If one rent a house and like to pay a year in advance, what happen if the owner sell after 6 month
and the new owner want to get in right away, what to do ?
Can one have a contrakt that protect me from being evicted before the lease going out, anybody know ?

How would the attitude be if I say : I pay one year in advance if I 1 month för free ?

What rights do a tennant have when renting a house ?

What is the norm, 1 mont rent deposit, more ?

I guess some of you have had experiences in that regard, like to hear about them.

Bo.

Depends how much discount you are going to get for paying up front I doubt if it will be equal to 1 months rent!!. You can actually sign a contract for a year, but pay 3 months at a time in advance (so 4 payments). I guess you can actually pay monthly in advance, if the landlord is willing. As to what protection you actually get (through the courts) I would suggest that, practically, it is really very little. It very much depends on "good will" - unless you are willing to spend nearly as much as you have lost on legal fees
My last landlord sold 10 months into the contact. New landlady said she wanted to move in 14 days before my lease was actually up - I said to her "Fine, as long as you give me half a months rent back". Stayed until the contract ended. But still ended up with huge hassles trying to get my deposit back (took three months ). Deposit will be more than 1 month rental, somewhere between 1.5 & 2 -really depending on the quality of the fixtures & fittings - less if it is unfurnished.
Personally I wouldn't pay for a year in advance, upfront, there are too many variables - neighbours might be awful for 1, area might be far noisier than you imagined, you just might decide you want to try somewhere else..

I had a one year contract.Payed One year in advance.A contract drawn out(document can be obtained from various stationary's)
But like Bob said be careful as once youve moved in you are committed to stay there one year. I regretted doing this,as the place here on a small estate, is mostly ex farm workers and not used to living"normal" enviroment.:Howling dogs, bufelow crap in the street, shouting and yelling in conversation,gobbing and spitting.bomfires in the garden,and of course the hawkers with the load speakers.(But they 're everywhere)

Thanks Bob/Mortiboy.

Your replies said it all.
Nice to have this forum, one more info for time to come.

Thanks again

Bo.

astrid wrote:If one rent a house and like to pay a year in advance, what happen if the owner sell after 6 month
and the new owner want to get in right away, what to do ?
Can one have a contrakt that protect me from being evicted before the lease going out, anybody know ?

How would the attitude be if I say : I pay one year in advance if I 1 month för free ?

What rights do a tennant have when renting a house ?

What is the norm, 1 mont rent deposit, more ?

I guess some of you have had experiences in that regard, like to hear about them.

Bo.

I also rented the house for a year and signed a 1 year contract and negotiated a discount for paying the total up front...Our landlady is a very poor gambler and she has come back to us and asked us if we will pay another 6 months rent with a very nice discount...So now, we have paid a total of 18 months and have been here almost 4 months...Everything is working well..

Stoneman

Heard a great story about a fellow who rented a gorgeous ,fully furnished home here . And because he prepaid for a year in cash in advance he got a pretty good deal. But a week after handing over upwards of 100,000 bhat ,the real owners returned from there holidays and could not believe someone was in their home! Apparently the sister of the cousins' aunt ,was house sitting , took the 100k and was GONE!So a contract is only as good as the paper it is written on. I wouldn't hand over 3 months rent in advance.
And whats the deal with a damage deposit , I always laugh at the dumps that are up for rent and they ask for a damage deposit? But the place needs painting and the roof leaks and when you phone because of a landlord/tenant problem they just say "up to you."
Hey I'm just ranting a bit, getting prepared to go to Nong kai to get my second one year visa in three months.!

stoneman wrote:I also rented the house for a year and signed a 1 year contract and negotiated a discount for paying the total up front...Our landlady is a very poor gambler and she has come back to us and asked us if we will pay another 6 months rent with a very nice discount...So now, we have paid a total of 18 months and have been here almost 4 months...Everything is working well..

Stoneman

Dangerous when Thais gamble and do they like to gamble! Poor gambler or just bad at it!!

So do you expect her to come back again in the near future and say she is short of money again and that, as you were so kind that you took another 6 mths before, why not take another 6 mths so 2 yr contract.
Maybe she will just let you know when the time comes that she has gambled away the land title and that you have to leave the premises immediately

good point

why not take another 6 mths so 2 yr contract

if you get some more discounted rent, make sure you get 3 yrs plus, then have it registered on land papers at land office. so when she comes back in couple months and says she is sorry, but she had to sell house to pay bookie, you don't have to move till lease expires, no matter who owns the house.

Good point LA & I certainly something that I did not know before...

Very good point- nfo I deed !

The last bit of info I could have use of.



Bo.

Pardon my English :

Very good points, info I could use and need later on.

Bo.

pompui wrote:

stoneman wrote:I also rented the house for a year and signed a 1 year contract and negotiated a discount for paying the total up front...Our landlady is a very poor gambler and she has come back to us and asked us if we will pay another 6 months rent with a very nice discount...So now, we have paid a total of 18 months and have been here almost 4 months...Everything is working well..

Stoneman

Dangerous when Thais gamble and do they like to gamble! Poor gambler or just bad at it!!

So do you expect her to come back again in the near future and say she is short of money again and that, as you were so kind that you took another 6 mths before, why not take another 6 mths so 2 yr contract.
Maybe she will just let you know when the time comes that she has gambled away the land title and that you have to leave the premises immediately

Pompui..

You have got the idea....The last 6 months to make it 2 years was asked for this week...and there is a beautiful dining room table and chairs and I have offered to buy it...I offered her 1/3 the cost and she said it cost 3 times as much...but I was quick to point out to her that it cost her nothing...Her former husband bought it with his money..So whatever she gets for it is "found money'..

as to buying the house, it is a great house over 2,200 sq ft, all westernized, 5 A/C, marble floors throughout, etc...but the land title is bad...No not bad...it doesn' exist..All the houses along here were once a part of a large plot...Instead of redoing the titles, the seller just issued a bill of sale for each 1 rai plot...He still holds the title...If that can be straightened out...then we might consider...but I have more than a year and a half to let her worry about that..

Stoneman