few matters would like to update our beloved residents,
lift upgrade,
the works for the blk k 2nd lift upgrade suppose to be started last week, but the same vendor who did the job for the first lift was stuck with another project with one of apartment nearby, he did inform us that next week he should be able to do for the blk k lift, once we get his confirmation then we will put up the notice to inform our blk k residents concerning this.
we are quite concern abt the length of time needed for the 2nd lift upgrade, for which he has told us should take less than a month since he has covered many area (especially wiring & panel for the lift calling button) during the first lift upgrade, we pray hard & hope that it will take much shorter time for the 2nd lift upgrade.
saving cost,
concerning the saving cost, especially on the common lighting, namely corridor lights, staircase lights, car park area lights, swimming pool lights...., etc, we always waiting for the right time to change & right kind of lights to be used in order to save money for our place, well at the moment the electricity cost for supporting all these mentioned light is in between 2k to 3k per month, we are aiming to cut down half of the electric cost per month....
earlier on we heard abt the LED light, but to switch to LED light will involve too much cost, basically not just change the light but the casing too, another problem of the LED light is it can be stolen because it's consider expensive at the moment. We are now considering the 4ft T5 light, which can save up to 40% of current, cheaper than LED (abt RM35 per tube compare to RM8 on the fluorescent tube), another nice thing abt this option is we don't need to replace the existing casing but just to bypass the wire at it's ballast.
now still waiting for further confirmation on how much the T5 can save cost & it's durability, if it's true can save cost & also can last long, then we should go ahead with it, but we can't afford to change all the common lights at one shot, perhaps phase by phase, or wait until the existing one has spoiled then replace with T5 tube.
welcome feedback on this. Thanks.
Friday, November 29, 2013
Sunday, November 24, 2013
no posting this week, resume next week :)
hi,
take a break this week, school holiday, bring kids go jalan jalan :)
like to wish all vista folks happy school holidays, if you are traveling outstation with family for the holidays program, berhati-hati di jalanraya.
regards.
take a break this week, school holiday, bring kids go jalan jalan :)
like to wish all vista folks happy school holidays, if you are traveling outstation with family for the holidays program, berhati-hati di jalanraya.
regards.
Friday, November 15, 2013
tough financial challenge ahead
Najib announced the infamous GST last week, it will definitely hit us very hard once it implement in yr2015, imagine by then almost all the vendors will impose us 6% of service tax, even the replacement parts also will be facing increase of price due to tax on the goods, such as lift parts, electrical components, even pipes & gutter, etc, how are we going to cope with this?
few days ago the latest bad news, electricity bill seems can't avoid the increase too, even though haven't finalize the new rate, but it have been saying the increase is in between 8% and 20%, alamak....!!!!
some may say, hi, not to worry, after all it will only happen in yr2015, and now not even yr2014. bear in mind that another one month then we will be knocking at yr2014's door, by then all can see the GST is not too far already :(:(:(
at the moment our income still can manage to cover all the necessary expenses, even got surplus to replace some of the old parts before it give way & cause danger to our residents, but then once the above mentioned increase of cost hit us, the income will definitely can't cope with expenses, let's do the quick estimation, total income is 25000 (85% prompt payment by good master & car park rental), but expenses will be (TNB 8000, management 3400, guard 4200, lift service 1500, electrical service 550, pool 870, pest control 320, water 800, barrier/cctv service 300, firefighting 200, parts replacement 4000), which means only got abt 1000 for contingency use but no saving, it's not good....
we would not like to suggest increase of maintenance service charge because residents will face the tougher financial difficulties as they too need to cope with their own cost increment due to GST, but, how ah?
we must think of ways now to create long term regular income for our management fund without increase the service charge, anyone have innovative idea to share with us?
thanks.
few days ago the latest bad news, electricity bill seems can't avoid the increase too, even though haven't finalize the new rate, but it have been saying the increase is in between 8% and 20%, alamak....!!!!
