Dear readers,
I am looking for a lawyer or lawyer who knows more about rental law and the associated permits. I hope that there is someone among the readers who can help me on my way or refer me.
We have a house in Ao Nang, leased land, so only owner of the house and not placed with a company. We do not live there ourselves, it is a holiday home. We want to rent it out and we have six bedrooms. Now we want to do that properly according to the rules, but now it turns out to be a bit more difficult than we had estimated.
According to our manager, you must apply for a hotel permit for more than 4 rooms. That seems to be a whole process and the rules are not clear and unambiguous. I read on the internet that there is a hotel type 0 and then you are exempt from a hotel permit. Now, of course, I hope we fall under that. But if we do fall under this, what kind of alternative permit should we apply for?
When I ask local lawyers about the hotel permit through our manager, we get the answer "don't start". It is of course not the intention that we start a very complicated and expensive process to rent out our house, it must all be in proportion.
If indeed a hotel permit must be applied for if you have 6 bedrooms, then it is better to close two bedrooms, although that is of course a pity and I am left with the question “what other permit should we have?”.
Thank you very much in advance for your help.
Regards,
Margot
If I understand correctly it is not a house, but rooms that you want to rent out to different individuals. You should inquire carefully, because I believe this is no longer allowed.
Thanks for your comment Eugene. I may not have been completely clear, but the rooms are not rented separately, only as a house as a whole.
Dear Margot, if you just have a house with six rooms and you rent that house to a couple or a family, there is nothing to worry about. Good consultation, drawing up rental contract, don't forget the deposit, nothing else to worry about. If you have a house with six rooms and each room has its own bathroom with shower and toilet, and you are going to rent out per room, then you are operating in a commercial manner and you will have to frame everything legally. You are farang, restrictions have been imposed on farang, if you succeed, you will have more burdens than benefits.
Other question: who is that administrator you are talking about? If that manager already thinks that renting is not possible, then that manager will look for answers that he/she already gave!
Thailand has several rental sites that can be found in Google both in the Netherlands and in Thailand.
But as long as you can't find solutions from Thailand, I wouldn't start it. Also remember that Thai people do not treat other people's things properly. The fact that a house is completely run down is not a thing of the past. Repairs are beyond the deposit.
Dear Margot,
In Ayutthaya you can find an extremely suitable lawyer for this. His name is Payu Wayakham and he has Thai and American nationality (so speaks fluent English). I see that you are in Krabi, but communication is also possible via Zoom or the like. Feel free to give him a call, he will certainly not send you into the woods. His number is 0898977980. Good luck.
Grjos
Thanks Josh, I'll get on it.
There is a difference between renting out rooms or a whole house, if you rent out the whole house there is no problem, if you rent out the rooms separately and it is more than 4 rooms, then you need a hotel permit