Spotting a lemon
02/10/2000 MM By Nicholas Mun
IGNORANCE is bliss. That is true until you find yourself with a leaky roof
and shortly after that, a hefty repair bill. The words we should chant like
a mantra should be: `knowledge is power'. Knowing the true condition if the
property will firstly put you in a stronger bargaining position as compared
to being completely ignorant of the condition.
Jail culprits in housing, says rep 04/10/2000 The Star
Penang: A Penang exco member wants developers and professionals responsible
for housing project discrepancies to be jailed and their licences revoked
for causing hardship to housebuyers.
70 keluarga
rumah pangsa bimbang 04/10/2000 HM
AMPANG: Dinding serta bumbung rumah retak dan aliran air dalam rekahan itu
menyebabkan 70 keluarga di rumah pangsa Taman Halaman di sini bimbang keselamatan
mereka. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Penduduk rumah pangsa itu, Zakaria Said, berkata
penghuni rumah pangsa itu pernah menghubungi pemaju berhubung masalah berkenaan
namun tiada sebarang tindakan.
Talks on problems
faced by house buyers 07/10/2000 NST
THE House Buyers Association (HBA) aims to highlight problems and issues faced
by house buyers today at the Putra World Trade Centre in conjunction with
the Property and Investment Deal (PAID) exhibition being held between October
6 and 8. HBA secretary-general Chang Kim Loong said three speakers, including
himself, would give talks on housing issues and HBA's objectives.
Long, long
wait for CF 07/10/2000 MM
HIS dream of settling into his new double-storey house was dashed when the
developer failed to obtain a Certificate of Fitness (CF) for the property.
KALI says he signed a sale and purchase agreement for the almost completed
house formerly known as Taman Bukit Kajang, in 1991
Flet Taman
Halaman akan dibaiki 07/10/2000 HM
AMPANG: Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ) akan cuba berhubung dengan pemaju
yang bertanggungjawab terhadap keretakan dinding di rumah pangsa Taman Halaman,
di sini. Pegawai Perhubungannya, Norhayati Ahmad, berkata beliau akan memaklumkan
perkara itu kepada Jabatan Bangunan untuk mengenal pasti tindakan yang boleh
dilakukan oleh MPAJ.
Association
for house buyers 09/10/2000 MM
ALL this while, house buyers have been forming ad-hoc committees to fight
their battle against unscrupulous developers. Now an association has been
formed exclusively to help house buyers facing such problems.
MPSJ bincang
rumah retak 09/10/2000 HM
SUBANG JAYA: Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) akan mengadakan mesyuarat
khas bagi membincangkan kes 20 pemilik rumah teres dua tingkat di USJ 19 yang
mengalami keretakan serius. Seorang ahli jawatankuasa Persatuan Penduduk di
situ, Endrew David berkata pihaknya sudah dimaklumkan mengenai mesyuarat itu
oleh Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ).
Residents plagued
by mosquito menace 09/10/2000 MM By Dennis Chua
WHEN one lives in Jalan Galloway close to an abandoned 26-storey building
project, mosquito nets, mats and repellant are a must. The road is off Jalan
Pudu behind the Swiss Garden Hotel.
Right down the middle
11/10/2000 MM By Nicholas Mun
YOU may have the facilities at your doorstep but really, condo ownership isn't
half as straightforward as owning landed property.
Price adjustment pending strata
title 14/10/2000 NST
IF you have just received the keys to your brand new stratified unit and think
that it signifies the end of your business relationship with the developer,
think again. The delivery of vacant possession and the issuance of the certificate
of fitness for your condominium, townhouse or apartment may not quite signify
the end of your house-purchasing saga.
Komtar
traders want their titles now 17/10/2000 The Star
Owners of 1,150 shoplots at Komtar, fed up after waiting 23 years for their
strata titles, want the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) to quickly resolve
the problem. Komtar Merchants Association chairman Jimmy Chan said the PDC,
as a state government agency and project developer, should not delay the problem
any longer.
Abandoned building
an eyesore, attracts trespassers 18/10/2000 NST
INDIFFERENT ... The developer of this abandoned commercial project in Bayan
Baru, Penang, has shown total disregard to the State Government's recent directive.
Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon had directed that all abandoned construction
sites be fenced up to check against trespassing, especially by children.
Builders told
to keep up with environs rules 20/10/2000 NST
PETALING JAYA, Thurs. - Property developers and consultants should keep up
with the latest environmental requirements when undertaking housing projects
to ensure sustainable growth. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk
Seri Ong Ka Ting said as the population grows, requirements were necessary
to safeguard the environment.
Bukit Rimau
folk form association 20/10/2000 MM
RESIDENTS and housebuyers of Bukit Rimau, a housing development in Shah Alam,
have formed the Bukit Rimau Residents Association (BRRA) and have elected
a 10 man pro tem committee. Here are the six key committee members and their
positions: Jasni Abdul Jalil (President), Michael Phua Tai Meng (deputy President),
K.C.Gan (secretary), Lilian Ng (assistant secretary), Hassan Zarikah (Treasurer)
and Manivannan (assistant Treasurer).
Condo owners
`robbed' of city view 23/10/2000 MM
AN extra RM7,000 just to look at the neighbour's bedroom? This may sound funny,
but for a few residents at the new Bukit Pandan II Condominium at Pandan Height
it was no a laughing matter as they claimed this was what they get for the
extra money.
Bukit Pandan
condominium buyers seek compensation 25/10/2000 NST-CITY
BUYERS of Bukit Pandan Condominium II in Pandan Heights, Cheras, are highly
displeased with developer Brisdale Resources Sdn Bhd for purposely ignoring
their requests to resolve the problems they have with the condominium project.
Buyer Benjamin Lim said they were made to wait five years instead of three,
to receive their units.
Money to be
made from abandoned projects 25/10/2000 BT By Zety Fazilah Baharuddin
UNITED Malayan Land Bhd (UMLand) believes there is money to be made through
abandoned projects. The company, which recently acquired an abandoned project
at Bukit Ceylon in Kuala Lumpur, said acquiring such a project would save
it from the cost of developing the land and also the initial infrastructure.
UMLand general manager Lau Boon Hau said the abandoned project in Bukit Ceylon
should save at least RM10 million of the total project development cost.
