Crime British Tenant Trashes Pattaya Rental, Landlord Seeks Legal Action

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of Khaosod.

 

A landlord has been left devastated after a British tenant abandoned her Pattaya rental property, leaving it damaged and littered with rubbish. The home, located in Bang Lamung district of Chonburi province, was also reported to have a strong smell of cannabis throughout and signs of possible cultivation inside.

 

Mrs Chudanat Penampipinyo, 52, shared images and video footage on social media showing the appalling condition of her property, both inside and out. The rented house, once newly renovated and attractively furnished, was found in a state of disarray, with nearly every item damaged or destroyed. Over ten black bags of rubbish were left behind, decorative features were vandalised, and security cameras had been deliberately obstructed with stickers.

 

Mrs Chudanat told reporters that she had leased the property to a British man named Alexander William and his Thai wife in December 2024 through a rental agent. The one-year contract quickly fell into difficulty when the tenant failed to pay rent on time and accrued three months of unpaid electricity and internet bills, resulting in the disconnection of services.

 

She attempted to terminate the lease in March 2025. However, the tenant refused to vacate the property, even when she returned accompanied by police officers. Mrs Chudanat said he promised to leave by 30 April but fled the scene without notice, leaving air conditioning units and lights running.

 

“Nothing could prepare me for what I saw,” said Mrs Chudanat. “The smell of marijuana was overwhelming. Everything was destroyed, it was as if someone had deliberately ruined every part of the house.”

 

Following the incident, Mrs Chudanat filed a formal complaint at Nongprue Police Station and is cooperating with officers by submitting video clips, photos, contracts, and bills as evidence. After sharing her experience online, others came forward reporting similar dealings with the same tenant, although no legal action had previously been taken.

 

Mrs Chudanat is now calling on the authorities to track down the individual and hold him accountable. “This must not happen to other landlords. We need to thoroughly vet prospective tenants, especially foreign nationals, and insist on stronger protections.”

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khoasod 2025-05-04.

 

 

 

[Celsius]

Soon 6 months deposits 

[HappyExpat57]

Some landlords in the US are requiring references from previous landlords before they will take on a new renter.

[stupidfarang]

In the UK, when my daughter was at university, she shared a house with 4 other friends all uni students. All had to get credit checks, and all parents had to act as a guarantor for their child renting the house, so we as parents were legally liable to pay for damage or loss rent.

[blaze master]

55 minutes ago, Georgealbert said:

Everything was destroyed, it was as if someone had deliberately ruined every part of the house.”

 

Ok yes whoever did this left a bunch of damage garbage and is a filthy animal. Gross.

 

But........

 

Every part of the house ruined ? Really ? Did you hear her gag at the washing machine. 

[smedly]

doesn't look that bad, perhaps they had an issue with the landlord that they're excluding, at least the rubbish was put in bags, no mention of his thai wife, I suspect there is more to this story

 

we've all see the state some rentals are left by Thai residents, this place looks pristine in comparison 

[ChipButty]

What is it to be? 

accrued three months of unpaid electricity and internet bills, resulting in the disconnection of services.

 

Then, 30 April but fled the scene without notice, leaving air conditioning units and lights running.

 

[ThreeCardMonte]

Disgusting individual.

 

Beware and properly screen renters.  Granted, a Thai landlord most likely wouldn’t screen to the same extent as a western landlord.

 

Here's a hint.  Not 100 foolproof but fairly close.

 

What do the tenants look like and how do they carry themselves.

[Georgealbert]

42 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

What is it to be? 

accrued three months of unpaid electricity and internet bills, resulting in the disconnection of services.

 

Then, 30 April but fled the scene without notice, leaving air conditioning units and lights running.

 

So you don’t think they may of had it reconnected?

 

Or do you think they continued to live there for a month without electricity?

[baansgr]

3 hours ago, Celsius said:

Soon 6 months deposits 

Really, too many vacant properties in Pattaya, landlords are pulling their out out

[Captain Flack]

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[bkk6060]

How disrespectful and low of this British tenant to stop paying his rent and electric.  What a total loser leaving the place in filthy condtions find him and deport.  Terrible.

[baansgr]

Maybe the contract was in his Thai wife's name.. 👍 

[scubascuba3]

Worst tenants I've had so far in UK have been doctors, total PITA, agent said they are the worst

[BritManToo]

4 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Some landlords in the US are requiring references from previous landlords before they will take on a new renter.

And if that happened in Thailand there'd be almost no renters, and many more empty houses.

Because many Thai renters don't have work references, rent references or banking/credit histories.

[SAFETY FIRST]

5 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

British tenant abandoned 

Good luck repairing that 

😂

[Jingthing]

Normal wear and tear innit.

(Joke alert.)

