Buying a house in Hua Hin

Post by **Jaime** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 5:07 am

Hi,

I wonder if anyone can help. I am coming to Hua Hin in April with my wife (who needless to say is Thai) to buy a house. We have been a couple of times before and I don't need to tell any regular users of this forum why we like the place. Anyway, I have a couple of questions which I hope someone can help me with:

1. What is the general feeling of security like? My wife's Thai relatives in BKK all insist we should only be looking at properties on developments with organised security. It is true that the house will be a holiday home and so unoccupied for long periods but is living on a compound really necessary?

2. At what times do the trains run between Bangkok (from Hualamphong I assume) and Hua Hin?

Hope someone can help.

Cheers,

Jaime

Post by **TREVORNUNN** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:10 pm

Hi there, great service I got from www.huahin-property.com check out their website and if your in the UK they were on tv last week too

Post by **PeteB** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:16 pm

Trevor

Glad that you are so happy with your property and the service,

But:

Sorry but must agree with newboy. Point taken - please give it a rest.

Peter

Post by **Jaime** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:53 am

Thanks Guys..... Better late than never! Just goes to show that one should never give up hope on receiving a response to a posting! Lev, is that a record for the longest gap between two postings in a thread?

Seriously, the house was purchased on our visit last April and we are arriving this Sunday to move in - but sadly just for 3 weeks, after which it's back to Blighty. Sooooo many problems during that time! A roller coaster ride of seething frustration! Nevertheless, nearly all done after a year and still cheap as chips, to coin a catchphrase. I just hope the stress of the build period was worth it!

As for 'A Place in the Sun' only pensioners, housewives and schoolkids get to watch daytime TV - real men are in work, scratching together the airfare

!

Post by **Len** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:34 am

So where did you end up buying and who caused you all the pain ?

Post by **playboy** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:58 pm

Hello

I brought a 6 lei on the way to Pala-u- waterfall. I love it. It was first belong to British pensioner and then a retired German. We have a big three bed room house with several mangoes trees. I put more teak trees in some 2 empty lei. I hope it will give me more shad later.
I think of better buying a land already have an existing house than start a new. Since I never want to deal with all contractors.
So far I love to live in Hua Hin because it is very peaceful, beautiful beach, not over developed as in Pattaya and Hua Hinians are very kind and nice. I can go to the beach when I want to go (30 minutes from my home).

Post by **neilgs** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:17 am

Jaime,

Hi hope I can help.

Hua Hin is pretty safe . As the King lives there security is tight . Also half of the army are based in camps nearby.

If you could afford it however I would recomend a property with 24 hour security either a small/large development with a guard or a beach/golf course development with 24 hour patrols.

In my experience, buses are quicker than trains and the trains are notoriously unreliable

Neil

Post by **gaijin** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 5:45 pm

Thais seem to be very security conscious, but whether this is borne out of necessity is something I am yet to work out. I certainly feel that the streets in Hua Hin, or for that matter, Bangkok, are a lot safer than the streets in the overwhelming majority of western cities.

A printed train timetable is available at the Hua Hin station and is easy to understand.