Getting Your Rental Deposit Back in Thailand

Documentation, timelines, and what a landlord can and can't deduct

Getting your full deposit back at the end of a Thai lease isn't complicated, but it does depend almost entirely on what you document on day one and how you handle the last few weeks of the tenancy. Here's a practical sequence, from the move-in inventory to escalating a dispute, that puts the evidence in your hands rather than relying on a landlord's memory of the unit's original condition.