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30 year lease agreement

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Can anyone recommend a Phuket lawyer to draw up a very basic 30 year lease agreement and not charge a fortune. Thank you…… 

You can download templates from the internet, In English and Thai, add or removed clauses, both sign, then lodge at the land office. 

Do not download templates that are 10 years old from a foreign lawyer that doesn't live in Thailand. I am talking about Samuiforsale or Thaicontracts. He knows nothing. Get a proper lease, think about doing superficies if you can, ask a real law firm with real lawyers like ThaiLaw Online. THey also do reciprocal agreements, sap ing sith, great texts.

 

Why would you use a template on property that worths MILLIONS. Insane. Ask ChatGTP if you want free. You need DUE DILIGENCE and proper advice.

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Thank you both for the comments. ChatGPT looks like it can provide the simple agreement that I am after. 

ChatGTP won't give you clauses like the owner can't mortgage, or you can sublease, or explain taxes because there are taxes to pay on a lease 1.1%.

If you want to stay long time and protect yourself, pay 10K for a good lease, especially if you build, then superficies are better and pay lawyers with experience. NOT TEMPLATE LAWYERS.

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On 7/30/2025 at 10:18 PM, novster said:

Thank you both for the comments. ChatGPT looks like it can provide the simple agreement that I am after. 

Most on this forum know what you are contemplating. 

 

Just be aware, a method the Thai's are using to get around your 30 year lease is they borrow against the property, possibly with the "brother" or the Thai boyfriend, and not repay the loan, if there every actually was one, and then the ownership changes.   Basically, a legal way for her to liquidate the property.   

On 9/2/2025 at 6:41 PM, KhunHeineken said:

Just be aware, a method the Thai's are using to get around your 30 year lease is they borrow against the property, possibly with the "brother" or the Thai boyfriend, and not repay the loan, if there every actually was one, and then the ownership changes.   Basically, a legal way for her to liquidate the property.   

 

A proper lease should include a clause preventing the property from being mortgaged for the duration of the contract. The Land Department does not include such wording in its standard form, and I am not sure whether ChatGPT can draft it effectively.

 

You should also insert a clause confirming that the title deed remains in your possession. Strictly speaking, this is not a lease agreement itself, but rather an addendum to the Land Department’s lease. When you pay between 2 and 5 million baht for a 30-year lease, hire a lawyer. Don't just use a template. Would you purchase a property in your own country for that sum without proper legal advice?

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