Dear Shi Yong Loong, I have been living in Russia since 1984, married to a local and also I myself rent flats to people as a side earning. :)) Firstly I have travelled a lot and would say that you will find good and bad people in every country.So dont take it to heart and dont create a common view of russians on this. On the other hand I would implore that like everywhere you should (especially being a foreigner in Russia) take precautions while choosing flats. 1-Choose an intermediate leasing company which has reputation or is recommended. Expat site can put such a list on its site(im sure it will be a big help to all). 2-Sign an agreement where you have covered maximum clauses like the ones you are going through.(Im sure this forum can discuss the basic clauses to look for or even put in a format agreement on the site if needed). 3-Get your contract registered at the notary.You dont have to indicate the real price of rent so you wont pay much to the notary either.Usually both sides agree to indicate a meagre amount (You pay 1% of the contract value). 4-keep some friends(maybe even russians) who at such stages can as they say "talk local " to such kind of landlords. 5-Of course you should blacklist such landlords, intermediate leasing companies etc. 6- try and understand your landlords before you jump into taking flats. Wrong decisions may end you in a heap of problems which you simply dont have an idea about . As for the current situation I think: 1-Read the agreement carefully, understand first your rights & responsibilities.You then must contact the intermediate leasing agency and ask them to provide you another compensation option OR let them handle the landlord. 2- If your landlord has not officially signed(notarised) agreement with you well he must understand that he is bypassing taxes the open knowledge of which is not in his favour(called tax evasion)! Regards, Gurminder
--- On Wed, 5/13/09, Shi Yong Loong <[email protected]> wrote: From: Shi Yong Loong <[email protected]> Subject: Expat List (no subject) To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 3:59 PM #yiv405932095 .hmmessage P { margin:0px;padding:0px;} #yiv405932095 { font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} I wonder if this happens frequently in Russia. I rent a one room apartment in spartivnaya for 35000 rubles via agency. After 2 months, the owner came in and said that she wants to end the contract with me, giving unreasonable reasons, like living more than 2 people (in fact we doesn't), and complaints by neighbours... which doesn't happen before. She even bring several people who wanted to rent it and looked around. I was shocked. Apparently, she decided to rent it for a better price while we signed a one year contract. How the hell does something like this ever happens. See all the ways you can stay connected to friends and family -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
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