looks like some of these blk k facilities already "pakat", taking turn to have strike, causing so much inconveniences to residents & sucking finance from the management account.
from few months ago, when the lifts started giving problem, especially the rotor, then until this day, water pump leaking, then motor spoiled, then float sensor in the water tank call it a day, after these don't know what else.
these all the items, actually quite costly for repairing & replacement, but if no immediate action taken, then residents will feel the effect immediately, like forced to climb staircase, no water supply, etc.
well, taking immediate action means spending money, our finance still ok to face this crisis, just that we felt the pain seeing the saving we have taken so long the time to build up, now be burnt one by one...:(
rotor abt 6K, pump repair abt 1.6K, float sensor abt 2.5K, this has taken up abt 10K, but now still scratching our hair for the motor replacement, (2 vendor came try to repair it, but left us with the same report, can't be repaired anymore!) should burn another 15K to 18K, but still waiting for few vendors' reply quotation, by latest next Monday need to decide which model & vendor we should go for?
for those follow this blog, u may hv been informed that very soon we need to pay the electricity deposit (abt 18K) to TNB as the developer is terminating the TNB account which is under their name, so which means in this eventful session, we are seeing abt 40K to 50K leaving us!!!
our only comfort is for rotor & motor problem, we may be able to recover some $$ from insurance claim, but if we manage to get back 10K or 15K, still have to face the fact that our management account will see 30K to 40K less...
we are now talking to those potential motor vendor for the repayment term, well, perhaps 4K per month, for TNB we will try to negotiate further to pay less deposit, coz we need to keep at least 15K in our bank account for the real emergency situation, hopefully God will help us (again) to have the great favor from the relevant parties.
last thing want to say in this posting, our finance still strong enough to face this challenge, so residents pls don't worry abt our management fund is running low, the only setback is we may need to delay some of the upgrading project which we have in mind, coz priority should be given to maintenance & repair.
thanks.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
2 big holes in the pocket now :(
recently we were confronted by 2 issues, which will burn 2 big holes in the management account's pocket...
for info, past 2 years, even though some big money had been spent for upgrading or repair or install new facilities, but in bank account we steadily keep something in between 15K to 25K, for in case of emergency.
part of the reason we kept this money is for the TNB & PBA deposit, because all this while our TNB & PBA are under developer's name, even though we are not sure they used their own or our money to pay the deposit some 15 years ago, but we thought we must keep enough money if we will be asked to transfer these accounts under MC's name, for which, the deposit will be in between 15k to 20k.
true enough last week we received the notice from developer that they will terminate the TNB account soon, & as we approached TNB for the matter, we were asked to pay abt 20K for the deposit, but we still negotiate with their higher management officer & hopefully can cut it to 15K.
anyhow, if our wish is granted, then the 15k in the current account will be transferred under refundable deposit, but practically can't be used by us as long as we are still using TNB supply.
then, when we are still feel the heartache because the saving in bank will be reduced so much, another big blow just arrived!
2 different vendors have checked our blk k water pump (which sending the water from ground floor storage tank to roof top water tank) & informed us that 1 motor is damaged beyond repair! the new motor will cost in between 15K to 18K, depending on the model & manufacturing country.
now we are getting another vendor to check & give his opinion, hopefully he will know how to repair it (chance is slim, though), we are talking to insurance company now as we also insured our facilities under equipment all risk policy, hope can claim some money from them, oh ya, yesterday we also approached YB Yeoh for help, hope to hear good news from him soon.
now feel even more heartache, aaaaahhhhhh!!!!!
a long long long sigh !!!
for info, past 2 years, even though some big money had been spent for upgrading or repair or install new facilities, but in bank account we steadily keep something in between 15K to 25K, for in case of emergency.
part of the reason we kept this money is for the TNB & PBA deposit, because all this while our TNB & PBA are under developer's name, even though we are not sure they used their own or our money to pay the deposit some 15 years ago, but we thought we must keep enough money if we will be asked to transfer these accounts under MC's name, for which, the deposit will be in between 15k to 20k.
true enough last week we received the notice from developer that they will terminate the TNB account soon, & as we approached TNB for the matter, we were asked to pay abt 20K for the deposit, but we still negotiate with their higher management officer & hopefully can cut it to 15K.
anyhow, if our wish is granted, then the 15k in the current account will be transferred under refundable deposit, but practically can't be used by us as long as we are still using TNB supply.
then, when we are still feel the heartache because the saving in bank will be reduced so much, another big blow just arrived!
