MY NEW THAI HOME | Rural Thailand Living

[@brucenolan4384]

Things don't just happen, I think this a reward for who you are...you were given peaceful, tranquil, homey, and real rural Thailand beautiful. Good for you, Thailand must want to keep you, you lucky dog. Congratulations.

[@IanWheldale]

That's a lovely thing to say, Bruce. Thank you very much, kind sir!

[@อาตาชินจิ]

I am a Thai person, but now I live abroad for a long time.I love this video.It makes me miss my hometown.My house is in the countryside It's more beautiful than in big cities.I miss rice fields, temples, wooden houses, sunshine, crying chicken sounds, frogs sounds when it rains. It's very beautiful.

[@jackhill8246]

Great video Ian... thanks for sharing your part of paradise. Love the original Thai bungalow. Back in the early 70s my wife and I rented a home similar to yours. Loved the inside updates. Thanks for bringing us along.

[@IanWheldale]

Cheers, Jack. I like the old style bungalow, it has character. Rebuilt a couple of years ago so the best of both worlds really.

[@andyoswald6789]

Ian, that is absolutely beautiful. What a view to wake up to every morning. Love the fact that even though your house is traditional Thai you have windows rather than just shutters. If I was you I would be investing a couple of hundred Baht in a hammock.

[@IanWheldale]

Andy Oswald Hammock definitely been in my thoughts.

[@MisterMitchMM]

Beautiful setting Ian. Thank you for sharing. All the best. Mitch

[@IanWheldale]

Thanks. I'm still here enjoying the countryside.

[@dbiswas]

Thank you for uploading this nice video. This place is so amazing and there is a peace and tranquility. This is what I will do when I retire.

[@IanWheldale]

Thanks for your support. This is definitely a place that makes you relax.

[@notime2bsad]

Nice and quiet. I love it. At least for a couple weeks.

[@IanWheldale]

notime2bsad Forty plus years living in London makes the quiet rural life very appealing😁

[@notime2bsad]

Ian Wheldale I understand sir. Enjoy your life how ever you can. Notime2bsad.... Stay happy friend.

[@paulg8730]

Wow that's the definition of idyllic. Good luck in your new home mate.

[@IanWheldale]

Paul G Thanks, Paul.

[@rossie273]

since writing my first reply , i have met up with you and done a tour (in person) of your beautiful home . I got completely disorientated when following you on the bike but have since been able to find your house on Google maps - fond memories . i hope to catch up with you again after the virus has abated .

[@allaroundthailand360]

Wow looks like a great house and great views there. well done

[@IanWheldale]

Colin in Thailand โคลินในประเทศไทย Cheers, Colin

[@RGPepler]

What a great little spot Ian. It's got all you need like you said but the views and tranquillity are hard to beat. No problem with Internet? How are you liking your new camera? All looking great from this end. All the best Rand

[@IanWheldale]

Randell Pepler I love it here. Internet 3 times faster than at old place. That's the camera I've been using for months.

[@mac563]

Liking the look of your new house as you said fantastic view sure your going to be very happy there ian

[@IanWheldale]

Thank you, nice place to wake up to.

[@jimilite]

That is very very nice, just the sort of thing I'd like myself. Well done !

[@IanWheldale]

Thank you very much. I hope you find something just as good or even better

[@davidkai2694]

Lovely views Ian that's the way to live peaceful tranquility keep on telling my wife when we retire want to live out in the country in Thailand rent a place

[@jindasukbunma9657]

David & Kai living in uk am agree with you, peace,

[@howardtilley675]

Very nice indeed mate, scenic, rural and serene, perfect living space. Who'd have thought 14 years ago I'd be living in Bulgaria on the shores of the Black Sea, certainly not me! Congrats and lots of good luck in your new drum! H

[@IanWheldale]

Howard Tilley Cheers, H. Loving the peace and serenity here. We're both a long way from Airport Transfers and John Laing these days😁😁

[@howardtilley675]

Ian Wheldale Like a million miles, both taken the bold step to widen our horizons, many wouldn't have the balls.

