I too had a similar experience like Divahar. During my house hunt I faced 38 rejections being from India. But finally a found a very good landlord who treats me like a family member. They cook for me and takes care of me. After signing the contract I never felt like I am staying away from home. I agree that some may have a bad experience with landlords, but there are also good people like my landlord.
As an Indian living in Singapore on rent for 12 years now, I have experienced issues when renting a house with my family. My sister, father and mother are actually really very clean people. Everytime we found a house to rent and they were fine with us renting until they asked for our nationality. After we told the agents our nationality, they started to ignore our follow up messages regarding the house. And so far the only 'excuse' we have recieved for this racial discrimination is that "Indians keep their houses dirty". They didnt even see our renting profiles or the feedbacks received by all our other landlords which were still happy with their house after we left just as they were before. We struggled to find a house for a few months because of that. I feel like your friend, Divahar had lesser problems of that sort as they were a single person looking for rent. But that's just my experience. Thanks for the video!
I rented out my 5-room HDB flat in Yishun (at around 1991) to an Indian family, this Indian was not a Singaporean but was from India. When we wanted to sell off our flat in early 1992, the Indian family offered to buy it from us and after an agreed price, I sold it to them, though there was a condition, according to HDB, because there was a quota (for Indians/Malays in housing estates) and if the quota was met the sale could proceed. I had since upgraded numerous times . . . from HDB 5-room to inter-terrace to corner-terrace to detach and to now owning 2 detach houses. The sale of the 5-room flat allowed me the chance to buy a landed property as I bought the 5-room from HDB at $70k, and sold it for $210k exactly 5 years later. After deducting for cpf contributions and what-not, HDB issued me a check of slightly more than $100k and that set me off on a hunt for my first landed property.
@@darthsidious9814 No, it was 650k and I took a loan for 30 years. I just graduated, applied for that HDB flat and since the 100k+ was a windfall, I decided that it was the only chance for me to buy a landed, since my family was poor and I used to live in a 1-room HDB flat (9 of us squeezed into a 1-room flat).
People used to look up to India in the ancient times. Foreigners used to study in Nalanda university. I remember ancient Chinese called India “civilized” and “center of knowledge”. Scientists and mathematicians of the islamic golden age admired our work. Greeks and Romans also used to look up to us. Good old times. Anglo-Saxons and other Westerners are the reason that South Asians face discrimination worldwide. They ruined our image by portraying us as animal f*ckers, street sh*tters, unhygienic (India needs to work on it, I admit, but man often it is over exaggerated), savages, r*pists, etc. West butchered our reputation.😢
Yes,Singapore is racist.I’m a African mixed with Singapore who was born here.I’ve been studying in a secondary school I have worked hard to get into,and I have been bullied for my race.Although in my perspective Singapore is racist,not all of them are racist.
@@midnightsun1728 well because of my skin colour,Iam sometimes excluded from groups that I would like to participate in.They call me words I would not like to say, and sometimes they beat me up because iam a black person.They call me a terrorist,a bomber, and they say I shouldn't be here because its a Chinese country
@@midnightsun1728 I"ll tell you as an Indian who studied in NUS, the opportunities that a local gets are different from that what we get. simple example when you and a white person wave for a taxi, the taxi stops for a white guy. these are small things but make a lot of difference
I am so glad I left the country. Infant I regret going to NUS. You face suttle forms of racism on a daily basis in Singapore and many people are ok with it.
amazing, thank you for making such a good video on the struggles we face, its so ignored and swept under the carpet like its nothing much to face, it can seriously affect ones mental health
yes, totally agree with you . I have been hunting a new apartment recently, and was refused hundreds of times because I need to rent for a whole family.But I finally got one. thanks god. it's really not easy.
My understanding is that whichever the race you are in, you should treat the place you are living like your own home. Set an example for others. I am a Sri Lankan and I too have faced this situation where I got rejected multiple times. But I have to say I got to meet with some of the nicest landlords too. I have taken care of the place like my own and when I left, I am also opening a door to another Sri Lankan by setting up a good example. This is my thought from my experience.
Can you do a video on what happened to your Grandma's house? What you mentioned sounds like illegal sub-letting; and your Grandma's house looks like a HDB flat. How can landlords deal with such (illegal) tenants? What are the tips and tricks to safeguard one's property while renting it out?
Divahar is staying with Indian landlords. I guess people prefer their own race. Similar customs and no language barrier at home. Especially if the landlord is staying together. Nothing wrong with that. When such preference occurs while renting an entire flat, then its a bigger problem of discrimination
@@krisvin7761 Because Singapore is a ethnic Chinese majority country and most Chinese don't want to have anything to do with Indians because they think Indians are criminals. Nonetheless, racism happens everywhere and can go either way. When u are a minority, u tend to struggles a lot.
People used to look up to India in the ancient times. Foreigners used to study in Nalanda university. I remember ancient Chinese called India “civilized” and “center of knowledge”. Scientists and mathematicians of the islamic golden age admired our work. Greeks and Romans also used to look up to us. Good old times. Anglo-Saxons and other Westerners are the reason that South Asians face discrimination worldwide. They ruined our image by portraying us as animal f*ckers, street sh*tters, unhygienic (India needs to work on it, I admit, but man often it is over exaggerated), savages, r*pists, etc. West butchered our reputation.😢
Hi what a surprise to hear about such a candid topic which is often carefully edited so that it does not offend anyone. Bottom line, I grew up in Spore and am a Singaporean, I have faced racism. My friends who are Chinese can't believe that racism exists. They don't face it and tell me that I am being very sensitive. The truth is that colour does matter. If you are a fair-skinned Indian, you are treated differently from a dark-skinned Indian. I sincerely more races will see your channel and understand that we too are human beings; we differ in colour and eat with our hands. In evolutionary terms, all humans began eating with hands; there were no forks, spoons and chopsticks. So it is only natural that one can eat with hands and need not be taught 😍😍. Please continue to produce videos that highlight the truth. Keep up this excellent work.
