It's wait-and-see for Pender Court, Tulip Garden home owners
By Joyce Teo, Property Correspondent and Ong Bi Hui
THEIR collective sale deals may be in doubt - and the huge cheques due to come their way - but some owners at Pender Court and Tulip Garden are taking a wait-and-see attitude for now.
The Pender Court sale was due to be completed in late February and Tulip Garden in late May, but Bravo has postponed the settlement dates of both sales. The firm, which works with partners on such large purchases, said it was working on a shareholders' agreement for Tulip Garden.
A man renting a Pender Court unit at $2,000 a month, and who gave his name only as William, told The Straits Times: 'For tenants, the en bloc sale is a good thing, since most owners are quite desperate to rent out their flats to help pay for their new houses. So as tenants, we have a better bargaining power.'
One owner, who declined to be named, said most Pender Court owners had already bought new homes and were waiting for the money from the sale. She also said the owners had already received a 10 per cent deposit from Bravo, which they would retain should the deal fail, so that was giving some consolation amid the uncertainty.
Bravo has paid a 5 per cent deposit of $25.8 million for Tulip Garden. It has cancelled its $162.8 million collective deal for Makeway View after finding out that it had to pay a higher-than-expected development charge.
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