Illegal Subletting

HDB acquires 39 flats from owners for infringing subletting rules

The HDB compulsorily acquired 39 flats from their owners last year as they had blatantly infringed the subletting rules. One of the flats acquired was at Pinnacle@Duxton. The owner had sublet the entire flat without HDB's approval in the guise of subletting of rooms, shortly after the flat purchase in January last year. During its night inspections in May and June 2010, HDB found that the owner was not...

HDB starts action to re-possess 3 flats for unauthorised subletting in Q1

Since the beginning of this year, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) has started taking action to re-possess three flats for unauthorised subletting. The flat owners had rented out their entire units without fulfilling a minimum occupation period. The housing board stressed that HDB flats are meant for owners to live in not for speculative purposes. A routine inspection in Bukit Batok uncovered...

Grangeford sub-tenants were in danger of having power cut off

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...

49 stay on despite higher rates

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 49 tenants to remain at Grangeford

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...

Landlord tells Grangeford tenants to stay till end-June

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...

Grangeford residents refuse to vacate premises, demand compensation

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...

Grangeford residents remain stranded, landlord silent on URA breach

Residents of The Grangeford condominium off Orchard Road continue to face eviction after their landlord illegal partitions in their units. They were given three days notice to clear out by the landlord, who'd known for at least a month that the partitions breached government rules. Tenants of The Grangeford were informed on Sunday that they had three days to move out. With the deadline looming, many are...

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