Great video again~ You pointed out many good points and the video is very insightful hopefully killing the stigma of Singapore landlord thinking that Indians are bad tenants. We can't get rid of all the racism in the world, but one less person who is racist can make the world a better place. It is not just Singapore but other countries as well *cough america* My experience below, please understand that this was from our experience and not the stereotypical stigma. I understand where some of the racism came from due to bad rep from their "predecessors" personally my current tenants are indians workers who have rented with use as a group for a few years(3+ years) now since our previous tenant, who was also indian (he didn't respected us and broke my stuff. tl;dr: he was a PSB professor that lived over 5 years with us) ANYWAYS, the new tenants are very respectful and they are very nice individuals who work hard to provide for their family back home. They are grateful that we rent the house out for under market rate, unlike the previous tenant. So honestly, it's each person's experiences, but what i don't support are people who experienced bad tenants and go around telling others that indian tenants are the worst to rent out. I have heard of this way too much, tho lesser now maybe due to covid. AND To be honest, in our experience, our worse tenants was actually a close competition between a Female Malaysian Chinese and the PSB professor.
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My former landlord is Indian but he had prejudice renting out to other Indians after getting cheated of rent payments from his previous 3 Indian tenants.
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Seems like the media like to lap up and sensationalize stories of racial discrimination faced by Indians when renting a house or room in Singapore. How about telling the horrific stories experienced by landlords who rented to them for a change? First, not all Indian tenants are bad. There are very good ones who are very clean, friendly, easygoing, polite and smell nice. I should know because I had rented to many of them before from Malaysia and India (including those who worked in other countries like US and EU). But on the whole, based on my own experience, Chinese tenants from Singapore and Malaysia are a better fit for Chinese landlords because they share similar cultures and the associated guest etiquette. There are bad apples in every basket and Chinese tenants are no exception. But like other non-Chinese tenants - due to their different cultures - Indian tenants present more challenges to non-Indian landlords. For example, most Indian tenants will agree to everything in the rental contract and all the house rules before moving in. But once they move in, they will debate, argue and negotiate EVERYTHING or claim they did not agree to them in the first place! They are more likely to be argumentative, hostile or unreasonable than other races, and they don't seem to understand the English language like the rest of the world. Also, they do not like to follow masking regulations even during the peak of the pandemic, thereby endangering the rest of us at home. Worst of all, most of them seem to have problems saying a simple sorry when they are at fault and expect you to suck it up, but would make a lot of noise if they think you are at fault. My worst tenants happened to include a disproportionate number of Indians. One Malaysian Indian tenant urinated at the staircase landing when he came back and his pee (it was a lot) flowed all the way down to the lower storey in the middle of the night because he said he was too urgent to get into the house. When he found a cheaper place, he insisted on not giving any move-out notice, demanded for his deposit to be refunded, and dumped a lot of used masks inside his room all the way underneath his bed and specifically said he wanted us to clean it up after him! Another Malaysian Indian tenant constantly didn't flush the toilet bowl after use and then sent me disgusting pictures of the dirty toilet bowl to complain that someone else did it and ask me to make sure it wouldn't happen again. I wasted a lot of time to finally catch him and even then he flatly denied it. He also burned Hindu incense inside his room after midnight every night even though he was not supposed to, and then denied he did it and accused someone else. He also hated to clean his room and would sweep out everything from his room into the common area outside his door and turned nasty when I told him not to do that. I also had an India Indian couple who stole some expensive hardware that I provided for their use inside their room and I only discovered that after they moved out. When I contacted them asking for their return, they said they were too busy with work and told me to go buy new ones instead of bothering them! One India Indian tenant not only refused to follow simple house rules like flush the toilet after use or keep quiet after 11pm when the rest of us were sleeping, he instigated my other tenant to do the same! He also acted like he was superior to my family and I and talked down to us. So can you call me racist when I told the abovementioned troublemakers to move out? For the record, I had asked each and every troublemaking tenant to move out, be they Indian, Chinese or otherwise. Thankfully, the majority of my tenants were ok. So for all those Internet warriors, journalists and the like who cry racial discrimation against Indians or any other races in Singapore, please rent your rooms or houses to at least 10 tenants of that race for at least a year each to experience it firsthand. Then come back and share your experience with everyone else. Otherwise, please shut up.
Hand is one of the most advance combination of spoon and fork with adjustable point ... And to wash this natural spoon and fork it is also in our hands only Therefore I think it is the most advance thing to use your own beautiful hand for eating the food which gives you life
I think it would be a better video covering this topic if you had also interviewed your friends who provided the screenshots instead of just Divahar. A lot of other minorities such as Burmese are discriminated when looking for a place to rent. Agents and house owners are rude and dismissive.
Hahaha. I am indian and i got the tenant prefer someone who speaks mandarin, I continued to message in mandarin (as I am fluent in it). There was no reply...till next day. Agent said someone the unit was longer available. 🤷♂️
People used to look up to India in the ancient times. Foreigners used to study in Nalanda university. I remember ancient Chinese called India “civilized” and “center of knowledge”. Scientists and mathematicians of the islamic golden age admired our work. Greeks and Romans also used to look up to us. Good old times. Anglo-Saxons and other Westerners are the reason that South Asians face discrimination worldwide. They ruined our image by portraying us as animal f*ckers, street sh*tters, unhygienic (India needs to work on it, I admit, but man often it is over exaggerated), savages, r*pists, etc. West butchered our reputation.😢
Great video, awesome editing too. I learned a lot from this video regarding how some tenants feel about renting in Singapore. Thanks for sharing. I suppose there are good and bad tenants that can be of any race.
