House rental

[Jellybean]

. . . Too bad most of you geriatrics have me on ignore, because this is actually some solid advice.

Geriatrics? How very dare you! Senior citizens, if you please.

Back on topic, I was surprised to learn from gerefan2 that house owners or their agents in Pattaya were insisting on a minimum of six month rentals. When I owned a house in Hua Hin, a popular tourist destination, of course a long-term rental would be preferable to a short-term rental. But, in the absence of long-term rentals, I instructed my agents to let out my house for two weeks, four weeks, three months or, basically, anything more than two weeks. I took the view that some rental income was better than no rental income, especially when I had swimming pool and garden maintenance bills to be paid for, whether someone was there or not.

And, importantly, given the current absence of tourists, I would have thought that house owners in Pattaya would be more than happy to accept short-term rentals, especially if a potential renter was offering to rent for three months.

And lastly, all joking aside, I thought cdnmatt offered some sound advice regarding walking around and looking for rental signs etc.

[cdnmatt]

Geriatrics? How very dare you! Senior citizens, if you please.

Ok, I'm sorry you salt and pepper stallions in your golden years. How's that, is that better?

As for the 6 month thing, be happy you're not looking for a place in Laos, because it's customary there to pay the full 6 months upfront and not on a month-by-month basis.

I'll stick with what I said though. Get a boy you trust to scout the telephone polls around the neighborhoods you want to live in, looking for "house for rent" signs. Going solely off what's on the internet is probably going to cost you about 300% more for the same quality.

heh, reminds me of the last house I rented in Khon Kaen. Sure enough they required a lease agreement, which I was fine with. I don't even know why I did this, I guess because I was an illegal immigrant at the time, but I signed the lease as Henry Ford. They didn't care, as all they cared about was that wad of 1000 baht notes I pulled out of my pocket.

[Gaybutton]

Get a boy you trust to scout the telephone polls around the neighborhoods you want to live in, looking for "house for rent" signs.

That might work. It can't hurt to try, but be careful about how the boy is going to earn his money. I don't know where gerefan is going to find a boy he can trust or even if the boy will be available for that. You don't want a boy who is going to tell you he spent the whole day looking, but came up with nothing - or if he's clever, one or two - but he really spent the day sound asleep in his room. You have no way of knowing how much time, if at all, he actually spent looking, but you would still have to pay him. It's not that I wouldn't trust him, it's just that I wouldn't trust him . . .

Another problem about hiring a boy to do the looking: Many of the places where the boy should look are in security guarded neighborhoods. The security guard at the entrance gate would have to believe the boy's explanation as to why he wants to go in. Even if the guard believes him, it is likely his orders are not to let people enter without contact between the guard and the homeowner. The boy might be reluctant to even ask a security guard. With luck, the guard would know of any houses within the neighborhood that are for rent.

Since gerefan has made it clear he wants to be near the Jomtien Complex area, he might be better off hiring a motorbike taxi to take him around the area and do his own looking.

I don't see "For Rent" signs on houses very often. I do see them, but as I said, not often. It is actually much more common in Pattaya to see "For Sale" signs on houses rather than "For Rent" signs.

Another possibility, several shopping centers and grocery stores have public bulletin boards. There is a good chance of several house for rent ads on those, but gerefan would need to be flexible about where the house is located. Again, it can't hurt to look. Maybe he'll get lucky.

[goji]

Suggesting walking around looking for property advertising signs must surely be another form of trolling ?
There is no shortage of properties to rent advertised on the internet.
The problem specified by gerefan2 is that all the houses are for rental terms of 6 month or more, but a 3~4 month let is desired (recognizing that a slight increase in rent might be needed).

How the hell would walking around change the minimum rental term ?