Its seaside location and palm-fringed beaches where many types of fun are offered in and out of the water, reaffirms its status as Thailand's only mainland beach resort with city status. Two of the main beaches are Naklua Pattaya and Jomtien Pattaya and the city has something for everyone to enjoy.
The Eastern Seaboard of Thailand now has many new industrial and commercial areas making it an important hub where over 10,000 expatriates are expected to be employed. To cater for the growing number of expatriates several international schools and hospitals have been established. The city also boasts some of Thailand's finest hotels and resorts with every other recreational facility you can imagine, great shopping malls, international standard golf courses, a wide variety of entertainment and, of course, a notoriously famous nightlife scene.
The most common form of transport is a converted dark blue pick-up truck with benches in the back and a cover on top locally called a songthaew or a 'baht buses'. The official fare within the city is only ten baht, but foreigners are expected to pay twenty baht or maybe more. You can also negotiate to use the baht bus as a taxi and you can hire one on a hourly basis to tour around the Real Estate Pattaya that you may be interested in.
Suvarnabhumi, the Kingdom's new International Airport, around one and a half hours away by car gives easy access to apartments for sale in Pattaya and investing in property here is considered a safe option with high expectations of guaranteed and healthy long-term returns.
This area is a world famous playground, with the rare distinction of being both a beach destination and having all of the creature comforts of a major metropolis. The delights of sun, sea and sand, together with excellent entertainment, business, commercial and tourist attractions, have made this formerly sleepy fishing village very popular with expats from all over the world as well as local Thais from Bangkok (which is less than two hours away by car). Anyone looking for the perfect retirement serviced apartment for rent or a weekend getaway should consider Real Estate in Pattaya which has been one of the fastest growing and most sustainable industries. The number of property developments currently underway includes apartment for sale and the number of is a clear indicator that this property market is very healthy indeed.
Location and lifestyle are undoubtedly the two biggest selling points, and the market is mature and the property developments are up to international standards and trends without compromising the Thai style of accommodation. There is still plenty of land available providing property hunters with opportunities of buying affordable stand-alone houses or buying a property in a MooBann or housing estate. However, condominiums and apartments offer advantages such as foreign ownership and added security with a lock-up-and-go lifestyle is the most popular and fastest-growing real estate trend.
Proof of the city’s popularity is its constantly increasing cosmopolitan flavour, and there are a large number of expats from the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Germany, France, Italy and increasingly from Russia who have either retired or settled here. Many have invested in holiday homes and some have serviced apartments for rent or serviced apartments for sale. The growth in the residential market has been further boosted by a demand for property from local Thais and other Thai buyers. As a result of the new airport and continued improvements in infrastructure, more property developers are also entering the market to launch a variety of developments, including residential, international chain hotels and retail projects.
For many new luxury residential projects prime areas have been developed towards Tawanron Beach and Bang Sarae, both of these areas feature superb scenery with clean beaches and have high levels of privacy. Most of these new projects are positioned on the beachfront. Having good sea views from your serviced apartment is a highly desirable and adds to high quality of life that you would expect, The strong demand and limited supply of Pattaya Thai Style properties has resulted in prices rising steadily year on year making property a good investment opportunity. The average price of a grade-A apartment in a prime beachfront location is now around one hundred thousand baht per square meter. The Nation newspaper published a research report that was commissioned by CB Richard Ellis (an international property consultant) predicts that there will be many more people buying houses and condominium units as first homes, second homes for leisure and relaxation or as retirement residences.
The Pattaya rent rates vary from cheap, basic bed sits up to and including the most luxurious penthouse apartments with private swimming pool, stunning beach front views.
Designers such as Nick Faldo and Jack Nicklaus have designed some of the Eastern Seaboard’s Championship Class Golf Courses. There are more than twenty golf courses that are within a one hour drive of the beautiful beach side resort.
The price of a Golfing Holiday here compares very favorably with anywhere around the world but the quality, service and value for money is unbeatable. The Thai Golf Experience is an exciting adventure on one or more of the many World Class Courses. When you also consider the low cost and great value of beachside accommodation and entertainment possibilities there are many compelling reasons why should come here for your golf holiday. You could choose to stay in a Pattaya serviced apartment for rent. Due to its many attributes a lot of golf enthusiasts dream of coming here to play golf. The long list includes those from the sports and poker field.
