Thread: The Landlady

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

and the perspex freezer compartment door...

I always manage to break this item, in every apartment I have been in. Saying that though I always got my full deposit back.

The trouble with your landlady is she knows she can treat you like a bitch already, so she's got no fear of treating you that way concerning the deposit.

Why would anyone run downstairs on demand to pay their rent I don't know. Should have made her wait a few days (as probably allowed in your contract). Your lack of balls makes you an easy target.

I think you can buy fridge parts from amorn if you are worried.

Originally Posted by bkkmadness

Your lack of balls makes you an easy target.

Completely correct.

Every landlord in LoS has viewed me as a maverick and a 'loou maak'. Accordingly I have received to shit whatsoever.

In my current place, I am the only one to have free Internet (all others pay B300/month), as this what was promised in construction phase and I complained when receiving a bill. I am one of about 5 non-Thais in the building.

And yes, it is nice to pay less than Thais for once!

Originally Posted by bkkmadness

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

and the perspex freezer compartment door...

I always manage to break this item, in every apartment I have been in. Saying that though I always got my full deposit back.

The trouble with your landlady is she knows she can treat you like a bitch already, so she's got no fear of treating you that way concerning the deposit.

Why would anyone run downstairs on demand to pay their rent I don't know. Should have made her wait a few days (as probably allowed in your contract). Your lack of balls makes you an easy target.

You may well have a point but bkkandrew gets the green.

Originally Posted by madjbs

I think you can buy fridge parts from amorn if you are worried.

Thanks, but where is that?

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

I need to plan how to ensure I get my 8k back.

Did I read that right? 8,000 Baht??
Is this one or two months deposit. If it two, then I am shocked! What are you living in?

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

^ I thought about that.

This morning, (the 1st day of September) she rang at 8am asking (in a demanding tone of voice) if I could meet her downstairs and pay her the rent. She is a horrible greedy old hag, I have only been late with the rent once in 16 months and that was only a week late.

Anyway, she said to be down there in ten minutes, by which time it was pissing it down so she sent her maid.

I have no plans to move out because first I need to plan how to ensure I get my 8k back. The only damage in the apartment is the toilet seat which was years old anyway, and the perspex freezer compartment door... I don't know if I can get spare fridge parts from LG but she'll probably try and sting me for a new fridge, the knock-kneed knackered old nose bag.

LG fridges, and with regard to that compartment are shit anyway. I was involved in the OEM production of them and they are ready to break from new.

With regard to what you are legally responsible for you must read your lease/ rent contract. Most reasonable people will accept some aging damage and certainly a toilet seat would come under that category.

Don't lose your head and call her in to see the damage. Maybe even make a replacement claim complaint for faulty fittings and in writing. You are not responsible for natural operation breakage, she is.

Ask her to have the parts replaced and at her expense. That I believe, and under normal terms of rental is your right.

So... being a decent and honest chap that you are... when are you going to have this bit sorted?

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

I have a 20,000 CAT Telecom bill that I have paid only 2,000 baht off thus far

Originally Posted by Travelmate

Did I read that right? 8,000 Baht?? Is this one or two months deposit. If it two, then I am shocked! What are you living in?

I only pay 4K a month for my 3 bedroom townhouse in a moobarn out near scampy

I did have to put in aircond , but that is moving with me when I move.

Originally Posted by baldrick

Originally Posted by Travelmate

Did I read that right? 8,000 Baht?? Is this one or two months deposit. If it two, then I am shocked! What are you living in?

I only pay 4K a month for my 3 bedroom townhouse in a moobarn out near scampy

I did have to put in aircond , but that is moving with me when I move.

Foking ell Baldrick that's a great deal!

Got a couple of mates coming here and looking for an apartment up Chaeng Wattana Way. Is it a long term lease or short term.

Appreciate your info!

^Prices are crashing. I moved to a new build next door, same size, same everything, apart from free UBC and 8MBPS broadband (whereas I paid for them before), next to Thailand Cultural Centre Station. Price before (ex all the crap bills) B13000, price now (inc.) B5000. Loads of beer money!

^That is very cheap, I might have to consider moving.

^^ Bloody hell, that's so cheap. My studio in Ploenchit area is 8k a month, exc utilities.

Ploenchit is always gonna be more expensive that Ratchada. Plenty of 5 k places in Ratchada, usualy without a pool or gym though.

Bkka, I am confused, I know where u was living before, that 13 K was for a 80 sq metre 1 bedroom place right? Surely that 5 K place you have now is a studio?

DD was in top form tonight on his advice here.

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

My deposit is gonna be fucked. My dogs have scratched the shit out of the wooden floors, I broke one of the toilets when I was drunk, all the mossie gaurds on the windows are fucked, the curtains in the living room don't close anymore and the garden looks like shit.