some may say, hi, not to worry, after all it will only happen in yr2015, and now not even yr2014. bear in mind that another one month then we will be knocking at yr2014's door, by then all can see the GST is not too far already :(:(:(
at the moment our income still can manage to cover all the necessary expenses, even got surplus to replace some of the old parts before it give way & cause danger to our residents, but then once the above mentioned increase of cost hit us, the income will definitely can't cope with expenses, let's do the quick estimation, total income is 25000 (85% prompt payment by good master & car park rental), but expenses will be (TNB 8000, management 3400, guard 4200, lift service 1500, electrical service 550, pool 870, pest control 320, water 800, barrier/cctv service 300, firefighting 200, parts replacement 4000), which means only got abt 1000 for contingency use but no saving, it's not good....
we would not like to suggest increase of maintenance service charge because residents will face the tougher financial difficulties as they too need to cope with their own cost increment due to GST, but, how ah?
we must think of ways now to create long term regular income for our management fund without increase the service charge, anyone have innovative idea to share with us?
thanks.
Saturday, November 9, 2013
guard got bad harassment last week
past few days we have been busy talking to the guard boss abt one of his guard who was harassed badly on last Sunday, not by our resident but a lorry driver.
it was on Sunday morning, a lorry was sent in to move some of the stuff from one of the blk j unit, it was called by a resident who was moving out from Vista Condo, and the guard actually trying his best to make sure all will take place smoothly.
but later on he found out the lorry was parked at the middle of the blk j car park area, and blocking all the traffic, so he did his job by approaching the driver to move his lorry to the appropriate place so that other cars can pass.
somehow the conversation turned sour, some strong words have been used & exchanged during the argument, and in the height of the heat, some form of "physical contact" occurred & threatening as well....
the guard boss viewed this matter seriously, on the same day his ppl (manager, supervisor, etc) came in to investigate, have found the unit owner's particular and started searching the lorry driver's identity, well, trust that police report was made too.
after few days' searching effort, lastly they manage to contact the unit owner & set up the appointment to meet in the guard house to sort out the matter, we do not know how's the detail of the solution in between these 2 parties, but what we want is the guard management must give enough back up & support to their guards in Vista to carry out their duties, and for this case we do see some good initiative taken by their boss to protect his guard.
but, for the night guard, we have made request for him to be replaced, as he is too easily letting ppl without card (and outsiders too) to come in, this request should be granted a go-ahead in few days' time.
security is an important matter, we can't afford to take it lightly.....
thanks.
it was on Sunday morning, a lorry was sent in to move some of the stuff from one of the blk j unit, it was called by a resident who was moving out from Vista Condo, and the guard actually trying his best to make sure all will take place smoothly.
but later on he found out the lorry was parked at the middle of the blk j car park area, and blocking all the traffic, so he did his job by approaching the driver to move his lorry to the appropriate place so that other cars can pass.
somehow the conversation turned sour, some strong words have been used & exchanged during the argument, and in the height of the heat, some form of "physical contact" occurred & threatening as well....
the guard boss viewed this matter seriously, on the same day his ppl (manager, supervisor, etc) came in to investigate, have found the unit owner's particular and started searching the lorry driver's identity, well, trust that police report was made too.
after few days' searching effort, lastly they manage to contact the unit owner & set up the appointment to meet in the guard house to sort out the matter, we do not know how's the detail of the solution in between these 2 parties, but what we want is the guard management must give enough back up & support to their guards in Vista to carry out their duties, and for this case we do see some good initiative taken by their boss to protect his guard.
but, for the night guard, we have made request for him to be replaced, as he is too easily letting ppl without card (and outsiders too) to come in, this request should be granted a go-ahead in few days' time.
security is an important matter, we can't afford to take it lightly.....
thanks.
