16/01/2024

Terms and Conditions

Please read before Using this website

We, Cohomes Pte Ltd, are a website / portal that displays offers by landlords or their agents of property for rent. Tenants may subscribe to our services to browse suitable property to rent for own stay or co-living-use. Our services include matching landlords / agents with tenants and arranging for documentation and payment to be exchanged between these parties.

The following Terms of Use are entered into by and between you, the customer, and Cohomes Pte Ltd, UEN: 202421572Z having its registered address at 27 Jalan Gumilang, Singapore 668866 (“Company”, “we”, or “us”).

The following terms and conditions, together with any other Terms or documents (such as the “Online Subscription Form”) they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, these “Terms of Use” or “Terms”), govern your access to and use of https://cohomes.sg/ (“Website”), whether as a guest or a registered user.

Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy and all terms and conditions in the relevant Online Subscription Form or Acceptance or Invoice; all of which are incorporated herein by reference (“Agreement”). If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use including the agreements incorporated by reference herein, you must not access or use the Website.

This Website is offered and available to users who are 21 years of age or older. By using this Website, you represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract with the Company and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Website.

Labels used in the following terms such as “property” , “landlord”, “tenant” will refer to the property that is advertised in our website / portal for rental; the entity or individual subscribing to our website to advertise to let out / rent out the property to a tenant in return for rent; the individual subscribing to this site to search for a property to rent for purposes of staying there- respectively. The agent could be the entity or the individual that is appointed by the landlord or tenant to subscribe on our website to search for a property or to let out a property for the relevant client.

1: Changes or Revisions to Terms

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

2: Privacy Policy

Your use of the Website is also subject to the Company’s Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs the Website and informs users of our data collection practices. Your agreement to the Privacy Policy is hereby incorporated into these Terms of Use. 

3: Disclaimer

3.1: Your use of the Website is also subject to the Company’s disclaimer herein this clause (“Disclaimer”). Please review our Disclaimer, which also governs the Website and informs users of various limitations regarding the information provided on the Website. Your agreement to the Disclaimer is hereby incorporated into these Terms of Use.

3.2: We give no warranty and accept no responsibility or liability for the accuracy of completeness of the information of material contained in in this Website. Under no circumstance shall we be held responsible nor liable in any claim for direct or indirect loss or damage, loss of profit, business interruption, loss of information resulting or arising directly or indirectly from your use or inability to use this Website or any other websites linked herein.

3.3: The Disclaimer herein also applies to any claim for any loss or damage, whether directly or indirectly, arising out of your reliance on the information or material on this Website.

3.4: The Website may contain links to other Websites (“Linked Websites”). The Linked Websites are not under the control of the Company and the Company is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Website, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Website, or any changes or updates to a Linked Website. The Company is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by the Company of the Website or any association with its operators.

3.5: Certain services made available via the Website are delivered by third-party Websites and organizations. By using any product, service, or functionality originating from the Website, you hereby acknowledge and consent that the Company may share such information and data with any third party with whom the Company has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service or functionality on behalf of the Website’s users and customers.

3.6: The company makes no warranty regarding the performance or operation of this website. The company further makes no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, as to the information, contents, materials, documents, programs, products, books, or services included on or through this website. To the fullest extent permissible under the law, the company disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

3.7: The company and/or its suppliers make no representation about the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, and accuracy of the information, software, products, Services and related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, all such information, software, products, Services and related graphics are provided "as is" without warranty or condition of any kind. The company and/or its suppliers hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, software, products, services and related graphics, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

3.8: To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the Company be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages or any damages whatsoever including, without limitation, damages for loss of use, data or profits, arising out of or in any way connected with the use or performance of the website, with the delay or inability to use the website or Services, the provision of or failure to provide Services, or for any information, software, products, services and related graphics obtained through the website, or otherwise arising out of the use of the website, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise. If you are dissatisfied with any portion of the website, or with any of these terms of use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the website.

3.9: We are not appointed by the landlord or their agents advertising on our platform to conduct any due diligence or checks on the property and do not make representations pertaining to the property that the landlord / the agent.  The Onus is on the tenant to conduct his / her own due diligence on the property and the landlord.

3.10: We are merely transmitting the required identification and / or resident documentation of the tenant to the landlord or agent for the landlord and do not make any representation as to the veracity of such documentation or the information given to us by the tenant. The onus is on the landlord to verify the information and documentation given.

