No new CF for major repairs done 

The Star 18/04/2001

IPOH: Buildings which have been issued with a certificate of fitness need not get another after major repairs are done to it, state Local Government Committee chairman Datuk Chang Ko Youn said.

He said under the Uniform Building Bylaw, renovations were a contractual matter between the vendor and the purchaser.

"The engineer will certify whether the repairs have been done accordingly and the local council need not issue another CF.

"CFs are issued only once irrespective of repairs done to the buildings,'' he said yesterday.

Chang was commenting on the renovations and repairs done on 14 houses at Bandar Pengkalan Indah which were found sinking a year after the buyers had moved in.

The consultant engineer for the housing project said the guarantee for the repair works would be 18 months from the day the keys were handed to the buyers.

He said the certificate of fitness for the repaired houses was not issued by the city council as it could issue them only once.

He said the developer had submitted the necessary drawings of plans and designs for approval.

Repair works on seven houses costing RM480,000 started in August last year were completed on Feb 19.