World · East Asia & Pacific · 13 hrs ago
Singapore court orders company to return home after rent went unpaid
A Singapore judge found that American Anthony Thomas Price used a company called Noranth Ventures to rent a semi-detached home in Kembangan, where he and his family lived.
The landlords, a couple in their 80s, received the first month’s rent, but later rent was not paid.
The judge rejected the company’s lawsuit to stop the landlords taking back the property and allowed the couple’s counterclaim.
Noranth Ventures was ordered to return the home and pay unpaid rent and other sums, including S$17,031.98 in legal costs and expenses.
The tenancy agreement set rent at S$7,500 a month and allowed the landlords to reclaim the home if its terms were breached.
The judge also found that Price had used shell companies to rent two other homes between 2019 and 2024.
A Singapore court ordered Noranth Ventures to return a semi-detached house in Kembangan to its landlords after the company failed to pay rent.
The court also allowed the landlords to recover unpaid rent and other sums.
The company had paid only one month’s rent and half of the agreed security deposit.
The judge found that Anthony Thomas Price used shell companies in a pattern of renting homes and then refusing to pay rent.
Noranth Ventures was ordered to pay the landlords S$17,031.98 for legal costs and expenses.
- Who
- Noranth Ventures, used by American Anthony Thomas Price, and the couple who owned the house.
- What
- The court ordered the company to return the house and allowed the landlords to recover unpaid rent and other sums.
- When
- The judgment was dated Oct 7, 2026. The tenancy ran from May 1, 2026, to Apr 30, 2028.
- Where
- A semi-detached house in Kembangan, Singapore.
- Why
- Noranth Ventures failed to pay rent after the first month, breaching the tenancy agreement.
Noranth Ventures and Anthony Thomas Price
The landlords
Rent and tenancy
Noranth Ventures and Anthony Thomas Price
Price argued that the home had unresolved repair, safety, tenantability and quiet-enjoyment issues.
The landlords
The landlords sought to recover the home and unpaid rent after the company failed to pay rent.
Right to re-enter
Noranth Ventures and Anthony Thomas Price
Price contended that the landlords had not given a valid notice to re-enter.
The landlords
The landlords asserted their right to take back the home under the tenancy agreement.
The tenancy of the Kembangan house by Noranth Ventures began.
The landlords received one month’s rent, but Noranth Ventures did not pay rent in the following months.
The judge noted that 32 of the 35 issues raised by Price had been rectified by this date.
The judgment ordered Noranth Ventures to return the home and pay the landlords’ legal costs and expenses.
- Monthly rent
- S$7,500
- Security deposit
- S$15,000 agreed; half was paid
- Legal costs and expenses
- S$17,031.98
- Property
- Semi-detached house in Kembangan, Singapore
- Tenancy period
- May 1, 2026, to Apr 30, 2028
What people are saying
worthless words and a roundabout way to say that Mr Price and the claimant (Noranth Ventures) have no intention of paying any rent
If at all, they reflect an attempt to raise spurious reasons not to pay rent
Sources
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