Versi Bahasa Malaysia<\/a><\/p>\n1 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Luck favoured me and\u00a0 I\u00a0 am the proud\u00a0\u00a0 owner of a condominium in Cheras (hereinafter the \u201cProperty\u201d),\u00a0\u00a0 all these years the Property yielded a handsome return.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Luck ran out\u00a0 when my tenant failed to pay the rental.<\/p>\n
2 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The Tenant told\u00a0 me about his financial difficulties that\u00a0 he would\u00a0 be expecting some money within a few days and promised to settle all of the rental in arrears.\u00a0\u00a0 However that\u00a0 day never came.\u00a0 All the Tenant\u2019s promises yielded nothing\u00a0 but disappointments.<\/p>\n
Sub-Let Collecting Rentals and Pocketing Them<\/h3>\n
3 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Apart from the rental in arrears,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the Tenant had not been paying the utilities of the Property, to add salt to injury,\u00a0\u00a0 the Tenant had\u00a0 \u201csub-let\u201d the Property\u00a0 and was\u00a0 collecting rent from Third Parties without my consent and knowledge.<\/p>\n
Writ of Distress & Eviction<\/h3>\n
4 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Messrs Alex Chang & Co advised me to obtain\u00a0 a\u00a0\u00a0 Writ of Distress against the Tenant and within a few weeks, a\u00a0 Court Order was granted.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the day of the seizure of the assets\u00a0 of the Tenant,\u00a0\u00a0 we found out that\u00a0\u00a0 the value of the\u00a0 assets\u00a0 in the Property\u00a0 could barely satisfy the rental and the utilities in arrears.<\/p>\n
4.1 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0We proceeded with the seizure as my ultimate\u00a0 wish is the\u00a0 eviction of a defaulting tenant from my Property.<\/p>\n
5 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The Bailiff then informed the Tenant that\u00a0\u00a0 unless payment is made to settle the rental in arrears, the assets in\u00a0 the Property\u00a0 will be sold in a public auction.\u00a0\u00a0 Attempts to settle were made, again I ended in disappointment.<\/p>\n
Auction: Recovery of Rent and Utilities<\/h3>\n
6 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0On the day of the public auction, again the Tenant\u00a0\u00a0 pleaded for time however\u00a0\u00a0 the Bailiff\u00a0 proceed with the\u00a0 public auction.<\/p>\n
6.1 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0At the fall of the hammer all the possessions of the Tenants were sold to the highest bidder; I managed to clear the unit of the belongings of the tenant.<\/p>\n
6.2\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0It was only an hour after the auction,\u00a0 the Tenant\u00a0\u00a0 paid\u00a0 the\u00a0 total rental in arrears<\/i><\/b> as per the Writ of Distress.\u00a0 But\u00a0 I apologised to\u00a0 him\u00a0 that\u00a0 it was just\u00a0 too late.<\/p>\n
7 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0With respect to the Sub Tenants, I asked\u00a0 them to leave the Property as the Tenant had no authority to let the place to them without my consent and knowledge.<\/p>\n
Finale<\/h3>\n
8 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Shortly after the Auction the Tenant and the Sub-Tenants left\u00a0 the Property surrendering the Property to me which ended\u00a0 months of\u00a0 nightmare.<\/p>\n
9 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I would like to take this opportunity to gratefully thank Messrs Alex Chang & Co for planning and executing this matter expeditiously and finally bringing a close to this matter<\/p>\n
Edward Lee<\/p>\n