few updates for our beloved residents....
1) yr2014/15 fire insurance - this time due to the huge surge of the property value in Vista Condo, the fire insurance premium need to be increased in order to provide sufficient coverage for our residents' properties & the common properties, so after some discussion with the insurance agent & also consider the current economy & financial challenges faced by residents, we have decided to get the policy which is RM150.40 per unit compare to RM125.00 previously, and a friendly reminder to some residents who still paying bank for the fire insurance, you actually have an option of not doing so, and this will help you to save few hundred :)
2) IWK pipe replacement - after months of arguing, finger pointing & negotiation with our neighbors (Villa Condo), we decided to go ahead with the replacement of the collapsed IWK pipe near the main entrance of Vista Condo. Actually we prefer they will create the new outlet for their human waste (instead of sharing with us as now) but in view of new outlet will cost them more than RM100k, which is almost impossible for them to do now, so as to exercise good neighborhood spirit, we are now replacing the main pipe as our residents can notice that. It's a big project, cost RM14k (both side pay RM7k each), will take abt 10 days to be completed. So we really appreciate our residents to show good patience to bear with the inconveniences.
3) Lift at blk K - now we are chasing the vendor to replace the floor, walls & doors for the upgraded lift which is currently undergoing the test run, the newly upgraded one seems running more smoothly compare to the first one, so in view of this we also urge him to try to make the first upgraded lift to perform as good as the second one. We still for the full completion of the job & also decided to go ahead with the plan of residents gathering which also a night of thanksgiving to the few YB for their help on the lift upgrade project.
4) Swimming pool - not sure what happen to the pool vendor as we are still waiting for the new grating (drain cover), keep chasing since he came back from India 2 weeks ago but he always replied us OK OK..., will wait few more days & if he still can't give us the firm answer when to deliver the new grating then we may need to look at other source :(
Thanks.
Friday, March 28, 2014
Friday, March 21, 2014
foreigner hostel, cleaners issue & a chairman killed in BKT Jambul :(
few issues were raised by our residents in last post, so we thought perhaps we should address them in more detail, also another matter like to bring to our residents' attention is, if anyone got problem with the decision made by MC, pls talk to to us, a bit scared because last week another committee chairman was killed in the conflict with his resident :(
the case is the 2nd committee chairman got killed in Penang, the first one was in Farlim, abt 1 to 2 years ago, also due to some conflict with his resident, stabbed to death in the common area, he was in his mid 30's then....this time the chairman is a 60's yrs old uncle, also happened in common area, sad...., of course we always thank God because most of our residents are peace lover, even though few times in the past we were confronted face to face, by angry residents due to T&G card, car parking & outstanding SC matters, but fortunately these were settled without involved violent acts, hopefully for the future we still can continue to have patience & tolerance by our residents...
someone mentioned abt foreigner hostel in vista condo in last article, we also meet some other residents who also show concerns on the increasing number of hostel in vista & ask committee to stop the landlord to stop renting to them....but legally speaking, MC (or JMB, or residents' association) have no right to stop any house owner from renting their unit to foreigner or factory workers, which means the owner can take legal action against the committee or management if we force them stop renting to foreigner or factory workers.
but after consulted with lawyer, few option we can consider, one is to ask many residents to sign petition & give pressure to the owner to stop rent to them, another one is pass the resolution in AGM (or EGM) to impose stricter condition (like extra service charge) on the owner if they rent to foreigner, for these 2 options will be presented in next AGM which will be soon to be held as the blk k lifts almost completed in the upgrade.
abt the new cleaners, we do get mixed feedback from residents concerning their performance, the lady actually sweep the corridor everyday & the man clean the car park & drain every morning...which we thought is very good, but another hand we also heard complaints that they didn't mop the corridor & the rubbish rooms were not washed... :(
so for this we have spoken to their boss & to them as well, we told the lady instead of sweeping the corridor everyday, she can stop sweeping once a month but use the time to mop, the same for the guy as well, perhaps he should spend more time to clean the rubbish room in the more thorough way...
but basically we are ok with their performance so far, it just need to fine tune a bit so that they will give more attention to the area which we are more particular with :)
thanks.
