3 times i didn't get back the damage deposit i've paid to the Landlord. That's Thailand. I don't know how much the repair and cleaning costs are but a Lawyer will cost you more. Cleaning and repairing a pipe sounds not so expensive.
Until last week they wanted to see only 800k 2 month before Visa and 3month after. Which they never checked.
Is there any website in english available, where all the rules and regulations are printed. Because it looks to me that every immigration got their own rules