This is a new double story house under development and expected completion date is end of 2012. I have been going to the site monthly for its status. Unfortunately the unit that the workers are staying is the unit that I have purchased. Aren't those workers are not allow to stay inside the 90% completed unit. What will happen to the final finishes? The worst might be that these workers will just shit inside the house as there is no toilet available for them.

So all this will be treated as a defect?

Please advise.

Hi Dario,

I have a question regarding the transfer of property.
My Grandpa passed away and will stating the property to be transfer to me. After all the processing for 2 years, the property now is under my name. But i would like to transfer the property to my brother. Do i need to pay any tax? government tax? i heard some people say need to pay what government tax 20%++ on the market value of the property which is like few hundred k. i m not selling the house but transferring to my own siblings.

The property is more than 20years now so Real property gain tax wont come into play.

Hi Dariofoo

Hope you can give me some advise what to do.

I put up a paid ad at propwall to sell a house of mine.
Then one real estate agent stole some of my pictures to be
used in his own free ad of another house. I called the agent up
and request him to remove the pictures of my house from his post. He agree
but till today it's still there. My pictures are all watermarked but he edited them out.

I then emailed propwall admin and requested that they remove it.
But the admin says they will call the agent and ask him to do it.

I fear that nothing will happen. I will wait a few days to see what happens.

If nothing, what can I do? Can reporting to MCMC do anything?
Btw the pictures is a very different type of house than what the agent is selling.
It's totally a misrepresentation besides been not the same house

Thanks in advance

Oh another thing, this thing has happened before but that time propwall
removed his ad but not this time. Same agent

Thanks Dario for your answer. I'm thinking isn't Propwall also accountable for what goes onto their website? Its accuracy and the integrity of their advertisers?

That is the worst case scenario. Anyway most developer forbid the workers to stay in any of the lots and instead they will allocate the workers quarter/cabin for them, right?

Hi Mr.Foo,
After searching LAWYER CORNER and LAWYER CORNER V2, I haven't see anybody asking how much a Standard Normal WILL Cost? What is the range like? is it RM500 to RM1000?

Does a WILL include my EPF/KWSP and everything I have will pass it to beneficiary according to LAW.

Thanks.

A lawyer quoted the below disbursement fees for a Perfection of Charge transaction for my bank (Property was issued an individual title). It looks a bit excessive to me (as it comes up to abt the same amount for the legal fees) and would like to get your opinion.

Stamping of Charge Annexure @ 4 copies  40.00
Land Search      90.00
Registration of Charge      120.00
Purchase of Documents      200.00
Printing & Faxing      100.00
Courier & Misc        100.00
Transport,        200.00
        Total 850.00

The legal fees came up to RM890. This is not an MOT as i went with the original S&P lawyer for that

not by choice. Bank wanted their own panel and developer had their own panel.

yup currently after VP. Legal fees for loan was not absorbed by developer, and loan lawyer was dictated by bank.

hihi~~

if the condo purchase is still under construction, did the buyer need to submit CKHT 2A form to LHDN?? i'm wondering about that. 

the law stated tat buyer need to submit the form to LHDN 60days after date of agreement. otherwise penalty will be imposed on buyer.

can anyone clarify for me?? thanks~~

Hi Lyn forumers,

I got a question regarding to RPGT.

I don't know how this will work out.

Case: Let's say I bought a piece of residential land in June 2010. I built a bungalow house on that peice of land and then sold the land and bungalow together in June 2012.

Originally, it was a piece of land (when bought) and sell it (land plus bungalow).

My question is how the RPGT will be imposed here?

Dear Mr Dario Foo,

The scenario is like this, i made a purchase of a property and conducted renovation work on the said unit.

However, i found out that certain part of my unit was not done properly by the developer before handing over of the property.

Since renovation work has taken place, am i able to claim for defective work from the developer since the DLP has not lapsed as yet.

Thanks in advance.

i See.

is that mean

my acquisition price would be

land cost + the cost of the buungalow i built
so my rpgt calculation would be base on nett of

my selling price - (land cost + bungalow building cost)

am i right?

p/s: then which date should be follow for acquisition date; June 2010 bought land and building bungalow done in June 2012? Selling in June 2012.

