New Build Homes In Southern Thailand

[@aseantravels8772]

Looked up the location on google maps, its locataed just outside if Hatyai (south-west) about 7km from the airport. nice and quiet area. The town house for Bt2.3 million is a steal, its impossible to find that kind of prices for terraced/linked houses in Kuala Lumpur. Sadly foreigners arent allowed to buy landed properties afaik, maybe if the land is leased or usufruct from a thai spouse. Condo options in Hatyai is a bit limited. Saw a new development near central festival around the same price range, maybe those are more attractive for people wanting to stay near haytai city.

[@expatlivinginthailand]

@aseantravels8772 Yep, it's a quiet area and not too far from downtown. Property prices in so many countries are ridiculous. My house in the UK is about a third of the size of my house in Thailand, but it's double the price. There are a lot of condos in Hat Yai these days. When I first arrived, there was just one - Napalai Place. There are ways that a foreigner can buy landed property, but they all have risk attached. My house is in my wife's name. If you go down this route and are married to the wrong person, you can lose everything. My wife wouldn't do that to me, and even if she did, it wouldn't matter. I would still be able to live a good life, and all I'm concerned about is that the house will eventually go to my kids. If she did throw me out, which she won't, the house will still go to the kids eventually. I'll try to find a condo building that will let me look around and take a video.

[@visitstomyneighbours]

'Palm Springs' seems to be a very popular name for housing developments.. there's one just a stone's throw from where I live now, and one back in my hometown too. This (6:49) seems unusual.. no fence 🤔 Is that normal? Or are homeowners supposed to get those built themselves? A(n unrelated) question if you don't mind.. I've known for some time what สุขสันต์วันเกิด sounds like and what it means, but only recently came across it in written form. The ต์ makes me wonder.. is the phrase transliterated from another language?

[@expatlivinginthailand]

They're everywhere! I don't know how many, exactly, but I think around 15 Palm Springs just in this area, maybe more. All built by the same developer, AFAIK, Supalai. I was also a bit surprised at the lack of a fence today. In many places, there are walls separating the house, or at least a fence. Whenever you see some unnecessary letters, and especially when words use the การันต์ symbol, it's normally an indication that the word has been borrowed from another language. When Thais borrow words, they like to follow the original spelling, but because of how Thai works, this would result in a very strange pronunciation. For example, with words borrowed from English that have an 'r', they will include ร in the transliteration, but this will have a strange pronunciation. To fix this, they simply write ร์. For example: คาร์แคร์ (car care) With your example for Happy Birthday, these words probably come from Pali or Sanskrit, but the rule about following the original spelling stays the same.

[@gangsom]

Nice house But what was the point of that room in the middle. Maybe a prayer room? That second woman was friendly 😂

[@expatlivinginthailand]

Lol! The first lady was lovely. The second one really didn't want me there! That room upstairs surprised me. It could have been a prayer room. Also, quite a few Thai homes I've been in have a separate meditation room. The nice thing about having the space is that you can use it for whatever you want. It always interests me to see what is available and for what price.

[@Kevin-zz9nc]

​@@expatlivinginthailandmost farang use it to dry their clothes. Kudos for learning Thai mate.

[@expatlivinginthailand]

@@Kevin-zz9nc Thanks!

[@trashbox4807]

Hello you are doing good job, keep it up ! Can we buy studio apartment or very small house (equiped with very basic facilities only) for 1.5M Baht or so, around Hat Yai ?

[@expatlivinginthailand]

Thanks! Land is very expensive in Hat Yai, and this makes houses expensive, even small ones. Finding a house for Bt1.5 million might be tricky these days. However, there are now many high-rise condo buildings, and I have seen condos advertised for just over a million. If I know that this kind of video is useful to people, I can do some more and also look at some condos. Knowing what to do is never easy. My viewership mainly seems to be from Malaysia, and Malaysians are mostly interested in short trips to Hat Yai, not buying property and making a permanent move to Hat Yai.

[@trashbox4807]

Oook . . But yes please have a look for some Condos (if possible) also, it would provide options for low budget individuals to invest & live there peacefully.

[@expatlivinginthailand]

@trashbox4807 I'll have a go. It's been a while since I looked at any condos, so I'm also interested to see what's available. Regarding investing, I have never looked at the property market here as an investment. There are houses here that have had 'For sale' signs outside for years. The only houses I know to have sold were sold very cheaply at a loss. Thais always seem to want to buy new houses, rather than those that have already been lived in.

[@trashbox4807]

@@expatlivinginthailand Investment not in a sense for business intent but for residential. Even the old houses might be good choice as long as they are cheap.

[@expatlivinginthailand]

@trashbox4807 That would work. Whatever you buy now will be more expensive in the future, so if buying just for a place to live, that's a good idea. The housing market here is different to many other places. In other parts of the world, you can make a lot of money by buying and selling houses, but from my observations, it's not the same here.

[@lianjs5305]

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[@expatlivinginthailand]

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