Hi all, have a non visa related question and would really appreciate any advice. Pardon the long post.

I’m currently living in a rental house which has about 1 month left on the lease. A pipe recently burst while no one was home and basically flooded the entire interior. I called the agent immediately upon getting home and finding out about it and she sent a plumber to fix the burst pipe and cleaners to clean up the mess. I was told by the agent on that day that the landlord had been informed and was going to be responsible for all damages and cleaning incurred.

However the agent is now telling me that the landlord has completely changed her tone after speaking to her lawyer and has gone back on everything she had said. Not only is she not going to repair or clean up the mess, she is insisting we are to be responsible for everything. The landlord has sent us a letter through the agent demanding we repair all damages, clean up the property and to pay for it all. She has also mentioned that we do not have the option to move out prematurely because of this incident and if we do so, it would be considered breaking the terms of the lease and our entire deposit would be forfeited. According to the landlord, we are fully responsible due to our “failure to properly attend to and prevent the situation in a timely manner”.

To put the icing on the cake the landlord has also threatened to involve the police and to take legal action if we do not comply. She claims our passports will be confiscated by the authorities and we will not be allowed to leave the country until the matter has been settled. According to her, this is the law.

I am a foreigner who is retired here in Thailand and I’m honestly quite taken aback by her response. Could anyone here please offer some advice on my next step? Am I truly at fault for this? What should I do next?

Questions regarding non o thai spouse yearly extension at Changwatanna office.

Last time I collected extension after consideration period, proof of 400k in bank wasn't required, is this still correct?

Can letter from Bank showing balance and statement bè processed the day before applying? I know bankbook must be updated same day.

Have switched to condo lease and have tm30 from owner. Does wife still need tabien bahn shown + copy? Don't live there now. And is original lease need to be shown or just copy?

Thanks in advance.

Hello all, I made a huge mistake of overstaying and immigration police made me get a flight out of the country and essentially banned me for 6 months. My question is since I’m moving on this day, how do I use this information (and passport stamp) to get my security deposit back on my apartment?

Thank you all for being so helpful as this is an advice group 💜

Hi all, I'm looking at getting a 12 month lease on a condo in Central Bangkok near Asoke. The project has dozens of condos available through various agents. Given that most are all at the same price, is it possible I could get them down on the listed cost? It seems there is a lot of availability with little demand... And in most markets that should mean a possible discount...

Thanks

I have another question following on from the answers to my last one. Only people who know answer please. No bu!!5hit

So I’m going to stay at a friends house, initially for free but now im thinking of making it official by leasing at a small cost, say 5000 baht per month. What would be the procedure by the owner regarding immigration and how would they go about getting a lease contract made up.

Hi frlends

I rented a Condo for a year. If I go abroad or somewhere else on holiday, can I rent my Condo to somebody even for a few months?

For anybody not aware. They have changed the URL for online TM30 reporting from today. You also need to re-register if you want to use it.

A few questions regarding rental law:

There's a lot on google regarding the new rental law in 2018, In particular for those entities holding more than five units etc. But what about Individuals or entities with less than five units?

The main questions I was looking for in this context:

... Can they demand double deposit plus first months rent?

....Exactly how long can they hold the deposit after the tenant satisfies the lease and pays the utilities?

....Also, who can legally collect the deposits.. If the agent quits or bolts is the owner liable?

From my experience the agent may ask for the deposit, and then have the tenant paid the rent to the directly to the owner.

Thank you.

Let's minimize the BS and TIT aside please. 🙄

Hi all, hope you are having a great week

Property rental

May I ask, under normal circumstances, when you rent a property for the first time, what is usually the initial outlay

For example,

Would you normally be expected to pay a security deposit/ bond

If so, is that usually the equivalent of 1 months rent

Would you normally be expected to pay for the first 2 months upfront?

I am just trying to get a rough estimate how much money we will initially need to ‘settle down’ once in Thailand

Thanks if advance

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1. Is it the landlord’s responsibility to report to immigration if a foreign National lessee breaks their lease and has moved out earlier (months not just a few days) than their lease?

2. When a foreign National leaves the country and returns to their same home that they lived at before they left the country (and had already done a TM30), is a new TM30 need to be done?

3. Has immigration discontinued the departure card?

4. Who ultimately has responsibility for the TM30? If the landlord provides and signs the landlord information on the form and tells the lessee to report to immigration within 24 hours of the move in date (with documented proof photos), shouldn’t the lessee have responsibility? The lessee can also fill out the form without the landlord although it is not obvious looking at the form. I think there are instructions in this group as to how to fill the form out without the landlordas I remember doing this once because my landlord was unaware or pretended to be unaware of the reporting requirement.