A landlord and a tenant had a dispute after the tenant brought up the idea of terminating the tenancy and asked for a refund of the $600 deposit paid to the landlord.
The tenant claims that during the dispute, the landlord grabbed her hair, pushed her to the ground, and hit her head.
Tenant Demands Refund of $600 Deposit From Landlord; The Two Eventually Fight
On Tuesday (24 December), a landlord and tenant broke into a fight. But how did the fight even start?
Well, according to Shin Min Daily News, it all started because the tenant in question, Ms Chen, had told her landlord that she wanted to terminate the tenancy. Ms Chen also demanded that her $600 deposit, which she had earlier given to the landlord, be refunded.
However, after Ms Chen said these, the two started arguing.
At one point in the argument, the landlord allegedly suggested that Ms Chen stay until the end of January and that she use the $600 deposit to pay for January’s rent.
In the tenant’s eyes, this meant that the landlord was not going to part ways with the $600 deposit lah. As such, Ms Chen allegedly responded by playing the money card. She said: “You really need the $600 deposit?”
And as we all know, that’s quite an ego-bruising line lah. Even the landlord shared that she felt mocked by that line.
In a video provided by Ms Chen to Shin Min Daily News, the landlord could then be seen stepping forward toward Ms Chen, demanding that Ms Chen pack up her things and leave.
Ms Chen claims that she was beaten up by the landlord in the process and suffered several injuries, including a scratch on her shoulder.
The police were allegedly called as a result of the fight as well.
Aiyo… This is what happens when ego takes over logic.
“She grabbed my hair, pushed me to the ground and hit me on the head,” the tenant shared. She added that she moved out that same night and headed to a clinic to have her injuries looked at.
Ms Chen has since found another place to stay in. However, she adds that her $600 deposit is still with the landlord.
Landlord and Tenant Already Had Strained Relations
However, if you know more about the relationship between the landlord and the tenant, it won’t be such a big surprise that a simple conversation about terminating a tenancy and the refund of a deposit could become so heated.
So, how was the relationship between the landlord and tenant like? Well, suffice it to say that it was very strained.
Ms Chen, who hails from Malaysia, shared that she first moved into the flat on 31 October.
Despite how “ghetto” the fight you read about earlier was, the flat in question isn’t located at Yishun — sorry to disappoint. It is located at Block 13, Marsiling Lane.
It’s been less than two months since the tenant first moved in. So, what happened during the two months that strained their relationship so much?
It mostly has to do with the kitchen.
According to Ms Chen, before she moved in, the two had come to an agreement that Ms Chen would be allowed to use the HDB unit’s kitchen to cook food — albeit, only boiled food.
So, everyone’s happy, right? Wrong.
Ms Chen shared that after she moved in, she would usually cook lunch four to five times a week in the HDB unit’s kitchen. Yet, whenever she was in the kitchen, the landlord would be unhappy about it.
Ms Chen added that the landlord would complain when she used the kitchen as well, despite having earlier agreed to allow her to do so.
On the other hand, the landlord acknowledged that there was indeed an agreement to allow Ms Chen to use the kitchen. Regardless, the landlord felt that it was unacceptable for Ms Chen to be using the kitchen so frequently.
“She occupied the kitchen to cook every day and used a lot of water and electricity,” the landlord added.
As a result, as time went on, relations between the landlord and the tenant became increasingly strained.
The Final Nail in the Coffin: A Bag of Vegetables
The final nail in the coffin for the two’s relations, however, was a bag of vegetables. Or at least, this is what the landlord believes.
The landlord shared that there was once when her daughter cooked a bag of vegetables found in the fridge. But lo and behold, that bag of vegetables actually belonged to the tenant, Ms Chen.
Later, when Ms Chen discovered that her bag of vegetables was missing from the fridge, she questioned the landlord about it. As a result, the two broke into an argument, during which Ms Chen had allegedly told the landlord: “You can’t even afford a bag of vegetables.”
This, of course, left the landlord rather angry lah, which is presumably why she thought this incident was the final nail in the coffin for the two’s relations.
Dispute Between Landlord and Tenant Over Agreed-Upon Rent Amount
But that’s still not everything that the two disagreed on. There was a dispute as to the rental amount as well.
Ms Chen claims that before she moved into the flat, on top of getting permission to use the kitchen, the landlord had also agreed that the rent be priced at $580 per month.
For context, the landlord had initially priced the rent at $600 per month. So, from $600 to $580 — not a bad discount at all.
Yet, according to Ms Chen, after she moved in, the landlord didn’t charge her the agreed-upon sum of $580 per month for rent. Instead, the landlord charged her $600 a month.
But as you probably figured out by now, the tenant’s side of the story always looks a little different from the landlord’s side of the story lah.
From the landlord’s side of the story, it is said that the rental amount was reverted to $600, not without good reason. The landlord shared that she had initially asked Ms Chen to sign a one-year tenancy agreement, but Ms Chen refused.
As such, the landlord decided to restore the original rent of $600 per month.
So, whose side are you on in this landlord-tenant dispute?
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