the case is the 2nd committee chairman got killed in Penang, the first one was in Farlim, abt 1 to 2 years ago, also due to some conflict with his resident, stabbed to death in the common area, he was in his mid 30's then....this time the chairman is a 60's yrs old uncle, also happened in common area, sad...., of course we always thank God because most of our residents are peace lover, even though few times in the past we were confronted face to face, by angry residents due to T&G card, car parking & outstanding SC matters, but fortunately these were settled without involved violent acts, hopefully for the future we still can continue to have patience & tolerance by our residents...
someone mentioned abt foreigner hostel in vista condo in last article, we also meet some other residents who also show concerns on the increasing number of hostel in vista & ask committee to stop the landlord to stop renting to them....but legally speaking, MC (or JMB, or residents' association) have no right to stop any house owner from renting their unit to foreigner or factory workers, which means the owner can take legal action against the committee or management if we force them stop renting to foreigner or factory workers.
but after consulted with lawyer, few option we can consider, one is to ask many residents to sign petition & give pressure to the owner to stop rent to them, another one is pass the resolution in AGM (or EGM) to impose stricter condition (like extra service charge) on the owner if they rent to foreigner, for these 2 options will be presented in next AGM which will be soon to be held as the blk k lifts almost completed in the upgrade.
abt the new cleaners, we do get mixed feedback from residents concerning their performance, the lady actually sweep the corridor everyday & the man clean the car park & drain every morning...which we thought is very good, but another hand we also heard complaints that they didn't mop the corridor & the rubbish rooms were not washed... :(
so for this we have spoken to their boss & to them as well, we told the lady instead of sweeping the corridor everyday, she can stop sweeping once a month but use the time to mop, the same for the guy as well, perhaps he should spend more time to clean the rubbish room in the more thorough way...
but basically we are ok with their performance so far, it just need to fine tune a bit so that they will give more attention to the area which we are more particular with :)
thanks.
Friday, March 14, 2014
blk k 2nd lift is at test run now :)
while we are writing this article, the blk k 2nd lift has been in the test run mode for abt 42 hours already, thank God so far it's ok.
which means the lift vendor does live up his pledge, to shut down the lift for abt 2 weeks & complete the upgrade in abt one month's time. now the remaining part is to fix the new door, floor & the wall panel, which may take up to 2 days' time.
we will let the lift run for few more days then will off it again (the 2nd lift only) to fix the door, floor & wall, we also now talking to our cement works contractor to put the cement block in front of the lift door at every floor lift lobby during the shut down like what we did for the 1st lift, the purpose is to prevent water from corridor to flow into the lift to cause short circuit.
so we are looking forward to the day when new wall, floor & doors being installed, for that we will consider this assignment is completed, for those who follow this blog, still remember abt 3 years ago we mentioned we have 3 big projects, ie entrance shade, blk k lift upgrade & sinking fund, so not long from now we can conclude that 2 out of 3 are done, only sinking fund a big struggle then :(
how abt organize a thanksgiving party (residents' gathering) to thank those YB & EXCO who had helped us in this lift project? now in MC we are discussing abt it, and the same time residents will enjoy their time with each other, especially kids always enjoy the most in Vista residents gathering :)
perhaps we can plan something big this time, better lucky draw items, more delicious food especially prepare more satay, clown to entertain Vista kids, more booth like digi (or KFC?), considering to invite YB Yeoh Soon Hin, YB Wong Hon Wei, EXCO YB Jagdeep Singh, maybe can try invite CM Lim Guan Eng as well???
The MC haven't got any final decision yet, once confirm on this then will put up the notice to inform our beloved Vista Residents.
thanks.
which means the lift vendor does live up his pledge, to shut down the lift for abt 2 weeks & complete the upgrade in abt one month's time. now the remaining part is to fix the new door, floor & the wall panel, which may take up to 2 days' time.
we will let the lift run for few more days then will off it again (the 2nd lift only) to fix the door, floor & wall, we also now talking to our cement works contractor to put the cement block in front of the lift door at every floor lift lobby during the shut down like what we did for the 1st lift, the purpose is to prevent water from corridor to flow into the lift to cause short circuit.
