Another one, the flat that my grandpa stayed in last time? No one has stayed in there for ages but the neighbours below always complained of chair and tables banging around at night. Problem is, the flat is empty and devoid of any furniture.
eeks! these tales aren't supposed to be described this time of the night! =p
The most common sound will be marble dropping on the floor. I was told "they" move with you. Indeed i used to hear the sound of marble dropping on the floor and children pulling chairs and got pissed... then when i moved to another apartment (in SG)... i heard the exact same noise! In the end i decided to make peace with "them". I had a single lady friend better still.. she stayed alone and occasionally someone just switched her lights on / off.
When i stayed alone last time, i had this occasional surge of fear in my mind. I found that if you are ever overcome with fear, the best solution is to turn on all the lights
Between human and non-human, who is more scary?
When i stayed alone last time, i had this occasional surge of fear in my mind. I found that if you are ever overcome with fear, the best solution is to turn on all the lights
Between human and non-human, who is more scary?
Actually you are right, they really moved with me to my other place in SG.
The dropping of coins plus marbles. Earlier when i stayed with my parents new place right after NS. My dad went up to complain of the playin of marbles, etc. Turned out the couples son passed away a month ago... We still hear his toys being pushed around at night and even once when the parents moved out. Fortunately, in Johor (touchwood), no such noises.
The lighting part could be a misconnected cable, etc. Had this once, my wife turns on the switch in the master bedroom, the toilet light at the common toilet turns on. Turned out to be a cable issue.
Another time even better, electrician wired lights to a ceiling fan (go figure) so whenever one turns on the fan, the lights will go on as well.
Everyone I have spoken to on this floor thinks the malay guy is very noisy... The management office also doesn't care... The guy's kids bang on the grills more than 10 times a day, the gate is opened 20 times... No choice but to move away... Some people really don't care about the feelings of people.. They think they rent 1 small apartment 500sq ft they got the right to disturb the whole row.. Even the guy down the row told me today he can hear the children banging on the grills... Its amazing someone like that can get PHD... This problem cannot be solved.. They are just too loud a family to stay here... Banging doors, grills, opening and closing gate 20 times a day, children cant shop screaming, malay guy likes to bang things... Walk like elephant... Almost everyone I spoke to said such people can't change, only way is to run far far from them...
Bros,
marbles dropping sound is not Supernatural, it's normal for old or poorly built flats... search online :P
Bro RT, i feel sorry for you, are you planning to move out of the place? I have neighbours like that in SG previously, i just use range ear muffs when i cannot get to bed. My wife is a light sleeper so its much harder for her. On and off, when things got too out of hand, we gave them "surprises"
One time though, a new neighbour moved in upstairs, kicked up so much of a fuss, moving tables, etc we went upstairs to try to talk nicely. I stopped and my smile(along with my heart) turned cold when i saw the place the noise should have taken place. Piled on the marble floor was layers and layers of carpet. No noise could have gone downstairs from that thick a layer and its so much that no one could have managed to pull it over there in a short time.
Yes, don't give business to this kind of agent. Market rate should be 0.5 month each from owner and tenant. For the next contract, if you are renewing with the same tenant, you can actually draft your own contract, signed and ask your tenant to do stamping at IRAS. For you as owner, you only need to re-apply permit from HDB and submit a form to IRAS for income tax purpose. This is my experience. Correct me if I'm wrong.
start reading this thread for 3 weeks or more & finally took the plunge & booked a unit at The Hills, love the scenery there although not much is there at the hills precinct area, was told it will be ready by Mar 2013 or until May maybe...
viewed quite a few like EL, NI, Sertia Eco Gardens, Nusa Duta & some others, but in the end still prefer HH......
Hi Cathy, should you settle the one with the higher interest rate first? Of course use the rent to pay the hdb instalment and any balance should go towards settling the MY bank loan because it has higher interest rates... what do u think?