46 minutes ago, Mark1969 said:

That's not his job, dude. He is not interested or he would have done that already.

You sound like you lack basic communication skills, keyboard warriors are often like that, get out more

1 hour ago, UWEB said:

May be you can pay the Fees and cut it off from the rental?

Ive done this before, worked for me.

54 minutes ago, Mark1969 said:

I find places where I can get in and out without facing the security guy or front office, or just people in general.

 

The worst situation is when they are right by the access door. Just something to think about if you're a bit unsocial renting in Thailand.

 

I feel like many Thai people are obsessively monitoring the people around them. Hyper-scrutinizing every little thing for just the slightest inconsistency or change.

I find it very uncomfortable, and your advice is good.

This is Thailand there is always a solution, How much is the management fee? yearly or monthly, how much is your rent monthly? go and negotiate with juristic office to pay monthly and deduct it from the rent, we own a condo and if you want you can pay monthly, we pay yearly and before a certain date for a discount, all they want is their money. 

7 minutes ago, davb said:

 

I feel like many Thai people are obsessively monitoring the people around them. Hyper-scrutinizing every little thing for just the slightest inconsistency or change.

I find it very uncomfortable, and your advice is good.

my place installed additional CCTV, now they can see in my condo when i have the door open, probably see me in the shower sometimes

4 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

my place installed additional CCTV, now they can see in my condo when i have the door open, probably see me in the shower sometimes

Have you seen puppetry of the penis ?

 

I'd be putting on a show!

12 minutes ago, davb said:

 

I feel like many Thai people are obsessively monitoring the people around them. Hyper-scrutinizing every little thing for just the slightest inconsistency or change.

I find it very uncomfortable, and your advice is good.

Absolutely, they watch foreigners, but I don't think it's paranoia. I'm not sure of the exact reason. It's certainly not crime. I put it down to boundries just being different.

 

You can still find living situations here that are very private, you just need to be careful and take your time when deciding.

3 hours ago, thintand said:

and I paid around 30.000 deposit which I don't want to lose.

You will most likely lose this no matter what you do. Many landlords do not give back deposits and make up reasons why. 

So you may as well stop paying the rent and tell them they will get it when you have access to the building you rented. Without that access they are violating the rental agreement and basically locking you out of the building anyway. 

20 hours ago, thesetat said:

You will most likely lose this no matter what you do. Many landlords do not give back deposits and make up reasons why. 

Especially if the condo fees are not paid. They probably don't have the deposit to give back.

On 8/18/2025 at 5:31 PM, Felton Jarvis said:

 Farangs have no rights in Thailand.

Nonsense, barstool talk.

On 8/18/2025 at 7:17 PM, thesetat said:

You will most likely lose this no matter what you do. Many landlords do not give back deposits and make up reasons why. 

So you may as well stop paying the rent and tell them they will get it when you have access to the building you rented. Without that access they are violating the rental agreement and basically locking you out of the building anyway. 

The worst and crookedest landlord I ever had, gave back my deposit. Many do not.

How much is owed on this fee? 

 

Might be just better to pay the damn thing and when you move out hide a piece of blue cheese inside the ceiling.

On 8/18/2025 at 5:29 PM, bkk6060 said:

Is the Landlord Chinese?  Where I live the Jurassic office lady tells me Chinese rarely pay their fees.

My Thai son rented a condo on Petchaburi Rd in Bkk, the agent took him for an inspection to see what was really included (appliances, furniture etc). Kitchen had a 4 burner electric hob.

 

Son moved in and discovered only 1 of the 4 burners on the hob worked. He called the agent who called the owner. Owner (Thai) insisted that 1 burner is enough, nobody needs more than 1 burner.

 

Same day son then discovered the washing machine was totally dead, Agent called owner who insisted that it's not a problem because it's easy to use the nearby coin operated laundry facility. 

 

Same day son discovered the hot water heater in the shower was not working. Owner laughed and said 'nobody needs warm / hot  water to shower'.

 

Lease was only for six months aligned to date to complete his degree studies at Chula uni. 

 

Owner made no attempt to fix any of the above. Return of the deposit was promised but never happened. 

1 minute ago, scorecard said:

My Thai son rented a condo on Petchaburi Rd in Bkk, the agent took him for an inspection to see what was really included (appliances, furniture etc). Kitchen had a 4 burner electric hob.

 

Son moved in and discovered only 1 of the 4 burners on the hob worked. He called the agent who called the owner. Owner (Thai) insisted that 1 burner is enough, nobody needs more than 1 burner.

