the kitchen/laundry issues I was seeing in the apartments I saw.

@Carlos *****

Thank you!

@Neil *****

We always hang dry here when weather allows. Why waste electricity, and the clothes smell good! It’s a northern thing bc of the long cold winters, so I get that.

@Jennifer *****

wow! An oven! I’ve seen apartments with two small burners, but no ovens. Anyway…. Ya, that’s what makes sense about ‘many people not cooking’ bc eating out is very affordable in comparison to here. And I have two children coming with me, which is the main reason I wanted a kitchen.

@Pui ****

ya, that doesn’t bother me- I love hanging laundry here when weather allows. But I imagine it’s hard during the rainy season and with the humidity!

@Steve ******

first off, I can ask a question without giving out all my details but….. I’m a teacher (I have a Masters in Education and my teaching license in the state of Missouri). I’m not just coming with TEFL certification. Most International schools help with my Visa paperwork, and many provide assistance in finding appropriate housing near the school. I also have social security bc I’m a widow. It’s not a lot, but we’ll be able to live very modestly until I’m working. And I wasn’t asking about ‘Thai life’ really. I was asking about the cost efficiency of renting a place where I can do everything myself vs eating street food and using a laundry service, and if it ever stops feeling odd to not be totally self-reliant.

@Kev ********

sure! DM me, thank you 🙏

@Steve ******

a double sided sink, bc I don’t need a dishwasher; but it’s hard to food prep and do dishes in one small sink (I have two kids that’ll be with me). I’d like a stove top/oven (inside if I have AC, outside if I don’t) and regular size refrigerator. A washing machine would be great bc I do have two kids with me and I’ll be working full-time. So the washers not make or break, but it’d be great.

@Kev ********

where?!