Buy a sub sale property but seller lawyer have nt revert to my lawyer on the draft spa and given my lawyer a copy of ic for spa preparation.  I buy direct from owner and had prepared a simple form for both party to sign. In the form I stated if spa not sined within 14 working days due to seller not furnish the necessary docs for spa, buyer can call off the deal and asked for deposit refund plus liquidated damages. Next Thursday is due for the spa, if seller still hv nt confirm on spa, can I call off the deal and ask for deposit refund?

Hi there Mr dario foo,

What are the procedures to sell a property under construction of I am buying directly from the developer other than getting the developer`s consent? Thanks

TS, Sorry for not reading the rules and regulation at the 1st place .

here is the problem , hopefully someone can help. 

Ok, so here my bro in law owned Ah long , so now my sister divorce with him edi. And she afraid that Ah Long might able to snatch their house away, so she want my mom which previously loaned them with her own coffin money up to RM 200k

So, in the caveat stated that my mom loan them Rm 200k+ for the renovation of their house , and she wanna place caveat on that particular property to safeguard her own advantage, the caveat will be lift off when the loan of RM 200k will settled by my sister.

But the thing is, my sister gave us 3 form for my mom to sign,

1. To place the caveat on the property (It got stated that my mom will lift off the caveat if only my sister pay finish the RM 200k)

2. To admit about she loan my sister RM 200k and wanna place caveat on it

3. To lift it off

My mom feel that it is not necessary to sign the 3rd form as it will proof that my sister already paid off the RM 200k + and she can lift off the caveat anytime. My mom scared that in future , my sister might use that particular document to against her.

So when my mom confront my sister about the 3rd document , my sister was furious and said that the Lawyer do this is to protect their property from taken by Ah Long and the reason stated in the caveat is fake, because in order to caveat the property, it require reason for it.
Note: The whole caveat was arranged by my sister with the reason of afraid the ah long will take the property away. The house name I think is under my sister or half of it under my brother in law.

So the question is

Is it ok to sign the 3rd Caveat??
Again, my sister said that those reason are fake but the document are real. She doesn't really mean to give back the RM 200k and my mom worried that she might use this document to make a fake proof that she has repaid the loan back to my mom . So the caveat are real but the reason on those caveat's documents were false. Which mean that the caveat are not fake but the reason is.

She then proceed and said that the Lawyer requires all the 3 documents to be submit together. Is it true?

And she again mentioned that what if in future, when our mom is not here or too old to sign then she will face a lot of problem and further said that we want to eat her property off by not signing the 3rd form   

Any pro can help me out? urgent >.<

Thank you

Dear shifus,

Can i file a complain to consumer tribunal on this scenario?

Grille contractor had urged my mum to pay for deposit without any endorsement on quotation and he had installed a metal door which do not match with door frame. There is a approx 2cm gap in between door frame and lever handle lock so that i can easily open the door without a key. Had asked contractor the rectify the issue but the contractor refuse to do it and refuse to refund deposit as well.

Thanks.

Thanks Brother Dario,

The clause as below: -

The formal SPA shall be executed within 14 working days (excluding public holiday and weekend) from the date of receipt of full relevant documents from the vendor(s) and/or vendors' solicitor for the purpose of preparation of the SPA failing which the vendor(s) shall refund the earnest deposit sum to the Purchaser(s) together with a sum equivalent to the earnest deposit as agreed liquidated damages. The purchaser(s) reserve rights to opt for specific performance.
My lawyer had sent the draft SPA to seller's lawyer on last Tuesday for vetting and request for a copy of seller's IC for the preparation of final SPA but the seller's lawyer has not reverted anything till today and even the cheque that I paid he has not bank in yet and not clear. So can I said this deal is not confirm since no earnest deposit paid?

The 14 days is going to due on this coming Thursday and if I decided not to take this house now, will i need to pay him the compensation (there is no clause stated he can forfeited my booking but  there is a clause said he has to refund the earnest deposit if I cannot secure a loan amounting to RMXXX.)

Have the rulings changed over the years or is the land office more laxed now on these issues?

Thank you in advance for your answer.