By the by, you, SE and I were pretty much neighbors, because I lived up Greenview Crescent with my family from '80 to '84.

The fees due are laid down in law. The only room for varying them is if they get negotiated (i.e. with your agreement). Any fees due will be stated in the agreement you receive for instructing your agent.TandD wrote:Thank you for all the tips. I've been regularly looking at . site to get an idea but very nervous of having to pay fees that are unnecessary and getting taken for a ride. By nature we're not as assertive as we'd like to be.
You need to push yourself to be assertive in matters like these.... Locking in accommodation for 2 years is an important decision and a long time to be stuck in a compromised/unhappy situation because you were too timid to speak up... good luck!TandD wrote:Thank you for all the tips. I've been regularly looking at . site to get an idea but very nervous of having to pay fees that are unnecessary and getting taken for a ride. By nature we're not as assertive as we'd like to be.
This is exactly the benefit we got from using an agent and it made the entire process smooth and stress free. The agent has also done things like this:Max Headroom wrote:To be honest, I don't see the problem really. Using an agent likely means you'll be tapping into a pretty solid mental and online database of available homes that are at least fairly compatible with your criteria, as well as his or her local knowledge of Singapore's neighborhoods' pros and cons, not to mention his or her road network know-how. All of which will surely streamline your viewing days.
I reckon there's plenty of benefit to be gleaned from an agent; to wit, if he or she can cut your days viewing properties in half, then that alone will reduce your short-term accommodation cost bigtime, given the insane hotel room and Service Apartment rates nowadays.
But best of all, you'll have more time to focus on your work and family during the pretty stressful transition days, especially when you consider that you're bound to be knackered from the off-the-scale heat and humidity for the first few months.
Right, follow these simple guide lines and you won't be screwed over in term of fees.TandD wrote:Thank you for all the tips. I've been regularly looking at . site to get an idea but very nervous of having to pay fees that are unnecessary and getting taken for a ride. By nature we're not as assertive as we'd like to be.
My friend is now paying 2.4K for 2+1 HDB at Ghim Moh Road. His landlord demands sgd 800 pm increase and outright refuses to negotiate (contract renewal due in April). Motivation: changed quotas for foreigners renting HDB.Saint wrote: 4) rental prices are definitely coming down and there are far more partments available for rental than there are available tenants.
I'm struggling to comprehend the Landlord's logic. Whatever happens, the Landlord will have to submit a new subletting application to HDB in April and there's a chance that at the time of application the FC quota is fully used so Landlord can't "Legally" rent out the HDB.Sergei82 wrote:My friend is now paying 2.4K for 2+1 HDB at Ghim Moh Road. His landlord demands sgd 800 pm increase and outright refuses to negotiate (contract renewal due in April). Motivation: changed quotas for foreigners renting HDB.Saint wrote: 4) rental prices are definitely coming down and there are far more partments available for rental than there are available tenants.
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