[@IanWheldale]

Lots of people I knew thought I hadn't the balls to do it. Two fingers firmly pointed in their direction now :)

[@roderick2105]

Your new placed looks good. congratulations

[@IanWheldale]

Thank you. Moved on to Chiang Rai now. Still very rural.🙂

[@oscardennis]

Awesome thanks! Im coming to retire in Thailand within 6 months!

[@IanWheldale]

Thank you. Hopefully things will be back to normal in 6 months.

[@Phyllis-nk5ji]

Ian. It must feel good to be settled in. It's a lovely area. So good of you to give Pie a helping hand. Do you have air con in your new place? How far are you now from Pie's farm?

[@IanWheldale]

Yes, it's a lovely part of Thailand. I'm actually living in Chiang Mai, so I'm not local to Pie. It's about 230km to Ban Saeo from me. I do have aircon, but I use it as little as possible anywhere I am. It gives me headache :)

[@osmanyegin]

Awsome video.. thanks.... Thanks for the inf

[@Rahulsingh-ez1le]

CLOSE TO NATURE ITS REALLY BEAUTIFUL HOUSE GRATE 😍😍👍

[@IanWheldale]

I enjoyed my time there but moved on now. Thank you for watching

[@familygaming5320]

Oh how i love thai houses on stilts. So traditional

[@davidokeeffe1751]

You stated that Doi Saket is southeast of Chiang Mai. Are you sure? I think it is to the northeast on the road to Chiang Rai.

[@IanWheldale]

Sorry, you are absolutely correct. I am terrible with directions.

[@asiatravelpassion9234]

lovely. every time i visit thailand i spent the whole of the month in chiang mai. you very luck. i love rural parts of thailand and vietnam. hate cities. would love to cycle between villages again. looking forward to visit thailand again. One question, flood is common in your region?

[@IanWheldale]

No floods in last few years. Rainy season not heavy last few years. I have now moved to Chiang Rai

[@osmanyegin]

Awsome video.. thanks.... Thanks for the info

[@tarickbelushi2740]

A little garden paradise 👍 💞🙏

[@IanWheldale]

Thank you. I'm still here with no plans to move.

[@roberthesketh4615]

Hi mate - as I said when I visited the other day, it's the perfect place for you, & I'm dead chuffed for you!

[@thoy3099]

Congratulations on the new house 🏡

[@IanWheldale]

Thank you!

[@zainulabideenzain3]

Beautiful!

[@IanWheldale]

Thanks

[@JediMasterZanetti]

Great video.

[@IanWheldale]

Thank you

[@serratop]

a spooky place with that music by the way, what language are you speakimg?

[@bkkbound]

Thats beautiful place to be... well done..

[@IanWheldale]

Bkkbound Thank you😁

[@amaderlifeinametro4887]

Wow .. great house.... peaceful surrounding.. love from London 😍

[@IanWheldale]

Thank you. Moving out in 2 weeks, time to move on 😊

[@robertmaddelena7890]

Very nice mate! So quite and relaxing.Now you need a beautiful Thia lady to break the quiet. How far is the closest market? What does something like that cost there. Chow

[@IanWheldale]

Local shops a few minutes walk. Market and supermarket ten minutes ride. 7500 a month

[@skyfarmorganics]

Awesome Ian!

[@JohnMartin22222]

A great place!! What was the budget and how big is your land? Cheers

[@IanWheldale]

I didn't build this, it was just a rental.

[@SalamatUK]

Beautiful location/property! Hope you'll be very happy there! Any issues getting decent internet access in somewhere like that?

[@IanWheldale]

David W_UK The owner had to pay BBB a couple of thousand baht to run the cable down here, but monthly charges are standard. Feel mega relaxed here.

[@brianheard4565]

Lovely location!

[@IanWheldale]

Thanks. Very quiet and peaceful

[@mattivirta]

but worst if flooding ewery year. newer not build house same level whit rice field. sure flood someday lot and all house have full at water. my land have 6 meter high than rice field and some year water go in house 2 meter. i has waste 2-3 million baht ewery flood season. NEWER build house near rice field or river.

[@แพรวกมสินธ์]

Nice​ view​ and​ love​ly​ house​👍😊

[@IanWheldale]

Thank you.

[@exploring_thailand]

Lovely place, Ian. How did you find it? Was it word-of-mouth or did you find it online?

