Hi there. I just encountered this issue with my landlord. I have informed my landlord that the house condition is not suitable for staying anymore due to water leakage in between cement/ walls and water has already filled the underground (able to see water stain on the floor). Hence we proposed to move out earlier than the agreed date stated in the tenancy agreement due to this unforeseen circumstances. We were then told to find new tenants to "replace" us. We did as what we were told. Several people have contacted us saying they are interested to rent. So we informed the landlord about this. He then said that he will need to filter the new tenants whom he preferred either from the first world country or only Chinese female will be put under his considerations of new tenants. In addition, he refuses to refund the security deposit worth a total of RM 3000.00 to us claiming that we are the one who breach the tenancy agreement first for not staying to the agreed full period. Problem is the house condition is getting worse as we can see the paint started to peel off and scatter on the ground and molds started to grow on the wall. It is not that we want to move out earlier but it is because the house condition doesn't allow us to stay in there anymore. My sister has got her eczema getting worse due to the damp. We have shown the landlord but still he insisted not to refund the deposit since we would want to move out earlier and he insisted that the eczema is not due to his house condition. Please really need your help and advise here. Thank you so much...

This post has been edited by joannahannah: Aug 21 2016, 04:08 PM

1. Hi yes, there is a tenancy agreement signed between the landlord and us which us why he has the upper hand in forfeiting our deposits. We fully understand this. But we will not want to move out if it is not because the house has significant defect now.
2. He mentioned that no matter what we are the one who breach the agreement since we request to move out earlier.

Anyone has encountered issue like this before? Please share your experience or advise what could be done in such circumstance?

Hi veda ang kengyan thanks for letting me know most of the people here are the agents and landlords. I have read the tenancy agreement again and found that actually the tenancy agreement favours the landlord more than the tenants. Probably this is the agent's trick with the owner.

Problem is we suspect there is pipe bursting inside the wall so to repair they will have to break the wall to do it. The owner refused to pay for our stay while he is doing the repair and he can still tell us to simply stay with your family first while he is going the repair. The owner is so irresponsible to say such things. If u guys wanna know I can let u all know who is the owner and which is the unit so no one will get cheated by this terrible owner and agent anymore in future

Now I found out that owner has a lawyer sister. No wonder he us so 嚣张