so we are looking forward to the day when new wall, floor & doors being installed, for that we will consider this assignment is completed, for those who follow this blog, still remember abt 3 years ago we mentioned we have 3 big projects, ie entrance shade, blk k lift upgrade & sinking fund, so not long from now we can conclude that 2 out of 3 are done, only sinking fund a big struggle then :(
how abt organize a thanksgiving party (residents' gathering) to thank those YB & EXCO who had helped us in this lift project? now in MC we are discussing abt it, and the same time residents will enjoy their time with each other, especially kids always enjoy the most in Vista residents gathering :)
perhaps we can plan something big this time, better lucky draw items, more delicious food especially prepare more satay, clown to entertain Vista kids, more booth like digi (or KFC?), considering to invite YB Yeoh Soon Hin, YB Wong Hon Wei, EXCO YB Jagdeep Singh, maybe can try invite CM Lim Guan Eng as well???
The MC haven't got any final decision yet, once confirm on this then will put up the notice to inform our beloved Vista Residents.
thanks.
Saturday, March 8, 2014
general update as at 9/3/14
it's time to update our beloved residents over some development in Vista Condo...
1) few days ago we checked with the vendor on the progress of the 2nd lift upgrade, the reply was "hampir siap..." but again we dare not to commit here when will be the actual date of completion, but as they gave the brief time timeline of doing the test run in the following week, then take some time to do the new lift wall panel & inner door, after that should another round of test run, then can release to residents for use....:)
(personal opinion, may happen in 2 weeks' time)
2) after upgrade all the camera in blk j & k (with their DVR as well) to the high resolution standard, we have extended the upgrading to the main entrance as well, now not just the 2 existing camera upgraded to high reso, we even added 2 more cameras at the entrance, hopefully this additional facility will further boost the security here.
but we still need residents to be our eyes & ears that if you notice guards not doing their jobs right, or notice any suspicious figures around, pls quickly contact guards or MC members, let's not take chance when come to security concerns.
3) last week we received the TNB bills for both blk J & K, we are happy to see that the blk j power consumption has dropped abt 20% in February, but we guessed abt 8% is due the number of days in February is 2 days less than usual month, so can safely say that 12% drop from the total usage is from the upgrading to T5 light which started from 2nd week of February, in short the T5 light has helped to save abt 25% on the current used by the common lighting, in another words, should be abt RM400 based on our calculation, but we can't have a sure conclusion just based on one month's bill, so we will continue to monitor this.
we are also happy to inform our residents that last week we have upgraded 85% of blk K light to T5, another 15% of the corridor light will be replaced once the stock arrives, hopefully it will help to save more bucks in the TNB bills :)
thanks.
1) few days ago we checked with the vendor on the progress of the 2nd lift upgrade, the reply was "hampir siap..." but again we dare not to commit here when will be the actual date of completion, but as they gave the brief time timeline of doing the test run in the following week, then take some time to do the new lift wall panel & inner door, after that should another round of test run, then can release to residents for use....:)
(personal opinion, may happen in 2 weeks' time)
2) after upgrade all the camera in blk j & k (with their DVR as well) to the high resolution standard, we have extended the upgrading to the main entrance as well, now not just the 2 existing camera upgraded to high reso, we even added 2 more cameras at the entrance, hopefully this additional facility will further boost the security here.
but we still need residents to be our eyes & ears that if you notice guards not doing their jobs right, or notice any suspicious figures around, pls quickly contact guards or MC members, let's not take chance when come to security concerns.
3) last week we received the TNB bills for both blk J & K, we are happy to see that the blk j power consumption has dropped abt 20% in February, but we guessed abt 8% is due the number of days in February is 2 days less than usual month, so can safely say that 12% drop from the total usage is from the upgrading to T5 light which started from 2nd week of February, in short the T5 light has helped to save abt 25% on the current used by the common lighting, in another words, should be abt RM400 based on our calculation, but we can't have a sure conclusion just based on one month's bill, so we will continue to monitor this.
we are also happy to inform our residents that last week we have upgraded 85% of blk K light to T5, another 15% of the corridor light will be replaced once the stock arrives, hopefully it will help to save more bucks in the TNB bills :)
thanks.
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