ROOM TENANCY AGREEMENT

THE AGREEMENT IS BINDING ON THE DATE OF ……………………………..

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 ROOM TENANCY AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT creates legally binding obligations between the Landlord and
the Tenant so please read it and make sure you understand its terms before you sign.
This agreement is governed by Malaysian Law which foreigner may find it quite
different from the law that applies in their own country. Take advice before signing if
you feel you need it. This agreement is made between the owner of the Apartment
(‘the Landlord’) and the person who occupies the room (‘the Tenant’) named below
and comes into effect when it has been signed by the Tenant and counter-signed and
dated by the Landlord.

The Landlord :
The Landlord’s Identification Number:
The Landlord’s Home/Permanent Address :

The Tenant :
The Tenant’s Identification/Passport Number:
The Tenant’s Home/Permanent Address :

Grant of tenancy
The Landlord lets a furnished __________ room (‘the Room’) at 1-13a-02, Unipark
Condominium, Jalan US 1, Taman Ikram, Jalan Serdang-Kajang 43000 Kajang,
Selangor, Malaysia (‘the Apartment’) to the Tenant together with use of the shared
areas in the Apartment on the following terms and conditions.

Period
1. The Room shall be let from _________________ to ________________.
2. The tenancy period may be started early or extended by written agreement
between the Landlord and the Tenant but the Landlord is under no obligation to
agree to an early start or extension.

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Rent
3. The Tenant agrees to pay to the Landlord the monthly rent of RM______ either
[as agreed with the Landlord in advance]
(a) monthly in advance by the 1st of each month during the period of this
agreement; or
(b) full annual fee in advance
4. The rent does not include utilities bill (water, electricity and sewerage), telephone
charges and internet charges but includes maintenance charges. All the Tenants in
the Apartment ('the Tenants') shall pay the utilities bill equally or as agreed among
themselves. The Landlord shall not be liable for any disparity in the Tenants'
decision.
5. The tenant is not allowed to sublet the room unless permitted by the Landlord.

Telephone Charges
6. A telephone point is provided. The provision of a service to this point is the
responsibility of an external service provider and the Landlord is not liable for any
failure in the service.
7. If the Tenant activates the telephone/internet/wireless connection in the
Apartment/Room, the Tenant shall pay to the service provider all the relevant
charges (including the services and monthly charges) due to the service provider.
8. If the Landlord activates the telephone/internet/wireless connection in the
Apartment/Room at the Tenant’s request, the Tenant shall pay to the service
provider all the relevant charges (including the services and monthly charges) due
to the service provider.

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Fittings, Furniture and Furnishings
9. An inventory of the Room’s contents and the contents of the shared areas is
attached to this agreement. The Tenant agrees to check the inventory and report
any discrepancy to the Landlord within 7 days of the start of the tenancy period.
10. If there is a discrepancy the Landlord agrees to put the Room and/or the shared
areas, as appropriate into the condition described in the inventory as soon as
reasonably practicable provided that the Tenant reported the discrepancy within 7
days of the start of the tenancy period.
11. The Tenant agrees to pay the cost of or, in the case of the shared areas, a fair
proportion of the cost of replacing or making good any losses breakages or
damage occurring during the tenancy period other than those reported as inventory
discrepancies, and those caused by fair wear and tear or by risks covered by the
Landlord’s insurance policy (unless the insurance monies are wholly or partly
irrecoverable by virtue of any act or failure to act by the Tenant or his or her
guests).
12. The Tenant agrees at the termination of this agreement to leave the fittings
furniture furnishing and other contents of the Room and the shared areas in good
condition and repair and in the same positions as shown in the inventory.

Deposit
13. The Tenant agrees to pay deposit of RM_______ (two months rent deposit and
RM_______ utilities deposit) when the signed agreement is returned to the
Landlord and the Landlord is under no obligation to counter-sign this agreement
until the deposit has been paid.
14. If the Tenant does not occupy the Room, or terminates this agreement before the
end of the tenancy period as in Item 1, the Landlord will not refund the booking
fee to the Tenant.
15. If the Tenant occupies the Room, the deposit will be off-set against the Tenant’s
final rent payment and final utilities bill payment, after making any proper and
reasonable deductions for the cost of replacement keys, making good damage, or
towards making good any breach of the Tenant’s obligations.

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Access
16. The Tenant shall permit the Landlord (including the Landlord’s workmen or other
authorized persons) to enter the Room/Apartment for the purposes of viewing,
inspection, maintenance, cleaning and repair and shall not obstruct any person in
the carrying out of their duties.
17. The Landlord shall give the Tenant reasonable notice before entering the
Room/Apartment.

