Condo Tenancy Completion Dispute
Posted: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 1:42 pm
Hi,
We are facing a situation with our landlord wherein on completion of the tenancy agreement, the landlord has carried out an inspection of the premises and pointed towards 200-300 issues in the unit. Most problems are regular wear and tear over 2 years of our tenancy.
The landlord then demanded us to pay S$18000 for closing the matter, whereas our security deposit is S$3200 (We signed the TA for 1 year and then renewed for another year). At the time of renewal, the landlord removed his agent, so presently no real estate agents are involved.
The landlord's intention seems to be to get the premise renovated at our expense.
The landlord threatened to claim from us damages of more than S$20,000, along with rental on the current market rate in court till the time his premise is not in rentable condition if we did not agree to his offer of S$18,000 - which we refused. Per our view, the premise is already in rentable condition. We offered to forgo our deposit which he refused.
Any advice on how should we proceed?
Anyone who has been in a similar situation and can share their insights would be helpful. Further, do we need to hire a lawyer? Any estimates of the cost of a lawyer and references will be helpful too.
Thanks in advance for your response.
We are facing a situation with our landlord wherein on completion of the tenancy agreement, the landlord has carried out an inspection of the premises and pointed towards 200-300 issues in the unit. Most problems are regular wear and tear over 2 years of our tenancy.
The landlord then demanded us to pay S$18000 for closing the matter, whereas our security deposit is S$3200 (We signed the TA for 1 year and then renewed for another year). At the time of renewal, the landlord removed his agent, so presently no real estate agents are involved.
The landlord's intention seems to be to get the premise renovated at our expense.
The landlord threatened to claim from us damages of more than S$20,000, along with rental on the current market rate in court till the time his premise is not in rentable condition if we did not agree to his offer of S$18,000 - which we refused. Per our view, the premise is already in rentable condition. We offered to forgo our deposit which he refused.
Any advice on how should we proceed?
Anyone who has been in a similar situation and can share their insights would be helpful. Further, do we need to hire a lawyer? Any estimates of the cost of a lawyer and references will be helpful too.
Thanks in advance for your response.