Felipe Q. Atalig
FELIPE Q. Atalig has filed a complaint in Superior Court against his tenants in Susupe for unpaid rent and breach of agreement to renovate his one-story house.
Atalig, a former public information officer of the Department of Public Works, is asking the court for a $12,900 judgment.
He is also asking for a declaratory judgment that the lease contract that his daughter, Philvina C. Atalig, signed with Pandiyan Sevugan and his wife Liu Gui Quian, is invalid and void.
He likewise asked the court to issue a Decree of Quiet Title, confirming that the title to the property is vested exclusively in him with no encumbrance as a result of the leases.
In his complaint, Felipe Q. Atalig told the court that on Dec. 1, 2015, he issued a Deed of Gift to his daughter, Philvina, granting her limited right to lease the property for 10 years, and to sell it only to her brother Ron B. Atalig, for $35,000.
On June 10, 2017, Philvina leased the one-story house to Sevugan for 10 years. In the lease contract, Sevugan agreed to spend $20,000 for the renovation and maintenance of the house, and pay $150 monthly rent.
On June 16, 2017, Philvina and Sevugan entered into another lease agreement, allowing the tenants to lease the property for another 10 years for a total of 20 years. In the second agreement, the tenants agreed to pay $50,000 for the renovation and maintenance of the house, and $150 monthly rent.
However, according to Felipe Atalig’s complaint, “no renovations were made,” and the tenants “never provided any receipts of the costs they paid on repair and renovation on the property.”
On Aug. 24, 2018, the property was returned to him by his daughter, through a quitclaim deed. He then repeatedly contacted Sevugan and his wife, to ask for the rent and receipts to prove that they renovated the house. But as of the filing of his complaint, he said he had not received a copy of the receipt for renovation expenses, nor any payment for the $150 monthly rent.
Because of the tenants’ breach of contract between them and his daughter, Atalig said he is seeking judgment that the leases are invalid, or terminated, and that the tenants have no interest in the property.
