Sad le, just now landlord visit, say want to increase rent, unker b40, salary no increase, dunno want increase how much, feel like either life getting harder or homeless soon.
Landlord say their location very easy find new people rent, feel like want chase unker out jor although I always pay rent on time never give them headache

Nego with unker for small increase.

Everybody life also not easy. Do some part time job to earn extra money.

This post has been edited by mini orchard: Aug 16 2025, 04:10 PM

dunno how much they want to increase, I really always pay on time, apa rosak also i cover myself diy repair or hire people if ppl kenot handle, they left ady but from the conversation, want increase RM700, last time rent room always hv to move cuz the one rent whole unit dun want rent anymore, now I rent whole unit got different stress

sounds like landlord want to profit more, or just want to chase you out by unreasonable rent price

in the end, in the eyes of the lardlord it's still business

In most TA, normally the rental increase is max at 10% of current rent.

700 means your current rental 5 - 7k per month ?

You sure B or T 🫣

This post has been edited by mini orchard: Aug 16 2025, 04:40 PM

What to do? Now start looking around in case really ken chase out

Current rent RM1k, she says market price now is 1.7k, I think she no follow TA one I think, last time RM700 straight to RM900, then not long after to RM1k, now say our market price now is RM1.7k rent

Just leave don't need give face

If that the case, then better to look for another place.

This is the disadvantage of being a renter.

Why didn't apply to buy govt housing ?

This post has been edited by mini orchard: Aug 16 2025, 04:48 PM

Now looking for place to move out le, i dunno what bomb price she gonna drop later, pay rent on time also treat me like dirt, hope she gets hell tenant that doesn't pay rent or better couldnt rent her property out at all

Any guide for me to read on buying govt housing? cuz unker dunno about this thing, ppl around me also dun want tok about it, macam dun want me know

Increase every year or one year increase multiple times.

If later, move out je la.

No need to stress about it.
Go find another unit to rent.
Good tenants are hard to find but your landlord thinks otherwise.

every few years randomly, if govt increase something, sure kena
No maintenance for me, all I settle myself, like the paint dried out and kupas, the steel grill corrode til rosak all no maintain, tak kan I hire people to fix the steel grill right?

I think they too comfortable for having me paying rent on time every time at 7th of the month, I meet hard to collect rent tenant before (I rent room to other ppl) and also stories of ktards of hell tenants

the property location near shop mrt?

if no, 70% increase is too much, better look for some where else, they lose a good pay master :X

Why don't you check the current market prices around the same area? If you can't find anything within your existing rent levels, then you could either negotiate with your existing landlord for a new rental price based on your market research or you start searching elsewhere?

https://www.rumah-selangorku.com/

Google rumahwip and rsku and samm.

If not sure after reading, open new thread to ask.

This post has been edited by mini orchard: Aug 16 2025, 05:13 PM

got lrt and mrt, but my workplace nearby so only walking distance

Seems like online not much property listed around my area, need to start looking around at notice board around my area to call and ask. The tenant already hinting they want rm1.7k, but not yet final, if increase RM100 ok la, but if increase a lot, like RM300 I will consider move somewhere else le

U tell her, u remove me, u find new tenant also need One month. Rugi 1 month rent already kan. Then if u find agent, agent take one month commission also. Rugi 2 months Liao. Worth it meh

Deal for rm1.2k, fair for all. Or, try survey same building for other units

the most important question is "do you think it's really easy to find new people rent"

the place that i currently lived in, that answer is a big no....if i leave, he would be spending prolly years to find new tenant
so that question will determine how much leverage you have to negotiate or else find another place to stay

other questions to ask would be
1. do you pay your rent early every month
2. do you clear your utilities bill every month/when it came

all this will give u leverage to counter back her

This post has been edited by MR_alien: Aug 16 2025, 05:14 PM

Let the landlord swallow the bitter pill then🤣

Greedy landlord.

If the tenant does not give the landlord any problems and always pay on time, I would choose to continue this relationship instead of being greedy.