2 different vendors have checked our blk k water pump (which sending the water from ground floor storage tank to roof top water tank) & informed us that 1 motor is damaged beyond repair! the new motor will cost in between 15K to 18K, depending on the model & manufacturing country.
now we are getting another vendor to check & give his opinion, hopefully he will know how to repair it (chance is slim, though), we are talking to insurance company now as we also insured our facilities under equipment all risk policy, hope can claim some money from them, oh ya, yesterday we also approached YB Yeoh for help, hope to hear good news from him soon.
now feel even more heartache, aaaaahhhhhh!!!!!
a long long long sigh !!!
Monday, August 13, 2012
new T&G system
yes, u are right, it has been launched today.
few of us in MC have collected our new cards, tested it, wonderful, no need to wind down the car window, and the scanner still can detect our card & open the barrier.
the scanning range is abt 2 feet, so residents should try to drive your vehicle as near to the scanner as possible, we were told in case the window is tinted too heavily then the scanner may not be able to detect the card, so far haven't got this complaint yet.
yes the cards are given to residents free, for this new cards, management account will absorb the cost, as part of the "benefit sharing", giving back to residents since management fund's finance is getting better, we thought maybe should not create more burden for our residents to buy new card.
some residents feedback to us it took a bit long for the card to be issued, we understand it coz we too waited awhile for the card, but pls be patient, coz the Malay staff who does the issuing of the card need to check all the detail before card is issued, especially payment status, lot number vs unit, the authentic of returned old card, the registration of new card into system, etc, it's also to make sure no one take advantage of the system & abuse it for personal gain, so pls be patient....
where do we get the money to install the new system? we are claiming from insurance company on the damage of the system as the result of the accident few weeks ago, but since the existing model can't be sourced anymore, so we added a few thousand (from management account) to upgrade it to this long range system, include the new cards, but anywhere we need to clarify here that, we only claim from insurance company on the damage, but not the new upgraded system. (in order not to cause the resident who involved in the accident feel that he is victimised)
so, pls get your card as early as you can, test it & feedback to us if any improvement need.
thanks.
few of us in MC have collected our new cards, tested it, wonderful, no need to wind down the car window, and the scanner still can detect our card & open the barrier.
the scanning range is abt 2 feet, so residents should try to drive your vehicle as near to the scanner as possible, we were told in case the window is tinted too heavily then the scanner may not be able to detect the card, so far haven't got this complaint yet.
yes the cards are given to residents free, for this new cards, management account will absorb the cost, as part of the "benefit sharing", giving back to residents since management fund's finance is getting better, we thought maybe should not create more burden for our residents to buy new card.
some residents feedback to us it took a bit long for the card to be issued, we understand it coz we too waited awhile for the card, but pls be patient, coz the Malay staff who does the issuing of the card need to check all the detail before card is issued, especially payment status, lot number vs unit, the authentic of returned old card, the registration of new card into system, etc, it's also to make sure no one take advantage of the system & abuse it for personal gain, so pls be patient....
where do we get the money to install the new system? we are claiming from insurance company on the damage of the system as the result of the accident few weeks ago, but since the existing model can't be sourced anymore, so we added a few thousand (from management account) to upgrade it to this long range system, include the new cards, but anywhere we need to clarify here that, we only claim from insurance company on the damage, but not the new upgraded system. (in order not to cause the resident who involved in the accident feel that he is victimised)
so, pls get your card as early as you can, test it & feedback to us if any improvement need.
thanks.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
it's about priority for the safety & security matters
last post created some good discussions, well, some residents do write in the not-so-friendly manner, but in MC, we try not to get our ourselves to be effected emotionally like be upset or angry by the comments, by rather to focus on the issues the persons try to bring to our attention, & do our best to address it.
we do hear the voices of getting the road (or parking area) repaired, so now we are talking to vendor to get those broken surface patched, but as we said earlier, due to limitation of fund, it's quite hard to tar all the broken areas, but rather to choose the few areas which are more serious, the others will be covered later.
it's about priority, really.
