Woman claiming squatter’s rights over neighbour’s house commits suicide

[snoop1130]

 

A woman, identified only as “Panumat”, has hanged herself in the bathroom of a house in Bangkok’s Ram Inthra area, where she claimed ownership through adverse possession (squatter’s rights).

 

The husband of the deceased reportedly told Kanna Yao police today that he returned to the house this morning, after doing some shopping, to find his unresponsive wife in the bathroom with a towel tied around her neck.

 

He claims that he unsuccessfully administered CPR, before contacting a hospital.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-02-26

 

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[hotchilli]

A relative of the house owner discovered that the house, which had officially been unoccupied for quite some time, hadbeen actually occupied by neighbour Panumat. She was asked her to leave, but she refused, claiming squatter’s rights.

 

Sorted then?

[hellohello123]

There is nothing i despise more than people who claim/demand stuff thats clearly not theirs

 

 

Zero sympathy

[Scouse123]

3 minutes ago, hellohello123 said:

There is nothing i despise more than people who claim/demand stuff thats clearly not theirs

 

 

Zero sympathy

 

 

I was watching a UK programme the other day called Nightmare tenants and slum landlords. It deals with bad landlords renting overcrowded and substandard housing and also people occupying houses that shouldn't as well as those that suddenly stop paying their rent.

 

The particular episode referred to an abandoned church and there were 20 squatting. It had been leased by a couple of African missionaries.

 

The lawyer representing the African guys, said there is no such thing in the UK as squatters rights.

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He said, the only thing was it could be costly and time-consuming going through the correct court procedures to evict them.

 

I don't know about Thai law on this matter.

[Callmeishmael]

I don't have a source to confirm this, but I was told many years ago that if someone built a house on unused land and stayed there for 10 years with no eviction effort from the landlord, they would gain the rights to stay there (not full ownership, but living rights).

 

This usually happened with State Railroad land and it was very difficult to move then squatters when they wanted to use that land later.

[edwinchester]

1 hour ago, Callmeishmael said:

I don't have a source to confirm this, but I was told many years ago that if someone built a house on unused land and stayed there for 10 years with no eviction effort from the landlord, they would gain the rights to stay there (not full ownership, but living rights).

 

This usually happened with State Railroad land and it was very difficult to move then squatters when they wanted to use that land later.

Sounds about right. Wifey has a friend who owns some land and her friend allowed a cousin to build a small shack about 10 years ago. Well wifeys friend has hit financial problems and wants to sell the land. Cousin doesn't want to move. Wifeys friend took the cousin to court and the judge ruled the land belonged to wifeys friend but that the cousin can continue living there for another 5 years or until she moves out.

[BTB1977]

Her ghost 👻 will live there for eternity.  She showed them. 

[john donson]

meanwhile we cannot even own 1 rai of land... or even less

 

people who pretend here they own different plots of land and house will wake up the day of their divorce or death of wife