Get a lawyer now . And quickly..

With that type of landlord you were never going to get your deposit back anyway , they would have found something..

This is the truth.

Many of the contracts in Thailand are so basically worded that it leaves a lot of room for interpretation. And also denial to cover what should be their responsibility.

They are not going to seize your passport and the police would not even want to waste their time with something like that.. making a threat like that in itself could be considered a crime.

Send a copy of a contract to a lawyer..

Obviously that person thinks they can bully you, because you are a foreigner.

Unless they can prove that you did something wrong or negligent that caused that damage

( I doubt you went and destroyed a pipe on purpose as no normal person would do that)

That would be covered under normal wear and tear which is usually always worded in some way.

I had a bad landlord and settled with only getting 60,000 back out of my 120k deposit when I moved here for the first year . I lost 50% of my deposit even after installing an extra air conditioning upstairs. Not everyone is so great.

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Usually a lawyer will consult with you remotely for free and sometimes they will even send a notice of intent to take legal action for a small fee! .

All these people trying to be fear mongers.

There are many extremely nice condo buildings that will allow dogs..

You're probably going to have to pay more. But you can get high quality units that will allow animals

Ashton residence 41

The strand

The monument

Some of the ideo Buildings

Also a lot of the older condo buildings have transitioned to pet friendly places in order to boost their yearly revenue

You'll have plenty of options..

This is " the strand"

Pet friendly and beautiful

I've lived here for 8 years and believe me many of us have dogs.

I'm so glad I use Chase Private and keep my money out of Thai Banks.

We keep the bare minimum required for business and we don't touch it....

I've seen so many friends in the past month have problems with multiple branches here.

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Not to mention the homeless people sleeping outside of the ATMs, and ATMs that remain broken for weeks at a time.

The banking system here really needs to clean up their act.

@Jo *********

the people that get in trouble for doing stuff like that have usually caused a problem somewhere else, and it's reported as retribution .

@Gary *******

I've been here for 8 years. People like to put fear in to new arrivals.. it's always been like that 😂

Enjoy your stay brother and good luck.

Washing your car and stuff like that.. I wouldn't worry

If you're doing any kind of major tree trimming or construction on your house.. yeah

The purpose of immigration and labor enforcement is to protect Thai jobs.. they're not the Gestapo.

@Nicky *******

can help. He is local as well

You can't do back to back to back to back exemptions Anymore.. fact

I've lived here for 7 years. I have one Thai bank account but I almost never use it.

I know people here longer that don't have one.

The maximum insurance is only 1 million baht. So you can't give a large amount of money in there.. I keep only what I need for the LLC and regulations.

Even shopping I use Western debit cards. Good Western banks will refund any fees

Nothing in her name . Nothing

Car, house , leasehold, everything..

I had to buy a second car because I used my ex to get a good interest rate.

Call me, my friend is a lawyer and will actually handle all the immigration stuff for you in person.. like he will go with you to get your visa.