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Guides and news on renting rooms, whole places and parking in Malaysia and Singapore.
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Home Interior Hacks for a Tight Budget
You’ve settled into your new place and it’s looking like a delicious canvas just waiting to be personalized. A brand new start… It’s an exciting endeavor but wait, you’ve already dug deep into your purse/wallet to cover your basic obligations and expenses. Your budget has just gotten a whole lot slimmer and you don’t have…
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Beware of Con-artists When Renting Your Rooms
Unscrupulous individuals can be found lurking everywhere and unfortunately the room renting sector is not exempted. These con-artists take advantage of those who are unfamiliar with renting procedures and as such, knowledge can be your greatest weapon. Rental scams often target prospective tenants and get them to pay a deposit or other form of down…
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Safety Measures for Apartment Renters
So you’ve just shifted to your brand new apartment unit, you’re excited and looking forward to a new chapter in your life. However, unless you want to end up a grim statistic, the first thing you should be thinking about is safety. After all, it was just last year in 2016 that Malaysia saw an increase in…
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The Rising Proptech in Southeast Asia
It was only a matter of time before the property market would begin to become impacted as advanced IT-systems, mobile applications, software and devices or we can call them Proptech – is disrupting the way deals have been conducted in the real estate space. That movement is known as PropTech, an ecosystem of businesses using…
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Ways to get along with you roommates when sharing and apartment (rent by room)
Wherever people are, politics will be. This is especially true when it comes to the place where you lay your head down after a long day at the grind. The last thing you want is the stress of the workplace following you back to your safe haven. Understand that you’re living with other people and…
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Have you considered apartment sharing versus renting a studio?
You’re an individual, you’re in the prime of your life. You might be a working adult, a fresh graduate or a student, most likely single and located in a densely populated urban jungle. You’re making THAT decision (and no we’re not talking about deciding between the Adidas Manazero or the Nike Air Force 1’s). When…
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Share An Apartment or Rent a Studio?
One of the biggest dilemma one can have when choosing a place to rent is the question of renting a room of an apartment or renting a studio. If we go under the assumption that finances are not an issue which one would be a better option? As with most dilemmas, the concludion would be that…
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Read Your Contract Before You Sign It! – Our Case Study
Normally whenever tenants are about to sign an agreement with the landlords, you allow it to be signed with the assumption that all the clauses from the contract are well known to all the parties. Sometimes, however, tenants might not be aware of what they are signing and sometimes they might simply not be interested in…
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Homes + Gardens = Awesomeness!
As you walk into different homes throughout your life you realize how different people have different preferences and sense for aesthetics. Some decorate their home using traditional or cultural elements, some keep it futuristic, some minimalistic and some classy. We have already witnessed different room decoration styles in one of our previous blogs but let us introduce you…