Hi i would like to seek your advice if i have the right to report this to police or escalate top SCT.
Me and my husband just move in to a
condo last nov 24. The contract just started as well on the same date signed by our main tenant and the landlord. We have no tenancy agreement to stay for a particular period of time as long as we will notice them if we want to move and wait for replacement.
I gave them 1 month advance and 2 months deposit which i have the receipt.
We noticed in our stay that the main tenant is very greedy and always change the rules. Like the computation of PUB which we do not agree.On our 2nd month of stay we noticed the aircon is not cooling.We call the aircon service and told us it needs chemical wash. I paid for it but still not cooling. We call another aircon service and said it need to top up freon gas,again i paid for it but still the a/c is still not cooling.The main tenant call his contact aircon service to fix our a/c. They said the problem is a coil and they manage to fix it. The main tenant told us he pay 200sgd but didnt show us the receipt. He told us in their tenancy agreement between the landlord, LL will only pay for the cost more than 200+ which means we have to shoulder it. I told the MAin tenant to report first to LL but he insist that we have to shoulder it. I have no choice but to agree to pay for 200sgd for the aircon repair.
To cut the long story short we had some arguments and we decided to move as long as we already have the replacement. After a month still they havent get any new tenant then we have to pay for another 1 month. We already pay until the next cut off which is feb 24. We agreed that in case they find any replacement before the cut off the last month will be prorated.
Finally we manage to get new tenant who will replace us and wants to move in urgently on 16th of feb. We are very flexible as long as we can already move out to this house. We now talk about the deposit. The main tenant told us he need to deduct the 200 for the aircon repair plus he needs to hold another 200SGd for a month in case the aircon will spoil again after we move out. I only agree to deduct the 200 repair but not to deposit of another 200. (what for?? it is no longer my obligation if the aircon spoil after i move out. As long as the aircon is now running smoothly and we paid for any damages before we leave) The main tenant still insist that he will not return the deposit. WE already move out our things but still havent give us back the deposit.
Please advice.