Coming from France (I'm french from black descent) , when I started looking for rental in Singapore back in 2016 I was so shocked to be asked my race or to see on add "NO INDIAN" or "NO MAINLAND CHINESE" especially when it was not even a leave with the landlord situation...You would never see that in europe (pretty sure it is not even legal) but after a little while I was actually gratefull as I realised that at least it allowed me to save considerable time and avoid possible weird uncomfortable situations! ... (because there is still sometimes some strong stereotypes of different races in the mind of some landlords in france if not at time some real racists but they will never tell you to your face or outloud!)...
People used to look up to India in the ancient times. Foreigners used to study in Nalanda university. I remember ancient Chinese called India “civilized” and “center of knowledge”. Scientists and mathematicians of the islamic golden age admired our work. Greeks and Romans also used to look up to us. Good old times. Anglo-Saxons and other Westerners are the reason that South Asians face discrimination worldwide. They ruined our image by portraying us as animal f*ckers, street sh*tters, unhygienic (India needs to work on it, I admit, but man often it is over exaggerated), savages, r*pists, etc. West butchered our reputation.😂
I would totally agree to some landlords not permitting Indians as some or I would say vast majority don't know the concept of cleanliness and maintaining good hygiene inside the house. perhaps they learn to be one, then landlords may allow them. just saying solely based on experience.
But most of all these people can rent a condo that means salary much bigger then we singaporean. So actually we Singaporean feel like Foreigners. Hard Truth.
This is how i feel landlords are not being fair be it rental to workers, even stretched down to shopping malls. If i would own and rent out my house one day, i will never increase up to 50%. If i still living on top of all my saving, and my living expenses didn't effect much, and i still can survive, i wouldn't increase 50% more? That is daylight robbery. I do feel the gov could do a rule, where you may increase in such situation where gst gone up etc, but landlord have to justify why they are able to increase the rent. Cos i heard many stories, where after pandemic is started to lifted, before the gst gone up, landlord go crazy increasing the price of house renting. So i hope future and current landlord, please please please, be mindful. People come here to work too, and, its not fair. Just imagine you are in their shoe bro.
If I have to rent a room in my flat, I will not allow cooking. Boiling water, frying egg or cooking maggie is fine though. I prefer single person like this landlord. I am an Indian by the way.
SINCE 2010 I'M IN IN SINGAPORE, BUT I NEVER FACE THIS KINDA ISSUE LIKE NOT RENTING TO INDIANS. MOST OF THE CHINESE LANDLORDS WHO ARE REJECTING INDIANS, DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE EXACT REASON BUT THEY ITS CLEANLINESS :D. FINALLY I GOT WHOLE HOUSE FROM MALAY LANDLORD. :) BE FAIR TO EVERYONE :) MANY CONDO LANDLORDS POSTING LIKE ( NO KIDS AND NO PETS ) :D OMG
i think i know why mostly people asking for the race/nationality, because some of people, example indian people have a lil bit bad reputasion about cleaness, behaviour example drunk irresponsibly, very rare to find like divahar, that very propriate, tidy, and professional. but actually chinese mainland have more bad attitude, and messy when they are becoming a tenant hahaha. so here for highlight not every indian is bad and not every chinese is good. and im sorry if i say wrong word 🙏 im not willing to descrimination races . last but not least , i very enjoy your video thank you and have a good day
That's definitely not a racism issue. Malays or Muslims will never rent their houses to pagans or infidels, why we never or dare to complain about that? In fact, I can say that I am a Buddhist and cannot rent the house to people of other religions. In fact, we Chinese can also claim that majority of the Buddhists are not willing to rent the house to people of other religions that including the Malays. But to my knowledge, most of all races including the Malay Muslims who work in Singapore are welcome by any Chinese landlord in the premise that they are singles . 1) The Chinese are most worried about the long-lasting curry smell the Indian tenants might have left. 2) Whether well -to-do or not, most Indians have the habit of defaulting or delaying in paying the rental. 3) Majority of the Indians like alcohol drinks. So when they are intoxicated, any unwarranted incident could happen. 4) Playing Loud and noisy music which is not soothing and habitual to the ears of others 5) Frequent quarreling and even talking with a extra high decibel.
The question to ask, but ignore, is why some nationalities get a bad reputation but other nationalities do not. Sweeping preference for a good tenant under racial discrimination just shows that Red Potato doesn't know what is racial discrimination in the first place.