[@IanWheldale]

I found it on one of the many Facebook "property for sale and rent" groups. Some good places on there and an opportunity to sidestep the estate agents.

[@exploring_thailand]

Thanks,Ian. That's an avenue I hadn't considered. I'll check it out.

[@Straaker]

Very nice!

[@aussiethaibangkok1434]

Very good video. A nice looking home and location.

[@IanWheldale]

Thank you very much

[@benjenkins9239]

May I ask the cost..... Looking at doing the same... Do you have a Video of the cost to live there/move ?

[@IanWheldale]

Rent is 7500 baht month. Including electricity, water and internet I pay around 8000 in total. I would say my total spend each month for absolutely everything is around £1000. I've never done a cost of living video per se as things fluctuate with exchange rates, etc. Any specifics you want to know, then fire away.

[@josiascrlopes]

Love the house, love the green... How much is the rent?

[@IanWheldale]

7500 /month

[@josiascrlopes]

@@IanWheldale Thanks for the feedback...

[@chrisnorris-ct1op]

Very beautiful house

[@IanWheldale]

Thank you so much 😊

[@davehendry8056]

loverly place i have the same veiw am in the north east

[@IanWheldale]

Thank you. Views like that are good for the soul 😊

[@justinmartin8840]

Best of luck to you mate.

[@IanWheldale]

Thank you very much 😁

[@rossie273]

WOW - nice house Ian . I love the Bird's water bowl with "WOOF" written on it . So , Ian , where do all your subscribers stay when we come to visit ? Is Breakfast included ? LOL . I tried to find the village but could not . Was the house fully furnished - i noticed the coffee maker for instance . May i ask what type of rent per month please ?

[@IanWheldale]

Fully furnished, Russell, even down to pots and pans. Rent is 7500/month plus electric and water which won't be excessive. Owner has chickens (cheap fresh eggs) and got free bunch of bananas off the tree yesterday :)

[@rossie273]

$300AUD/Mth. - WOW . A camping site over here costs more than that . I work expenses on a weekly basis so you are paying $70/Wk. for a fully furnished house . Friends rent out a room of their house partly furnished , share bath and laundry and kitchen here on Tamborine Mountain for $250/Wk. and have no trouble finding a tennant . Ian(my partner) and I could rent our house for $730/Wk (unfurnished) and live very well in Paradise AND put money aside each week . Can you see a problem with that idea , Ian ? I would already be over there but Ian is not keen on the idea - YET . Thanks for the info . Rain here today - I'm off to my biker club meeting(Historical Motorcycle Club of Queensland) then on Thursday we are on a cruise of the South Pacific(our first). Ian , I'd rather be in Thailand than wasting my time and money here .

[@IanWheldale]

Lots of people rent out their home property and come and live here. No problem

[@billyjohnson9166]

I'm curious what is the rent? looks very nice and comfortable

[@IanWheldale]

It's 7500/month.

[@sk-xt5ow]

Really nice

[@IanWheldale]

Thanks

[@jonpeters6128]

Hi. I"m going to be moving to Chiang Rai before the end of the year and planning to look for a house to rent in one of the villages near the city. My online work depends on reliable and fast internet (have to do regular videoconferencing with clients). How is the internet service outside of the city? Does it go down like the power often does in Thailand?

[@IanWheldale]

Hi Jon. This house is a couple of kilometers off the main road in a small village. However, we have fibre from 3BB and it's 200mb down and 100mb up which is better than I was getting from Virgin in the UK. The fibre wasn't laid to our side of the village initially and the property owner had to pay for the cable to be extended up this way, but it wasn't an awful lot of money. We've had one major outage when some electric cables caught fire and burnt through the fibre in the village centre, but apart from that it's been great. Electric sometimes goes off and sometimes runs at reduced power, but you will get that everywhere in Thailand. That doesn't happen too often though. The house at the back of this plot is rented by a guy who teaches English to Chinese clients online and he's been very happy with the internet here. Hope that helps.

[@jonpeters6128]

Thanks for the answer. I have spent time in Thailand seven times and know well about brown outs and loss of power. I plan to have a LTE router as a backup. @@IanWheldale

[@IanWheldale]

@@jonpeters6128 Plenty 4g country wide too so tethering is an option

[@Simon-vt1zp]

What a lovely place Ian. I won’t be rude and ask how much the rent is, but could I get something like this for around 10,000 baht per month?