I recommend you just leave. I hope this kind of landlord gets a bad tenant and knows what it feels like. There are things you can’t just view/measure from the money pov alone

Early last year, told my tenant rent going to increase 10% early this year. 12 months notice.

But still rebate 3% for prompt payment. He continued to rent.

My office worst....
Heard news the landlord want back the unit.....
Where to move the machine...

Suka suka increase or got signed agreement? Agreement should state the time frame and increment amount, good landlord and tenant sure can negotiate.
If got signed then you already agreed.
If no sign lesson learnt next time make agreement.

Part of the reason my mind never come across buying property is because ayam foreveralone, I have no one to give my house to if one day I die and it will end up give back to government right?

The landlord always been mean to me, every time got things broken I settle myself cuz I know her pattern is will use it as excuse increase my rent, but she still drops the bomb anyway with this uninformed sudden visit just now. Say see me if Im still around. Of cuz Im still around la, I still pay rent every month all the time. Few months ago, the contractor that i hired to fix the door hinge got say certain area only RM1k or less, I didnt bother cuz I lazy keep moving around like nomad, but seems like I really need to find a place to move out anyway. I can tell the tenant want to get full RM1.7k rental from me anyway, already hinting so obvious. Btw, the RM1.7k I found is condo with full furnished, mine is not condo and no furnish at all

This post has been edited by heinlein: Aug 16 2025, 05:58 PM

She sendiri confident her area easy find people, even easy find people, cannot guarantee whether is good or bad tenant right?
1. always pay rent on 7th of the month
2. electric every month clear, water bill every 3 month clear too management, indah water every 6 months only pay cuz indah water always want me pay 1 year worth of bill, I stay til June only pay RM72, then wait until December end only pay remaining RM72

She knows one, but she want more

She happy lar, but I headache need find new place le

She suddenly increase out of nowhere de, her reason is I rent for very long le, dunno what kind of reason is that

How your boss settle this issue? or you are the boss?

First year got sign agreement, after that I good record pay rental for many years then no more sign agreement le. I dun think my landlord is good tho

Every few years baru naik kira ok lor.

1000 to 1700 is kind of steep.

If u malas to move, nego lor 1.5k.

so nice, walking to walk, maybe you should change job since no increment too :X

Deal with current problem. Forget about future for the time being.

When you old liao, then only think of the property. I will not go into details of it

Treat paying bank loan instalment as rental, then you won't have to worried. Since you also do maintenance of the rental property, why not do it for own property ?

This post has been edited by mini orchard: Aug 16 2025, 06:05 PM

reading through this thread... even negotiate to rm1.5k, the rm1.7k will be enforced in 2 years time...ts must decide, negotiate and expect increases , start at a new place or buy his own place... the latter will give the least headache (provided he has the money).. if he can pay rm1.5-1.7k per month, he can afford his own place..

RM500 for b40 like me is a lot le

I also need to find a better offer only can run, 2 months notice some more, dunno if any company want 42yo unker and wait 2 months

Actually I quite old le, 42yo and if loan for 30 years ady 72, dunno I will lose job or not in between, really feeling insecure, unker all alone sometimes feel helpless but only can suck it up alone

If thing comes to worst, just resign and move back to hometown, but how about my cat? I can't leave my cat, it has always been my companion for 10 years of my foreveralone life

R u a good tenant? If good can nego nego with landlord. Good tenants hard to find, u can easily nego for minimal increase.

I already age 40+++

Ever since 1997 never once hear Malaysian say economy good.

Not once.

Btw, what s the name of the apartment or condo ? If you don't want to reveal, is ok.

where's your location? i'm looking for tenant

Malaysian economy very good, sales of luxury goods improving every year, nowadays plenty can afford to travel overseas, not once, not twice, but every month or so.

I consider myself excellent tenant cuz I dun like to trouble people, but seems like no nego like the landlord always been

Feel tired, just feel like give up and go back hometown, all the hard work in kl fruitless anyway, no love, low salary, no friends


dun feel like reveal it, is b40 place, when I was around 25yo the place rent is RM550 whole unit

How much your salary? what are your job prospects? what's your education background and skillsets?

