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Hi, everyone!

So, 1 August is my move-in day (street 55 just north of 278, near BKK1). My question is, where should I go for some combination of Tesco-like stuff (pots and pans, rice cooker), and a little bit of office furniture and a safe? Not all the same place, I'll hazard!

Monivong Street. You will easily find all of those things right along Monivong.

Furniture shops are obvious, as they have furniture out front as well. Bargain hard. They will have safes.

And also on Monivong, a store called Lock & Lock, for pots and pans. Their big sale will end the day after you arrive, LoL.

I'm here now and curious if there's a specific segment of Monivong where I should be concentrating? I figured I'd walk over and then tuk-tuk back (obviously), but it's a *long* street.

For cheap crockery and stuff there's a big dollar shop on the corner of Monivong and Kampucheakrom. Further south on Monivong and Charles De Gaulle is a Sunsimexco home appliance store... and further down opposite Wat Koh there are a bunch of small electrical shops that probably also sell appliances.

Keep going south - south of Sihanouk - and you will see furniture shops many of which sell safes. I got mine for $55 but it's too small for my laptop but ok for passport and documents etc.

Lock and Lock is bloody expensive btw.

So far I have towels, a kettle, speakers, and an office chair. I found a rice cooker for $20 but didn't want to lug it around. Any departing expats who would like to talk about small furniture (dressers, files, desks), or kitchen appointments, please post here or PM me, thank you.

Dangerous Dave wrote:So far I have towels, a kettle, speakers, and an office chair. I found a rice cooker for $20 but didn't want to lug it around. Any departing expats who would like to talk about small furniture (dressers, files, desks), or kitchen appointments, please post here or PM me, thank you.

You made it to Cambodia in one piece. Congrats.

Thank you! You've been so kind to me.

Things are off to a terrific start. In previous visits to the country and the region, I often fantasized about doing this but I don't think I ever really thought I would, and I *certainly* didn't expect to slide right into my new situation like an old bathrobe.

Thank you for helping to make it easy!

P.S.: One thing I haven't found yet is a privacy screen / room divider, so any leads on that would be greatly appreciated.

Dangerous Dave wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:10 pm P.S.: One thing I haven't found yet is a privacy screen / room divider, so any leads on that would be greatly appreciated.

If you head down Sothearos past Aeon Mall, keep going around the bend past the big hotel (Sofitel?), on the left is a bunch of rattan furniture places on the left, they would probably have screens I would think.

timmydownawell wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2017 4:57 pm

Dangerous Dave wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:10 pm P.S.: One thing I haven't found yet is a privacy screen / room divider, so any leads on that would be greatly appreciated.

If you head down Sothearos past Aeon Mall, keep going around the bend past the big hotel (Sofitel?), on the left is a bunch of rattan furniture places on the left, they would probably have screens I would think.

Thank you *so* much for pointing me in that direction. I didn't find a privacy screen but I did find a scandalously cheap storage cabinet that perfectly matches the existing decor in the flat, and I'm so tickled with it that I'm seriously considering going back and buying a second one.

For nobody's benefit in particular, let me put in a cautionary note for rattan dressers: many people use them without incident for years, but depending on your motor control, your grip, and ... well, your *grip*, in the more figurative sense, it's possible to unwrap the wicker from the drawer pulls and end up very quickly with something that looks like it belongs in a fraternity house. Also, since the rattan style is so intentionally light, there are seldom any drawer runners or glides, so that each time you open or close the drawer you have to struggle with keeping it straight. Gets old in a hurry, at least in my experience.

*This* bad boy, by contrast, was ninety bucks including the tuk-tuk ride back, from one of the vendors in that little triangular area on the other side of the street. I probably could have gotten it for a lot less, but it was already so much cheaper than it should be that I just forked it over and can't stop smiling about it.

Thanks again for the tip.