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00:02 How much do I pay for rent living here in Thailand?
00:13 So here is my house here.
00:15 It's got a pool, jacuzzi, three bedrooms, three bathrooms,
00:18 and driveway and a wrap-around balcony.
00:19 And I've actually got my lease agreement
00:21 to show you how much my rent is.
00:23 Whilst I'm getting that,
00:24 I'll tell you a little bit about the area it's in.
00:25 I live on a private golf course in Chiang Mai,
00:28 the north of Thailand.
00:29 So things are usually cheaper around here,
00:31 but I do live in like a private area,
00:33 golf course community, so it's pretty expensive.
00:36 I just went for the biggest, fanciest house
00:38 and like the nicest area in Northern Thailand
00:39 because they all kind of fit my budget.
00:41 They probably fit yours as well.
00:42 So as you can see here, my rental fee is 32,000 baht.
00:46 It's 700 pound a month.
00:47 And here's what it looks like inside.
00:49 I've got my office area here.
00:50 There's the front door, the upstairs area,
00:52 the living area, the dining area, and then back garden.
00:56 But that's not including utilities.
00:57 So my water bill is two pound 40 a month,
01:00 and that's to keep the jets in the pool
01:01 when all the showers are on.
01:02 So that's actually considered high in Thailand, two pound 50.
01:05 But the electricity is where it really gets you.
01:07 I mean, it's obviously still much cheaper than the UK,
01:08 but try and guess how much electricity is here in Thailand.
01:12 Keep in mind, the thing that takes up the most electricity
01:13 is the air conditioning,
01:14 and obviously lots of space here to cool down.
01:17 Now, yes, the UK is the best place in the world to grow up,
01:19 and I stand by that,
01:20 but that's not what I'm gonna talk about now.
01:21 I'm just gonna talk about
01:22 why you are actively setting yourself up to lose
01:25 by still being there.
01:27 So I'm just here.
01:28 I paid one pound for this iced latte,
01:30 which is actually expensive for the general thing
01:33 of things costs and coffee's cost here in Thailand,
01:35 which means on a day-to-day basis,
01:37 you are spending a lot more in the UK
01:40 just on rent, on food, on going out,
01:43 on just petrol, on your vehicle,
01:46 than you are here in Thailand.
01:47 So I'd say in the UK,
01:49 you'd get average person spends about
01:51 two, 3,000 pound a month, like, yeah, fine.
01:54 I grew up in London.
01:55 I'm using London devices.
01:56 So a pint of beer is five pound.
01:58 Here, it's about one pound.
02:00 Rent in the UK is about, for a house, one and a half grand.
02:04 Here, it's about 700 pound, 600 pound,
02:07 maybe even 500 pound if you don't wanna pool in your house.
02:09 Let's talk about transport, cars.
02:12 Not only are cars extremely expensive in the UK,
02:14 but insurance is even more expensive than a car itself.
02:17 Here in Thailand, no one really uses cars that much
02:20 unless you're like a big farmer
02:22 or you're a business person going to like
02:24 a very corporate job and you need your suit
02:26 and everything to be in tip-top shape
02:27 and you can't afford for the winter to pick everything up.
02:30 So everyone goes about here on mopeds.
02:31 I've just owned a moped as well,
02:33 and that's why I've been going off myself this whole time.
02:35 Not only are mopeds more cheaper than they are in England,
02:39 but since the weather is perfect all year round here,
02:41 you can drive mopeds all year round.
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