3.11: Parties such as the tenant, the landlord and the agent are deemed to have knowledge and / or to have conducted their checks on the relevant laws, guidelines and regulations pertaining to the rental and renting and advertisement of the property before they do so through our website / portal.

4: Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use the Website or services, any user postings made by you, your violation of any term of this Agreement or your violation of any right of a third party, or your violation of any applicable law, rules or regulation. The Company reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with the Company in asserting any available defences.

5: Access and Security

5.1: We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website and any service or material we provide on the Website in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
5.2: From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users, including registered users.
5.3: If you choose, or are provided with, a username, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to this Website or portions of it using your username, password or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared computer so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information.
5.4: We reserve the right to disable any username, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.

6: Intellectual Property

6.1: You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Website and the resources available for download from the Website strictly in accordance with these Terms of Use.

6.2: As a condition of your use of the Website, you warrant to the Company that you will not use the Website or any of the resources available for download from the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Website or any of the resources available for download from the Website in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Website or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Website.

6.3: All content included as part of the Service, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Website, is the property of the Company or its suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto.

6.4: You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Website or any of the resources available for download from the Website.

6.5: The Company content is not for resale. Your use of the Website or any of the resources available for download from the Website does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your individual use and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of the Company and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of the Company or our licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms.

6.6: The Company name, the Company logo, the Company slogan, and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.

7: Subscription of Services

7.1: Each Online Registration Form contains terms and conditions (T&C) and processes specific to the Services. Upon clicking the “Submit” button at the end of an Online Registration Form (“Registration”); you are deemed to have read and accepted the terms and conditions in respect of the Services to which you are subscribing.

T&C for Operators / Landlords / Owners / Real Estate Agents

T&C for Tenants

7.2: We shall respond to your submission by an email to confirm our acceptance of your Registration (“Acceptance”). When you receive the Acceptance, you are deemed to have entered this Agreement with us.

7.3: We reserve all rights to vary the Services and / or the terms of these Services should we not be able to fulfil the obligations expected in the Registration.

8: Payment

8.1: All payment due from you are to be made in accordance with the terms and conditions and modes stated in the Online Subscription Form or the Acceptance or the invoice issued by us (“Invoice”).

8.2: It is a condition of this Agreement that payment is to be made punctually by the payment term.

8.3: If payment is not made by the payment term stated Online Subscription Form; we reserve all rights to terminate this Agreement and all Services forthwith

8.4: Payment transfer Services performed by Company to Customers who are operators or owners of co-living properties (“Operators”) will be carried out according to terms and conditions in the Online Subscription Form or the Acceptance or the Invoice addressed to Operators.

8.5: We reserve all rights of set-off from such payments for any payment due to us by you under this Agreement.

8.6: After we have commenced processing any requested information and documentation to rent out a property specified by the tenant and confirmed by the landlord or its agent to be available; we shall be entitled to charge you an administrative charge of S$200.00 should you terminate the process of renting.

9: Termination

9.1: To terminate this Agreement and the Services subscribed, notice of termination will have to be given by you to us in accordance with the terms and conditions stated in the Online Subscription Form relating to the Services subscribed.

9.2: f no termination period is stated in any of the abovementioned documents, the termination notice is to be given by you to us or vice versa at least 30 days before the date termination is expected to take effect

9.3: Termination will take effect in accordance with the terms and conditions stated in the Online Subscription Form relating to the Services subscribed.

9.4: If you wish to terminate our services in the website / portal after you submit the Online Registration Form and to expunge your personal data given in the Online Registration Form, you will send a notice to terminate via an email to service@cohomes.sg

10: Dispute Resolution and Jurisdiction

10.1: All disputes, controversies, or differences arising out of or in connection with this agreement shall first be submitted for resolution by mediation in accordance with the mediation procedure implemented under the Mediation Act 2017 or submitted to the Small Claims Tribunal for resolution under the Small Claims Tribunal Act 1984. The parties agree to participate in the mediation in any of the above forums in good faith and undertake to abide by the terms of any settlement reached.

10.2: If any dispute cannot be settled according to clause 10.1 above; the parties to this Agreement agree that the courts of Singapore are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary.

11: Applicable Law

This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Singapore.

12: General Terms and Conditions

12.1: You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and the Company as a result of this agreement or use of the Website. The Company’s performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of the Company’s right to comply with governmental, court, and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Website or information provided to or gathered by the Company with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.

12.2: Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Agreement, a person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act of Singapore to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement.