Thai condo owner discovers shocking state after foreign tenants leave

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A landlord issued a warning to others after some foreign tenants trashed a luxury condominium in Thailand. The discovery was made by the owner of the condo when she was contacted by the management of the building due to the tenants’ unpaid electricity bills.

 

TikTok user @fang_pacara posted a cautionary tale for landlords after she found her property in a shocking state. Having rented her apartment to foreigners through an agency, she was surprised to learn that her foreign tenants were behind on their electricity bills and were illegally using the common area’s electricity.

 

The condo’s legal entity had reached out to her, prompting her to inspect her property, where she discovered the shocking scene.

 

The owner provided a tour of the apartment, revealing a rubbish-strewn disaster zone. Items were scattered throughout the room, pictures were drilled into the walls, and cats were secretly kept, leading to further damage. The curtains had been shredded by the cats and many items were broken.

 

by Samantha Rose

Illustration: Freepik

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/thai-condo-owner-discovers-shocking-state-after-foreign-tenants-leave

 

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[Celsius]

Don't forget that in Thailand Honda Civic is also a luxury car

[RafPinto]

Doesn't look "luxury" to me, even ignoring the rubbish all over the place.

 

Owner probably from a small village and in her eyes, a one room place looks like a palace.

[bkk6060]

Others expressed concern for the cats left in the room by the foreign tenants, suspecting they might be hungry, reported Sanook.

 

 

[Tropicalevo]

Cue :- benefits of the TM 30 system.

I am sure that their passport details are registered on the immigration database. (Not)

[kcpattaya]

A "luxury" condo"... My "luxury" butt.

[FritsSikkink]

It is true that the condo is not luxurious but typical that people only focus on that and say nothing about the disgusting habits of the foreigner.

[SAFETY FIRST]

  On 8/28/2023 at 3:03 AM, webfact said:

foreign tenants trashed a luxury condominium in Thailand

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Looks like your typical Nirun and Flybird condominiums here in Pattaya. 

 

Quality tourists living there. 

 

[bunnydrops]

The article states at the end that the tenants came back and got their belongings, so the picture may have been taken before they removed all the stuff.

[John Drake]

Since Big Joke has made it an issue, we need to know what type visa and/or extension they are on. This should be included in every Foreigner Acting Bad story from now on.

[mikebell]

I wonder what nationality they were? Nowhere does it say farang; could be from Cambodia or Malaysia?

[NativeBob]

who doesn't like cats? cats are cute.

[retarius]

This is why I never went into property rentals. My son makes an awful lot of money from it, but it is a hassle dealing with some of the low-lives that rent, or rather don't pay rent and trash apartments. Is it low-lives or low-lifes?

[Tarteso]

You ! Dirty Falango !

[Almer]

But we all no landlords do everything not to return the deposit, so as the saying goes, what goes around comes around. 

[Dcheech]

  On 8/28/2023 at 5:52 AM, Tarteso said:

You ! Dirty Falango !

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If it is a Falango. If it's a foreigner, they do not mention the country as China is sensitve about their image. 

 

 

[FritsSikkink]

  On 8/28/2023 at 6:08 AM, Almer said:

But we all no landlords do everything not to return the deposit, so as the saying goes, what goes around comes around. 

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Nonsense, never had a problem with getting back deposits. anyone leaving a place like this is a low life.

[BritScot]

  On 8/28/2023 at 6:43 AM, FritsSikkink said:

Nonsense, never had a problem with getting back deposits. anyone leaving a place like this is a low life.

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Then you are very lucky. Typically I experienced the last electric bill coincidentally being the same as the deposit a few times. With treats of getting the police if you don't pay or complain to much...

[Gottfrid]

  On 8/28/2023 at 3:42 AM, RafPinto said:

Doesn't look "luxury" to me, even ignoring the rubbish all over the place.

 

Owner probably from a small village and in her eyes, a one room place looks like a palace.

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Relevance? I thought it was the foreigner that has made wrong. Why complain on the landlord?
 

  On 8/28/2023 at 3:56 AM, kcpattaya said:

A "luxury" condo"... My "luxury" butt.

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Does not matter. People who rent, should not leave an condo in such shape.
 

  On 8/28/2023 at 4:28 AM, SAFETY FIRST said:

Looks like your typical Nirun and Flybird condominiums here in Pattaya. 

 

Quality tourists living there. 

 

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Still has nothing to do with, the behavior of the people renting the condo. You lost focus.
 

  On 8/28/2023 at 6:08 AM, Almer said:

But we all no landlords do everything not to return the deposit, so as the saying goes, what goes around comes around. 

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Relevance to this landlord, please?

[Liverpool Lou]

  On 8/28/2023 at 5:06 AM, John Drake said:

we need to know what type visa and/or extension they are on

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Who's "we"?  You may want to know that but we do not need to know as it is irrelevant.  You make it sound as thought you grandly think you speak for others here.

[Liverpool Lou]

  On 8/28/2023 at 5:52 AM, Tarteso said:

You ! Dirty Falango !

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Where was there a reference to "farangs"?

[Liverpool Lou]

  On 8/28/2023 at 6:08 AM, Almer said:

But we all no landlords do everything not to return the deposit

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No, we do not all know that, your comment is false.

[Liverpool Lou]

  On 8/28/2023 at 7:24 AM, BritScot said:

Typically I experienced the last electric bill coincidentally being the same as the deposit a few times.

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"Typically"?   How many times has that happened to you, then?

[freedomnow]

How dare they post my bedroom on social media.

[RichardColeman]

Just looks like the front yard of the houses of many of my Thai neighbours, just missing some motorbikes

[FritsSikkink]

  On 8/28/2023 at 7:24 AM, BritScot said:

Then you are very lucky. Typically I experienced the last electric bill coincidentally being the same as the deposit a few times. With treats of getting the police if you don't pay or complain to much...

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Know a lot of other people who never had a problem.

I don't care if they get the police involved, got good connections there.

[Bangkok Barry]

The article say they were foreign tenants no less than SIX times. Because Thais would never do such a thing. Except that they do, and we read of it numerous times on this site.

[scorecard]

  On 8/28/2023 at 4:08 AM, FritsSikkink said:

It is true that the condo is not luxurious but typical that people only focus on that and say nothing about the disgusting habits of the foreigner.

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Well said!

[scorecard]

  On 8/28/2023 at 9:32 AM, Bangkok Barry said:

The article say they were foreign tenants no less than SIX times. Because Thais would never do such a thing. Except that they do, and we read of it numerous times on this site.

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True, years back I went to a big apatment occupied by my US work colleague. He lived there with his Thai GF.

 

I walked in and walked out, the smell was enough to make many pople sick. The floor hadn't been swept or washed for years. Plastic bags of rotting food waste everywhere.

 

 

 

 

[newnative]

   Pictures were 'drilled into the walls'.  I suppose they mean some artwork was hung on the walls.  'Shocking', indeed.