The comments here are hilarious. Which country is not racist? Even in india there is racism. Look at how they treat indian national of chinese decent. And don’t even get me started on their caste system 🙄
People used to look up to India in the ancient times. Foreigners used to study in Nalanda university. I remember ancient Chinese called India “civilized” and “center of knowledge”. Scientists and mathematicians of the islamic golden age admired our work. Greeks and Romans also used to look up to us. Good old times. Anglo-Saxons and other Westerners are the reason that South Asians face discrimination worldwide. They ruined our image by portraying us as animal f*ckers, street sh*tters, unhygienic (India needs to work on it, I admit, but man often it is over exaggerated), savages, r*pists, etc. West butchered our reputation.😢
a small portion of chinese people are racist to malays and Indians when they know people non asians might be racist to them and they still do it to others
People used to look up to India in the ancient times. Foreigners used to study in Nalanda university. I remember ancient Chinese called India “civilized” and “center of knowledge”. Scientists and mathematicians of the islamic golden age admired our work. Greeks and Romans also used to look up to us. Good old times. Anglo-Saxons and other Westerners are the reason that South Asians face discrimination worldwide. They ruined our image by portraying us as animal f*ckers, street sh*tters, unhygienic (India needs to work on it, I admit, but man often it is over exaggerated), savages, r*pists, etc. West butchered our reputation.😢
Indian people are not dark. Its a stereotype. Not all Indians are brown. I am an indian. Im white Edit - dark skin is common in south india In north india you will find mixed people
People used to look up to India in the ancient times. Foreigners used to study in Nalanda university. I remember ancient Chinese called India “civilized” and “center of knowledge”. Scientists and mathematicians of the islamic golden age admired our work. Greeks and Romans also used to look up to us. Good old times. Anglo-Saxons and other Westerners are the reason that South Asians face discrimination worldwide. They ruined our image by portraying us as animal f*ckers, street sh*tters, unhygienic (India needs to work on it, I admit, but man often it is over exaggerated), savages, r*pists, etc. West butchered our reputation.😢
This is a very biased video. There is nothing balanced about this. Why didn't you interview landlords whose houses got thrashed by Indian nationals? Of course you picked the outlier and interviewed an Indian landlord. If you want to make yourself look good and score brownie points, maybe do some charity work instead of making a biased video to mislead people. When people don't rent to china nationals, you don't hear anyone complaining about racism or racial discrimination. But only the indians are vocal about it like everyone's property belongs to them. So what is the aim of this video? To coerce me to rent out to Indians otherwise I am labelled a racist?
Are you a landlord? I think it will be great to get Red potato to interview you and get you to share some of your experiences (good / bad) in renting your house.
I don’t disagree when some group of Indian bachelors don’t take care of their rooms properly but living in KL for few years I have seen many of my Indian friends take care of their unit very well and they are afraid of deposit deductions when leaving with bad condition. If you had fair amount of bad experiences with Indian tenants then you can choose not to lend them but just based on the stories and perceptions that Indians are bad is not a good idea. Many Indians are very sophisticated when it comes to take care of their place so don’t just believe in stories. Just mention penalties for any damage and you can see they are good tenants.
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Nothing wrong. Some race just have higher probability of wear and tear on the house. You don't want to have to spend 60k for renovation after renting it out for 50k for 2 years. Why not give a fairer view by showing the landlord side of view.
@@mirmironthewall ya lah, that's why you must pick tenant wisely. Sometimes maybe rental lower but help you take care of house is better than high rent and destroy everything.
If this tenant thought Singapore rental prices are too expensive perphaps he should shift to Malaysia but his salary would also be worth 3 times less. Singapore property rental prices are known to be expensive due to the high cost of living here. There are certain known things about Indian tenants that landlord have to accept. The way and the type of cooking they do and smell they leave behind. And usually kitchen appliances would not be able to be re-use for the subsequent tenants. Even the fridge , washing machine etc might have to be replaced. Hygiene and good house keeping, could also be an issue from them, as having a good, well kept place, up to acceptable standard in Singapore, is unlike those in Mumbai!😆😆😆😆😆
Times are changing. Though in the past Indians were dirty, it doesn’t seem to be the case now. And the smell sticking to the appliances is a myth. I rented out my flat to Indian workers , and when they left I went to inspect. Definitely some items spoiled but after I had everything professionally cleaned no more spice smell.
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I too had a similar experience like Divahar.
During my house hunt I faced 38 rejections being from India. But finally a found a very good landlord who treats me like a family member. They cook for me and takes care of me. After signing the contract I never felt like I am staying away from home. I agree that some may have a bad experience with landlords, but there are also good people like my landlord.
$1000 per month for a common room in a condo is really quite a good bargain at current market!
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Agree!
As an Indian living in Singapore on rent for 12 years now, I have experienced issues when renting a house with my family. My sister, father and mother are actually really very clean people. Everytime we found a house to rent and they were fine with us renting until they asked for our nationality. After we told the agents our nationality, they started to ignore our follow up messages regarding the house. And so far the only 'excuse' we have recieved for this racial discrimination is that "Indians keep their houses dirty". They didnt even see our renting profiles or the feedbacks received by all our other landlords which were still happy with their house after we left just as they were before. We struggled to find a house for a few months because of that. I feel like your friend, Divahar had lesser problems of that sort as they were a single person looking for rent. But that's just my experience. Thanks for the video!
I rented out my 5-room HDB flat in Yishun (at around 1991) to an Indian family, this Indian was not a Singaporean but was from India. When we wanted to sell off our flat in early 1992, the Indian family offered to buy it from us and after an agreed price, I sold it to them, though there was a condition, according to HDB, because there was a quota (for Indians/Malays in housing estates) and if the quota was met the sale could proceed.
I had since upgraded numerous times . . . from HDB 5-room to inter-terrace to corner-terrace to detach and to now owning 2 detach houses. The sale of the 5-room flat allowed me the chance to buy a landed property as I bought the 5-room from HDB at $70k, and sold it for $210k exactly 5 years later. After deducting for cpf contributions and what-not, HDB issued me a check of slightly more than $100k and that set me off on a hunt for my first landed property.
@@rogerfaint499 how did u buy a landed with 100k?
@@darthsidious9814 No, it was 650k and I took a loan for 30 years. I just graduated, applied for that HDB flat and since the 100k+ was a windfall, I decided that it was the only chance for me to buy a landed, since my family was poor and I used to live in a 1-room HDB flat (9 of us squeezed into a 1-room flat).
