"US teacher" and his Thai family left my condo in a filthy mess, says landlady

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"US teacher" and his Thai family left my condo in a filthy mess, says landlady

 

Picture: Sanook

 

A Thai landlady went on Facebook - and to the Chiang Mai police - after a US man and his Thai wife left her condo in a stinking mess. 

 

Nearly all the furniture and electrical appliances were damaged, there was rotting food in the fridge and no attempt had been made to clean up at all.

 

In addition there were thousands of baht in unpaid electricity bills. 

 

Now the couple and their children have left and blocked the landlady on phone numbers and closed down Facebook pages. 

 

Sanook interviewed Ariya, 40, after her post under the name of Lee Chuansrikun. She said as far as she knew the US man was a teacher at international school or language teacher. The wife was Thai and they had two children. 

 

She said she bought the 60 square meter unit in the downtown Patan area in 2016 and in November of that year after renovations she rented to the couple at 8,000 baht a month with just an 8,000 baht deposit. The rent was later raised to 8,500 baht. 

 

They never paid on time but she put up with it. 

 

Then her suspicions were alerted when last month they DID pay on time and she contacted staff at the condominium who said that 2 or 3 days prior the family had left. 

 

She then went to the unit and found it in the terrible state shown in her pictures. On the table were electric bills that alone were almost as much as the 8,000 baht bond the couple had left.

 

She went to report the matter to the police. 

 

She said that the couple can still talk to her, if not she will press on with a case against them. 

 

She said that she had only seen such stories in the news before; she didn't think it would happen to her. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

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[ezzra]

If i were the owner i would document everything and see the US embassy in BKK to lodge a formal compliant and cost and expenses recovery proving the owners has copies of passport and copy of rental lease...

[Grumpy one]

I've seen cleaner disaster sites

I doubt not too many vagrants would want to stay there

[Dmaxdan]

I'd call them animals, but that would be an insult to actual animals. 

Edited June 10, 2020 by Dmaxdan

[keith101]

I dont know anyone can live in a disgusting mess like that .

[Ventenio]

I'm glad "teacher" is in quotes.  I would like to know his age and see a copy of his CV.  

 

Let me have some fun:  

 

Age:  23, recently graduated from American Online Institute of Reasoning and Assessment 

Experience:  Camp Counselor, Camp Buhanazo in Alaska, 2-weeks

                   McD's Fry Chef, 3-weeks, ask my mom

 

I'm sure I'm wrong and he's like 50.......lol.....who can live like that.  That picture, IMO, doesn't look staged like some other ones I've seen with other stories.  

 

[worgeordie]

One of the downsides of been a Landlord,never had any

as bad as that,how can anyone live in a mess like that,

no excuses at all,cleaning it up where do you start......

regards worgeordie

 

[Thaiwrath]

How can any human beings bring up children in a squalor like that, never mind living in it themselves ?

[colinneil]

Disgusting mess, makes you think if they can live in squalor like that, whats their personal hygiene like.

[Kaopad999]

Slobs. 

[khwaibah]

14 minutes ago, ezzra said:

If i were the owner i would document everything and see the US embassy in BKK to lodge a formal compliant and cost and expenses recovery proving the owners has copies of passport and copy of rental lease...

 

She can do this with the US Consulate in Chiang Mai. No need to go to Bangkok. They are both still closed and I expect when they open she would get a polite "no can help." She needs to file a compliant with local authorities.

Edited June 10, 2020 by khwaibah

[Tarteso]

What a shame!.  I’d don’t blame only this US “teacher of what?”, his wife must be a real pearl of Asia. 

Edited June 10, 2020 by Tarteso

[JonnyF]

I had a similar story with a property I rent in the UK, dog mess everywhere, radiators pulled off walls etc. Cost me about 7000 pounds to fix. I sued him but he had no money.

 

Not sure why this is news to be honest. Other than the fact it's Good Thai landlady and Bad Dirty Farang tenant. I'm sure there are plenty of Thais living in similar messes up and down the country but that doesn't give the locals a chance to sneer.

[tonray]

4 minutes ago, Tarteso said:

What a shame!.  I’d don’t blame only this US “teacher of what?”, his wife must be a real pearl of Asia. 

Certainly not a teacher of Hygiene

[Kaopad999]

7 minutes ago, Tarteso said:

What a shame!.  I’d don’t blame only this US “teacher of what?”, his wife must be a real pearl of Asia. 

Exactly. both of them are to blame for this horrible mess. 
And how the hell could anyone let their two children live in such a disgusting environment? ???? 

[Ron jeremy]

15 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

How can any human beings bring up children in a squalor like that, never mind living in it themselves ?

Not surprising, look at the garbage and filth everywhere in the country.

[KhunKenAP]

With airports closed, the US man has to still be in Thailand. Contact Thai Immigration as well to try and find him.

[Kaopad999]

5 minutes ago, Ron jeremy said:

Not surprising, look at the garbage and filth everywhere in the country.

Eh?!
that makes absolutely no sense at all...

[tgw]

looks like a mental health evaluation is needed for both parents - are they suited for raising children ?

[holy cow cm]

My guess is the Thai lady was giving them a hard time on being continually late on the rent and so this was planned.

[LomSak27]

You have to be careful when you rent to a TEFL teacher.  

 

That said, Unless the family was able to line up tickets, seems like they could still be here in Thailand. Not easy to just hop a plane these days.

 

 

[Oldie]

I checked the photos on Facebook - extremely bad. But I hope the landlord has learned a lesson. If not it could happen again. In some European countries you can't even get such people out of your condo without going to the court because laws protect them and not the landlord. 

[Traubert]

Hey Khun Anutin look at this!

 

You were right........

[Trujillo]

It's called a "security deposit." You get it back if the place is as it was when you moved in. If not, you lose it. 

Case closed. 

Thai should read the contract. 

[chuang]

54 minutes ago, keith101 said:

I dont know anyone can live in a disgusting mess like that .

The farang teacher and his family....

[smedly]

name and shame them - they will never rent again

[Matzzon]

48 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

I had a similar story with a property I rent in the UK, dog mess everywhere, radiators pulled off walls etc. Cost me about 7000 pounds to fix. I sued him but he had no money.

 

Not sure why this is news to be honest. Other than the fact it's Good Thai landlady and Bad Dirty Farang tenant. I'm sure there are plenty of Thais living in similar messes up and down the country but that doesn't give the locals a chance to sneer.

Yep! Congratulations. Now you got a chance to bring in that Thais do the same into the discussion. Happy?

[bodga]

1 hour ago, keith101 said:

I dont know anyone can live in a disgusting mess like that .

You'd  be surprised if  you were a  landlord. 15  years Wife's been one and there have been some real PIGS. Move in immaculate  ,  move out <deleted>hole then moan like hell about the deposit being kept, you don't clean this  up in a few hours for a thousand baht, often the case total repaint and way more.

[bodga]

5 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

Yep! Congratulations. Now you got a chance to bring in that Thais do the same into the discussion. Happy?

Half of the tenants were Thais and the kid half  Thai I guess,in general Ive found  many Thais not up to par, good  tenants are maybe 2-10.

[johnray]

Do a Victor Meldrew, pick up all the trash and post it through their letter box.