CheapCharlie
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Gigantic Fantastic reply, thank you.
How hard was it to find the room for $200/m? I have been considering trying to 'bootstrap' a business idea and could easily cover a few months at AUD $800/m to make it work. All I need is a room with air con, wifi and a bed. I live on $400/week in Australia, including rent and bills, because I am frugal. Why could I not live on half of that in Chiang Mai? Even a $300/m place would leave $500 for food, water, coffee, maybe the occasional drink.
Talk me out of it.
You could easily find a room for around $250 a month..If you take it as Baht that's about 6000 baht a month. but you might lack some of the western mod cons you are used to...such as hot water. Even at 6000 baht you can find rooms. There are a truckload of sites advertising rooms, but id recommend waiting until u get there and looking around an area. Walking and inspecting is the best way to know what you are getting and there is always an over supply of rooms.
Where you will spend more is if you eat western food, or food in mall restaurant malls, If you like drinking imported beers or going out clubbing/pubs.
You can easily spend as much living in Thailand as you do here, depending on your lifestyle and willingness to sacrifice