Its not cleaning issue...its because they are xenophobic chinese.
People used to look up to India in the ancient times. Foreigners used to study in Nalanda university. I remember ancient Chinese called India “civilized” and “center of knowledge”. Scientists and mathematicians of the islamic golden age admired our work. Greeks and Romans also used to look up to us. Good old times. Anglo-Saxons and other Westerners are the reason that South Asians face discrimination worldwide. They ruined our image by portraying us as animal f*ckers, street sh*tters, unhygienic (India needs to work on it, I admit, but man often it is over exaggerated), savages, r*pists, etc. West butchered our reputation.😢
Yes,Singapore is racist.I’m a African mixed with Singapore who was born here.I’ve been studying in a secondary school I have worked hard to get into,and I have been bullied for my race.Although in my perspective Singapore is racist,not all of them are racist.
Yes I agree, it’s one of the most racist country.
Would you mind elaborating on how Singaporeans have been racist towards you?
@@midnightsun1728 well because of my skin colour,Iam sometimes excluded from groups that I would like to participate in.They call me words I would not like to say, and sometimes they beat me up because iam a black person.They call me a terrorist,a bomber, and they say I shouldn't be here because its a Chinese country
@@midnightsun1728 I"ll tell you as an Indian who studied in NUS, the opportunities that a local gets are different from that what we get. simple example when you and a white person wave for a taxi, the taxi stops for a white guy. these are small things but make a lot of difference
@@krisvin7761 I am Singaporean and mixed blooded. Do not pollute Singapore.
Omg new video finally. Love your video. Please do more videos
Another fantastic video! Can’t wait for the next one 😃
Omg thank you so much!!
@@RedPotatoSingapore most welcome! And thank you for sharing such stories unfiltered:)
I am so glad I left the country. Infant I regret going to NUS. You face suttle forms of racism on a daily basis in Singapore and many people are ok with it.
amazing, thank you for making such a good video on the struggles we face, its so ignored and swept under the carpet like its nothing much to face, it can seriously affect ones mental health
This channel is so under rated. Please continue to do videos.
yes, totally agree with you . I have been hunting a new apartment recently, and was refused hundreds of times because I need to rent for a whole family.But I finally got one. thanks god. it's really not easy.
My understanding is that whichever the race you are in, you should treat the place you are living like your own home. Set an example for others. I am a Sri Lankan and I too have faced this situation where I got rejected multiple times. But I have to say I got to meet with some of the nicest landlords too. I have taken care of the place like my own and when I left, I am also opening a door to another Sri Lankan by setting up a good example. This is my thought from my experience.
Can you do a video on what happened to your Grandma's house? What you mentioned sounds like illegal sub-letting; and your Grandma's house looks like a HDB flat. How can landlords deal with such (illegal) tenants? What are the tips and tricks to safeguard one's property while renting it out?
Great interview, well coordinated. Very helpful to many viewers, great job
Divahar is staying with Indian landlords. I guess people prefer their own race. Similar customs and no language barrier at home. Especially if the landlord is staying together. Nothing wrong with that.
When such preference occurs while renting an entire flat, then its a bigger problem of discrimination
Ask Divahar to search for a apartment for himself. He will get a shocker.
@@krisvin7761 Because Singapore is a ethnic Chinese majority country and most Chinese don't want to have anything to do with Indians because they think Indians are criminals. Nonetheless, racism happens everywhere and can go either way. When u are a minority, u tend to struggles a lot.
People used to look up to India in the ancient times. Foreigners used to study in Nalanda university. I remember ancient Chinese called India “civilized” and “center of knowledge”. Scientists and mathematicians of the islamic golden age admired our work. Greeks and Romans also used to look up to us. Good old times. Anglo-Saxons and other Westerners are the reason that South Asians face discrimination worldwide. They ruined our image by portraying us as animal f*ckers, street sh*tters, unhygienic (India needs to work on it, I admit, but man often it is over exaggerated), savages, r*pists, etc. West butchered our reputation.😢
Hi what a surprise to hear about such a candid topic which is often carefully edited so that it does not offend anyone. Bottom line, I grew up in Spore and am a Singaporean, I have faced racism. My friends who are Chinese can't believe that racism exists. They don't face it and tell me that I am being very sensitive. The truth is that colour does matter. If you are a fair-skinned Indian, you are treated differently from a dark-skinned Indian. I sincerely more races will see your channel and understand that we too are human beings; we differ in colour and eat with our hands. In evolutionary terms, all humans began eating with hands; there were no forks, spoons and chopsticks. So it is only natural that one can eat with hands and need not be taught 😍😍. Please continue to produce videos that highlight the truth. Keep up this excellent work.
Hey red potato, ^_^ i love your channel, very interesting and relatable content! Keep up the good work!
Great video again~ You pointed out many good points and the video is very insightful hopefully killing the stigma of Singapore landlord thinking that Indians are bad tenants.
We can't get rid of all the racism in the world, but one less person who is racist can make the world a better place. It is not just Singapore but other countries as well *cough america*
My experience below, please understand that this was from our experience and not the stereotypical stigma.
I understand where some of the racism came from due to bad rep from their "predecessors" personally my current tenants are indians workers who have rented with use as a group for a few years(3+ years) now since our previous tenant, who was also indian (he didn't respected us and broke my stuff. tl;dr: he was a PSB professor that lived over 5 years with us)
ANYWAYS, the new tenants are very respectful and they are very nice individuals who work hard to provide for their family back home. They are grateful that we rent the house out for under market rate, unlike the previous tenant.
