PATTAYA — A young man in East Pattaya is pleading for help after his family was ordered to vacate their home despite having already paid more than one million baht toward its purchase. The property, located in Nong Pla Lai subdistrict of Bang Lamung district, was unexpectedly sold at a legal auction following a mortgage dispute involving the original developer.
According to 24-year-old Suthipong Nanta, his family began making instalment payments in 2015 after signing a contract with the housing project developer. Over five years, they paid about 1.5 million baht of the agreed 3 million baht total and moved into the house in 2017. However, in 2020, they discovered the developer had secretly mortgaged the land and property to a financial institution.
The Department of Legal Execution later seized and auctioned the property. A new buyer acquired it in 2024, and by 2025, representatives arrived with legal documents demanding that Suthipong and his three younger siblings vacate within three days.
Suthipong refused to leave, insisting that the family’s payments must be recognized and that any eviction should follow proper court procedures. “We’ve invested our life savings into this home. We are not squatters; we are victims,” he said.
He was briefly detained by police during the dispute, as officers mistakenly believed he was linked to the original developer. He was later released after the court confirmed his innocence.
Currently, Suthipong continues living in the house with his siblings, while his parents have left due to stress and threats from representatives of the new owner. “I just want the police to speak with us, give us two to three months to prepare, and allow us to leave with dignity,” he said.
He is now calling on local and national authorities to intervene and ensure that families like his, caught in legal disputes not of their making, are treated fairly.