What percentage of your income do you spend on housing?

**Stamp** · 11th September 2012 22:46

Originally Posted by IsaanAlex

And love your place jonny. A little above your standard I would have thought, but still (like yourself) lots of character.

**Thinkingofachange** · 11th September 2012 23:24

Jesus Christ, Korea is so fucking ugly.

**TopCat** · 16th October 2012 22:46

0% for me too. Own the house.

**Nathan Jones** · 16th October 2012 22:49

About a fifth. I also include all bills and the estate rates every month. And the internet. Gardener/odd job man excluded.

**zeusbheld** · 16th October 2012 22:58

3lk: Harvey Pekar! nice bit of decorating!

**Thinkingofachange** · 17th October 2012 00:17

Originally Posted by TopCat

0% for me too. Own the house.

No maintenance fees? No property tax?

**NET** · 17th October 2012 04:01

18%

**samsara** · 17th October 2012 11:48

ill be lowering mine to about 5% in 1 month

YAY

**tomcat** · 17th October 2012 14:05

Originally Posted by samsara

ill be lowering mine to about 5% in 1 month

...you bought a tent?...

**samsara** · 17th October 2012 14:42

Originally Posted by tomcat

...you bought a tent?...

will shave 10k off my current rent

**TopCat** · 23rd October 2012 21:32

Originally Posted by Thinkingofachange

Originally Posted by TopCat
0% for me too. Own the house.
No maintenance fees? No property tax?

Property tax - what's that. lol. So the answer is no.
Maintenance fees -no - although we get it re-painted every few years (last time that cost us about 35K THB). And we have to get the odd broken water pipe mended and had to get our water pump replaced a couple years ago (we have our own well). We own the house and the land and built the house a few years ago - used it for holidays at first but since moving to Thailand have lived at the house full time.

We do have monthly expenses of course, electricity, satellite tv (True Vision Gold), internet dongle, and running expenses for the car. But I read this thread as being related to housing/rental cost - not monthly cost of living expenses.

**Thinkingofachange** · 23rd October 2012 21:51

WTF--there's no property tax in Thailand?

**jonny danger** · 23rd October 2012 21:53

Here's your answer: Google

**3leggedkitty** · 23rd October 2012 22:00

Originally Posted by zeusbheld

3lk: Harvey Pekar! nice bit of decorating!

heyyyy! did you read that one? he's maybe a miserable twat but i always wanted to be harvey pekar, along with a few dozen people more interesting and talented and doing stuff than myself.

**zeusbheld** · 24th October 2012 23:10

Originally Posted by 3leggedkitty

heyyyy! did you read that one? he's maybe a miserable twat but i always wanted to be harvey pekar, along with a few dozen people more interesting and talented and doing stuff than myself.

read all of 'em, well before Paul Giamatti played him in the movie. that said, love Giamatti and liked the movie quite well enough. yes, i am an 'indie comics' dweeb; i'm not even ashamed.