We live in a good village in Bangsaen, good neighbours, we have a good relationship with them, they have kids, we have kids, same age.

Recently, our neighbours they turned their Townhouse, into a backyard bar/gambling den, 10-20 motorcycles 5-10 cars are now parked outside our house, 5 days aweek, because they dont have space enough themselfs, they block the entrance to the 5 car parking lot, so no one can come in and out, we need to ask them if they can move their cars or motorcycles if we want in or out.

Their guets use the grassy area outside their/our house as toilet. cigaret buds, empty plastic bottles and shit everywhere.

Privacy is a thing we dont have anymore, as the guests often stand and smoke, talk outside our house, so we end up with curtains pulled more less all the time.

We are the only affected of this because we live on a half empty Soi

Now we Rent our house, they Own theirs, so we really dont have a vote to complain, and if we where to complain in an official manner, how would we stand ?

My wife have talked with them a few times, when the music have been playing untill 03-04, but they are smooth and have an excuse.

Should i hold out, and hope it will stop eventually,
Should i complain

or should we <deleted> off to another place ?

What would you do ?

Jesper

Bangsaen

Looks like you're probably going to have to move.

Honestly sounds like a no win situation. Complain to authorities (who are undoubtedly getting backhanders for allowing it in the first place) and the only thing that will happen is that whatever relationship you still have with these neighbors will turn rancid: cars won't be moved, music turned up even louder, maybe a few flat tires on your cars.

Continued and more aggressive complaints by you to them will get Thai smile #22...the one that says "<deleted> you...what are you going to do about it?"

Don't forget...you are an "Outsider" no matter how long you have lived here and how many Thai's like you.

Start looking for a new place.

What would I do?

Move.

Why do people always assume the "authorities know about it" or "the authorities are allowing it in the first place"?

It's a village, I doubt the "authorities" even know it exists.

Complain to the police that illegal gambling is going on next door but it can turn ugly.

Prepare to move out or talk to your land lord, perhaps he/she can do something about it.

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I would tell the landlord why, and move.

I would also report them to the police

My wife had asked them, Issent it illigal, as a Hint, answer was, that no one had to know about it.

also its not really visible from the main road. only from my drive way and windows !!!!!

I have started to look for other housing options, Bangsaen dont have such a big realestate market as place like Pattaya, sadly.

we are really happy with the place we live, except this new development they have going on !

we will contact our landlord and ask his advice.

Jesper

My wife had asked them, Issent it illigal, as a Hint, answer was, that no one had to know about it.

also its not really visible from the main road. only from my drive way and windows !!!!!

I have started to look for other housing options, Bangsaen dont have such a big realestate market as place like Pattaya, sadly.

we are really happy with the place we live, except this new development they have going on !

we will contact our landlord and ask his advice.

Jesper

There's nothing you can do to stop/reduce that.

Complaining won't help. Whether it's illegal or not no-one care.

TRY!!! but don't count on it.

In Thailand when you want to have a pub, selling alcohol,

you have to contribute to police budget in exchange for good business environment and that also includes deafness to neighbor's complaints.

The best what you can do is to move somewhere else.

The sooner, the better.

One more thing. Drunken Thais are aggressive. Be aware of that ...

Good luck.

Edited March 14, 201511 yr by Matej

Lucky you ! You are not owner !

stop fooling yourself, they dont give a shit about you or your kids, waste of time being nice to them and watch them be as vindictive as hell if you complain.

Such is the childish behaviour of many Thais.............sadly they often get away with this

I would tell the landlord why, and move.

I would also report them to the police

To tell it the police is the most stupid recommandation, this is LOS.

Police appears take their tea money and tell them who complained.

And you can be assasinated quicker as you can imagine.

The customers will all know farang lives in your house. When they hang out they're staring "look, farang lives there." They have never seen a house where farang lives before. They all know if they rip you off they will get away with it, with a little gratituity for the BiB. Someone who just lost his shirt gambling may find the farang house next door too good an opportunity to resist.

Move. Soon. It's no win.

On the other hand, if you're up for a shrewd move, find a reason to call the cops on yourself. Eg, you were out, and returned to find a broken window that you surmise was part of an attempted burglary. Call the cops at a time when the business next door is busy. When the cops ask what's going on in the next house, shrug, say nothing, Thai style. The BiB will pursue their own curiousity, but the only change may be they come around every week for their payoff.

Another, but will require a Thai helper. They call the police, tell them that at the gambling house in (your neighborhood) they robbed his/her brother, put drugs in his drink, took his money.

Unfortunately, this is not the first time I've heard of people having to move because of obnoxious neighbors who don't care about anyone else.

stop fooling yourself, they dont give a shit about you or your kids, waste of time being nice to them and watch them be as vindictive as hell if you complain.

Such is the childish behaviour of many Thais.............sadly they often get away with this

Sad but true.

I would tell the landlord why, and move.

I would also report them to the police

To tell it the police is the most stupid recommandation, this is LOS.

Police appears take their tea money and tell them who complained.

And you can be assasinated quicker as you can imagine.

