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You could try the Balestier area, a million lighting shops around there. Mostly terrible rip-offs. In the absence of better suggestions, you could try Chan Huat there. They have been operating in this stretch for over 20 years and have several shopfronts, some of which I regularly see their staff do...

I understand it depends on the market , but I see SO many empty rentals in one condo and wonder how they can stay empty for that long! As JR put it, counting the number of vacant units is irrelevant. When mortgage rates hover at around 1%, and property prices don't take a big tumble, they can stay ...

You can contact the Certificate of Clearance Office at Tel: (65) 64358275 or (65) 64358277. It is issued to citizens only, but it's likely that whoever picks up the phone can assist you if you're not a citizen. At the very least, it's the right number to call. Getting required assistance, sometimes ...

yvonneera98765432 wrote:it depends, do u have a clause of Option to Renew? if yes, u may each ask a valuator to value the rental of the house and will take the averge of it - that is if u insist on staying there.. The landlord cant just say i want to double your rent like that..

What?

Singaporeans, especially educated Singaporean Chinese are way too stressed out to have many kids, if any at all. They get stressed out over things like their bosses being unhappy with their work, whether they can get their children into this school or that school, whether they can find enough expens...

I would suggest if you are looking at renting a property you might consider crossing out the clause that basically allows them to come and go and show as many people as they want, and insert a clause that says reasonable access will be arranged but there will be a fee. Does not resolve the issue of...

Next to my place in D12 is one that has 2 units per level each served by its own lift, a side gate. It does however have a half-day security guard, and is pretty small (not many units there as well). The pool's on level 12 or something.

Not much space for your dog to run around unfortunately.

What kind of business are you planning to run in said condo?

Because the entire unit is cheap, he's really wanting to take the risk of going ahead with the tenancy agreement with the anchor tenant. N.B. there is a clause, he's found out recently, in the anchor tenant's tenancy agreement with the landlord, that the landlord's tenancy agreement with the anchor...

The issue of the replacement tenant is the big IF to me. You might have a right to find one and nominate him, but the landlord is under no obligation to accept him, and until when/if he does the original tenant is still fully on the hook . How many times could a landlord reject a ‘reasonable’ repla...

The A$ did crash to 1:1 during the GFC, and has recovered and then some. So whoever bought into the Aussie before the GFC certainly have come out unscathed. However, buying into it at $1.30 before the GFC and enjoying yields of 6% and marginal capital appreciation means very little considering one c...

That's interesting teck. So If you can demonstrate ready willingness to make reasonable compensation for terminating the lease, that should in theory go a long way in court. Paying the remainder not always being reasonable depending on the market and remainder of the term . If the rates are "up", a...

What enshrines these 'rights' which you suggest exist? The TA is a contract, and a contract that leaves the issues of penalties for breaches unsaid. This has been used as a stick to beat tenants for ages with legally unenforceable threats. Whatever penalties may arise will be subject to COntract la...

He is demanding that I pay him the entire years rent even though I wont be in SIngapore as there is no diplomatic clause in my contract. Can anyone guide me on how to go about dealing with this issue? He is throwing legalities in my face. Is there any law in Singapore that protects the tenent? Than...

3. Final question, if (as a PR) you perform your original NS obligation but then are living overseas full time (still keeping your PR if you can) are you required to return to Singapore on a yearly or bi yearly basis to perform your additional training? I think MS may have misunderstood this part. ...