Use of the Room

18. The Tenant shall:
(a) Not use the Room except as private living accommodation for the sole use of
the Tenant and shall not carry on any profession trade or business in the
Apartment.
(b) Keep the Room and (jointly with the other tenants) the shared areas of the
Apartment in a clean and proper condition and as often as necessary remove
garbage to the part of the Building specified by the Building Maintenance
Office.
(c) Not deface, decorate or cause damage to the Apartment or its contents nor do
anything in the Apartment, which would be likely lead to the Landlord having
to claim on its insurance policy.
(d) Notify the Landlord if the Room/Apartment is to be unoccupied for a
continuous period of ten days or more and take such reasonable precautions
for the security of the Room/Apartment and its contents as are reasonably
required by the Landlord.
(e) Comply with all applicable legislation to the extent that this is necessary to
avoid the Tenant’s actions or negligence affecting the Landlord or the
Landlord’s other tenants and the Landlord’s neighbours.
(f) Not do anything, which may be a fire risk or in any other way put the health,
safety, welfare or security of others, or their property, at risk
(g) Not obstruct any of the shared areas in the Apartment
and the Landlord shall be entitled at the Tenant’s expense to remove the
Room/Apartment any article which constitutes an obstruction or a fire or safety
risk but (unless perishable) will return it to the Tenant on termination of this
agreement
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Regulations
19. The Tenant shall comply with the agreement and shall take all reasonable steps to
ensure that his or her invited guests abide by the rules set out in the agreement and
shall pay to the Landlord the proper and reasonable cost of making good any loss
or damage caused by a breach of this agreement.

Nuisance
20. The Tenant shall not cause any disturbance or nuisance to other tenants, to the
Landlord or to the Landlord’s neighbours.

Early Termination
21. The Tenant is allowed to find a replacement tenant who is reasonably acceptable
to the Landlord, enters into an agreement for the remainder of the tenancy period
provided the Tenant informed the Landlord of the Tenant’s intention in advance.
The Landlord may decline to accept the replacement without giving reason. There
is no minimum or maximum period of notice. The agreement will terminate on the
date the replacement takes up occupation.
22. The Landlord shall be under no obligation to offer the Room to a new tenant in
priority to any other available room, except where the proposed new tenant was
introduced by the Tenant
23. For the avoidance of doubt, the Tenant shall remain liable for the rent for as long
as this agreement continues, even if the Tenant has ceased to occupy the Room.
24. If this agreement is terminated before the end of the tenancy period as in Item 1,
all the deposit shall be forfeited.
25. If the Tenant wishes to terminate the agreement before extension date as in Item 2,
the Tenant shall give two months advance notice to the Landlord. Otherwise, the
deposit shall be refunded by the Landlord in pro rate basis.
26. If this agreement is terminated under clause 25, the Landlord will refund to the
Tenant a fair proportion of any pre-paid rent and the deposit (less any deductions
properly made).

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Repairs
27. The Landlord will keep the structure and exterior of the Apartment, and the
installations and equipment in the Apartment in good repair and proper working
order.
28. The Landlord shall not be liable to repair any damage to the Apartment or its
contents, if caused by any act or failure of the Tenant or his or her invited guests,
until payment for the proper and reasonable cost of repair or replacement is
received.
29. The Tenant is responsible to small repairs which are less than RM50.00. The
Tenant shall not attempt to carry out any repairs more than RM50.00 him or
herself without the Landlord’s knowledge or approval.

Reporting of Repairs
30. The Tenant shall report in writing as soon as possible to the Landlord any repairs
required to the Room/Apartment or its content. The Landlord shall not be liable to
carry out any repair until the Landlord has been notified of the need for repair.

Damage
31. If during the tenancy period the Room is wholly or partly unfit for use or
inaccessible because of fire or any other risk, then by the arrangement with the
Landlord a fair proportion of the rent (according to the extent of the damage) shall
cease to be payable for as long as the Room remains wholly or partly unfit for use
or inaccessible.
32. The rent will not be suspended if the Tenant has failed to comply with this
agreement and the insurer refuses to pay the Landlord as a result.
33. If the Room is still fit for use but any fixtures or fittings (movable or otherwise)
are not functioning the rent shall not be suspended but the Landlord will use all
reasonable endeavours to have the fixtures and fittings repaired in a reasonable
time.
34. There will be no necessity for the Landlord to use any endeavours if the damage
or defect is caused by the Tenant or the Tenant’s invited guests until payment of
the proper cost of repairing such damage is paid to the Landlord by the Tenant.
35. (a) Subject to sub-clause 35(b), if the Room is made completely unfit for use by
an insured risk and there is no reasonable prospect of returning it to a lettable
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 condition within a reasonable time either the Landlord or the Tenant may
terminate this agreement with immediate effect by giving written notice to the
other.
(b) Despite sub-clause 35(a), if the insurer refuses to pay the Landlord because the
damage arose as a result of the Tenant’s failure to comply with the terms of this
agreement then only the Landlord may terminate this agreement for reasons of
destruction by an insured risk.

