About RM10.56 million ($2.58 million) in compensation has been awarded to purchasers of 84 homes at Johor Bahru’s R&F Princess Cove, including Singaporeans, after a court found the developer had breached sale agreements.
Channel NewsAsia (CNA) reported that a draft order it reviewed says R&F Development Sdn Bhd breached the agreements when it reorganized the project’s first phase into two parts, Phase 1A and Phase 1B.
The court used November 2018 as the handover benchmark, CNA reported, even though residents in blocks A1, A2 and A7 had collected keys on Oct. 25, 2017.
The draft sets compensation for delayed homes at 10% a year of each unit’s purchase price. For shared facilities, it applies 10% annually to one-fifth of the purchase price, CNA reported. CNA put per-unit awards at RM34,000 to RM196,000 for home delays and RM6,900 to RM39,000 for facilities.
CNA also said the draft directs R&F to return maintenance fees, sinking fund contributions and water deposits collected before Nov. 8, 2018. The report did not say whether those refunds are included in the about RM10.56 million total.
The draft rejects claims involving 39 additional units, CNA reported, and orders buyers to pay R&F RM10,000 per unit in legal costs. CNA said those buyers had signed their agreements after changes to the building plans.
CNA reported that the suit involved 145 named plaintiffs and was filed in 2019; Free Malaysia Today’s Malay-language report said it was filed in 2018. CNA said buyers first won a ruling in 2021, R&F later succeeded on appeal, and a 10-day trial concluded in 2024 before the latest decision on Sept. 10, 2026.
Singaporean buyer Crystal Ng told CNA her family found the area “very messy and full of construction debris” when it received the keys.
R&F lawyer Josiah Tea told CNA the company intends to appeal. CNA reported no appeal date.
