Long term rental and high speed internet

[poshglasgow]

I'd be very grateful for any views on hotels/condo blocks (view Talay e.g.), offering comfortable, clean, long-term rental opportunities with reliable high speed internet. The internet reliability and speed are important.

Interesting to note that many of the expats in Pattaya (indeed throughout Thailand) prefer to rent long-term rather than buy (if, indeed, they go on to buy at all). I would think it a very wise move to try to rent before buying in any foreign country.

Any info/views gratefully received.

[Manforallseasons]

I would suggest you only rent so if you choose not to stay in L.O.S. you are not stuck in a bad market trying to unload your property, I am referring to Pattaya and there is a huge supply of long term rentals......Go to any real estate office in the area you like.....the owner pays the fee...not you.
As for high speed internet there are many options, if you see a rental you want and it does not have internet you can install it at no great expense.

[poshglasgow]

Many thanks for this suggestion.

[Up2U]

The condominium block contracts for the internet provider. For example, View Talay 5 and 7 have both 3BB and TOT. I personally prefer 3BB after having both. View Talay 2 has a fiber option with CAT. CAT is said to be the most reliable.

[christianpfc]

The only time in my life where I did not have problems with WiFi was when I was renting a room in 2013 and had to have WiFi installed and had to have my own contract with telecommunications company. The entire year of my stay not a single problem with WiFi!

Everywhere else, be it Germany at my parents' home, when I was living and working in France, my current room in Bangkok, there are problems (WiFi outage or slow) between once per year and once per month, and there was a time here in Bangkok when I had to get out of my room to re-start the router in the hallway almost daily.

[Eddie]

I'd be very grateful for any views on hotels/condo blocks (view Talay e.g.), offering comfortable, clean, long-term rental opportunities with reliable high speed internet. The internet reliability and speed are important.


Check out ABC Rentals Pattaya. French owned I believe. Short and long-term rentals. Google for their website. Quick response & reliable.

[poshglasgow]

The condominium block contracts for the internet provider. For example, View Talay 5 and 7 have both 3BB and TOT. I personally prefer 3BB after having both. View Talay 2 has a fiber option with CAT. CAT is said to be the most reliable.

Many thanks.

[poshglasgow]

The only time in my life where I did not have problems with WiFi was when I was renting a room in 2013 and had to have WiFi installed and had to have my own contract with telecommunications company. The entire year of my stay not a single problem with WiFi!

Everywhere else, be it Germany at my parents' home, when I was living and working in France, my current room in Bangkok, there are problems (WiFi outage or slow) between once per year and once per month, and there was a time here in Bangkok when I had to get out of my room to re-start the router in the hallway almost daily.

Sounds like a real challenge in those days. I'm beginning to think that a shared wi-fi, serving a hotel/condo block, is going to be pretty unreliable.

[poshglasgow]

Check out ABC Rentals Pattaya. French owned I believe. Short and long-term rentals. Google for their website. Quick response & reliable.

Thak you Eddie.

[DoubleDutch]

Sounds like a real challenge in those days. I'm beginning to think that a shared wi-fi, serving a hotel/condo block, is going to be pretty unreliable.

If you rent a condo, and don't want to bother with landline cobtracts with 3BB and TOT, you can buy a 6 months 4G SIM card, it's truly unlimited data, you pay one time fee, and for 3 months, 6 months, or 12 months you will have about 20mbps download, and same speed upload with a sim card. AIS calls this a Net Marathon 4G, I think 6 months total is about 1200 Baht, TrueMove also, I use True 6 months pre paid 4G SIM, 1400 Baht total cost for 6 months, no data restriction, the speeds I quoted are accurate, from Speedtest.
If you want links to True Move 4G, let me know, their web site is impossible to navigate.
These long term prepaid 4G are better than land lines, in my opinion, you have it in your phone, so everywhere you go, and at home you do the WiFi hotspot for laptop.

[DoubleDutch]

For condo rentals, Yensabay is popular, 8000-10.000 Baht and next to Sunee,
Viet Talai 1 and 2 near Jomtien are 8000 Baht for studio, VT6, next to Hilton is very nice, but starting around 15.000 Baht.
Nirun condo is good price, 6000 Baht for furnished studio, but it is kinda far, almost at Sukhumvit.

Fairly new Base Condo on Second Road is ideally located, 4 minutes walk to Boyztown, Central also 4 minutes, it is very near Royal Garden. But no studios, 1 bedroom is smallest, at around 15.000 Baht. Tons of Airbnb Chinese stay there, outside it feels more like a hotel than condo, but such great location, walk everywhere.

[gerefan2]

For condo rentals, Yensabay is popular, 8000-10.000 Baht and next to Sunee,
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Per week or per month? Either way you are wrong.

Yensabai (note correct spelling) in 700 baht per day if you have been staying, on and off, for some years as I have.

If not then its about 1100 Bt per day.

So for regulars it is 21000 per month or 4900 Bt. per week and for newbies it is 33,000 Bt per month or 7700 Bt per week.

[poshglasgow]

Thanks to all for the advice: much appreciated.

[DoubleDutch]

Per week or per month? Either way you are wrong.

Yensabai (note correct spelling) in 700 baht per day if you have been staying, on and off, for some years as I have.

If not then its about 1100 Bt per day.

So for regulars it is 21000 per month or 4900 Bt. per week and for newbies it is 33,000 Bt per month or 7700 Bt per week.

33.000 THB for Yensabai lol.

Here, 8700 THB (yes, ding bat, for month, not a day, not week, MONTH)

https://www.hipflat.com/listings/chonburi-condo-hsyvirmu

And screen caps of this listing, with currency converter, in case your next question is "THB or £??":


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8347

33.000 THB for Yensabai lol, a dump, except sort of good, central location, and cheap.
For 30.000 THB you can rent View Talai 6, next to Hilton, corner unit, with a terrace facing ocean.
The only other condo that can stretch 30k (yes, monthly), and over is Northpoint, also on Beach Rd with ocean views. Even The Base, brand new building of 3 towers on Second Rd, 1 bedrooms go for 15k (before you ask, yes, monthly)

[gerefan2]

Nobody wants to stay on these lower floors at Yensabai. Don't ask why...

Further, that price is no doubt without cleaning, water or electricity. And more importantly is it at High season? I suspect not. Click bait. You need to do all your homework before grabbing these "deals".

I have sent an email to them and will report back with any other catches.

Meanwhile look at a farang run honest website with all dates and charges clearly indicated and including free cleaning, free water and free electricity.They have been around at least 15 years, maybe more, so are doing something right.

You will see 700 baht, exactly as I said.

https://pattayarentaroom.com/

Buyer Beware.

[gerefan2]

I have sent an email to them and will report back with any other catches.

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Led to an auto response asking if I can be added an estate agents email list.
I rest my case.