Phuket
Choose the island with the trade-offs visible.
These guides compare residential areas, safety, costs and practical long-term life using dated evidence and consistent fields. Holiday advice and resident decisions are kept separate, and planning-grade estimates stay labelled until they can be verified for publication.
Current guides
5 guides in the pipeline- draft · advisory · checked 9 Aug 2026
Is Phuket safe? A dated guide to roads, sea, scams and emergencies
A source-led Phuket safety guide that separates current national travel advice from local evidence on roads, sea conditions, scams, nightlife, health and emergency routes.
- draft · advisory · checked 10 Aug 2026
Renting in Phuket long term: a verification-first guide
A dated Phuket rental guide for checking the property, lessor, written agreement, payments, utilities, handover, TM30 cooperation and exit evidence before problems become expensive.
- draft · relocation · checked 10 Aug 2026
Cost of living in Phuket: three transparent THB budgets
A source-led cost of living in Phuket guide with three dated THB baskets, explicit household assumptions, mechanical totals and visible evidence gaps.
- draft · relocation · checked 10 Aug 2026
Living in Phuket: a long-term resident decision guide
A dated, source-led guide to testing whether living in Phuket fits your area, transport, school, healthcare, weather, housing and legal requirements.
- draft · advisory · checked 9 Aug 2026
Best area to live in Phuket: 12 residential areas compared
A resident-focused comparison of 12 Phuket areas using dated asking-listing samples, limited route-planning bands and explicit evidence gaps rather than hotel recommendations or unsupported market averages.