Hello everyone,

hopefully I am posting in the right place. I am an expat looking for a place to stay in KL short term. I recently contacted a real estate agent through propertyguru. The agent's assistant sent me some photos of an apartment and I am happy with the price.

Once I confirmed I was interested, the assistant advised me that I had to pay a deposit. I said ok fine, and asked to see the rental contract/tenancy agreement so i could look it over. The assistant has now told me that they will not send the contract without the deposit first.

This seems very strange to me. Normally I thought you can read/see the contract and then agree to pay so you can be aware of what you have to do and any extra payments/penalties you need to know about. I am still living in my country and cannot view the apartment or meet the agent in person.

Is this normal practice here?

Thank you all in advance.

I haven't received any account details yet. wanted to ask some people who knew a bit more than me before started talking about payment with them. I have been messaging about the apartment via whatsapp for a week or so. I'm ok with paying a deposit but i just want to know what im getting into first.

EDIT: the agent is called Full Homes Realty Sdn. Bhd. They have a website which looks ok and are offering other rooms in the building.

Thanks so much for the fast replies

This post has been edited by ropesalad: Aug 16 2017, 09:17 PM

I really did want to view in person but I dont fly over until late next month. I thought i was lucky because i found this agent who would do short term rental for me (<90 days), and a lot of other agents were not interested. I heard from other places also that 90 day rental is difficult to find? seems a bit too long for airbnb etc. but a lot of other agents advertising apartments are only looking for tenants for longer term. I enquired about 6-7 other places before this one and none offered short term rentals.