 

Same day son then discovered the washing machine was totally dead, Agent called owner who insisted that it's not a problem because it's easy to use the nearby coin operated laundry facility. 

 

Same day son discovered the hot water heater in the shower was not working. Owner laughed and said 'nobody needs warm / hot  water to shower'.

 

Lease was only for six months aligned to date to complete his degree studies at Chula uni. 

 

Owner made no attempt to fix any of the above. Return of the deposit was promised but never happened. 

Most agents will rush the viewing and say that the owner fixes anything broken after you move in. Happens almost every time with me.

 

You need to check every little thing BEFORE you pay the deposit. If you really like the place you do a second viewing when it's fixed.

How about you pay the maintenance fee, deduct from the rent, and tell landlord what/why you have done it. 

 

My advice: ask someone living on the same floor like you to lend you his key card for a few minutes, go make a copy of it, give it back and enjoy your stay with your own key card.

       While I have sympathy for the renter, I applaud the Juristic for cracking down on delinquent owners.  If a condo project has working, regularly serviced elevators, security and other staff on duty, a clean pool, working equipment in the gym, and other things, it is the result of responsible owners paying their maintenance fees.  I liked the post suggesting the renter work with the juristic to pay part of his rent towards the delinquent fees and I would try that first.

On 8/18/2025 at 4:51 PM, save the frogs said:

Is there any kind of "rental board" where tenants can take their disputes against landlords in thailand?

 

I doubt it, right? 

 

 

 

Of course there is.  

 

Consumer Protection Board (สำนักงานคุ้มครองผู้บริโภค, OCPB)

This is the main government agency for tenant–landlord disputes.

Phone: 1166 (Consumer Protection Hotline).

They accept complaints about unfair contract terms and landlords withholding deposits or failing obligations.

The building will also have a residents/owners committee.

My previous landlord hadn't paid the common fees for 8 years but I had no issues (I lived in the unit for about 12 years). 
Eventually I just moved into a bigger unit on the same floor.

Landlord here. In Florida if this happens the rental payments go to the Condo HOA to cover the unpaid maintenance assessments.

 

Thailand should do the same thing.  Not paying the association is the same as stealing or theft in my eyes.   You knew when buying they had required maintenance fees.  If you don't agree then don't buy a Condo.  Go buy a house and you can defer maintenance all you want.

 

 

On 8/18/2025 at 8:04 PM, Digitalbanana said:

Lawyer up.

there goes 6 months and then some of his rent

On 8/18/2025 at 10:21 AM, baansgr said:

Let me.guess, the agent is an attractive isaan girl with an English or oz boyfriend that advertises on facebook

Look at notime2bsad. A Thailand youtuber guru. Rented a condo for his mother in Udon Thani from an exact copy of this girl. He claimed she was the greatest estate agent in Thailand and even posted on his channel how good she was. Mother could not understand why next day after moving in she could not access the common areas with her key card only her front door and lift.

1 hour ago, stratocaster said:

Look at notime2bsad. A Thailand youtuber guru. Rented a condo for his mother in Udon Thani from an exact copy of this girl. He claimed she was the greatest estate agent in Thailand and even posted on his channel how good she was. Mother could not understand why next day after moving in she could not access the common areas with her key card only her front door and lift.

I have noticed that a lot of time those people or businesses who have great reviews or seem perfect, or try too hard for the sale are actually hiding something. It's like a mask made to fool you. What I want is just average and getting the job done, with no negative reviews. 

On 8/18/2025 at 3:20 PM, thintand said:

Hi, 

so i live in a condo here for around 6 months now but unfortunately the Landlord didn't pay for building CAM and maintenance fees. 

Therefor the juristic office locked all access cards and I can't enter the building. It's super inconvenient now as I have to wait for other people to go to the elevator, etc and I can't even use the stairs because they locked the door there as well unless its open by coincidence. 

I still have a half year left in my lease and to be honest I don't want to break it now because I like the location, price and I paid around 30.000 deposit which I don't want to lose.

I have contact only to the Agent but they are slow and keep me waiting for days without any useful update. Also my girlfriend tried to talk with them in thai multiple times but she hadn't much luck either. 

Do you have any ideas what i can do besides moving? Could a lawyer help maybe? 

Thanks

If i was You, i pay the management fees to the condo's manager office, direct. 

I will deduct this money from the next month rental fee. Our house park, the security no open gate, for drive in, to the non payers



 

 

Don't pay rent for 2 months to cover your lost deposit then move.