The owner of Grangeford Apartments will receive about S$7.4 million in damages over its apartments which were illegally rented out. Cove Development will receive the amount, which includes interest, from Ideal Accommodation. Both sides agreed on this at a court hearing on Wednesday. Last year, Ideal was been charged with violating the Planning Act. It illegally rented 171 units of the apartments...
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The High Court on Thursday dismissed Ideal Accommodation's appeal against a court order to pay Cove Development rental arrears amounting to over $872,000. The sum represents approximately two months of rental arrears for units at Grangeford Apartments which were leased to Ideal. Earlier this year, Ideal was charged with illegally renting out 171 units of Grangeford Apartments - 141 of which had been...
Cove Developments, which owns the Grangeford condominium, said a good number of tenants has moved out. Cove had obtained a court order to recover 171 apartments last Friday. The firm would only say it is in the midst of ascertaining how many tenants are still staying behind before applying for the writ of possession to evict them. Channel NewsAsia understands this will take place before the end of the...
Cove Development, which owns the GrangeFord condominium, has obtained a court order to reclaim some 171 apartments in the condominium. Cove has given tenants in these units till July 22 to vacate the apartments. This is to allow demolition works to be carried out on illegal partitions in the units. Grangeford made headlines last month when property leasing firm Ideal Accommodation, which had been...
After a near month-long tussle, some tenants at The Grangeford may stay on at the condominium after all. About 40 of them have expressed interest to do so under the new landlord, Savills although the actual number could be higher as some enter into joint-leases with others to rent whole apartment units. Residents had been given till 5pm on June 30 to vacate the premises after previous landlord Ideal...
A new twist has emerged in the ongoing saga at The Grangeford. TODAY has learnt that more than 200 sub-tenants at the condominium in Leonie Hill were in danger of having their power cut off because former master tenant Ideal Accommodation did not pay the electricity bill. Utility firm SP Services had sent Ideal a letter on June 5, seeking arrears amounting to nearly S$130,000. It had to pay up by last...
THE past week has been, in a word, “stressful” for the 27-year-old advertising agency executive who has been busy juggling work with “running around looking at apartments”. “Even my lunch breaks are spent meeting agents to check out places to rent,” Jenny (not her real name) told Today. Making things even more difficult, rental rates, she claims, have “shot up”, leading her to conclude...
Cove Development says that 49 former tenants of Ideal Accommodation have decided to stay on at The Grangeford after the June 30 deadline. They are being offered rental rates of between S$2,600 and S$3,500 for a whole apartment. Until the deadline, residents can continue to stay at The Grangeford rent-free, while they seek other accommodation. Cove recently took control of The Grangeford, after...
The housing saga at The Grangeford condominium continued on Friday. Landlord Ideal Accommodation told tenants they can stay till end-June, so that it does not have to return them their month's deposit. Those who have given more than a month's rent will get back the balance. There was also drama on Friday after some tenants went to Ideal's office demanding a staff accompany them back to The Grangeford to...
Some 300 residents of troubled condominium The Grangeford said owner Cove Developments have no right to evict them since their rental leases were signed with another company. Ideal Accomodation had been contracted to rent out the apartments but Cove said that has since been terminated. The condominium came under the spotlight after the authorities found some 140 apartments converted into 600 units...