Removal
36. At the end of the tenancy period (or earlier termination of this agreement in
accordance with clause 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and clause 26), the Tenant shall vacate
the Room, leaving it in a clean and tidy condition and returning all keys to the
Landlord.
37. The Tenant will pay the Landlord’s proper and reasonable costs of obtaining
vacant possession where the Tenant fails to leave.
38. Any possessions left in the Room/Apartment when the Tenant has vacated will be
removed by the Landlord and (unless perishable) will be stored by the Landlord
for one month or such longer period as may be agreed between the Landlord and
the Tenant. If the possessions have not been collected by the end of that time, they
shall be deemed to have been abandoned by the Tenant and the Landlord may
dispose of them in any way it reasonably considers appropriate, including sale.
The Landlord will hold the proceeds of sale, less the Landlord’s proper costs of
storage and disposal, on behalf of the Tenant for a period of twelve months from
the date this agreement is terminated and if the Tenant has not claimed the
proceeds within that time the money may, in the Landlord’s reasonable discretion,
be donated to charity.

Relocation, re-entry and compensation

39. The Landlord may terminate this agreement at any time by serving not less than
two weeks notice on the Tenant if
(a) any payment is overdue by twenty eight (28) days or more or
(b) the Tenant is in serious or persistent breach of any of the Tenant’s obligations
or
(c) the Tenant does not have a valid passport or visa or an immigrant
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 (d) in the reasonable opinion of the Landlord the health or behaviour of the Tenant
constitutes a serious risk to him/herself or others or to the Landlord’s property
40. In addition or as an alternative to termination of this agreement the Landlord shall
be entitled to claim its proper and reasonable costs and expenses or loss of profit
arising out of the Tenant’s breach of the obligations in this agreement including
the legal costs associated with recovering possession of the Room and
administrative charges incurred in enforcing the Tenant’s obligations
41. Where damage or loss occurs at the Apartment and it is not possible for the
Landlord (acting reasonably) to ascertain who is at fault, the Tenant will pay a fair
and reasonable proportion of the cost of repairing the damage or reinstating the
loss including a proportion of the Landlord’s RM 200.00 administration fee

Landlords Liability
42. The Landlord’s liability for loss or damage to person or property is excluded
unless the loss or damage is caused by the Landlord’s negligence or a breach of its
obligations in this agreement

Complains Procedure
43. If the Tenant wishes to raise a complaint about the condition of the
Room/Apartment or about any issue arising from the terms of this agreement they
may do so by writing to the Landlord.

Confidentiality
44. The Tenant hereby authorizes the Landlord to use his/her personal data for all
lawful purposes in connection with this agreement (including debt recovery and
crime prevention) or where there is serious risk of harm to the Tenant or to others
or their property.
45. Except as permitted by clause 45, the Landlord will not disclose the Tenant’s
personal data.

General
46. This contract is not intended to confer any benefit to anyone who is not a party to
it

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47. This agreement contains all the terms agreed to by the Landlord and the Tenant at
the time it comes into effect and any variation to the terms will only be effective if
agreed between the Tenant and the Landlord. The Landlord will confirm any
agreed variation to the Tenant in writing at the time the variation is made.
48. This agreement will be endorsed with the Stamp Duty chargeable to the Tenant

Signed by the Landlord ___________________________

This is a legally binding agreement and you are recommended to take independent
legal advice.

Signed by the Tenant ____________________________

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Inventory

1. Room
(a) 1 Wooden single bed frame
(b) 1 single size mattress
(c) 1 Wood cloth wardrobe
(d) 1 Study table
(e) 1 chair
(f) 1 ceiling fan
(g) 1 Curtain
(h) 1 Fluorescence lamp

2. Apartment (common/shared area)

(a) Bathroom
- 2 water heater
- 2 fluorescence lamp
(b) Corridor
- 2 fluorescence lamp
(c) Living area
- sofa set
- side table
- dining table and chairs
- iron and iron board
(d) Kitchen
- sink
- refrigerator
- stove with gas cylinder
- kitchen cabinet
- 1 microwave oven (Sharp Brand)
(e) Backyard
- washing machine

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3. Others
(a) 1 set of keys (consist of _____ keys)
- metal grill gate
- sliding door
- padlock
- room
- backyard
- metal grill balcony gate
- postbox

(b) _______________________________________________________________

I agree that the above is in order.

Signed by the Tenant ___________________________

Name:
Identification / Passport Number:

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