WTF? Get some respect for yourself, babycakes.

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

The only damage in the apartment is the toilet seat which was years old anyway, and the perspex freezer compartment door...

You know you have to defrost the fridge occasionally? (Even if LT says they're cheap, the doors do work much better when the snow is cleared away at least once a month on those cheap jobbies.)

Originally Posted by extras

^^ Bloody hell, that's so cheap. My studio in Ploenchit area is 8k a month, exc utilities.

Crikes! I paid that much for a 2 bed/2bath two-storey on Samui and I thought I was getting ripped off.
Damage deposit in Thailand? Never had to pay it once. As far as I could tell, farang were the only folks who cleaned their homes before they moved out; the Thais never did.

Originally Posted by bkkandrew

Price before (ex all the crap bills) B13000, price now (inc.) B5000. Loads of beer money!

Whaooo, and then you claim to be a Managing Director and a Financial Director of some company ? another one of your lies busted, bkka ?

priceless, you are a fucking fraud !!!

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

I don't suppose you ever really know if your landlord or landlady is a decent human being until you move out. Is general wear and tear taken into consideration, and if not - what are the best ways to avoid losing your deposit to a greedy old mare on the basis that the walls aren't as white as they were in 2007?

Just don't mention the mirror in the attic...

Originally Posted by Butterfly

Originally Posted by bkkandrew

Price before (ex all the crap bills) B13000, price now (inc.) B5000. Loads of beer money!

Whaooo, and then you claim to be a Managing Director and a Financial Director of some company ? another one of your lies busted, bkka ?

priceless, you are a fucking fraud !!!

Smart man actually. Saving the cash for investing. Why pay to rent, or are you always trying to impress, Bfly? Ya, sounds like your style.

^ stop playing Jet, you are also a fraud, you claim to be a Series 16 and all kind of shit, and yet you make a HUGE newbie mistake like that Tax paid cockup you did the other day, still failed to reply btw, you just run away like a nice coward bitch (cut and run, sound familiar)

don't feel the need to empathy with the other frauds here, Jet

anyway, nothing wrong with living in a 5k appartment, but then why claim other stupid shit

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Originally Posted by Butterfly

Originally Posted by bkkandrew

Price before (ex all the crap bills) B13000, price now (inc.) B5000. Loads of beer money!

Whaooo, and then you claim to be a Managing Director and a Financial Director of some company ? another one of your lies busted, bkka ? priceless, you are a fucking fraud !!!

Smart man actually. Saving the cash for investing. Why pay to rent, or are you always trying to impress, Bfly? Ya, sounds like your style.

The words in the very post you quote say: Loads of beer money! No mention of investing. This would be a a very, very strange company where a financial company executive would need to save 8k bt from accomodation to be able to invest

Originally Posted by baldrick

I only pay 4K a month for my 3 bedroom townhouse in a moobarn out near scampy

Originally Posted by bkkandrew

Price before (ex all the crap bills) B13000, price now (inc.) B5000. Loads of beer money!

Originally Posted by extras

My studio in Ploenchit area is 8k a month, exc utilities

Originally Posted by bkkmadness

Plenty of 5 k places in Ratchada, usualy without a pool or gym though

Fackin hell how come you guys are getting these super cheap place to rest your souls....
My pad costs me TB50,000 a month!! And it only a 2 bedroom joint.

Surely they are backpacker's kinda place right? You know, a dive....

Originally Posted by spiff

The words in the very post you quote say: Loads of beer money! No mention of investing. This would be a a very, very strange company where a financial company executive would need to save 8k bt from accomodation to be able to invest

damn, good catch, couldn't have put it better myself

Element of luck in renting. I had a place in Ekamai Soi2, had been there for 8 years. moved in at the time of the 97 crash so paid 12.500 Pcm at that time, 4 big bedrooms, all with balconies and en suites, big living area, a high quality building. As people moved out the incoming paid more and more until they were paying, near 40K a month. I used to socialize with the manager so kept to the original rate. In fact when the building was on sold he wrote out back dated receipt for 6 month security deposit at 35 a month, to negotiate with the new owners. Didn't get all of it but got another 3 months free rent in lieu of. luck on that side was all down hill after that.

Originally Posted by Travelmate

Fackin hell how come you guys are getting these super cheap place to rest your souls....
My pad costs me TB50,000 a month!! And it only a 2 bedroom joint.

Surely they are backpacker's kinda place right? You know, a dive....

You just need to have your head screwed on and look around a bit. Lots of nice, clean apartments for much less than what you pay, also with gym and pool, but price depends a lot on location.

50K? You need to shop around more. A friend of mine was getting a monthly rate of 30K in Omni Tower on Soi 3.