[EZLINK] Re: 2+1 (3 room) flat HDB Rentals
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Dear Umang,
I totally agree the points u raised, but somewhere we are the main
cause of this hike. For example if 2/3 friends sharing one house then
they calculate house rents individually & ended up offering high
rentals/commission. I found this tendency Specially in bachelors,
because of this a family person has to suffer and ended up spending
life in a sharing accommodation.
People start sending back there families & had to spend worst life.
I urge to reduce this tendency to pay high just because you guys
divide this high rents into parts.
Regards
Nikhil
— In ezlink@yahoogroups.com, suresh wrote:
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> Hi Umang,
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> I totally agree with you. we should discourage the agents/owners in
offering high rents.
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> Thanks & Regards
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> —– Original Message —-
> From: Umang
> To: ezlink@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 12:21:42 PM
> Subject: [EZLINK] 2+1 (3 room) flat HDB Rentals
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> Hi friends,
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> (Bedok/Tampines) and i observed that property markets are really
> slowing up here. Last year same time when i was looking for HDBs
> there used to be 10-12 prospective families for viewing a single
> unit. And by the time we see the unit completely the deal is fixed
> and closed. It seemed to be like a circus or an auction then. Now
> hardly 2-3 couples/families are to be seen and most of the times they
> are Indians. Also this time i observed that inspite of the asking
> rental of S$1700 - S$1800 the offered rents were much lesser, around
> S$1400 - S$1500. This really shows the slowdown. It is high time that
> we stop paying high rents and stop encouraging owners/agents. For a
> decent (i know nowadays we cannot find a decent livable HDB flat in
> Singapore but still…) 2+1 (3 room) i think the best offer can be
> around S$1200 - S$1400 and if the flat is exceptionally good then max
> S$1500. To avoid the last min hassles:
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> 1) Do your homework before you go house hunting.. i mean which areas
> you prefer to stay
> 2) Make your requirements very clear to the housing agent
> 3) It is better to start house hunting early say from the 10th month
> of your contract start date. If you find a decent home tell the owner
> you will move before the contract end date. In most of the contracts
> the min lockin period is 6 months after that the tenant is free to
> look for alternative home. But we need to give the owner 1 month
> notice before we leave the flat.
> 4) Offset the deposit amount with the rental for last month. Make
> this clear to your landlord.
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> I know the agents will laugh at you when you say the rentals are
> better deal”. These are some of the tricks the agents will use to
> lure you. Being Indians most of us may have faced racism in some sort
> or other when house hunting in Singapore and still we are the ones
> who can afford to pay rentals upto S$1600.
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> Dear friends i am writing this in the benefit of all Indians who have
> come 4000 miles to Singapore to earn and save a few dollars for our
> good salaries and can afford to pay S$1600 - 2000 for 2+1 HDB but
> also think about the other fellow Indians who dont earn much but
> still dream of saving some money at the end of the day. By paying up
> high rents we are just encouraging the agents/owners to ask for more
> and more. Dont fall into the hands of malafide agents/owners, act
> wise.
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> Regards
> Umang
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