So honestly, it's each person's experiences, but what i don't support are people who experienced bad tenants and go around telling others that indian tenants are the worst to rent out. I have heard of this way too much, tho lesser now maybe due to covid. AND
To be honest, in our experience, our worse tenants was actually a close competition between a Female Malaysian Chinese and the PSB professor.
You chose a very hot topic !! I really appreciate your confidence!! Subscribeing for upcoming valuable videos on such issues..
All the best pretty girl..!!
Great video Red Potato!
My former landlord is Indian but he had prejudice renting out to other Indians after getting cheated of rent payments from his previous 3 Indian tenants.
Really hard to find such a well done local production, pls do post more we've gotcho back!
Singapore is an inspiration to world.. I just dream that every country should have a leader like Lee Quan Yuu.. He made Singapore what it is today.. great leader of 20th century.. unmatched and unparalleled one.
That is not the topic here haha
Keep up the good work
Very helpful 🙏🏼
Seems like the media like to lap up and sensationalize stories of racial discrimination faced by Indians when renting a house or room in Singapore. How about telling the horrific stories experienced by landlords who rented to them for a change?
First, not all Indian tenants are bad. There are very good ones who are very clean, friendly, easygoing, polite and smell nice. I should know because I had rented to many of them before from Malaysia and India (including those who worked in other countries like US and EU). But on the whole, based on my own experience, Chinese tenants from Singapore and Malaysia are a better fit for Chinese landlords because they share similar cultures and the associated guest etiquette. There are bad apples in every basket and Chinese tenants are no exception. But like other non-Chinese tenants - due to their different cultures - Indian tenants present more challenges to non-Indian landlords.
For example, most Indian tenants will agree to everything in the rental contract and all the house rules before moving in. But once they move in, they will debate, argue and negotiate EVERYTHING or claim they did not agree to them in the first place! They are more likely to be argumentative, hostile or unreasonable than other races, and they don't seem to understand the English language like the rest of the world. Also, they do not like to follow masking regulations even during the peak of the pandemic, thereby endangering the rest of us at home. Worst of all, most of them seem to have problems saying a simple sorry when they are at fault and expect you to suck it up, but would make a lot of noise if they think you are at fault.
My worst tenants happened to include a disproportionate number of Indians. One Malaysian Indian tenant urinated at the staircase landing when he came back and his pee (it was a lot) flowed all the way down to the lower storey in the middle of the night because he said he was too urgent to get into the house. When he found a cheaper place, he insisted on not giving any move-out notice, demanded for his deposit to be refunded, and dumped a lot of used masks inside his room all the way underneath his bed and specifically said he wanted us to clean it up after him!
Another Malaysian Indian tenant constantly didn't flush the toilet bowl after use and then sent me disgusting pictures of the dirty toilet bowl to complain that someone else did it and ask me to make sure it wouldn't happen again. I wasted a lot of time to finally catch him and even then he flatly denied it. He also burned Hindu incense inside his room after midnight every night even though he was not supposed to, and then denied he did it and accused someone else. He also hated to clean his room and would sweep out everything from his room into the common area outside his door and turned nasty when I told him not to do that.
I also had an India Indian couple who stole some expensive hardware that I provided for their use inside their room and I only discovered that after they moved out. When I contacted them asking for their return, they said they were too busy with work and told me to go buy new ones instead of bothering them!
One India Indian tenant not only refused to follow simple house rules like flush the toilet after use or keep quiet after 11pm when the rest of us were sleeping, he instigated my other tenant to do the same! He also acted like he was superior to my family and I and talked down to us.
So can you call me racist when I told the abovementioned troublemakers to move out? For the record, I had asked each and every troublemaking tenant to move out, be they Indian, Chinese or otherwise. Thankfully, the majority of my tenants were ok.
So for all those Internet warriors, journalists and the like who cry racial discrimation against Indians or any other races in Singapore, please rent your rooms or houses to at least 10 tenants of that race for at least a year each to experience it firsthand. Then come back and share your experience with everyone else. Otherwise, please shut up.
Great video as always!
Great content as always! Thank you for sharing a well balanced and neutral content that does not take sides! 💪👍
Hand is one of the most advance combination of spoon and fork with adjustable point ...
And to wash this natural spoon and fork it is also in our hands only
Therefore I think it is the most advance thing to use your own beautiful hand for eating the food which gives you life
I think it would be a better video covering this topic if you had also interviewed your friends who provided the screenshots instead of just Divahar. A lot of other minorities such as Burmese are discriminated when looking for a place to rent. Agents and house owners are rude and dismissive.
Ah Moi,God Bless You
Asking Nationality is second step ready.
First step is those agents are even replying the first enquirer message.
Hahaha. I am indian and i got the tenant prefer someone who speaks mandarin, I continued to message in mandarin (as I am fluent in it).
There was no reply...till next day. Agent said someone the unit was longer available. 🤷♂️
People used to look up to India in the ancient times. Foreigners used to study in Nalanda university. I remember ancient Chinese called India “civilized” and “center of knowledge”. Scientists and mathematicians of the islamic golden age admired our work. Greeks and Romans also used to look up to us. Good old times. Anglo-Saxons and other Westerners are the reason that South Asians face discrimination worldwide. They ruined our image by portraying us as animal f*ckers, street sh*tters, unhygienic (India needs to work on it, I admit, but man often it is over exaggerated), savages, r*pists, etc. West butchered our reputation.😢
Thank you for presenting the truth on Indians
First time I actually know someone in a UA-cam video, that wasn't made by themselves 😀. Hi Divahar!
Great video, awesome editing too. I learned a lot from this video regarding how some tenants feel about renting in Singapore. Thanks for sharing. I suppose there are good and bad tenants that can be of any race.
