This whole complex is still not ready for occupation. No electricity is connected to the individual unit of apartments and shops yet. The question is how MPSJ can issue the Certificate of Fitness for Occupation at this juncture. It is also morally wrong for the vendor to hand over the property to purchasers without full completion.

The purchasers’ committee met with the management of the vendor and the maintenance company on 26 November 2010 to resolve some of the issues.

1. Maintenance fees.

The maintenance company started collecting maintenance fees from October 2010 when no services are provided. Subsequent to the complaints and protest from the purchasers, the maintenance company has agreed to temporary waived the maintenance fees for the months of October to December 2010 but purchasers have to pay a reduced amount of security fees of RM50 per month for the same period. For purchasers who had already paid the full maintenance fees, the amount will be credited and used to offset January to March 2011 fees.

The new maintenance fees effective from 1 January 2011 shall be reduced to RM130 per month. This works out to 15 sen per sq. foot, plus sinking fund and garbage collection fees.

Perimeter fencing will be retained for safety reason. All gates will be opened when a shop is opened for business.
Residents Association is to be formed as soon as possible. The management of Sentosa Restu (M) Sdn. Bhd is to provide the full list of all purchasers to enable the pro-tem committee to call for meeting and draft the constitution.
Security facilties - car park card access system is in place but the lift lobby and stair case control facilities are not installed yet. The Card access system to the lift lobby will be installed by the management company. One- way fire exit doors will also be installed at the ground level of all staircases.
Lifts to all the blocks will be in service by 1 December 2010. There will be one lift at each lobby operating by then.
Water supply is now connected to all units.
Electricity supply will be connected to all units by 15 December 2010.
Bulk water deposit must be paid by all purchasers. The deposit receipt will be transferred to the Joint Management Board. The deposit is refundable.
Defect rectification will be completed within 2 weeks from notice of defects after inspection.
No transfer fees levy on purchasers selling the property.
Renovation is permitted with the approval of the maintenance company and payment of a deposit of RM1,000. Purchasers are not obligated to use the appointed renovation contractors. Fixing of security grilles and lighting is not classified as renovation and no deposit is required but approval is required from the maintenance company.
LAD issue is not resolved. The vendor has no means to pay now. Purchasers should compromise and defer the LAD claim without surrendering your rights to the LAD. Agreed to defer claim but NOT WAIVE the CLAIM. To enable the vendor to proceed with the strata title application, all purchasers should compromise and refrain from any legal action. Legal action at this point in time could jeopardise the strata title issuance.

If there are other issues which purchasers want to highlight for resolution with the vendor, you are welcome to post them on this blog under the “:COMMENT”.

I will bring them to the attention of the committee.

I appeal to all purchasers to co-operate with one another and observe the house rules. Security is the responsibility of every resident. You cannot depend entirely on the guards. We can jointly make Komplek Suria Kinrara a safe and nice place to work (for the business) and live.

The good news of this project is that IJM Construction did a good job by finishing this abandoned project. IJM should also be commended for the fairly good interior finishing, as compared with apartment projects built by other contractors. Of course, there are still defects. But these defects are minor and easily rectifiable. See some of the pictures on the defects.

Three weeks has lapsed since the letter of hand over was issued by the vendor. About 50% of the purchasers have taken possession of their units. But can they move in?

Lifts are not fully functioning, swimming pool full of algae not usable, apartment car park access control system not in place. Perimeter chain link fencing still locked, restricting purchasers' access to the premises. Only two guards on duty and no access permitted at the time of visit.

Is this called final completion and ready for handover? The Architect of this project should be taken to task and reported to PAM (Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia).

On top of this, the Management company appointed by the vendor started to collect maintenance fees for the month of October 2010. Is this legitimate and fair to the purchasers? What services are they providing?

All purchaser should demand that no maintenance fees is payable until full services are in place. Purchasers should also demand that the vendor ensure that the premises is habitable before hand over.