Recently my friend intended to rent out her corner unit house in Cheras. She hang out a notice of rent on the gate to woo potential tenant.To her surprised some one took away her advertisement board and it was replaced with a new plastic sign board bearing an unknown agent's own contact number!! To a Malay it is called a tindakan "LANUN".
As you can see here this unethical act has eroded into of our peaceful daily life. you may call them as unscrupulous tactic but at least you must have the courtesy to ask for a permission to have the owner's consent to do so-(Taking down the owner's advertisement) Usually if you ask for a service of an agent on tenancy cases;they will charge a service fees of equivalent to a month's rental.But they can't guarantee you a full two years tenancy term of agreement ;simply the have no control over the 3rd party who rent your premises.The tenant might move out in a few months time with a written notice within an agreeable time frame; speculated in the contract. which means to say you have got to find a new tenant again! And
again a fees of one month's rent will be imposed onto you again if a new tenant has been found! We are actually on the loosing end if the tenancy is not secured up to the speculated date of 24 months (2 years).Imagine that! Can i ask for a prorata rate to be paid to the agent base on the duration of the contract period? i.e rental of RM 1000.00 be sub-divided by 24 months and each month the agent will get paid base on the months of staying -in until 24 months? Could it be done this way? So that the agent have to put extra effort to make sure a good and lasting tenancy is maintain through out the period; And the agent will be more careful and selective on choosing the right tenant. I suppose this can be a win win situation for both parties.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Unethtical act of a property agent!
Recently my friend intended to rent out her corner unit house in Cheras. She hang out a notice of rent on the gate to woo potential tenant.To her surprised some one took away her advertisement board and it was replaced with a new plastic sign board bearing an unknown agent's own contact number!! To a Malay it is called a tindakan "LANUN".
As you can see here this unethical act has eroded into of our peaceful daily life. you may call them as unscrupulous tactic but at least you must have the courtesy to ask for a permission to have the owner's consent to do so-(Taking down the owner's advertisement) Usually if you ask for a service of an agent on tenancy cases;they will charge a service fees of equivalent to a month's rental.But they can't guarantee you a full two years tenancy term of agreement ;simply the have no control over the 3rd party who rent your premises.The tenant might move out in a few months time with a written notice within an agreeable time frame; speculated in the contract. which means to say you have got to find a new tenant again! And
again a fees of one month's rent will be imposed onto you again if a new tenant has been found! We are actually on the loosing end if the tenancy is not secured up to the speculated date of 24 months (2 years).Imagine that! Can i ask for a prorata rate to be paid to the agent base on the duration of the contract period? i.e rental of RM 1000.00 be sub-divided by 24 months and each month the agent will get paid base on the months of staying -in until 24 months? Could it be done this way? So that the agent have to put extra effort to make sure a good and lasting tenancy is maintain through out the period; And the agent will be more careful and selective on choosing the right tenant. I suppose this can be a win win situation for both parties.
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There is no doubt some unscrupulous agents are around as in almost all professions, but dispute between home owner and agent in tenancy agreement can be avoided if both parties take time to understand and negotiate until the agreed term b4 enter into contract. There's no law stating tenancy agreement had to be a standard form and void of written consent from two or three parties.
It is very much base on sense of diligence of all parties concerned in order to be free of future dispute.
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