If people get stroke or brain related hospitalization the first rehab exercise is to eat food with your hand... it is a body mind coordination
OMG you're so smart >.
Cool vid 😌
😌 cool~
Oh my, the justifications in the comments. 👏There’s a place for everyone. The experiences with the pandemic didn’t teach many people anything at all.
Not a typical landlord who rejects Indian. Go find landlord who's not Indian
Coming from France (I'm french from black descent) , when I started looking for rental in Singapore back in 2016 I was so shocked to be asked my race or to see on add "NO INDIAN" or "NO MAINLAND CHINESE" especially when it was not even a leave with the landlord situation...You would never see that in europe (pretty sure it is not even legal) but after a little while I was actually gratefull as I realised that at least it allowed me to save considerable time and avoid possible weird uncomfortable situations! ... (because there is still sometimes some strong stereotypes of different races in the mind of some landlords in france if not at time some real racists but they will never tell you to your face or outloud!)...
People used to look up to India in the ancient times. Foreigners used to study in Nalanda university. I remember ancient Chinese called India “civilized” and “center of knowledge”. Scientists and mathematicians of the islamic golden age admired our work. Greeks and Romans also used to look up to us. Good old times. Anglo-Saxons and other Westerners are the reason that South Asians face discrimination worldwide. They ruined our image by portraying us as animal f*ckers, street sh*tters, unhygienic (India needs to work on it, I admit, but man often it is over exaggerated), savages, r*pists, etc. West butchered our reputation.😂
I would totally agree to some landlords not permitting Indians as some or I would say vast majority don't know the concept of cleanliness and maintaining good hygiene inside the house. perhaps they learn to be one, then landlords may allow them. just saying solely based on experience.
Love the video! Some tenants are so nasty! Unlike tenants like divahar and sonal!
But most of all these people can rent a condo that means salary much bigger then we singaporean. So actually we Singaporean feel like Foreigners. Hard Truth.
One can understand the pain when he mentions that he feels like living at home. Poor fellow!!
Living with landlord is the worst thing!!
This is how i feel landlords are not being fair be it rental to workers, even stretched down to shopping malls. If i would own and rent out my house one day, i will never increase up to 50%. If i still living on top of all my saving, and my living expenses didn't effect much, and i still can survive, i wouldn't increase 50% more? That is daylight robbery. I do feel the gov could do a rule, where you may increase in such situation where gst gone up etc, but landlord have to justify why they are able to increase the rent. Cos i heard many stories, where after pandemic is started to lifted, before the gst gone up, landlord go crazy increasing the price of house renting. So i hope future and current landlord, please please please, be mindful. People come here to work too, and, its not fair. Just imagine you are in their shoe bro.
Nice content. I rented out my condo to Indians before :)
Please let us know if it is available today. We have been struggling for almost 8 months. Or anyone else.
If I have to rent a room in my flat, I will not allow cooking. Boiling water, frying egg or cooking maggie is fine though. I prefer single person like this landlord. I am an Indian by the way.
Yoooo $1,000 per month??? I want this 😭😭😭😭😭
Please keep up the good work Red potato!
very very nice landlord... which allows cooking ..
SINCE 2010 I'M IN IN SINGAPORE, BUT I NEVER FACE THIS KINDA ISSUE LIKE NOT RENTING TO INDIANS. MOST OF THE CHINESE LANDLORDS WHO ARE REJECTING INDIANS, DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE EXACT REASON BUT THEY ITS CLEANLINESS :D. FINALLY I GOT WHOLE HOUSE FROM MALAY LANDLORD. :) BE FAIR TO EVERYONE :) MANY CONDO LANDLORDS POSTING LIKE ( NO KIDS AND NO PETS ) :D OMG
like this way to share life in Singapore
i think i know why mostly people asking for the race/nationality, because some of people, example indian people have a lil bit bad reputasion about cleaness, behaviour example drunk irresponsibly, very rare to find like divahar, that very propriate, tidy, and professional. but actually chinese mainland have more bad attitude, and messy when they are becoming a tenant hahaha. so here for highlight not every indian is bad and not every chinese is good. and im sorry if i say wrong word 🙏 im not willing to descrimination races . last but not least , i very enjoy your video thank you and have a good day
That's definitely not a racism issue. Malays or Muslims will never rent their houses to pagans or infidels, why we never or dare to complain about that? In fact, I can say that I am a Buddhist and cannot rent the house to people of other religions. In fact, we Chinese can also claim that majority of the Buddhists are not willing to rent the house to people of other religions that including the Malays. But to my knowledge, most of all races including the Malay Muslims who work in Singapore are welcome by any Chinese landlord in the premise that they are singles . 1) The Chinese are most worried about the long-lasting curry smell the Indian tenants might have left. 2) Whether well -to-do or not, most Indians have the habit of defaulting or delaying in paying the rental. 3) Majority of the Indians like alcohol drinks. So when they are intoxicated, any unwarranted incident could happen. 4) Playing Loud and noisy music which is not soothing and habitual to the ears of others 5) Frequent quarreling and even talking with a extra high decibel.
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Indonesia juga makan pakai tangan
The question to ask, but ignore, is why some nationalities get a bad reputation but other nationalities do not. Sweeping preference for a good tenant under racial discrimination just shows that Red Potato doesn't know what is racial discrimination in the first place.
The comments here are hilarious. Which country is not racist? Even in india there is racism. Look at how they treat indian national of chinese decent. And don’t even get me started on their caste system 🙄
Very true. The whole world is racist. Before dying I want to see a world where these discriminations cease to exist.
