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Sun, Jun 14, 2009
The Straits Times
Firm has partitioned units at several sites

IDEAL Accommodation, which was behind the unauthorised refurbishment of The Grangeford condominium, is renting out partitioned apartments in at least five other developments, checks by The Straits Times found.

One is Holland Crest, a development which was sold in a collective sale in 2007 to BBR Group.

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Residents moved out last year, and Ideal moved in to lease the empty apartments to tenants.

At least two blocks on the grounds - blocks 19 and 21 - have partitioned units on every floor.

Residents, who are expatriates, students and long-term tourists, say they pay about $1,800 per partitioned unit per month.

At Dalvey Court, off Stevens Road, a walk-up apartment complex which had nine units originally, each apartment has been partitioned into three or four units.

One studio unit - with a master bedroom and balcony - was going for $1,300.

Some partitioned units were also found at Moonstone Apartments near Serangoon Road, No. 8 Kim Keat Road and No. 144 Race Course Road.

Ideal was the master tenant of The Grangeford condominium in Leonie Hill Road but was booted out by the owner of the property after it failed to comply with an order by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to remove and restore its 600 partitioned rooms.

Tenants were told of the URA order very late, leaving them little time to clear out.

A check on the company under the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority shows that the two directors in charge are Mr Tang Yong, a Singapore PR, and Ms Tang Xuemei, a Chinese national.

The company, started in 2004, has $170,000 in capital.

Mr Tang Yong was uncontactable for a response.

URA would say only that it is 'already following up on the feedback received on residential properties managed by Ideal Accommodation'.

TAN WEIZHEN

This article was first published in The Straits Times.

 

 
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