Were you there during the tsunamis? Are you on the coast? Or up in the mountains? I understand from speaking to some friends who also live there (in the mountains) that the lifestyle up high is vastly different than on the coast and that the cost of land and construction is unbelievably low. My buddy lives in a place that he had built (30 years ago) for about $150,000 American and is over 16,000 SQ Ft. Does that sound right?
Wasn't here during the Tsunami luckily. For $150,000 US, approximately 6 million baht, you can get a hell of a nice place in the countryside and literally live like a king. I don't know if you could afford something that big, but then I don't know why anyone would want something that size either...
30 years ago 150k US might have bought a big piece of that place right here in the USA.