Whataboutism
People used to look up to India in the ancient times. Foreigners used to study in Nalanda university. I remember ancient Chinese called India “civilized” and “center of knowledge”. Scientists and mathematicians of the islamic golden age admired our work. Greeks and Romans also used to look up to us. Good old times. Anglo-Saxons and other Westerners are the reason that South Asians face discrimination worldwide. They ruined our image by portraying us as animal f*ckers, street sh*tters, unhygienic (India needs to work on it, I admit, but man often it is over exaggerated), savages, r*pists, etc. West butchered our reputation.😢
Some Indians are nice.
Most people don't realise the history of Singapore involved Indians.
Very bad experienced on Indians. The previous tenant brought lots of rubbish from nowhere and probably from her workplace to ship to India.
Not racial discrimination lah, just cultural differences, racial differences .
a small portion of chinese people are racist to malays and Indians when they know people non asians might be racist to them and they still do it to others
only small?
People used to look up to India in the ancient times. Foreigners used to study in Nalanda university. I remember ancient Chinese called India “civilized” and “center of knowledge”. Scientists and mathematicians of the islamic golden age admired our work. Greeks and Romans also used to look up to us. Good old times. Anglo-Saxons and other Westerners are the reason that South Asians face discrimination worldwide. They ruined our image by portraying us as animal f*ckers, street sh*tters, unhygienic (India needs to work on it, I admit, but man often it is over exaggerated), savages, r*pists, etc. West butchered our reputation.😢
Indian people are not dark. Its a stereotype. Not all Indians are brown. I am an indian. Im white
Edit - dark skin is common in south india
In north india you will find mixed people
That's because South Indian are Dravidian and North Indian are Aryan.
Why are you explaining this? Is darker Indian any less than you? Did you just mean than many Indians who are not dark are good people?
@@Leanmachine148 North Indians do look like South Europeans and West Asians.
People used to look up to India in the ancient times. Foreigners used to study in Nalanda university. I remember ancient Chinese called India “civilized” and “center of knowledge”. Scientists and mathematicians of the islamic golden age admired our work. Greeks and Romans also used to look up to us. Good old times. Anglo-Saxons and other Westerners are the reason that South Asians face discrimination worldwide. They ruined our image by portraying us as animal f*ckers, street sh*tters, unhygienic (India needs to work on it, I admit, but man often it is over exaggerated), savages, r*pists, etc. West butchered our reputation.😢
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I’m also making youtube videos in Singapore. Regarding landlords and renting in Singapore … *no comments* … HaHaHa
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From my expereince, the downsides of renting to Indian is we need to spend more time to remove the smell else the next tenant would complain.
Oh I experienced the same with non Indian tenants too.
landlord side story to be presented for a fairer view..many of these video is too one sided.
Landlord has 2 watches sia💰sia
what is the difference in race there is no issues
This is a very biased video. There is nothing balanced about this. Why didn't you interview landlords whose houses got thrashed by Indian nationals? Of course you picked the outlier and interviewed an Indian landlord. If you want to make yourself look good and score brownie points, maybe do some charity work instead of making a biased video to mislead people.
When people don't rent to china nationals, you don't hear anyone complaining about racism or racial discrimination. But only the indians are vocal about it like everyone's property belongs to them.
So what is the aim of this video? To coerce me to rent out to Indians otherwise I am labelled a racist?
Are you a landlord? I think it will be great to get Red potato to interview you and get you to share some of your experiences (good / bad) in renting your house.
My sister's house was totally trash and fleas infested. She ended up tearing out everything and renovating the house after the tenant moved out
It's made known to everyone except for ignorant ppl that it's really hard to rent a place when ur Indian or a minority. This video is nowhere misled
I don’t disagree when some group of Indian bachelors don’t take care of their rooms properly but living in KL for few years I have seen many of my Indian friends take care of their unit very well and they are afraid of deposit deductions when leaving with bad condition. If you had fair amount of bad experiences with Indian tenants then you can choose not to lend them but just based on the stories and perceptions that Indians are bad is not a good idea. Many Indians are very sophisticated when it comes to take care of their place so don’t just believe in stories. Just mention penalties for any damage and you can see they are good tenants.
Why dont you do that video? Why you asking other people to do charity work for you? You only leaving comments here talk so much 😂
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Nothing wrong. Some race just have higher probability of wear and tear on the house. You don't want to have to spend 60k for renovation after renting it out for 50k for 2 years.
Why not give a fairer view by showing the landlord side of view.
What even happened?
At that point dont rent out ur house lah, imagine excusing being less human so u can spend less money on renovation 😂
@@mirmironthewall ya lah, that's why you must pick tenant wisely. Sometimes maybe rental lower but help you take care of house is better than high rent and destroy everything.
His landlords... you mean his parents? Lolz
If this tenant thought Singapore rental prices are too expensive perphaps he should shift to Malaysia but his salary would also be worth 3 times less. Singapore property rental prices are known to be expensive due to the high cost of living here. There are certain known things about Indian tenants that landlord have to accept. The way and the type of cooking they do and smell they leave behind. And usually kitchen appliances would not be able to be re-use for the subsequent tenants.
Even the fridge , washing machine etc might have to be replaced. Hygiene and good house keeping, could also be an issue from them, as having a good, well kept place, up to acceptable standard in Singapore, is unlike those in Mumbai!😆😆😆😆😆
Times are changing. Though in the past Indians were dirty, it doesn’t seem to be the case now. And the smell sticking to the appliances is a myth. I rented out my flat to Indian workers , and when they left I went to inspect. Definitely some items spoiled but after I had everything professionally cleaned no more spice smell.
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