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I agree, whenever I go to JB for meetings with clients, I normally don't wander out at night on my own. I don't drive around there too. My colleague got car jacked once at some brightly lit petrol station and the robber threatened to slash him with the parang if he didn't hand over the keys. Its no...

We are getting all the info together, have until end of next year to decide, april 2009 to move out. That's when our lease runs out. Will post more on my experiences as time goes by. Should something real nice come up sooner then you will all hear about it

Hi all, I just received this link from the Malaysian High Commission: http://www.mm2h.gov.my

I will post more info here as and when I get it.

[quote]Another unit almost had me fainting coz a lizard jumped out of the owners fridge! Ohhhh dont tell the owner or the price goes up for having easy access to wildlife :lol: I am afraid I don't have any respect for agents here in Singapore, I put them into the same group as used car sales men and...

Aren't you going to have your passport fully covered in entry/exit stamps in a month? I mean, if you gonna have to cross the border every day?

I am not sure how it works, but I was told there is a access card for exactly that reason.... but this is the least of my worries

I also have the same problem, also staying in a condo in the west mainly because my housing allowance was terminated and the place where I stayed before increased by 100% In 2009 I also have to leave Singapore for that same reason - extortionate rental increases. But, there are houses(not apartments...

Have you all read the comments from landlords who are trying to shed the image of being greedy? They are complaining that tenants have for too long enjoyed low rents and that the landlords had to add a considerable amount to this rental income in order to make the mortgage payments. Well, poor landl...

the rent has drop to S$3.2 today

educated at the superb local schools lah our kids will talk like this too in a few years

Public pools abundant in Sillypore!

And at the end your children speak perfect Singlish lah

Good for you remersonh, and a kick in the teeth for overpricing landlords But I wonder how much increase you will pay after your lease ends..... maybe condo owners had their chance, now its time to give way to HDB owners to make a killing.

Salary hikes are below 5% average year by year in the same job. To get a decent hike you would have to jump jobs. That's unfortunate and also shortsighted on the employers side since they invest in training only to find employees moving on after. There is no way you can match housing rent increases ...

It is indeed about the comfort level. Most of us are far from home(Europe/USA) and if it wasn't for the comfort level we would be constantly thinking about home and what we gave up. I am sure most of us miss having our relatives around or at least easily accessible. This is part of the price we pay ...

There is plenty to be worried about as an expat! You have to plan on either having huge increases in rent everytime your lease expires or be prepared to move. If you have children, they will have to change school every two years or travel longer distances to school. School fees are also on the incre...

Hi Stuttgarter, Gmuender here ;-) since your tenancy agreement ended months ago you are not really bound to any agreement and you could deduct the security deposit from the rent. However, your landlord may just decide to change the locks one day when you are out on the grounds that you are not payin...

There seems to be so much hostile feelings built up against apartment owners, they seem to have successfuly built a similar reputation to secondhand car salesmen in the UK.... Teaching a 'RIFE LESSON' is not really the objective, more like achieving a reasonable and stable rental level would be more...