So I live in a condo and it's pretty tranquil. The owner of the condo next store likes to rent the condo for short periods of time. Sometimes the guest stay one or two days, sometimes one or two months. Those who come for a day or two like to party and make a lot of noise. The management claim there is nothing they can do. They are unable to enforce the no short term lease rules at the condo (they're pretty useless).
Do I have any options here? Any suggestions?
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A condo resident is facing disturbances from short-term renters next door, often engaging in loud parties. Despite complaints to management, no action is taken. Suggestions from the community include talking to the neighbor, contacting Airbnb or the police about illegal short-term rentals, using signs to warn renters, or escalating the issue to the landlord. Some advise considering a move, while others suggest trying humorous or passive strategies to deal with the situation.
but you have to be carefulnot to agitate the violator, you know gun control not very effective as judged from the recent violence in shopping malls and even nursery
You could find the apartment on airbnb and rent it for a night then leave the worst reviews ever and have 2 or 3 more people rent it and leave awful reviews (giant rats, roaches and bed bugs on the bed, you threw a party and the cops came and beat and arrested your guests, immigration came and interrogated you for hours about your visa status⦠you get the idea) that will discourage people from renting there
will get you some jail time to possibly prison time....seen this first hand ...luckily she got out under darknesss....remember there is a law about saying negative things against others in Thailand
yes but in reality it doesn't protect foreigners only Thai people. It is a very strange law where truth is no defence against defamation. The law literally makes saying the truth illegal. Thailand can't even stop serious criminal defamation and slander on Facebook which has become terrible in Thailand now.
Really is the smartest choice. I don't party which is why I live in quiet neighborhood. I dont blame the tenets too much - they come here to party.. I blame the landlord.
Ask the police if the have sighted the PM30 and tell them to make sure they have clean uniforms as "Big Joke" may be doing an inspection soon. Then post it all on FB and tag the police station, big joke and the property owner or one of his relatives.
Olivier ************
Call your landlord.
Tell him / her you d like to move out due to the illegal short stay renters next door..
If he / she is higher up than the neighbor things will get sorted out quickly.
If next door landlord is a retired police officer who is having " Relatives over the weekend " Best to move out
If you are doing anything illegal / frowned upon such as being here on a student visa or back to back tourist, working online and so on best not to ruffle any feather and move out
Val **********
Stick a sign on the front door, "It pays to be quiet and respect your neighbours. Short term stay is illegal in Thailand and if you make a noise the police will be called. You have been warned"
What can you do about it? I really don't care if they stay a day or a year. But it seems the short time stayers like to party. I never know they're short time until they leave.
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Chris *******
AirBmb or not.. its not allowed to rent for less than 1 month in Thailand without hotel licence.
So the duty of the management is to contact the owner and warmed it according the law he is not allowed to rent his room for short term less than 1 month.
Last step is to make a report at the police station.
I'd probably first try and solve it with your neighbour in person if. If that doesn't work then, if you think it's being rented on Airbnb you can contact Airbnb's Neighborhood Support to complain about the parties and noise. I guess you could also file a complaint with the local police.
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Mark *********
The rough rule is short stay should be registered hotel. Note I didn't say AirBnB as the No. My view is conttinual use of the brand name Air BnB causes the confusion. There are other suppliers and condos and apartment owners might themselves supply short-stay while not legally allowed. At my condo they had a problem with property owners supplying short-term. They put up notices pointing out the illegality and saying if you want short stay go to a hotel. However what I sense most important has been disallowing entry of unknown vehicles. Threats to take legal action aren't taken seriously. Travel hundreds of miles then not be allowed to park your vehicle is a serious consequence and shows that condo action can work. The point to note is that the rise of AirBnB and others like it in Thailand seems to relate to the fairly sudden massive rise in Thailand of Thai internal tourism not tourists from overseas.
that's not actually correct, there are exceptions for homestays with less than a certain number of rooms where you don't need a hotel license. However it is certainly illegal to rent a condo on Airbnb for less than a month. However that's totally irrelevant to the question as the question was what can be done. And as I said you can contact Airbnb's neighbours support team or if that doesn't work the police.
I think I will start hanging posters around the build when I think I have short-term guests. I will make them look official and request people turn in short-term stayers if discovered.