DEPOSITS ON RENTED APT,S

[mercman24]

bit of an old chestnut realy, but why do you have to put a huge deposit down, and i have heard of many cases where the owner keeps the deposit, just today my lady friend found me a nice 1 bed apartment, but they want (a), a years contract ( 3 months in advance holding deposit, and then © 1 month in advance, so that works out i am paying a quarter of the yearly rent even before i start, so i have got 45, 000 baht tied up for 1 year, just seems a bit extortionate, ok rant over pay the dam money, he he

[ukrules]

This is too much, find somewhere else to live.

In Bangkok it's pretty standard to pay a two month deposit and a months rent in advance. Elsewhere I've found a one month deposit is all that's often required but they like you to pay quarterly in advance.

[celso]

Getting screwed out of the deposit is a worldwide phenomenon no? Not just Thailand. Whenever I start renting somewhere, I pay the deposit and forget about it, anything that comes back you can see as a bonus.

As the other guy said, 2 months security deposit plus the first month's rent, that is standard here. So I would look elsewhere and save that 15000. There are plenty of empty condos around.

[mercman24]

the 12 months rental is a bit of a problem, i am ok with 6 months, typical thai though, my lady says they have lots of places for rent in this block, as i am coming over in October full time, she says no problem, pity they dont follow my culture, " any money is better than no money" when i had my place in Spain, same culture, the country was going through a bad recession so the landlords doubled the rent, so all the renters handed back the keys, result was we had a shopping centre with no shops and landlords with no income.

[Datebayo]

What's more funny is some condo buildings has a double policy on rental deposits and fee's. One for Thai citizens and one for foreigners. Thai pay only 1 month advance and 1 month deposit. Whereas foreigners need to pay 2 months advance. I kid you not. many condo managent has this policy.

[Bangkokhatter]

2 Months deposit and rent in advance is standard , most places want 1 year and generally the rent will go up if they agree to a 6 months contract. Never had a problem getting deposit back.

[mercman24]

yep its probably me just being stubborn , it is just the3 months deposit it sticking in my thrtoat a bit, when i reality my uk rent and poll tax is £520. per month, i could stay in siam court hotel for 1 month and still be £200 better off

[edwardandtubs]

What's more funny is some condo buildings has a double policy on rental deposits and fee's. One for Thai citizens and one for foreigners. Thai pay only 1 month advance and 1 month deposit. Whereas foreigners need to pay 2 months advance. I kid you not. many condo managent has this policy.

2 months is standard for Thais and foreigners. The letting agent of some Lumpini buildings have a little leaflet asking for a 3 month deposit for foreigners. When I asked her why she claimed that owners wanted this but when I said I would only pay 2 months she said this would be OK. I decided never to rent a Lumpini condo as they have such a dim view of foreigners. There are plenty of places available so why stand for crap like that?

[mercman24]

small world, it was at Lumpini that my friend looked at ,she said it was very nice what is your opinion of the place,? obviously i will not make a decision until i see for myself, how far away is the skytrain, i did ask but as per usual got no reply and where are you now ? i am looking for a 1 bed apt with a pool basically

[kannot]

What's more funny is some condo buildings has a double policy on rental deposits and fee's. One for Thai citizens and one for foreigners. Thai pay only 1 month advance and 1 month deposit. Whereas foreigners need to pay 2 months advance. I kid you not. many condo managent has this policy.

no they dont they mostly ALL want 2 months deposit one months rent...................my Wife does this for a job

[mercman24]

well Lumpini want 3 months deposit, still my lady friend thinks it is very nice and i think ladies have a better idea of "nice" than us men, just in perspective i pay 27,000 Baht for my 1 bed flat here in the uk, so not a problem realy and sorry about the double post "it said there was a server problem, when i posted, (thought i had deleted it) but me and computers just dont get on lol !!