treeOfLife

I guess what I said here all very theoretical. In reality what happen if the tenants has nothing to pay, no furniture, no money. Do you still want to sue him? What to do then, you go really lock up the door?

If you win, the tenant will pay all the cost plus double the rental owned. You cannot just chain the door. Before any judgment is made by the court, they have the right to stay in the house. The problem is that in some cases, the landlord is really in the wrong end such as not repairing, maintaining the place, the tenant doesn't want to pay rental. Although the tenants should not make non payment under any circumstances, if you chain the house and the tenants sue you, you may in the loosing end. You have to go through proper way to solve the problem. Singapore has very good law implemented to protect either parties. There is no worry if you are in the right end.

I think $1100 for painting the whole house is cheap. Can you share who give you the quotation?

It is not so simple that you can just go in like that. I think you need to file a civil law suit against the tenant to re-possess your house.

Yes, you need to wait for them to move out before adding chain and lock. You cannot just go in and do it because, although they break the TA, before court makes any judgment, they still have legal right to stay in the house. You can only apply to court to get the them evicted if they don't move out voluntary. After that you can add your lock and chain.

Thanks! I hope the fact that I took the partial payment won't cause any damage.

The TA is stamped. It is a normal TA with something like that 7 days, the TA is determined and landlord has right to re-entry the house. I talked to the agent, she advises to me to accept the partial payment because it helps to cut lose. My agent helps me to ask for payment. But the tenant has no reply either. What else can the agent do?

I have rented my house to a local family who are doing business. They told me that they cannot make full payment this month. They drive Mercedes and with very posh furniture. I accepted the partial payment. More than half month past. The other part of payment of the month is due and they didn't answer my SMS for the rental. What should I do? Do you think will they be a good tenant in future?