Exactly the same situation occurs with Condominiums. The cutting off of utilities depends on the who supplies the service. In the Condominium that I have in Bangkok the water is supplied via the Juristic office, whereas the electricity is directly from the MEA. Under the Condominium Act the Juristic IS empowered to cut off the water supply. This actually happened with some units where mine is. However, they were able to obtain a court order to reinstate it after a couple of days. Ironically, the defaulting party is the original developer who has retained a block of units that he rents out, and the only ones to suffer were his tenants.
My house in Hua Hin, although part of the development, is outside the gated area. The residents formed a "committee", rather than a Juristic and attempted to have everyone contribute to the "common area" upkeep. I declined as there was and is NO common area around my property, it is directly on the government road. It has not worked out, and I now believe that the two parts of the development, which are separated by the mentioned road, are at loggerheads!
It is a big problem where common areas are involved, as there are always going to be those that will not contribute, both Thai and Farang.
In the case of the Condos it is a simple matter to block a sale until the arrears are paid, but it may not be so easy with a free standing house if it is on privately owned land.
One that is in place which will remain is no transfer of the chanote unless fees are paid in full. That's already been established some time ago with the land office via a flag system in their computer records. That's all well and good but it doesn't provide the needed working capital to keep the place operating the way it should be.
