I said no housemates. Never said I don't have visitors staying over whom I do not collect rental from. It's a bachelor pad.

This post has been edited by seantang: Jul 30 2011, 11:34 PM

I like people who help me clean up, not make it messier. That should answer your question

I'll buy when I'm ready. I can wait.

Why am I introverted? I just don't like living with strangers. I have no need to.

He can do whatever he wants as long as it's within the law.

This post has been edited by seantang: Jul 31 2011, 12:21 AM

廢話

Most landlords have this rule if they are also living in the house. Especially if their family is also staying there.

IMHO, it's understandable. If I were the landlord, I wouldn't want to have strangers (ie. non-tenants or best case, non-regular visitors) having a free run of my house, using my stuff, contaminating my fridge, washing machine, utensils etc. One week, it's this friend. Next week, it's that friend... for instance. And if something is broken or stolen/lost, who's going to blame whom?

I rented 3 rooms in one year when I was in college. 2 out of 3 were okay with me bringing back a gf and she stays over, but had to make sure she doesn't walk around in the middle of the night in her underwear or something (or nothing) etc. All were okay to have my parents stay a night or two if they visited. But none would let me bring back friends to hangout, definitely not overnight.

This post has been edited by seantang: Aug 1 2011, 03:32 PM

Exactly. Some things are worth the 1K or so difference. Quality of life is so much better.

Mind you, renting a room doesn't mean that the landlord is 'handing over possession' of one of the rooms in their flat over to the tenant. It's more like the tenant is a boarder, to use the traditional English term. The law still deems the landlord as having full possession of the entire flat, indeed the law does not recognise sub-letting as a transfer of possession at all. The landlord is still accountable for everything that goes on under his roof, from breeding aedes mosquitos to the unlawful possession of contrabrand and the use of the room for prostitution.

IMHO, a room renter is entitled to board in the landlord's house (and have a reasonable amount of privacy), but is not entitled to treat the house (and therefore the room) as his own.

When you rent a unit however, there is a legal handover of possession (usually the keys), and from the point on, the tenant gains legal possession of the premises.

When you buy a seat on a plane, the captain still has the right to throw you off the flight or restrain you, no? Even if you misbehave in your seat only.

Or what's the difference between taking a taxi and renting a car?

I reckon it's all about legal possession.

If you have legal possession of the premises, you can give or restrict access to those premises as you so desire.

Following that, my opinion is that you cannot gain possession (in its complete sense) of a room within a flat. IIRC, in cases of duplexes (ie. two separate living spaces within a single condo), the concept of whether possession of one living space within a larger unit is achievable, was based on whether entry/exit to the primary living areas were separated.

Lastly, if it's established that you cannot have legal possession of a room within a unit, then IMHO it's the room renter who should specifically INCLUDE into the room tenancy contract - those types of rights which are similar to those of someone who has legal possession of a unit. It should not be the other way around ie. assumed that those rights are already native to the room renter and only excluded if stated in the room tenancy contract.

So I reckon there's no need for the landlord to restrict rights which a room renter does not have. It's the room renter who has to seek to include additional rights into the tenancy agreement.

Common law originated from Britain, where kings and lords owned all the land and their subjects lived on those lands as their property.

Singapore is practically a nation of home owners / (potential) landlords.

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Added on August 1, 2011, 6:05 pmEveryone needs motivation, right?

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Added on August 1, 2011, 6:06 pmMaybe I want to continue bringing gfs home. Having a wife will sort of stop all that, isn't it?

This post has been edited by seantang: Aug 1 2011, 06:08 PM

Enough with the 20 questions lah.

I love a company with lots of policies because I'm generally someone who thrives when there are a lot of rules and procedures. Once you learn the system, you are also able to game it because every reaction to your actions becomes predictable. It's like playing a huge Koei's Romance of Three Kingdoms game and you control the outcomes because you know how to manipulate the programming logic.

This post has been edited by seantang: Aug 1 2011, 09:33 PM

Doesn't matter if it's a percentage or fixed amount. As long as you budget and stick to it.

I was able to live quite well in KL with a budget of 7K. Rented a 2 story terrace in Kelana Jaya, drove 2 cars (a 6km/L super petrol guzzling Proton Putra and a backup Datsun 120Y), ate pretty well, but due to the currency - probably had to think a bit longer to buy stuff like playstations, laptops and mobile phones etc.

Didn't feel like I was "damn suffer".

Aiya, that has nothing to do with the town. It's about you and the wife/gf you choose. If you like the type who contribute problems but don't contribute income, then you deal with it lor.

Up to you lor if you choose to lump everything into "due to being in KL".

To follow up on my earlier question on paying income tax with GIRO, just received my GIRO instalment schedule from my company's payroll dept. I set up the GIRO payment using internet banking on Jul 19, and the schedule from IRAS is dated Jul 22. That's pretty fast, only 3 days to respond. However, my company's payroll people sat on it for 2 weeks!

Anyway, IRAS split up the amount into 8 instalments from Sept11 to Apr12. Something about full payment for each prior year must be made by April.

Someone was looking for GIRO branch codes earlier. Just remembered I had bookmarked this page previously:

http://www.hsbc.com.sg/1/2/miscellaneous/p...anch-codes#bank

Did anyone see the 8TV Ramadan PSA (Public Service Announcements) that created a firestorm online?

https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/8tvfb