News about Chris Tan

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 30): Renting out residential property carries inherent responsibilities for owners, particularly in ensuring that units are used for lawful and intended purposes.

“Real estate agents are reporting institutions, which have obligations to carry out, among others, customer due diligence measures if there is reasonable suspicion of the commission of a money laundering offence or a terrorism financing offence.

We list here the main considerations you should ask your agent (and yourself) before you sign on the dotted line.

Upon inspection though, two of our readers found, to their dismay, much to be desired in their newly handed-over properties.

Chur Associates managing partner and founder Chris Tan: Why do you pay more to be regulated? Because you believe in orderliness and compliance.

So, you own a strata property.

PETALING JAYA (April 10): During the new normal in the context of a Strata - or regulated community living, it is always important to know what can and should not be done during this extraordinary time involving Covid-19.

With the increase of stratified properties in the country, there is no lack of information and discussions on it – ranging from the dos and don’ts, the upside and downside, the cost to even how to resolve differences among the residents.

Is a developer still liable to rectify defects that appear way after the defects liability period (DLP)? According to Chur Associates founder and managing partner Chris Tan, the DLP is not a deadline to claim for defects and hence the answer is ‘yes’.

The Covid-19 pandemic has caught everyone off guard and while we lament the changes that it has brought to our lives, it has also on the other hand, given us new options in the way we choose to work and live.