I know it's a long while but then.

Why dun you arrange to view his room at that time or something.

Just say that since he has not paid for the deposit, then better to view the room first or something. i am sure he will not mind.

That's the thing. Why you cannot make things easier for others. I really do not know.

But then most landlords are really like you. After all, it's their opportunity to be the boss.

People like you need psychiatric evaluation. Seriously.

Actually I do.
The issue is that the tennant requested for an early release(Not so early actually considering that it's just 1 month before the contract expire) and requested to use the deposit to offset the rental.

But then, instead of trying to settle things amicably by viewing the property and maybe letting the tennant off through good will, the owner has the intention of making the tennant suffer.

What the landlord should do is settle things amicably. Just request viewing the property and if it's well kept then maybe let the tennant go out of good will.

The other issue is probably the fact that it's not easy to find a replacement within a short period of time. Actually, I am sure that's not a major issue as the contract is going to expire soon anyway and the tennant has actually informed the landlord.

But then there is no denying that this landlord is being an asshole like what most landlords are.

Well. Sometimes it does pay to be good.

You dunno when something may happen to you.

But then I doubt you get it.

Problem is, this landlord is most likely a trouble maker like most out there.

Just because they hold people's deposit, they seem to think that they are suddenly untouchable.

There really should be a way whereby legally, the landlord is held accountable for wrongly not returning deposits to the tennants.

If he was a reasonable guy, he would not have written what he has written.

Most people do not read the contract expecting the land lord to be reasonable

Contract does not help much anyway. Unless you are willing to go through the trouble of using the legal route.

As mentioned, the landlord has the power since he  holds your deposit and they abuse it 99% of the time.

Funny that it always never seem that the landlord is grateful for the tennant for giving them rent.

But then most landlord will use the "worst" case scenario to defend themselves. You know those kind of scenarios where tennants actually purposefully destroy their property.

Most tennant just want peace. They will not purposefully destroy the property. Of course landlord can make time to inspect the property once in a while.

But then most of them really are psychopaths.

And you really think you are going to fight the landlord in court if he decides not to return the deposit to you for some made up reason.

It's 3 months before contract expiry.

And 2 months security deposit is not meant to offset last two months of rental (but a lot of tenants do that to take advantage of the landlord), it's meant to repair any damage done to the property during the tenancy period.

Yeah yeah.

Landlords are generous.

I must be living in another planet.

You and mini orchid must be the same person.

Guess it proves how mean land lords generally are.

See. You prove my point.

It's ok for the landlord to just randomly deduct from the deposit just because he's not happy.

Anyway. Most of you probably know you are rascals in heart. But it's ok.

See. QED.

Pity whoever has to do business with this thing. Lol. More insecure than pet hamsters. Thank god my worst tenant still looks like a Saint compared to this one

You are an expert. Yes you are right. Landlord cannot terminate the electricity or water without a police report. But I never hear the police would accompany landlord to go "invite" the tenant out. Most of the time they just complete the report and that's it.  I do hear from housing agents that landlord need to find other "bros" to "invite" the tenant out.

But for those outstanding electricity bills... headache as TNB cannot set an amount if not paid auto cancel. Most of the time they go by periods of check... so if you lucky you only run into 1 to 2k worth of electricity bill, if unlucky heard of 5 digit bill too... not sure nowadays still got such 5 digit cases where TNB still doesn't terminate the power.