Rent a house in Thailand
Check it before you pay for it.
A house that looks fine on a sunny day can leak, flood, or lose its water when the rain comes. Run the checklist, learn the words that matter in the lease, and know who pays when the aircon dies. Big text, big buttons, made to work while you are standing in the house with the agent.
The phrases use ครับ, the polite ending for men. If you are a woman, say ค่ะ instead of ครับ.
✅ Before you pay a deposit
Tap each box as you check it. Your ticks are saved on this phone only, so you can come back to the same house later and see what is left.
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📋 The lease in plain English
The words that matter, what they mean in plain English, and the Thai word to look for on the paper. Tap Listen to hear the Thai word.
💬 Talk to the landlord
Search in English, like "deposit", "aircon", or "rent". Tap Listen and let the landlord hear it in Thai. Phrases marked "from Thai Ready" are word for word from the course. The others follow the same pattern and are marked so.
🔧 When things break, who usually pays?
General information only, and your lease wins every time. If the lease says something different, the lease is what counts. The rule of thumb: the building and the things that came with it are the landlord's job, damage you caused is yours.