I doubt the rental market is that good that it jumps from 1k to 1.7k. But don't give in to that landlord. Just move to a cheaper place.

cheras area

Rm2000 + 500 allowance, graphic designer, indesign, illustrator, photoshop, some artificial intelligent like face swapping, stable diffusion, unker know sendiri useless and also very tired with life, that why hope euthanasia is legalize in future so one day can go in peace when old

any b40 area nearby lrt can recommend? let me know if you know any, tomorrow will start find contact around my area also

ok this is difficult so after rent uncle only has like < 1500 to survive for the whole month
what are your expenses?

drive or motor?
how much spent on food?
if you smoke, better to stop.
how much saving per month?

Has uncle considered freelance gigs, upwork, freelance on carousell etc.

Uncle has some really useful skills: indesign, illustrator, photoshop, some artificial intelligent like face swapping, stable diffusion

also, I think Uncle better apply job elsewhere to get salary increment, no point staying with same company if no increment.

also if uncle has time on weekend, try to apply for promoter kind of part time job extra RM800 - RM1000 also can, just as long as can create additional income

1. No drive or motor, main transport is lrt and mrt, emergency use grab
2. Only eat outside during workday lunch time, around RM50 + abit, wallet always standby RM100, night and weekend cook myself also within RM100
3. No smoke or drink alcohol
4. I save as much as possible, recently debit card kena unauthorized transaction also, lucky I didnt put a lot of money in bank, only leftover of grocery money, can save a few hundreds for emergency

Unker design bukan super wow type, quite hard to get job, unker got trigger type depression, long story short my mum force me marriage to random til I almost suicide 1 year before mco, tat year I pray hoping I got reason not to go back hometown during cny and covid came.
Unker also got jobless for few years so got phobia of losing job, previous got work freelance as manga assistant, handle 2 episode a month (total 48 pages - ea episode 24 pages) rushing sleepless night and only earn RM760, then the sensei listen to one side story from another japanese assistant say I cincai do, then lose job. Then do WFH for a johor print shop, quit also after the crazy boss want us to compensate if got do wrong design at msrp (not cost)

If got, I definitely will do lo, mostly I ask is required on sat and sun, sat I work half day somemore. If ktards willing let unker do design job, please find me also lo

This post has been edited by heinlein: Aug 16 2025, 06:54 PM

Which area and how long notice? How much rental currently you paying for what space?

This post has been edited by lordgamer3: Aug 16 2025, 06:56 PM

700 increase is steep if your current rental around 1.5-2k

Short pain better long pain, des wai pipu buy their own popeti lo.

I think you should too.

You every year pay rent after 20 years you get back nothing.

If you got own poteti, after 20 years you not only got your own place to stay you also got the unit. No need to get chase around, if good price can cash out your investment somemore.

My rent haven’t increase in 10 years. Oh wait I own the property lol.

If the rent increase is too steep then just move out and find another to rent. The argument that rent people always use is they can move to wherever they want right? I’m pretty sure those that say it are people that plan to move overseas or young folk that haven’t get sick of the moving around feeling yet.

This post has been edited by GreenSamurai: Aug 16 2025, 07:27 PM

cheras, say will let me know but no say how long notice, whole unit RM1k, rent mid room to another guy RM450

Current rent is RM1k for whole unit

Just check rumawip
https://www.rumah-residensiwilayah.com/prop...selatan-rumawip
My salary after EPF not eligible also

I rent whole unit cuz dun want keep moving around, hv to start find new place lo
How much is your commitment at the place u stay?

This post has been edited by heinlein: Aug 16 2025, 07:30 PM

First property high rise apartment paid 1.3k. Now staying in second property landed house 3.3k. Price is high however is comfortable.

ic, I maybe ikat perut can afford rent your apartment only

This is not the official website

You should Google it

Minimum salary is RM 1700 now

This post has been edited by boyboycute: Aug 16 2025, 07:57 PM

Me no boss, just worker...
My boss rent 2 shoplot...
1 as office, another as workshop....
Workshop just move into after mco I think....
And now the owner suddenly say want take back....
Early got news owner want increase rent to 2k....
But my boss reject la...
Maybe now just a move to force my boss accept the rent up lol...

this one?
https://www.residensiwilayahpersekutuan.com...LwaAiUOEALw_wcB

Your boss earn big money bo? I b40, all expenses hv to monitor carefully, I know rent got charge sst I sure kena one, my nightmare comes true

42 years old still can find one, just need time :X I also changed job at 41 :X all depends on what is your job

cat can bring back ma, even can take flight too :X

Plenty of properties for rent. Why subject yourself to the mercy of a greedy landlord?

