"one Month" From Feb 23 Would Be When?

[thohts]

I'm trying to find out if the practice of making a lease agreement for "1 month" (same day the following month) instead of "30 days" (30 actual days) is common.

30 days from Feb 23rd would be March 25th, of course. However, a proposal that I received from a leasing company here in Bangkok says that the lease term would be from Feb 23 to March 23, even though Feb has only 28 days.

If it were only a few thousand baht/month it wouldn't matter so much to me. But those two mystery days work out to about 10,000 baht total and it concerns me. Management is unwilling to budge on the "Feb 23-March 23" period.

What's been your experience in similar technicalities?

Edited February 22, 2006 by thohts

[expatgaz]

Tricky one.I rent out in Jomtien and I charge per calendar month so Feb 23rd would be until 23rd March.

EPG.

[sierra01]

On Monday 20th Immigration gave from 20th Feb to 22 May for my notification of address.

Nothing to do with leases I know, but an indication nonetheless.

Edited February 22, 2006 by sierra01

[markuk]

I think that you will find most leases run on calendar month rather than 30 day periods. Unless of course you are on a daily rate.

Edited February 22, 2006 by markuk

[Crossy]

I think that you will find most leases run on calendar month rather than 30 day periods. Unless of course you are on a daily rate.

Yep, I agree, mine runs from 24th to 24th.

[briley]

What happens in 31 day months?

Using calander months makes things easier, you lose some months and gain on others.

Some firms, such as BT in the UK, actually charge by the day but bill and quote by the month so the telephone rental varies every month, and this does make checking very difficult even if the system is very fair. But they get a lot of complaints along the line "you have charged me £11.17 instead of £11 rental", and it takes a lot of explaining about 31 day months etc.

[markuk]

What happens in 31 day months?

Using calander months makes things easier, you lose some months and gain on others.

Some firms, such as BT in the UK, actually charge by the day but bill and quote by the month so the telephone rental varies every month, and this does make checking very difficult even if the system is very fair. But they get a lot of complaints along the line "you have charged me £11.17 instead of £11 rental", and it takes a lot of explaining about 31 day months etc.

I would rather the calendar month system for everything keeps it all nice and easy. Its the same here with True internet - calendar month billing the admin and problems of daily rates must be a nightmare..

[thohts]

Yeah, I suppose that a calendar month keeps things cleaner.

I guess I feel 'shorted' because the one month I'm renting happens to be February!

I'll make up for it by stealing lots of towels and soap during the month