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katbh wrote:^ well said.
Just act local. People here rarely say 'no'. They will either ignore you or say 'can' but then not do.
So just string him on in hope that you can avoid confrontation

Enligthening advice. Thanks.

It seems that tenancy advise should be part of introduction to any foreigners coming to work in Singapore. Even those with rental arranged by their companies are not immune to unpredictable headaches with landlords, agents...

Landlord (a representative relative) finally agreed to terminate tenancy and returning the deposit in a week.
But when asked to sign the agreement, they left with a "let me read this first".
Owkaay....

This is the first time I rent a place in Singapore, and I have got a serious problem 3 days after moving in the responsible agent going AWOL. Please let me know if I have enough ground to get this settled in SCT since I'm not sure how things work here. I considered bringing it up to SCT but a couple...