we always remind ourselves to give priority to those safety & security related matter, so in the past 6 to 12 months, actually some big portion of money have been channeled to this area, but then we must say this are the "unseen" or "not-so-visible" as other thing like painting the wall, or install new office which can be easily detected by residents, by then many times those "unseen" things actually are more important than "visible" thing, especially when it touches the safety & security matter.
perhaps it's good for us to update our residents what are the safety & security related matters which have been covered recently...
upgrade the fire fighting facilities, we had sent both duty pump & jockey pump for service & repair, replaced mechanical seal & high power blower; than at the bomba riser room, new hose reel, valves be installed, with those necessary servicing, last month we entered the service contract with one of the prominent vendor (Pentatronics) to maintain our fire fighting facilities, for which they will inspect our equipment on the regular basis & advice us what need to be done pertaining to this area.
new lift alarm indicators have been installed at the guard house last week, it will alert the guard with both light & sound should anyone stranded in the lift, of course the person must press the alarm button inside the lift in order for this both light & sound devices be triggered in the guard house. we hope by having this facility it will help the stranded person to be rescued sooner than before.
abt half a year ago we decided to hire the new guard company, it's also part of effort to upgrade the security service here, our observation is the current guard company are doing better job than the other one, but of course it's always rooms for improvement..., in fact our neighboring (not Villa) apartment also switched to this company recently after their committee members joined one of our function few months ago & impressed by the way our guard manned the entrance :)
we are at the moment servicing (or replacing if it's needed) all the water pumps for domestic supply to all the unit in blk J and K, total are 4 pumps, one had been done in blk k, will do the blk j soon, after that will also enter contract with vendor for maintaining & servicing the pump on regular basis, this is to make sure the pumps will continue to serve all the unit without sudden malfunctioning, hopefully.
well, other facilities like CCTV, motorbike T&G barrier are also for the same purpose, we do see some good improvement after installed these, but we can't afford to feel proud of that, rather we choose to be cautious, focus on the further improvement which will make Vista safer place to stay.
thanks.
we do hear the voices of getting the road (or parking area) repaired, so now we are talking to vendor to get those broken surface patched, but as we said earlier, due to limitation of fund, it's quite hard to tar all the broken areas, but rather to choose the few areas which are more serious, the others will be covered later.
it's about priority, really.
we always remind ourselves to give priority to those safety & security related matter, so in the past 6 to 12 months, actually some big portion of money have been channeled to this area, but then we must say this are the "unseen" or "not-so-visible" as other thing like painting the wall, or install new office which can be easily detected by residents, by then many times those "unseen" things actually are more important than "visible" thing, especially when it touches the safety & security matter.
perhaps it's good for us to update our residents what are the safety & security related matters which have been covered recently...
upgrade the fire fighting facilities, we had sent both duty pump & jockey pump for service & repair, replaced mechanical seal & high power blower; than at the bomba riser room, new hose reel, valves be installed, with those necessary servicing, last month we entered the service contract with one of the prominent vendor (Pentatronics) to maintain our fire fighting facilities, for which they will inspect our equipment on the regular basis & advice us what need to be done pertaining to this area.
new lift alarm indicators have been installed at the guard house last week, it will alert the guard with both light & sound should anyone stranded in the lift, of course the person must press the alarm button inside the lift in order for this both light & sound devices be triggered in the guard house. we hope by having this facility it will help the stranded person to be rescued sooner than before.
abt half a year ago we decided to hire the new guard company, it's also part of effort to upgrade the security service here, our observation is the current guard company are doing better job than the other one, but of course it's always rooms for improvement..., in fact our neighboring (not Villa) apartment also switched to this company recently after their committee members joined one of our function few months ago & impressed by the way our guard manned the entrance :)
we are at the moment servicing (or replacing if it's needed) all the water pumps for domestic supply to all the unit in blk J and K, total are 4 pumps, one had been done in blk k, will do the blk j soon, after that will also enter contract with vendor for maintaining & servicing the pump on regular basis, this is to make sure the pumps will continue to serve all the unit without sudden malfunctioning, hopefully.
well, other facilities like CCTV, motorbike T&G barrier are also for the same purpose, we do see some good improvement after installed these, but we can't afford to feel proud of that, rather we choose to be cautious, focus on the further improvement which will make Vista safer place to stay.
thanks.
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