What are the challenges of renting a condo in Bangkok and how can I find a trustworthy agent?

22,000 per month, XT prayathai condominium. Pay 1 months booking and deposit 44,000 (2 months) when you finished contract if your room doesn’t have any problems this deposit will be paid back.

You are getting so many uneducated answers, please read this and don’t pay attention to people who just comment for the sake of commenting.

When you want to rent an apartment you will need to pay 3 months worth of rent split as follows:

1. One month advanced, also known as the booking fee

2. Two months deposit, fully refundable at the end of your lease

The advanced month, also known as the booking fee, WILL COUNT as your first month of rent. This money IS NOT for the agent, this is for the owner and it’s your first month of rent.

If you pay a booking fee and the owner doesn’t want to rent to you anymore, the owner will refund your booking fee 100%

If you pay a booking fee and you don’t want to rent the apartment anymore (before signing the contact) you forfeit the booking fee to the owner (unless you agreed otherwise before paying for it).

Need to be even more clear?

Look at this example.

Say you go to see a room today, and right there on the spot you decide to sign the lease contract, meaning that you don’t need to book the room right? Because you are signing the full contract right away. You still need to pay 3 months which will be the 1st advanced month and the 2 months deposit.

I hope this is clear…

Hey

@Ab *****

check your DM

The easiest and the best thing to do is ask at the reception of the condos you are interested in if they have any condos available for rent. I’ll be very surprised if they don’t. Don’t be afraid to offer less than the asking price either. Over several years I’ve done this and it has never failed yet

In general, it’s a buyer’s market - there are tons of empty apartments for rent. No need to worry about losing out on an apartment.

Try going into buildings you are interested in and asking at the front desk if any apartments are for rent. They should then refer you to the agent active in that building. We rented 2 years ago & the agents we met with just showed us apartments, no fees at all. The agent got a commission - from the owner - on the one we rented.

When you decide you want a room you pay 1 month to "reserve it". That's completely normal. When you sign the lease you pay 2 months. That covers the 3 months you pay to move into most condos (first month rent and 2 months security deposit). The first payment you make to the agent and the second payment you make directly to the owner. You never ask a Thai person to do something that's not the normal procedure or their head will explode. They don't think outside the box, they do things in the order they were told.

There will always be a booking fee, how else do you think they are going to make money? Better off doing it privately.

What you explain doesn't make sense. I had agents begging for my service and would lower the price by at least 10% from asking. There is a huge over supply to demand. Would you mind sharing your race and which country you are from. I might know a few agents.

Doesn't sound regular. Get a real estate agent you trust to contact and do the work. They will help sort out the commission

No idea what you're talking about. Owner of the condo pays the agent, not the tenant.

Attempt to deal with the owner.

Ask neighbors for contact with owner, have a thsi friend with you.

Agents are like ' Agents ' in any country....agents !

Perhaps state what area of Thailand you are referring to. It’s a big country.