Need Help With Lease Problem

[champers]

Don't you need a valid lease to renew your visa (e.g. retirement)?

[JimTripper]

6 minutes ago, champers said:

Don't you need a valid lease to renew your visa (e.g. retirement)?

No. I will relocate and try for the digital nomad visa as to not deposit money in a Thai Bank.

Edited 4 hours ago by JimTripper

[khunPer]

On 11/24/2024 at 4:05 AM, JimTripper said:

My lease expires in less then a month. I contacted both the landlord and the real estate agent and expressed by desire to renew.

 

The landlord told me privately that she would prefer that I tell the real estate agent that I moved out so she did not have to pay their fee for a new lease renewal, and that I just keep paying rent as usual and could remain in the unit.

 

I'm worried about getting the deposit back at some point if I'm not on a lease and the real estate agent is out of the picture. It also feels weird to not have a lease. I have never met the landlord and only send line messages. It's just a line contact the juristic person here gave me. Also, I paid the deposit in cash to the real estate agent initially.

 

The agent is trying to do a lease renewal but the landlord has not signed off and I'm running out of time to find a new condo. It's also unclear if the lease expires or if it self-renews. It says to give 30 days notice to move out, but also says contact the agent to renew.

 

Should I just move out if the lease is not signed by the expiration date or stay and keep paying rent?

The Thai law seems quite clear on the matter:

 

Section 564. A contract of hire is extinguished at the end of the agreed period without notice.

 

Section 566. If no period is agreed upon or presumed, either party may terminate the contract of hire at the end of each period for the payment of rent, provided that notice of at least one rent period is given, but no more than two months notice need be given.

 

Section 570. If, at the end of the agreed period, the hirer remains in possession of the property and the lessor knowing thereof does not object, the parties are deemed to have renewed the contract for an indefinite period.

Source link to the law in English translantion HERE.

[JBChiangRai]

5 hours ago, bigt3116 said:

 You do to do what you said you are doing!

Nonsense

[bigt3116]

2 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

Nonsense

 

Check the definition of "work" in Thai labour law, then come back and say sorry.