Staying with a friend who is renting a house

[bubbasour]

Hello everyone, my friend is renting a landed house .. and has offered me a small room to stay with him either for minor monthly rent or for free.

I wonder if there are any legal obstacles around this. Can you sub letting rent out a house in Singapore?

I just wanted to know what I should look out for moving in with my friend so neither of us get in trouble.

Do we need to have any contract in place if I pay rent?

How about if I stay in at no charge? Thanks!

[Strong Eagle]

Hello everyone, my friend is renting a landed house .. and has offered me a small room to stay with him either for minor monthly rent or for free.

I wonder if there are any legal obstacles around this. Can you sub letting rent out a house in Singapore?

I just wanted to know what I should look out for moving in with my friend so neither of us get in trouble.

Do we need to have any contract in place if I pay rent?

How about if I stay in at no charge? Thanks!

Are you legally able to live in Singapore? If yes, then your friend can probably rent you a room. It depends what his TA says. Some of them say that additional roommates are OK if approved by landlord, others TA's, like mine, said nothing.

[wwww]

He can legally rent it to you if he registers the contract with URA (there will be tax implications) and if the duration is at least six months.

[waleed123]

They also have tools for extracting the maximum amount of cash from your wallet... definitely not the cheapest place in town.

[ecureilx]

They also have tools for extracting the maximum amount of cash from your wallet... definitely not the cheapest place in town.

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landed houses aren't always expensive

there are some which are a bit far from main road with rental going super low

like one I saw, a huge room in a 3 storey house at 800$, near Bartley road.