Saturday, November 2, 2013
General updates as at 3/11/13
few matters would like to update our beloved residents,
1) abt the T&G for the lift, yes it still need to be decided by residents at AGM or EGM (which will be called after both lift get upgraded), so far what we did just gather opinion through various channel, this blog is one of them, we also check with residents personally for this matter, the feedback we got are mixture, almost 50-50, even among the committee members also the same :)
2) underground main pipe leakage at blk j, sad to inform our residents that since few again we found there's water sipping out from one of the main pipe (concealed underground) at blk j, outside the pipe room, facing swimming pool, and the situation got worse each day, then few days ago it become so serious so we decided to give few vendor a calls & check with them proposal/quotation & even payment term if go ahead with replacement, lastly get the best proposal from one of them (blk j contractor's contact), and now replacing the pipe, abt 5.5K, payment 1k per month, few painful because need to spend money again.. :(
3) another bad news is 2 weeks ago a blk j rain spout fell on the ground at end of blk j, facing the hindu temple, this is something we didn't expect, because this spout is one we consider least risky compare to other spouts, especially those spouts we didn't manage tighten the clips due to some residents had refused to let the vendor to use their balcony to tighten the clip which near their unit, but for this spout, as it just next to the common stair case, the vendor has in the past tighten the loosen clip, but still fell :( anyway we didn't suffer much financial loss as this under insurance coverage, so now we have asked the vendor to check all the rain spout & to carry out the necessary repair action.
4) Indah Water (IWK) dispute with our neighbor Villa Condo committee, as some of the residents may know, the Villa Condo has been using our IWK main pipe to channel their last 2 blocks' waste into the IWK main pipe, through the join pipe in between Vista Villa condo. And recently this join pipe has clogged but they insist the fault is ours, which we thought it's not because the join only serve the Villa Condo. For we have contacted & talked relevant authority (IWK & water...) & decided to ask the lawyer to send them a notice to ask them to find their own way to channel out their waste, and should not use our pipe as Vista and Vista are different project, and we also asked them to set up their own TV broadcast system due to same reason, for info they have been tapping into our TV system all these years but due to good neighbor spirit we just support them, but since their committee blaming us for the problem of IWK (for which we also have supporting them for years!) then we thought since they are not grateful, no point we continue to extend our support.... :(
thanks.
1) abt the T&G for the lift, yes it still need to be decided by residents at AGM or EGM (which will be called after both lift get upgraded), so far what we did just gather opinion through various channel, this blog is one of them, we also check with residents personally for this matter, the feedback we got are mixture, almost 50-50, even among the committee members also the same :)
2) underground main pipe leakage at blk j, sad to inform our residents that since few again we found there's water sipping out from one of the main pipe (concealed underground) at blk j, outside the pipe room, facing swimming pool, and the situation got worse each day, then few days ago it become so serious so we decided to give few vendor a calls & check with them proposal/quotation & even payment term if go ahead with replacement, lastly get the best proposal from one of them (blk j contractor's contact), and now replacing the pipe, abt 5.5K, payment 1k per month, few painful because need to spend money again.. :(
3) another bad news is 2 weeks ago a blk j rain spout fell on the ground at end of blk j, facing the hindu temple, this is something we didn't expect, because this spout is one we consider least risky compare to other spouts, especially those spouts we didn't manage tighten the clips due to some residents had refused to let the vendor to use their balcony to tighten the clip which near their unit, but for this spout, as it just next to the common stair case, the vendor has in the past tighten the loosen clip, but still fell :( anyway we didn't suffer much financial loss as this under insurance coverage, so now we have asked the vendor to check all the rain spout & to carry out the necessary repair action.
4) Indah Water (IWK) dispute with our neighbor Villa Condo committee, as some of the residents may know, the Villa Condo has been using our IWK main pipe to channel their last 2 blocks' waste into the IWK main pipe, through the join pipe in between Vista Villa condo. And recently this join pipe has clogged but they insist the fault is ours, which we thought it's not because the join only serve the Villa Condo. For we have contacted & talked relevant authority (IWK & water...) & decided to ask the lawyer to send them a notice to ask them to find their own way to channel out their waste, and should not use our pipe as Vista and Vista are different project, and we also asked them to set up their own TV broadcast system due to same reason, for info they have been tapping into our TV system all these years but due to good neighbor spirit we just support them, but since their committee blaming us for the problem of IWK (for which we also have supporting them for years!) then we thought since they are not grateful, no point we continue to extend our support.... :(
thanks.
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