I've had dealings with the police here a number of times and found them to act professionally.

Regardless, I said move and report them to the police, not report them to the police and wait around for retaliation.

They force me to move, I force them to pay the police ever couple of weeks. Forever.

I actually had exactly the same thing happen to me. We went down the investigative route first, turned out the owner of the house being used was a Cop ! so useless complaining, we moved, luckily we were renting too and were able to do that. If I had bought the place I would be a real sick parrot as its still going on there to this day, and that was 8 years ago !!

Pack up, ship out, tell the landlord why, best of luck in your new place.

Call the owner of house u rent explain you have no quiet enjoyment music all hours of night want deposit back and Move

when the music have been playing untill 03-04, but they are smooth and have an excuse.

Solution - you start playing your music at around 07:00/08:00 am preferably something in AC/DC or similar at full tilt with the speakers pointing in their direction... they will get the message, it works

The landlord already knows it goes on.

when the music have been playing untill 03-04, but they are smooth and have an excuse.

Solution - you start playing your music at around 07:00/08:00 am preferably something in AC/DC or similar at full tilt with the speakers pointing in their direction... they will get the message, it works

Then you start getting into games and it starts taking over your life, not worth it IMO. Most thai people are prone to noise anyway.

Just for the record, you just can't beat a bit of DC can ya. If the op were to go forward with your advice then I would strongly recommend let there be rock (the song).

Unless your wife has some serious high-level connections with the police or the authorities, there is nothing you can do. By complaining you will not help yourself and may find yourself between a senior police officer and his tea money (if there is gambling going on in the house, you can be sure that it is illegal and they are paying off the police otherwise it would not be able to operate so openly). Besides, it is probably a mafia operation.

Invite your landlord over, especially when the place is busy, and tell him that you cannot stand it there and that you are leaving. He might have the kind of high-level connections to make it stop but that would be a long shot.

The easiest way out is to just move on and take more care in your choice of location in the future - i.e. pick a property that is not so easily blocked in.

when the music have been playing untill 03-04, but they are smooth and have an excuse.

Solution - you start playing your music at around 07:00/08:00 am preferably something in AC/DC or similar at full tilt with the speakers pointing in their direction... they will get the message, it works

What an idiotic reply.

Methinks little Soutpeel knows nothing about Thai culture. I very much doubt he speaks Thai, either.

village head getting his cut ?

What about the poor kids living there. Quality of Life ain real flash

Why do people always assume the "authorities know about it" or "the authorities are allowing it in the first place"?

It's a village, I doubt the "authorities" even know it exists.

I lived in a small village in Phitsanulok for a year. There is a village telegraph in every village its called gossip. They knew more about my business than I did. Yes tranquility can turn upside down at a moments notice in Thailand. Never buy here always be ready to fold up your tent and move on. Have a Nomadic mentality forget roots. Here its every man for himself and Thai's make a baht wherever they can. Its called surviving.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/807690-new-1155-and-1111-hotline-launched-for-foreigners/

Today is your lucky day.

Try the numbers and see if they work.

Yes you can call this number and I hope you get a response. These answers always look good in the news but in actuality can be a bit disappointing. Its always the consequences after the fact that you have to worry about. Tires slashed, cars scratched it can turn into a real feud.. Maybe contacting your landlord will yield some results as he knows he will have a hard time to replace you with a good tenant and nobody wants to live beside a gambling den. If faced with a loss of revenue he may come up with an answer. Walk away and save yourself a big headache seems the better alternative.

This is actually a really F___d up thread- No! Not the OP, or the responders... the sorry state of affairs your in!

When I scroll through the responses I realize exactly how alone you really are with such a problem. You dont have any choices; not any good ones. A really varied cast of folks here have all said the same things to you. The problem you describe is so imaginable, so clear. Its even a shame you would have to equate your renting with a different value than their ownership, insofar has having rights to privacy, quiet, and a reasonable life. Brother, what a really shitty situation you are in. Your options are brutally clear based on a really good cross section of wisdom postings above. I wish you good luck and hope I dont have such a situation. As others have said, it is really quite difficult to see where this works out well for you.

Honestly sounds like a no win situation. Complain to authorities (who are undoubtedly getting backhanders for allowing it in the first place) and the only thing that will happen is that whatever relationship you still have with these neighbors will turn rancid: cars won't be moved, music turned up even louder, maybe a few flat tires on your cars.

Continued and more aggressive complaints by you to them will get Thai smile #22...the one that says "<deleted> you...what are you going to do about it?"

Don't forget...you are an "Outsider" no matter how long you have lived here and how many Thai's like you.

Start looking for a new place.

Better Call Pruyth.You just gotta get a bigger dick than he's got.What ever the girls on here say,you do have rights.But be prepared for revenge.Most likely have to move anyway.His wife is not an outsider.

I suggest you read up on how to set a simple radio transmitter to transmit sound directly to his speakers using his cabling as an antenna.

Then play Aqua's Barbie Girl on repeat at full blast during every one of his parties until he gives up.