Rented room will be locked by landlord

[d4dang]

 

after being late with rent about two months I paid one month and promised to pay in full in two weeks. I then found a note on my door saying I would be locked out in 7 days. Is this legal? When I paid the one month there seemed to be no problem.

 

[Hummin]

You own two months rent + upcoming month,and only paid one month so far? 

 

You paid any deposits?  

[Celsius]

Of course it is legal. This is not Toronto where tenants can go to a board and screw landlords out of 12 month rent.

[stoner]

42 minutes ago, d4dang said:

after being late with rent about two months I paid one month and promised to pay in full in two weeks. I then found a note on my door saying I would be locked out in 7 days. Is this legal? When I paid the one month there seemed to be no problem.

did you say pretty please when you promised ? pinky swear too ? 

 

unless you have a pretty valid reason.... then you're a deadbeat tenant. as said above this isn't toronto. i would kick you out too if there wasn't a valid reason for your late payment. 

 

don't pay your mortgage for 2 months see if the bank will let you promise them. 

[eisfeld]

I suggest you consult the rental contract that you signed.

[OneMoreFarang]

1 hour ago, d4dang said:

Is this legal?

You don't have to be long in Thailand to realize that there is a huge difference about what is legal and what happens all the time.

I don't know how legal the behavior of your landlord is. Maybe it is legal. But even if it is not so legal, what are you going to do? Tell the police? Hire a lawyer without having money?

What you experience is real life, and it doesn't really matter if it is legal or not or if you like it.

 

I hope you sort it out somehow. It won't be easy.

[d4dang]

2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

You don't have to be long in Thailand to realize that there is a huge difference about what is legal and what happens all the time.

I don't know how legal the behavior of your landlord is. Maybe it is legal. But even if it is not so legal, what are you going to do? Tell the police? Hire a lawyer without having money?

What you experience is real life, and it doesn't really matter if it is legal or not or if you like it.

 

I hope you sort it out somehow. It won't be easy.

actually it is my next door neighbor....looks like he has to leave...legal or not

[d4dang]

1 hour ago, Celsius said:

Of course it is legal. This is not Toronto where tenants can go to a board and screw landlords out of 12 month rent.

or Da Hammer

[dddave]

22 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

You don't have to be long in Thailand to realize that there is a huge difference about what is legal and what happens all the time.

Perfectly stated and applicable to sooooo many situations.

[FritsSikkink]

"after being late with rent about two months"

That is not legal. Why do you think you can live there for free?

[FritsSikkink]

2 hours ago, d4dang said:

actually it is my next door neighbor....looks like he has to leave...legal or not

"I paid one month and promised to pay in full in two weeks. I then found a note on my door saying I would be locked out in 7 days"

Now it is your neighbor?

[Chicksaw]

Get on your knees and beg for a grace period. Wrap your arms around his leg and weep and tell him that you gave your last baht to save an orphan with cancer.

 

Sometimes it works, sometime it doesn't. But ever since weed's been legal a lot of things work that didn't use to.

[scorecard]

3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

You don't have to be long in Thailand to realize that there is a huge difference about what is legal and what happens all the time.

I don't know how legal the behavior of your landlord is. Maybe it is legal. But even if it is not so legal, what are you going to do? Tell the police? Hire a lawyer without having money?

What you experience is real life, and it doesn't really matter if it is legal or not or if you like it.

 

I hope you sort it out somehow. It won't be easy.

Suggest you get all your documents and items of value out quick smart.

[sikishrory]

Did you offer them a cheeseburger too?

Pay your rent

[thailand49]

7 hours ago, d4dang said:

actually it is my next door neighbor....looks like he has to leave...legal or not

Yea right neighbor!

"I"  now my neighbor. 

Pay up or move in with your neighbor.  ????

[jesimps]

Be advised, "A friend of mine", "Someone I know", "A neighbour", "The guy next door" all mean "Me" on TVF.

[kennw]

8 hours ago, stoner said:

did you say pretty please when you promised ? pinky swear too ? 

 

unless you have a pretty valid reason.... then you're a deadbeat tenant. as said above this isn't toronto. i would kick you out too if there wasn't a valid reason for your late payment. 

 

don't pay your mortgage for 2 months see if the bank will let you promise them. 

And just maybe the landlord depends on the rent for his/her living money.

[renaissanc]

I rent out a condo. I have had tenants who don't pay rent on time. You have to get rid of them as soon as they miss one month. The deposit is there to pay for the damage not to cover missing rent payments. If you've been a good tenant for a long time, I'd be generous with you and wait 2 weeks, but it sounds like the failure to pay rent on time has been happening frequently.

Edited May 27, 2023 by renaissanc
spelling mistake

[kingstonkid]

1 hour ago, kennw said:

And just maybe the landlord depends on the rent for his/her living money.

As an ex landlord I can tell you that sorry the tenant has not paid me does not sit well with banks.  

 

Also if others see you getting away with it they will too

 

Get your sorry rear out of the apartment and do a late night move.

[itsari]

The landlord has to apply for an eviction notice from a judge after giving the 7 days notice to the tenant .

The procedure can take many months .

[brianthainess]

8 hours ago, d4dang said:

actually it is my next door neighbor....looks like he has to leave...legal or not

What ! so you paid a neighbors rent? 

[brianthainess]

1 hour ago, jesimps said:

Be advised, "A friend of mine", "Someone I know", "A neighbour", "The guy next door" all mean "Me" on TVF.

A friend of mine said that's not always true. 

[brianthainess]

15 minutes ago, itsari said:

The landlord has to apply for an eviction notice from a judge after giving the 7 days notice to the tenant .

The procedure can take many months .

So when he gets locked out, he can just kick in the door and stay?. Asking for a friend  

[itsari]

6 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

So when he gets locked out, he can just kick in the door and stay?. Asking for a friend  

Without a judge allowing the eviction to take place the landlord would be acting illegally by locking out the tenant or removing any articles belonging to the tenant .

[FriendlyFarang]

2 minutes ago, itsari said:

Without a judge allowing the eviction to take place the landlord would be acting illegally by locking out the tenant or removing any articles belonging to the tenant .

Can you quote the relevant laws?

[bob smith]

if you dont pay then go away.

 

i would have set the dogs on you by now if it were my property! 

[itsari]

5 minutes ago, FriendlyFarang said:

Can you quote the relevant laws?

Look up the Thai rental law .

You will find the law in English 

[Hamus Yaigh]

11 hours ago, d4dang said:

after being late with rent about two months I paid one month and promised to pay in full in two weeks. I then found a note on my door saying I would be locked out in 7 days. Is this legal? When I paid the one month there seemed to be no problem.

 

9 hours ago, d4dang said:

actually it is my next door neighbor....looks like he has to leave...legal or not

Looks like you can jog on also. When it looks like a troll and smells like one, as the saying goes.

[itsari]

Just now, bogs smith said:

if you dont pay then go away.

 

i would have set the dogs on you by now if it were my property! 

Oh dear, hopefully you are not a landlord with that attitude 

[BangkokAlan]

What is in your contract? legally you can be up to 5 days late and then they can fine you on most standard contracts but most if not, all have a clause added that says landlord can take back property after a default beyond 5 days I only allow 5 days in my contracts as bad tenants will take liberties and then it says I can enter the property without their approval and take back the unit.

 

You are two months late if you only paid one month's deposit then the landlord has already lost 1 month's money plus the utilities if you leave and if you have paid one month you are up to date, but he has no guarantee in case you leave.

 

The onus is on you to pay the rent. You have a good landlord who let you go 2 months late.