 

Also don't get the power turned off but AC left on story.

 

It's a power balance between owners and renters.

Things are fine as long as both sides are being reasonable but more often than not it's the owners abusing their power.

 

An example that I still find hard to believe but it came from a very credible source from a long term always renting always moving American expat in Colombia.

 

He says tenants are required to bring the place back to the exact condiition as before even for tenancies as short as six months to a year.

 

For example a requirement that the tenant literally REPAINT the entire place before leaving and if/not will be on a <deleted> list with future landlords.

 

I asked him if you could just offer to pay the landlord the money it would take to repaint with contractors and he said that would be not taken well. Bizarre, huh?

 

If that's really true, I would find that very hard to stomach.

 

One of the main joys of renting is not ever needing to worry about that level of maintenance. 

[Photoguy21]

8 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Some landlords in the US are requiring references from previous landlords before they will take on a new renter.

If you have not rented previously what is the situation then? Cant ever get to rent?

[Captain Flack]

Bickering posts removed

[BritManToo]

I watched the video, one damaged door, one torn window screen.

Doubt those repairs would be more than 2,000bht.

So not significant.

[Jingthing]

7 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I watched the video, one damaged door, one torn window screen.

Doubt those repairs would be more than 2,000bht.

So not significant.

It's a mess especially with that left garbage, but the damage does sound as if it's greatly exagerrated. Also, to demonize all foreign tenants based on this case is basically wrong and unfair.

[BritManToo]

6 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

It's a mess especially with that left garbage, but the damage does sound as if it's greatly exagerrated. Also, to demonize all foreign tenants based on this case is basically wrong and unfair.

Yeah, but the  garbage was all packed in bin bags, and the place looked clean.

[richard_smith237]

9 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

After sharing her experience online, others came forward reporting similar dealings with the same tenant, although no legal action had previously been taken.

 

Clearly repeat offenders - the don't pay the rent, landlord cuts off the Wifi... 

The tenants get upset, seek revenge, cause deliberate damage to the properly, leave an appalling mess - Leave all the AC running to deliberately rack up a bill.

 

I hope this scum are tracked down and made to pay for their damages - then kicked out never to be able to rent anywhere again.

 

 

There is no reason for anyone 'decent' not to leave the property in any condition other than that which they found it in (other than reasonable wear), no excuse for leaving rubbish, food etc... only scum do that.

 

Its the same with hotel rooms - there's not excuse to leave behind a messy room with litter everywhere etc... 

[ronnie50]

4 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Worst tenants I've had so far in UK have been doctors, total PITA, agent said they are the worst

Was about to say similar. To begin with, while there are certainly some nice digs, the average "Victorian" flat in London is usually a dump at best. I used to laugh at the estate agent advertisements. "double bed flat (means one bedroom that can handle something bigger than a single bed), WC with high-level (high-level means the cistern is above your head when you pull 'the chain')."

 

But as basic as some of those flats are, the tenants in them can be real pigs. Not just filthy, but noisy - very noisy. I'd never live in one of them again, that's for sure.

[Mason45]

I own 3 properties in Thailand, the house where we live in east of Bangkok city, a town house in the same area and a condo in Naklua. I've given all the tenants the flick in the last few months for keeping the properties untidy and failing to keep up with the rent payments. I even gave my step daughter her marching orders because she owed me 85,000 baht in back rent. Of course she thinks she's been hard done by but her biggest problem is she forks out heaps on every Thai lottery. So sold my town house and now my condo in Naklua is only for our holidays only.

[still kicking]

17 hours ago, Celsius said:

Soon 6 months deposits 

Where I live, the landlord never gets the deposit. It goes into the Government Trust account 

[hotandsticky]

4 hours ago, Mason45 said:

I own 3 properties in Thailand, the house where we live in east of Bangkok city, a town house in the same area and a condo in Naklua. I've given all the tenants the flick in the last few months for keeping the properties untidy and failing to keep up with the rent payments. I even gave my step daughter her marching orders because she owed me 85,000 baht in back rent. Of course she thinks she's been hard done by but her biggest problem is she forks out heaps on every Thai lottery. So sold my town house and now my condo in Naklua is only for our holidays only.

 

 

You are Thai?

[Patong2021]

Just a reflection of the changing times that we live in. The quality of both tenants and landlords has  gone into the gutter.   I have a hunch that a closer look at the tenants will show at least one mentally ill person.

[norsurin]

What a dirty pig.

[jacko45k]

21 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

So you don’t think they may of had it reconnected?

 

Or do you think they continued to live there for a month without electricity?

Usually they come and take the meter away. Outstanding balance must be paid and a reconnection fee. If that was the case there would not really be unpaid bills....did the property owners perhaps cover it?