Hey property guru,

Quick question, if tenant not paying for 2 months d.. and then not replying to my calls or text message.. what action can i take ? this is a seviced apartment. I've blocked the access card btw.. I really want to tell the tenant to move out and i just return back the deposit but the tenant dunwan to pick up my call or text message

https://asklegal.my/p/rental-does-not-pay-r...nancy-agreement

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tenant not reading my message.. not answering.. dunno die inside d or what also dunno...

This post has been edited by TrustULoveU: Mar 12 2020, 05:25 PM

I'm also having the same problem. Looking at options on what to do next.

First and foremost, check to see if the tenant is still living there.

Then decide if you want to go the legal or not so legal way.

a friend have the same problem outside of KL and she ended up just saying ok, go on then, stay. i disagree with this approach. so, what can be done?

anyone has a checklist on how you audit your potential tenants ??

I usually check, job, family, hometown, and previous tenancy owner number for reference.my tenant now 2 months late d shitass

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Lower the water pressure to the unit (ask the management to assist).

Check if TNB bill is outstanding. If TNB bill outstanding more than deposit, you may instruct TNB to send disconnection notice. Then if they don't pay they will disconnect it.

electric/water under whose name? if ur name go cut it.

Still below the deposit but I already instructed tnb cut since they 2 months late me. But now TNB cannot cut cuz mco..... fakkkkk

Under my name. Sudah instructed tnb ppl cut on March 16 but until now cannot cut cuz of mco

Lower the water pressure, make a special request to the Management.

you can be in trouble. under the law, landlord has no right to cut of the supply of electricity etc

sad to say, we dont have the tenancy Act, and tenancy agreement practice in malaysia does not protect landlord in general.

already make police report. asked officer if can cut since under my name, he say can

if you ask a lawyer, maybe get a different kind of opinion.

its al rights. hope you are okay as settle your problem soonest possible.

Even when the Tenancy Act is in place, landlord will still need to give sufficient notice to the default tenant, same with loans under housing and car before the banks can repossess.

Disconnecting utilities is definitely a no under the Act.

there is no Tenancy Act yet

are you referring to tenancy agreement ?

I said 'When'

fastest way to get tenant to respond is cut all utilities..

yup... this person has been ignoring all my calls and text.. i already put eviction notice but he teared it down.. then i went make police report to say i will be going into the unit but he was not home.. so now will cut all utilities. i cannot tahan already.. every month i have to chase and either no reply or just pay 1 month and owe the rest of the month.. now the deposit cant even cover anymore

yeahh.. i want to kick this tenant out once the agreement expires on september... fckkkk or should i wait until agreement expires on september? hes not responding at all now.. and now still mco tnb cant cut the utilities

tenant no reply.. dunno dead or alive also not sure.. already make police report... went in.. nobody at home.. pay 1 month owe then rest of the months.. damn tiring to persuade this type of tenant to pay up... now racked up to 3.5k overdue payment already... should i kick him out just before the tenancy agreement ?

total how many months overdue?

Overdue so much...can straight kick tenant out..no need wait till Sept
Likely you cannot recover the sum owed

total 2 months already + past utilities

yeah.. very unlikely to recover the amount.. but right now utilities havent cut yet !! since MCO monday more lenient d.. dunno TNB people will remove the meter or not.. now still running.. my wallet bleeding each day

if you can go in, take the picture/video for proof. then change the lock/or just chain it and leave a notice there saying you will remove all things within certain period.

do remember to make police report b4 and give sufficient notice (make sure there is proof that you sent the notice).

btw, tnb people takes their own sweet time. you need to chase and monitor them. (they will give all sort of excuses so make sure you are there with them when cut).

The law doesn't protect landlords. Unfortunately there's not a lot you can do. If you want them out fast, you can take the unethical route - e.g. hiring "debt collectors". But then your house will be at their mercy.

My luck with tenants have not been great too. 1 average tenant and 3 bad tenants over the years made me realise property investment isn't for me.

For one of the cases, I've tried cutting electricity and water, locking the gates, reporting to the police and whatever legal routes you can think of without spending too much money (lawsuits are expensive). Ended up getting people to follow their family everywhere they went until they couldn't take it anymore. The state they left the property in.. let's just say the sum of getting everything fixed up costs almost three times the accumulated rental I received from them. This isn't even including the 6 months "free" rental and unpaid electricity and water bills.

Never again.