The Hong Kong drift rental house has thundered again.
23 Hong Kong drifters were run away by the "second landlord" with a deposit of 500,000 yuan.
This thing is not new, it happens every year, and it is more and more outrageous.
There are too many people stirring up troubled waters this time, and no one cares about how to get to the root of the problem. Anyway, the rental market is chaotic enough, there is not much more than me, and there is a lot less than me, so it is better to take the opportunity to make a profit.
So we can see every year that international students are crazy about renting a house, and the slightly better ones can't get the deposit back, and if it's miserable, even the rent and mortgage are in the sea, and the contract is not expired and will be "swept away" by the landlord.
The legal loopholes have been drilled by intermediaries, and you can't even find a hole in the ground, and there is no way to complain.
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In August last year, Yang, a mainland student studying for a master's degree at CUHK, found a real estate company in a potato and planned to share a flat in Tai Wai City.
Enron Real Estate***
He paid the real estate agent in one lump sumThe annual rent is 80,0004, plus two months of paymentDeposit 10,0004The lease period is from August last year to August this year.
As soon as the contract is signed, I think everything is fine, and the real estate company has a physical operation store, which should be considered formal.
As a result, 3 months after moving in, Yang found a photo posted at the door of the rental unitNotice from the Lands Tribunal.
The respondent was the real estate company "Enron Real Estate", which had signed a contract with Mr. Yang.
After understanding, it was found that Liu Shuairong, the real estate agent who signed a contract with him, owed the landlord two months' rent and did not pay all the rent to the landlord.
Now I have no bottom in my heart, so I call ** to Agent Liu.
Liu assured Yang that the house could be lived in with peace of mind, and he would solve any problems.
Yang believed it and didn't put this matter at ease.
In March this year, Yang received a message from the owner, referring to Agent LiuRent arrears again。Yang was worried that he would be forced to relocate, so he often contacted Liu's agent, and even went to Enron Real Estate ShopUrging him to pay back the moneyto the owners.
Agent Liu is hasty and perfunctory every time.
It wasn't until May this year that Agent Liu found that he was burned by the fire, and the situation reached the point where it could not be calmed down, so he simply confessed to Mr. YangI can't pay the landlord this money, and the landlord asks you to move out of the unit.
This is because the landlord has not been able to collect the rent for a long time between May and June.
So through the Lands TribunalRepossession of unitsto protect their rights and interests, and asked Yang Sheng to return the unit.
At the end of the day, you can only "get lucky":
Agent Liu defaulted on the landlord's rent, and the original unit could only be recovered. This so-called second-hand landlord agency also changed its name at the same timePaihl Properties.
There were two months left in the contract, and Yang and his roommate were arranged by the agent to another unit in the same community.
He also asked the agent to draw up a new contract to ensure that he could recover the deposit from Pavio Real Estate after the lease was surrendered.
It's still too naïve, Agent LiuFormal resignationOn the grounds of Paiao Real Estate, he ran away and flew away.
Not only did they default on the landlord's rent, but they also embezzled the deposit. At least 23 mainland students were trapped, involving an amount of about 500,000 yuan.
I don't want you to be the next person to defend your rights
When you notice that the rental agent is playing something that you don't understand, you have to set off the alarm and call the police immediately, otherwise you will have a series of troubles waiting for you.
The reason why this kind of second-hand landlord agent is so deep is to bully everyone who does not understand the law when they first arrive in Hong Kong.
They are the real masters of the law, taking advantage of legal loopholes, step by step, point by point, no one can play better than them!They transferred the criminal fraud they committed to contract law, and the student had nothing to do with him!
You said you were going to sue them for fraud, so can you afford the high legal fees?It's to eat the students to death. Roll up the money and run away.
Here are a few points of popular science:
Second, the landlord makes the contract invalid.
The Hong Kong tenancy terms clearly stipulate that if the second landlord signs the sublease contract without the consent of the landlord (including whether to sublet and whether to sublet and whether to sublet).Then the sublease contract may be ruled invalid!
The rental contract is invalid, how can the police help you?Dumb people eat coptis, and they can't say what they are bitter about.
And one more,The lease between the second landlord and the landlord must be the same as the lease for the third tenant.
In other words, the time of the lease you signed with the second landlord must be within the time of the lease signed between the agent and the landlord. If the time is not symmetrical, it will also cause the contract you signed with the second landlord to be invalid.
Finally, it is sincerely recommended to find a big-name agent or rent directly from the landlord. If you don't know about the local agency, you can google, and don't find a second landlord unless necessary.
1. Confirm whether to sublease and see whether the real estate certificate filing information is the landlord himself. If it is not a direct lease or a sublease, you must make sure that the landlord signs the sublease contract, and make sure that it is a whole lease or sublease or re-lease after modification, etc. The duration of the sublease contract must be within the scope of the lease between the second-hand landlord and the landlord;
2. Those who often bet on two months' rent are ready to play hooligans;
3. The rent must be paid month by month, not all year round!There is no such bandit rule in Hong Kong.
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