[@IanWheldale]

Sorry, just finding loads of older comments that don't show up on the video page. This place is going for 8k now (I'm leaving in 2 weeks) to move to a new 3 bed, 3bath place for 9k a month. The rent is low as it's owned by one of my girlfriend's best friends.

[@Simon-vt1zp]

@@IanWheldale thanks Ian 🙏

[@deharamsatya7668]

Dear Ian .Good morning. Your Thai rural house is very beautiful. I love to live there and feel it as my own. I am watching you for the first time and which part of Thai you are living .I am from India. Thank you.

[@IanWheldale]

I am living in Doi Saket which is a few km outside Chiang Mai city.

[@applesid239]

hi how are you settling in , is the rent price for such a house sensible thankyou

[@IanWheldale]

Moved on since that video and bought a house in Chiang Rai. Rent on that place is 8000 baht a month. Plenty of good deals about at this time.

[@scottgeen3062]

Nice place Nice house ian from Scott new Zealand

[@IanWheldale]

Thanks

[@osmanyegin]

verry nice

[@IanWheldale]

Thanks

[@zman8957]

Which house is yours, the wooden one, or the very modern home??

[@IanWheldale]

The traditional style wooden one.

[@jindasukbunma9657]

Wow beautiful places, to live, i udon by birth, form Canada, thanks u , Beauty back around,

[@មាសហេង]

Did you build this house and how much?

[@IanWheldale]

No, I rented the house and was paying 7500 baht per month.

[@មាសហេង]

I want to build my house like this one can you put the whole picture of the house if you don’t mind please

[@IanWheldale]

@@មាសហេង I'm afraid I moved from there about 4 months ago. Sorry!

[@MFCHRIS75]

Wonderful place, congratulations, though not sure about the abundance of traffic :-)

[@IanWheldale]

I know, Chris. Bit hectic isn't it :)

[@abubakardouglas8268]

Lovely house in a beautiful setting.

[@IanWheldale]

Thanks very much. Just renewed for another year.

[@davidbaber5445]

Funny, I was thinking just the same.🤔

[@blurayffan66]

Beautiful spot...no bathroom tho?

[@IanWheldale]

I have bathroom, shower, etc. Didn't bother showing as it's like any other Thai bathroom

[@yupp1000]

really nice

[@IanWheldale]

Thanks. Much appreciated

[@titan6993]

how much

[@IanWheldale]

7.5k/month (baht)

[@titan6993]

@@IanWheldale great

[@leelaw7370]

How much rental a house for one year?

[@IanWheldale]

That 3 bedroom house at the beginning was 13700 baht/month. My new place is 7500.

[@scottgeen3062]

Could you tell me would 18 million baht and pension last me at least ten years living in Thailand thank you from Scott new Zealand

[@IanWheldale]

Easily at todays rates. In Chiang Mai you could lead a very good life indeed. Bangkok is more expensive but still well within your budget.

[@scottgeen3062]

@@IanWheldale thank you ian for your advice from Scott new Zealand thinking living in udon thani thank you ian stay safe

[@sarentor725]

U have beautiful house i love date thailand the best country in the worlds👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💐💐💐💐💐💐

[@IanWheldale]

Yes, thank you

[@johanstam3602]

What are the costs renting such place?

[@IanWheldale]

Photographyandcoffee.com 7500 baht a month. The old place was 13,000

[@ducatijim5070]

Very nice

[@Nautilus1972]

Pertinent to point out that foreigners could not own a home/land such as this - correct? It must be in a Thai person's name.

[@IanWheldale]

True, you can own a structure, but not the land it sits on. Hence why you can buy a condo/apartment but not a house.

[@familygaming5320]

How i wish i married a man capable of providing this beautiful home. But my husband is believes houses are dead investment.... he never built us one up until now😞 if only i knew his crooked principle . If only i could turn back time....😔

[@GlobalDrifter1000]

Fire trap

[@IanWheldale]

🤣🤣 Shut the door on your way out please.

[@GlobalDrifter1000]

@@IanWheldale 🙏🏻