new parking area is ready!

it took just 3 days for the vendor to finish the work for the new car park.

now we r sending notice out to inform resident to reserve a lot if they interested, the registration will be open until 1pm of 15th August, then will draw lot at 7pm same day to determine the lot user.

(vendor manage to create abt 40 lots, the registration will be closed once the reservation reached 40, even it's b4 15th of august, detail of that pls wait for notice, it will be in letter form to all resident)

now we r finalizing some of the detail, such as sticker, tenure, layout, traffic flow, etc...most likely it will starts at 16th of august, with the rental for august RM25, then RM300 for next 6 mths in total.

RM15,000 spent for the project, if we manage to rent all the lot out, then total collection is RM325x40=RM13,000 to cover the expenses. then after 1st tenure which end at Feb'2010, the future collection will be income which will be used for management & maintenance of our common facilities.

some residents commented why we r so eager to make money here & there, like renting out car park, storage, recycle item...., hv no choice, even with full collection RM27500, it just enough to cover the regular expenditure like security(6200), cleaner(4000), TNB(6800), PBA(1000), lift service(1400), genset/electrical(300), pest control(300), management service(5300)etc, it then left abt RM2000 for contingency repair, and the fact is full collection is not happening now, but abt 85% of resident r paying faithfully until June, we really need to generate income to sustain the business.

thanks.
cheng

new & on-going projects

residents can see some mess at the entrance of swimming pool, yeah, we r moving some soil to level (as much as possible) the floor near the pool, then will plant some grass to hold firm the soil so that it would not be carried away by water, it's part of landscape project we r doing now.

someone suggested to make use of the plants which have been taken from the common staircase & placed at the foyer now, just to arrange nicely & leave them there. for this we are asking the person who is helping us doing the landscaping to study, if the idea work out well, then it will save us some money, coz we initially wanted to plant Japanese rose there.

main entrance, behind the guard house, where the words "vista condominium" displayed, also at the moment undergo some beautification, some green plants have been moved there, will need gardener to water it consistently coz it looks a bit "pale" this morning, sorry for the vista name have been missing for quite awhile, will put it back soon.

major one, new parking area, work will be commenced on 27/7, monday. hopefully can create abt 30 lots there, the project will take one week to complete, will inform residents to come to office to draw lot, rental is RM50 per mth, 6 months rental payment in advanve.

important but not visible one, generator testing & switch board service, our generator has been repaired but not yet been tested in the full capacity, we have contacted the electrician & will choose a day to simulate the "black-out" situation to find out if the generator will really work, will inform resident for that.

oh, yeah, recycle project, residents can notice 3 bins hv placed at the foyer, these bins were suppose to be placed somewhere else, but at the moment still can't find the ideal location, but we got the pleasant surprise when we saw the bin for the paper is almost full after 4 days, some residents told us if our recycle project responded well by this community, monthly income can reach few hundred, wow!

thanks.
cheng/JMB

new parking lot soon!

new parking lot at the grassy area at the end of swimming pool, near block K.

we plan to start the work (chopping trees, leveling, tarring, etc) at the final week of July, perhaps 27/7/09, it will take abt 1 week to complete the job.

notice the 2 trees there? we will not be able to chop the big one, coz according to rules, tree with diameter >0.8m should not be chopped, even on the private land. well, good to keep it too, it will provide some shade for new parking area.

estimated 30 lot will be built there, we will rent it out at RM50 per month, the tenure will be 6 mths, payment in advance. It should start at beginning of august.

estimated cost is abt RM12000 to RM15000, but not RM10000 as mentioned in AGM, one vendor actually committed to do it at RM10k, but later on found out he has done the wrong calculation, sigh!

we will put up the notice soon abt drawing lot, got to be fair so that everyone got equal chance to rent a lot there, most likely at the july we will invite resident to come to office to draw lot.

how abt the lot at our car park which have not been claimed by resident? we wil decide on it together with resident in next EGM.

thanks.
cheng/JMB

few incidents of sticker

out of abt 400 stickers which hv been given out, few incidents brought to our attention, it's a good experience for improvement.

2 residents placed the car sticker outside wind screen, we managed to alert 1, then he moved it to another side of screen, the sticker saved.

but b4 we hv chance to alert another 1, as expected, car sticker lost, sigh! (we decide not to charge RM50 for it, coz the notice hasn't been put up yet)

Ganesan the guard caught a tenant with a funny look bike sticker, oh, it's a scanned one, we warn that fella, confiscate the counterfeit sticker, bar the bike until he got the proper sticker.

Deva saw a car with the blank sticker (w/o info of car# & lot#), checked with the owner, she said the sticker was given by her landlord, oh, she added her landlord got it from the previous management....???

we bar the car too, will check with her landlord where the blank sticker come from, stolen from office? or other source? police report will be made if involved wrongdoing.

also, few residents hv 2 cars but only 1 sticker, so they switch the sticker in between their cars in order to get both cars in, guard were not aware of their trick, but now will monitor them & make sure only registered car can come in.

o ya, one more, good one, a resident place the sticker at right place of wind screen, but sticker is facing the car seat instead of facing outside, so only he can see the info & picture of sticker, guard only can see the back of sticker...

sigh.....

cheng/JMB

RM50? why RM50?

RM50 for the lost car sticker replacement, expensive, uh?

i myself felt that, yes, too expensive, painful for residents.

we discussed abt that in committee meeting, finding is, we need to charge that much for good reason.

i must say compare to other housing projects nearby, Vista residents behave much better, serious, u can check around & wil come back agree with me.

but still some precaution needed for car sticker, especially if any1 trying to manipulate the system.

say, i hv 2 cars, wish to park both in Vista compound. so after i took my car sticker, but still thinking how to get another car to come in.

easy, i just need to declare my sticker lost, the management wil charge me RM3 for another sticker, then i wil hv 2 sticker now for 2 cars.

as Vista hv abt 280 cars in the parking area, i wil hv good chance that the management & security guard would not detect it...

just spent RM3 extra to get 2 cars parked in Vista, why not? i even willing to spend RM30 for that!

now u can see the reason for RM50, we want to discourage any1 from trying to cheat the management for the 2nd sticker.

my next question to u, if the sticker is placed properly at the wind screen, how can it be lost?

i wonder....

cheng/JMB

car sticker, brief review

4 days have gone since introduction of sticker system, 70% of lot owner have collected their sticker, we expected another 10% to do the same in this coming 2 weeks.

different suggestions given by residents so far, like if owner got 2 cars, then let these cars share the same lot; to provide loading bay; management to absorb the RM3 charge on sticker, etc.

we will seriously consider these ideas, but may not be able to implement all, depending on the practicality.

most of residents agree on the sticker plan, we want to thank especially those need to make adjustment, as only 1 car allowed to enter the parking area, the other car hv to park at the roadside, we r encouraged when we heard they said, "well, it's ok, we understand..."

not all responded well, few hv challenged the security guards, the guards in order not to offend them, allowed the car enter w/o sticker, for this, we hv fined the security company, 1st case happen on Sat, fine RM20. (for info, RM10 for motorcycle)

we would like to encourage resident to report to us or management if detect any vehicle enter parking area w/o sticker, except those who r providing transport service for tuition, nursing, school van or courier service.

at the end of july, we will open the unclaimed parking lot for renting, RM50 per month, pls wait for further notice.

thank again for all the support.

cheng/JMB