Village Thailand Early Retirement Love Samut Prakan Living like a Thai
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Welcome to our home in
Welcome to our home in Thailand.
The village / suburb / town where you live is sometimes more important than the actual home that you live in. The people, your neighbours, the facilities and what's available in the area matching your interests. That's what's important!!! My village has everything that I need to live well on a daily basis.
I never wanted to live in a high traffic foreign Tourist area in Thailand. Like all countries, Thailand is not perfect and many of the social problems that exist in this country are heavily concentrated in the Tourist areas. I live in Thailand; I want to live like a Thai.
We're close enough to Bangkok to enjoy everything that this wonderful city has to offer, but far enough away not to be consumed by the constant hustle and bustle.
Our village is situated about 40km from the heart of Bangkok and about 20km from Suvarnabhumi Airport. Bangkok's International airport is actually located in Samut Prakan and not Bangkok, as most people would think.
There are just over 3,000 homes in the estate.
The village is the largest in the area. Many businesses / shops are also located within the village. Both a morning and night market exists to satisfy the needs of the community. A whole range of cheap and delicious Thai food options are available. People from the surrounding villages also come to shop here.
A monthly fee of 150 baht (US$4.30) is charged to cover the cost of garbage collection, community area garden maintenance, street sweeping and security guards.
Very few western foreigners live here on a permanent basis. My estimate is only 4 males, of which, I am the youngest. The majority of the population is Thai; however immigrant workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia also live here. Very little English is spoken.
The village was created about 10 years ago. The land was formerly mostly made up of fish farms. A huge lake still takes pride of place in the centre of the development.
There are 3 types of dwellings in the village.
1. A single house. A large house on a single block of land. Value estimated to be between 8 - 10 million baht (US$230,000 - US$290,000).
2. Town homes. A town house in a row of town houses. Share external connecting walls. Tiny rear courtyard. However, virtually all courtyards have been replaced by a structure to house a kitchen. Value estimated to be between 1.2 - 1.5 million baht (US$35,000 - US$44,000).
3. Twin homes. 2 town houses on a single block of land. The size and layout of the twin home is the same as the town home, but they have more land on one side of the property. Value estimated to be between 2.3 - 2.6 million baht (US$66,000 - US$75,000).
All homes are 2 storey dwellings.
There is also a golf course, swimming pools, gym and table tennis / bad-mitten courts located directly adjacent to the village.
A BTS (sky train) extension is currently being constructed and will be located about 14km from the village. This will give far more direct access to Bangkok. At the moment, the public transport options to reach Bangkok are minibus and then bus or minibus, then bus and then BTS.
A large and modern shopping centre complex and cinema is located about 12km away. However, very few English speaking movie sessions are offered.
The houses are manufactured, for the most part, from preformed concrete. A very standard way of building houses in Thailand.
I love our home and I love the village in which we live. The people are warm and friendly and I have been made to feel very much part of the community.
Places of Interest:
http://www.bangpoogolf.com/home/
http://www.ancientcitygroup.net/
http://www.worldcrocodile.com/about.html
Shopping:
https://www.robinson.co.th/
https://www.tescolotus.com/home
http://www.bigc.co.th/?___store=en&__...
Village Aerial:
https://map.longdo.com/p/A00320532/in...
BTS:
https://www.bts.co.th/index_CoverPage...
I hope that you enjoyed watching this video.
Please put any questions that you might have in the comments section below. I will do my best to answer as quickly and as accurately as possible.
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We look forward to seeing you back here again very soon.
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The village / suburb / town where you live is sometimes more important than the actual home that you live in. The people, your neighbours, the facilities and what's available in the area matching your interests. That's what's important!!! My village has everything that I need to live well on a daily basis.
I never wanted to live in a high traffic foreign Tourist area in Thailand. Like all countries, Thailand is not perfect and many of the social problems that exist in this country are heavily concentrated in the Tourist areas. I live in Thailand; I want to live like a Thai.
We're close enough to Bangkok to enjoy everything that this wonderful city has to offer, but far enough away not to be consumed by the constant hustle and bustle.
Our village is situated about 40km from the heart of Bangkok and about 20km from Suvarnabhumi Airport. Bangkok's International airport is actually located in Samut Prakan and not Bangkok, as most people would think.
There are just over 3,000 homes in the estate.
The village is the largest in the area. Many businesses / shops are also located within the village. Both a morning and night market exists to satisfy the needs of the community. A whole range of cheap and delicious Thai food options are available. People from the surrounding villages also come to shop here.
A monthly fee of 150 baht (US$4.30) is charged to cover the cost of garbage collection, community area garden maintenance, street sweeping and security guards.
Very few western foreigners live here on a permanent basis. My estimate is only 4 males, of which, I am the youngest. The majority of the population is Thai; however immigrant workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia also live here. Very little English is spoken.
The village was created about 10 years ago. The land was formerly mostly made up of fish farms. A huge lake still takes pride of place in the centre of the development.
There are 3 types of dwellings in the village.
1. A single house. A large house on a single block of land. Value estimated to be between 8 - 10 million baht (US$230,000 - US$290,000).
2. Town homes. A town house in a row of town houses. Share external connecting walls. Tiny rear courtyard. However, virtually all courtyards have been replaced by a structure to house a kitchen. Value estimated to be between 1.2 - 1.5 million baht (US$35,000 - US$44,000).
3. Twin homes. 2 town houses on a single block of land. The size and layout of the twin home is the same as the town home, but they have more land on one side of the property. Value estimated to be between 2.3 - 2.6 million baht (US$66,000 - US$75,000).
All homes are 2 storey dwellings.
There is also a golf course, swimming pools, gym and table tennis / bad-mitten courts located directly adjacent to the village.
A BTS (sky train) extension is currently being constructed and will be located about 14km from the village. This will give far more direct access to Bangkok. At the moment, the public transport options to reach Bangkok are minibus and then bus or minibus, then bus and then BTS.
A large and modern shopping centre complex and cinema is located about 12km away. However, very few English speaking movie sessions are offered.
The houses are manufactured, for the most part, from preformed concrete. A very standard way of building houses in Thailand.
I love our home and I love the village in which we live. The people are warm and friendly and I have been made to feel very much part of the community.
Places of Interest:
http://www.bangpoogolf.com/home/
http://www.ancientcitygroup.net/
http://www.worldcrocodile.com/about.html
Shopping:
https://www.robinson.co.th/
https://www.tescolotus.com/home
http://www.bigc.co.th/?___store=en&__...
Village Aerial:
https://map.longdo.com/p/A00320532/in...
BTS:
https://www.bts.co.th/index_CoverPage...
I hope that you enjoyed watching this video.
Please put any questions that you might have in the comments section below. I will do my best to answer as quickly and as accurately as possible.
Don't forget to click like, subscribe and share with your friends.
We look forward to seeing you back here again very soon.
Facebook: OurLifeThai
Take care
Brad & Ta
Healing by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Big Horns Intro by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Artist: http://audionautix.com/
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