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So landlord now is withholding our deposit for what they claim is not under "fair wear & tear".

1. surface white laminate tear on Kitchen top cabinet.
(We agree to engage and fabricate a brand new cabinet door, they request for all doors on that side of kitchen to be replace due to color uniformity)

2. balcony signs of aging due as I place the washer dryer and my marketing trolley there, the grey painted walls have some marks.
(Request to repaint the wall)

- 1 scuffing on vinyl flooring (size of a finger tip)
(Request to change the vinyl slab - instead we engaged a professional carpentry painter for rectification and in my opinion he did a 95% patch back work).

So as we cant agree on the other 5 doors that they want us to do and they are still holding on to our 2mth deposit. We suggest to go small claim.

What are our chances?
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Personal opinion:
(1) ask landlord provide initial colour code of the ID WORK and go back same supplier to find the lamination to be as close to MATCH the other colours // this is REASONABLE N FAIR ...
ACTUAL Scenario I might not understand ,...

if really cannot solved and agree AFTER TRYING TO NEGO > LAST RESORT then maybe go small claim> cos it takes time and efforts too plus uncertainty . BUT ABOVE logic > u can let small claim judge know that The color code of lamination can be obtained usually but landlord not cooperative and not reasonable to demand tenant do a " free upgrade" of all lamination which is costly. Disclaimer : depends on how the NEW LAMINATION OF THAT 1 DOOR IS ABLE TO " GEL" WITH THE REST OF THE DOORS > DOES IT LOOK " UGLY" ... LANDLORD CANNOT ASSUME IT CERTAINLY LOOK " UGLY" > Ned a 3rd party carpenter to give professional opinion,...
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  • LT
    Thank you for your reply.

    We purposely not seek other contractor but ask the MA to provide the contact. They shared the contractor who was handling for the condo, we approached them and the contractor replied and advised a quote for 1 door.

    We informed owner to consider either deduct that 1 door from our deposit or we proceed to change but they have to note of that 1 door being new, color brighter. They harp on uniforminity and color difference and ask us change.

    All rectifications done were sourced by us and paid by us.

    However now owner said they dont mind to SCT and want to clawback previous 2 issues they initially accepted cos we disagree on the 5 doors.
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You are likely to win.

In my opinion, they are all fair wear and tear.

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  • Steven Tay
    The landlord cannot withhold your deposit. They should deduct whatever amount they think is needed and refund you the balance within two weeks.
Hi,

Small claims would probably be your only hope to get back the deposit.

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Given that this has escalated to the SCT, it will be inappropriate for us to provide any opinion, these are the grey areas of all rental. While majority of the landlords and tenants I have met over the last 15 years in business are nice, I have came across nasty ones on both ends too so it is only a question of which end are you at for the situation you are in.

As agents, I will usually advise the tenant or landlord that not all situations should go into legal channels, as the efforts to go through that may not even be worthwhile as compared to the loss of $$, while I also agree that nasty people should be taught a lesson otherwise they never learn and continue to misbehave and affect future tenants.

It is not an easy situation to be in and I wish that you are able to find a resolution soon.

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