Monthly Archives: September 2009

Her tenant HAD HER OWN TENANTS

Posted on 20 Sep 2009 | Comments Off on Her tenant HAD HER OWN TENANTS

Woman warned by URA that condo is illegally sub-divided. Her defence? She didn’t know that…

SHE rented a four-room 3,000 sq ft maisonette, but MsBelle Kuan sub-let it to 11 other people without the landlord’s knowledge.

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SUB-DIVIDED: MrStuart Cheng showing the reporter around the 3,000 sqft apartment.

She allegedly partitioned it as well.

Now the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has informed the landlord Madam Anne Wang by letter early this week that her apartment, at Elizabeth Towers, off Orchard Road, had been partitioned illegally.

URA has given her and Ms Kuan one month to tear down the partition.

The URA rule states that partitioning private properties for rental is illegal.

Madam Wang, a businesswoman in her 50s, has since terminated the lease with Ms Kuan who had rented the apartment of $6,000 a month.

It’s not known how much total rent Ms Kuan was allegedly collecting from her sub-tenants. Continue reading →

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Dream home? Dream on..

Posted on 20 Sep 2009 | Comments Off on Dream home? Dream on..

In exactly 1,008 hours, or one month and 10 days, my tenancy agreement will expire.

In view of this deadline, my husband and I recently decided that after eight years in this country, perhaps it was time for us to own a piece of Singapore.

Thus we embarked on the Great Singapore House Hunt.

First, we crunched our numbers and arrived at a budget that would not turn us into indentured servants.

Then, we jotted down all the things we were looking for in a house.

We have two pre-schoolers and a maid, so that means we will need an apartment with enough space for the kids to move about without breaking the furniture – or a limb – and for our helper to have a bit of privacy that won’t have to be in the washroom.

Location, location, location. For us, that means our home must be near work, school and play. Otherwise, the only person who will enjoy living in it will be our maid.

To help us further in our quest, we kept in mind a recent article by this newspaper’s Money Editor who wrote about tips his parents had given him for buying a house. Paramount is the $1,000 per sq ft rule – do not buy an apartment priced above this amount.

With these criteria in mind, we set out on our quest. Continue reading →

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