Tenant Problem(urgent)

tinkerbell_3528

(asking on behalf of my classmate.)

hi. im a student currently renting a PalmSpring unit. Irent and stay there on my own until i decided to rent out the otherrooms few months back, due to financial prob. So heres the thing:

Onemalay couple(lets call the bf as X and gf as Y) rent the small roomlast january. deposit as usual, 2+1. I let them stay for free for halfof december because i think that is not such a big deal and i do wantto build good relationship with my housemates. Until end of february, Yasked what should they do if they want to move out so i CLEARLYexplained to them that they have to give 1-mth notice then only theywill get their deposit back. I ask them if they really want to moveout, she said "not sure yet''. so i told her to tell me once sheconfirm dat they want to move out.

They din talk about this atall after that so i assume they r not moving out until on 7th march, isms the couple, asked them to pay the rent. Y called me and said

"eh kan i ckp i nak pindah dah? so kitorang ingat nak pakai deposit tuuntuk bayar this month punya rent. boleh kan? tempat lain boleh"

iwas speechless and i asked her, since when she said she confirmedmoving out and she told me she thought X already told me. i asked X, hesaid he thought Y told me. clearly there was a miscommunication therebut that was none of my business right? After that i explained to herthat she can use her depo money to pay the rent however she has towrite notice to get the balance(i still tolerated with them despite itsless than a month ady at dat time)

i forked out my own money topay their part of the rent for this month. and i sacrifice alot of mytime to find a new housemate for that room to replace them. i cant bearto use my own money again for next month. I managed to get ppl to viewthe room and i told them about it a week in advance so that they cancooperate with me when the ppl want to view the room.

lastweek, i managed to find someone to rent the room and told them aboutit. the new girl paid the deposit on the day itself. i was happy lasince i dont have to worry about next month's rent. i told the coupleabout it. then few hours later Y came to me and said "you, budak tupindah masuk next month eh? kan kitorang ckp nak pindah end of april?",i was furious and told her she didnt say april at all and where got shesay want to move out on end of april. then she replied "oh takpelahkalau mcm tu, i tanya je".

last weekend i reminded them alreadyto clear the room before 1st of april because the new girl's gonna movein. X replied, "baik cik" and i dunno hes trying to be sarcastic orwhat, i dont really care. Y smsed me earlier today asking about thedeposit and i told her i cant give it to her because she didnt give anynotice at all despite being reminded a few times about the notice. shecame up with whole lot of excuses and she twisting up the story aboutthe whole i-want-to-move-out-on-april thingy. and suddenly im the badguy and theyre being a bigger person cuz she said "at least u da jumpatenant baru, kitorang tak jumpa bilik lagi. dah cukup bagus kitorangnak keluar skarang eventho kitorang ckp nak kluar on april". i was likewhat the?? i think they change the story of moving out on aprilinstead of this month because they dnt find a room yet.

today's31st march ady, and they still do not move out. if they dont moveout,what should i do? can i lodge a report since the unit is under myname? and what should i do about the whole deposit thingy. hope you allcan help me.

oh ya forget to mention earlier, they NEVER pay thebills eventho i asked them for so many times. they keep on postponing.that one also i tolerated but i certainly cant tolerate with the wholesituation anymore.

thanks

mykiwi

wah..sampai tak byr bil pun kau leh tahan? kalo aku dah lama aku sepak kuar

ryo_takahashi1

campak je baju / barang2 diorang tu kuar...pastu tukar kunci  

Mizzsued

Takk....kalo campak brg keluar senang je diorg blah...

Apa kata tukar je kunci rumah n esp kunci bilik diorg tu, lg sedap kalau brg2 berharga diorg masih ada kat dlm tu. Kalo diorg nak cakap ko hanya akan pulangkan barang kalau diorg bayo bill2 yg tertunggak tu lerr....

Ko ransomkan jugak mcm tu until diorg clarify bila nak pindah keluar. Kalau main2 misscommunication lagi ko ckp je deposit diorg tu burn sbb ko x kira he said wat she said wat, bgtau diorg torture kepala otak ko tu then biar ko yg ambik jalan penyelesaian...

Juz my 2-cents

Gemukkkkkkk

if you dont have any written agreement with them, it is difficult.  
what they say is true about them being able to stay and complete the 2-months tenure as per their deposit.  it is a common practice.  nevertheless what you can do is refund them the 1-month balance since they are vacating it earlier.