That's why ler better buy own house. Pay also know it's yours later. Nobody suka2 increase, unless gov increase OPR %

current situation has made you aware of the importance of a place to call home... and definitely you have a responsibility to your cat... if you can't take it to your hometown, then you have no choice but to improve your present situation...
no point looking at the past, your landlord doesn't seem to appreciate ... no one cares about you but yourself.. so, do something for yourself..
just give the locations you are keen... am sure ktards are willing to help you get your home..

Yearly only 1m+ nia....
The whole shoplot is own by same owner....

I try to look for better job in linkedin, malaysia only allow cat put in cargo, I dun want cause trauma to my cat especially the flight took 2 hours, furthermore my mum extremely hate cats, I dunno if she will throw my cat away while I was away at hometown

I decide to move too, she really increase a lot this time, hope I can find a better place, at the moment I dun hv downpayment money to buy property

Could you walk me tru experience of buying own home? Things to take note?

In this short period, I'm really lost, if any ktards have property nearby lrt willing to rent out nearby KL area, I really appreciate it

nett or gross? if gross really not much

I think gross....
That why boss everyday keep saying want push this year sales to 2m...
I like wtf....
Like magic meh.....
1 year increase 1m sales...

The revenue i think left not much after cut salary, machine loan, other expenses...
That why everytime boss ask is salary got any conplaint..
I say no....
Cos later salary increase need go push sales and more stress....

From 1k to 1.7k is too much, i suggest i look for other property. Even if u nego, she will increase it in one or two years...

Thank god my last landlord is a very good retiree couple, in 7 years i was renting never once increase the rent. Even at one time, i lose my job and after that going for a employment training program for 10 months. Since i only received a small amount of allowance during the training, i cannot afford the rent, my landlord reduce my rent to almost half as long as i stay.. the rent return to normal once i got my permanent job

Isn’t the newer generation saying this is a renters market now?

I sympathise with you uncle, but if your area is around the Cheras (Selangor) area, I think you can find quite a number of properties for rent

The ones near Bath 9 area, I’m sure you can find one that fits your budget

And being a landlord myself, yes it’s not easy to find a good tenant

So since you are a good tenant that pays on time, I’m sure you’ll meet a good landlord too

drop me yr resume.. any experience with website design, any ux experience? need to hire a team of ux consultants.. easily double of what your getting.. our juniors are paid more than double of yr stated salary.

any figma experience with any kind of ai?

this kind of greedy LL, surely will get a bad tenant after u left

no worries, you will find a better one bro

big boss big hearted offer ktard a good job with good salary

But no increase salary also very stress with life, I barely can hold on, if no emergency need funds i can get by only

I also wish I can find a good landlord, my current landlord suka2 increase like I'm some kind of big boss. Since she already say can easily find ppl to rent out, I honestly dun think she will rent to me at lower also. Even ask me graphic designer not very high salary meh?

I dunno I should rent whole unit or just room, my internet just change to maxis from unifi also, cannot cancel also

The only website design experience I have is wordpress, given time I can cope with it back cuz it's been a while since I work on wordpress.

Hopefully la, just now I panic mode offline hug my cat but now still kenot think straight wat to do

My aunty 60+ move house like 3 time in 5 yrs because owner raise rent. I can tell you that her health has taken a toll. If possible buy your own place. Even if it's RumahSelangor also better than nothing.
That why the elders always tell the young don't rent.

Wow...increase so much...

Ok..do you have free time to explore Figma?

