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hey all, thanks for all your inputs! Some good help here so would like to summarise what someone else could do if this happens to them, basically my lessons learnt in this Singapore land of rules that don't actually get enforced. Today the noisy neighbour is gone, he moved out...due to his lease exp...

Thank you Lisa! Just out of interest what is your nuisance neighbour being up to please? Good points you have. I've tried to soundproof but the noise is coming from the floor below me, rugs and rubber mats do nothing...even this sound can be heard in opposite rooms from where the dog is locked in. I...

Thank you PNGMK! Perfect advice, will follow through with the agent to break lease.

Dear expats, Firstly you can refer to my previous post from some months ago if you want some context: https://forum.singaporeexpats.com/viewtopic.php?t=142036 Basically my neighbour continues to be a nuisance, if his friends are not screaming at 3am in the morning we've had this: -The couple living ...

@Rocketboy near a heartland HDB area, definitely not an area like Geylang. You can't choose your neighbours. @Lisafuller if reached out to them in a nice way over balcony, instead I get yelled at. The tenant has also tried to intimidate me in the condo carpark. Silly boy he is, I just stood there wi...

thank you all! Waited for this thread to settle with all points of view before I reply. @tiktok they don't seem to sleep because I've seen them go quite at 8am and then 10am they're outside smoking. By 3pm they're off to the KTV...weird must be on something. @PNGMK valuable points thank you! I'll ke...

Dear Expats, In the last 3 months a new tenant has moved into the unit directly below mine. Since they have moved in I've to put up with 1 of 2 things 6 to 7 days a week and basically got no sleep: 1. Party start at 8/9/10pm and goes non-stop until even beyond 7am. Noise issues include music, shouti...

Been using them for a couple of years. If you simply want to straight funds transfers to saving/cheque accounts in other countries then they work great and almost the cheapest rates. I've had transfers out of Singapore reach US and AUS bank accounts within 5 mins to 12 hours max....very quick. Howev...

Is there a condition on EP holder that you need to reside in Singapore for a certain number of days per year? My employer wishes me to travel a lot this year, well most of the year, but they are worried it may be a violation of my EP if I'm not in Singapore for the majority of the year. Trying to fi...

Dear expats,
Any ideas on where one can purchase sound blankets in Singapore please?
Something like these:
https://acousticalsolutions.com/product ... d-blanket/
https://www.soundaway.com/Soundproofing ... /31003.htm

How would you guys deal with a LL and Agent that during the handover says "we will get back to you in a couple of days while we do a further inspection?"

Whoa, this took me hours to read! Thought it would be nice to add the TA made by CASE: https://www.case.org.sg/pdf/Model%20Tenancy%20Agreement.pdf Sorry if it has been posted here earlier, of course amendments to the file should be made on case-by-case basis. Great thanks! This one is for HDB thoug...

Well there you are; you've helped yourself. Please post a link to the guide for others. Being able to quote ad infinitum and verbatim from an actual source is a good way to bloody the noses of these rapacious bastards. Edit: What you might want to think about is whether any of those marks are damag...

Straight from the Small Claims Tribunal's "A Guide To Tenancy Disputes": "At the end of the tenancy, the tenant is expected to return the premises to the landlord. However, it is unreasonable to expect no changes to the premises after living there for some time. Hence, the tenancy agreement usually ...

Fair wear and tear but depending on the floor material (is that stone or tile?) it may buff out. Floors are problematic here - some LL put down marble, which while it can be recut, damaged easily. Others put tiles which means one chipped tile can lead to an entire floor being relaid. Either way sho...