Im not any more younger than your aunt leh, I dunno how buying property works either

I know

I can explore but it will help if there is a sample project so I can know the direction I should look into

Ok Figma is a platform where UI/UX engineers use it for collaborative UI projects

You may create a free account explore a bit on its free templates to get some understanding on how it works

Occasionally, you can also YouTube some tutorials for it.

Now, you need to be very hungry and shows it to kidmad. Your salary will be different than now but you need to sacrifice and be hungry first.

I learn everything I can from figma youtube and explore it now and all my after work time. I know graphic design will not carry me far

Just leave. If suddenly increase so much meaning the owner doesn't really want you to continue

I know she want RM1.7k and forcing me to pay, if I can afford it, I won't rent her unit long time ago, RM1.7k I can get full furnished with better maintenance

greedy landlord, that is 70% increase. Time to move out, it is hard to find tenant that pay on time.

my tenant those I gave discount due to covid I still maintain the same price nia.. close one eye.
same with other unit, hardly raise rent unless new tenant even > 5,7, or 10 years...

Pay on time is a compulsory...landlord also wanna make money la...
Bad news is your landlord suddenly wanna raise so much on you, u unlucky

You such a good landlord, I didnt know many facing tenants that dun pay on time. I always pay on 7th of the month.

She thinks rent the house like renting commercial unit, suka2 increase rent one, my heart really tired like this

Take some time to find a unit first uncle

Take it easy, she won’t be able to kick you out so fast

Then if cannot afford a full unit, only try for room

But honestly 1.2k should have some full units, just take tomorrow to search

Yea, tomorrow will be checking the notice board around my area. For now, learning figma until I exhausted and fall asleep, stress and cant sleep now

honestly, you need to pickup new skills and venture into new areas

these skills that you have are being replaced by AI right now

Unker, I agree with others point that good renter is rare, and you can use that to nego with the landlord.

However she's still the landlord and have the right to increase the rental. What you can do is ask her to consider you never missed payment and you always use your own money to fix up the house. From rm1k, i think up 20% to rm1.2k is reasonable

Maybe she wants to sell or needs money? Just move to another unit.

Yes easy to find ppl, but how many of them are good tenants ?

Its hard to find tenant that pay regularly, most of them pay late...and also most of them dirty the place till yucksss....

Nothing much you can do abt it. Maybe just nego

That is why in certain countries in Europe, landlord cannot raise rental like that one, has to be approved by council and etc...That makes ppl comfy renting...

This post has been edited by LDP: Aug 17 2025, 10:33 AM

Same this is what i would say. Since TS mentioned that he have not explored go ahead and do so. This is exactly what i would do. Not just showing to me la, there are whole bunch of companies out there hiring individuals with Figma skills + knowing how to use most/some of the AI plugin + knowing how figma used as a user story/workflow journey storyboard. I can only tell you what we are looking for when the company is hiring a new group of UX consultants. Hope it helps.

Really never too late to pick it up.

This post has been edited by kidmad: Aug 17 2025, 06:44 AM

okay start investing in yourself brah. The tools which you mentioned it's only good for static content/component creation beyond that it's pretty helpless. Like some mentioned alot of these it has been replaced with AI though most of the time they can't really follow corporate concept/colors. haha

Youtube is a really good place to start but it may not have a complete concept on how things are done, you can start with some high level knowledge and concept here.
Coursera

bro sorry for your state of well being but at this point it's only yourself who can elevate the situation. Keep it up and don't give up.

Now picking up figma, last night learn it till late night, now just wake up and breakfast. Can advice any other skill I should pick up?

She keeps saying they are very nice, all renting out for RM1.7k plus, I did say i pay on time, anything broken I settle myself but she seems to take it for granted and wont buy my reasoning

That's the only way lo

My bathroom is dirty also (guilty) Yesterday her sudden uninformed visit already try to nego, she seems firm to her decision and will let me know much she want to increase, even add up her area easy rent up (meaning if i dun rent, many ppl will rebut to rent)

I try to learn from @figma at youtube first, thanks for the cousera link too but few days ago my debit card had unauthorized transaction, although amount lost is small (ady report police, file dispute and replace card), I still feel unsecure to register the course for free and enter my debit card info It needs my debit card info to register