updates on lift upgrade & playground/mini recreation center

some development on the matters,

the lift vendor managed to try run the lift on Saturday on the slower speed, and will do the fast speed test run after get few more things done, according to him another 2 days' time will see the completion.

well, as we said earlier, we are not expert & should not pretend to be expert, so as we heard this from him, we only can tell him pls get it done as soon as he can, but can't argue with him much abt the technical detail, unless we can have residents among us to check on the facts.

we hope that the try run on full speed will be smooth one & will soon have 2 lifts to serve blk k residents well until we are confident enough to shut down another lift for upgrade, but this time we wish they can plan better than another one, also according to him, this time should take much shorter time as he & his worker (and his own vendors) have understand the system better, but since we have "not so good" experience with him for the first lift, our expectation on the length of time to be taken is rather reserved.

concerning the playground, or the nicer term, mini recreation center, we have moved the fence toward the pool, and pleasantly found out the space is quite wide, we have received the quotation abt the exercise/gym set, and soon forward to ADUN or MP for their consideration to allocation fund, and perhaps if it take too long for them to approval our request then we can even to purchase 2 set first for residents to use.

of course if anyone like to sponsor, then best lah... :)

thanks.

2 facility upgrade/improvement projects

while we are still spending much time urging the lift vendor to complete his job, we do not neglect other area as well, at the moment we thought we are able to do these 2 project in order to fulfill our mission, to make Vista a better place for living.

the first one is to convert the kids' playground to be a mini recreation center, actually not many peoples will like to recognize the empty land (with few set of stuff for kids to play) near the Hindu temple as kids' playground, well, strictly speaking it's not up the standard to be called playground, as the play sets are rusted & the place also got a lot of mosquitoes, it's not suitable for residents (especially kids) to play there, so instead of just leave the land to be wasted, we are planning to remove the poor maintained play sets but to recondition the useable one, and shift the existing fence toward the swimming pool, so we will have bigger space there for kids to play & adult to exercise.

at the moment some residents are going to help to shift the fence with minima charges, we also will use (perhaps) woods to cover the drain along the fencing area (facing the forest) so that when kids play there they will not accidentally fall into the drain.

we may want to invest (or get fund from YB) in some exercise set to be installed there, so that our residents can do some simple exercise there, some other things (besides the kids play set & adult exercise equipment), like badminton/futsal/basketball court & meeting room have also been suggested, well, let's see how wide the space we can create after the fence has moved toward the pool then we will decide.

in short, we hope that after converting the place to be a mini recreation center for our residents, besides contributing to good health, it will also boost further the property value of Vista Condo :)

thanks.

(another project is to convert one of the public toilet to be a gym, but no final plan yet)

oh no, become target again :(

few times, due to some situation, which beyond what we can control (as we not good enough to do that), we can't be help but again become target of anger.

and now, due to the long process of lift upgrade in blk k, which has already passed the expected time frame given, besides blaming the vendor, the MC also become the target of anger, we can understand the frustration of blk k residents, and we don't blame residents for getting angry with us, because if we were in their shoe, we too will be angry with vendor and eventually MC for the length of time taken for this project.

but we don't want to pretend to be expert in this matter, in fact we are not very sure what should be the supposedly reasonable time frame for lift upgrade project, for we too have checked with friends who are in the lift industry, all of them agree that to install a completely new lift will be much faster than the upgrading it like what we do now, and concerning the question of reasonable time taken for upgrading, their answer is "it depends la..." as different model/brand/manufacturer will have different complexity in the system, so it be ranging from 2 weeks to abt month's time, and other factors will affect the pace like manpower & skill...

we don't want to defend vendor or MC in this matter, but rather to see what should the best thing to do now in order to help the vendor to get it done at soonest possibly, the poor vendor now almost everyday received phone & sms from residents to chase him to complete the job, some even used abusive words..., we also got some of these too, also even suggestion to replace the vendor.

the vendor after missed the first target date which set by himself, now dare not to give another target date as worry that will get another blame for it, yesterday his reply to us is "hampir siap", but we also taking a suggestion from residents to get the progression report & update our residents, for which he will talk to the management office to produce it.

concerning another suggestion to replace this vendor (as the company he attached to, have bad track record in one of the apartment as mentioned in the comment of last posting), we must say that that company do assign different project to different senior technician, for Vista is handled by Samsudin, we would say he is one of the senior technician who is considered good in Penang, skill & attitude are among the most reliable one here, no hanky panky, no over quote, no steal part for other project..., these are the not uncommon practice in lift industry but fortunately this guy is quite honest in these things, for he also helped to improve the condition of almost all the lift in Vista since he took over 2 years ago, so let's give him more grace although he may take too long this current project.

another thing want to clarify, some residents said he has taken the 20% of payment so he is not in the hurry to finish the job, the fact is he still hasn't got any payment until now, he will only collect the full payment from state gov't after the completion of the whole project, in the way he actually wants to finish the job fast so that he can have money (from gov't) to pay his own Korean supplier for our lift parts, amounting to more than 100K!

again, really really sorry for the lengthy process, we are doing our best to push him & shall continue doing it until the job is done.

thanks.

lift upgrading & house rules matters

our sincere apology for not be able to get the upgraded lift running during the Hari Raya holidays....

we did have a very tense moment with the vendor few days before Raya as he told us he can't fulfill his pledge for getting the lift ready for the Raya, we were quite upset over his explanation that "too many modification & wiring works" for the lift upgrade, we are stuck in the situation that we worry the most, ie they took too long for the upgrading!!!

from the arrival of the parts until this day, it's abt 1 month already, we expected them to complete 1 lift in abt 3 weeks' time, but...., actually now we feel quite bad as we also wrongfully gave residents false hope of having the lift running in Raya, again, sorry very much.

the day before Raya, after some unhappy conversation with the vendor due to the delay of job, we did urge him to give us the estimated time when the lift can be up, at that time he can't answer but said will let us know after Raya, we will definitely update our residents once he reply us, sigh...! really sorry for the mess.

besides the headache of the lift, we do troubled by the drinking party at the pool side, some residents have been calling us and the guard boss concerning a group of residents with their outsider friends consuming alcohol in the swimming pool compound and foyer area, according to them now it has become more regularly, some residents refrained themselves from using the pool & avoid passing our foyer area due to worry & uncomfortable feeling...

actually our house rules stated clearly "no food & drink" at pool compound & no alcohol consuming at the foyer (except special occasion like wedding), we are now asking the management & guard company to handle the matter and hopefully the related party will give their cooperation as we are all living in this community, it's very important for everyone to follow the house rules so that all the residents can enjoy their time & feel comfortable in Vista Condo.

thanks.

it's more enjoyable now as MC :)

we were told by the lift vendor that they will do the upgraded lift trial run on Saturday, and if it's running smoothly then during the Raya, the blk k will have 2 lifts to serve our residents, 1 old system & 1 upgraded system, running on the separate system, but let's wait for the outcome of trial run.

(bear in mind that when the upgrading process is done we should have both lifts running on the same new system, so pls don't make any assumption that the final product is 1 upgraded & 1 old system if you see it happen during Raya, as the job is not completed yet at the moment)

some times ago, we wrote in this blog that to help in the Vista Condo MC is a much more pleasant thing to do if our lifts are upgraded, well, we must say now this vision is almost come into real happening! even though the state gov't only released the fund for blk k lifts upgrade, but we still can use those (good condition) parts from the existing blk k lifts system, to fix it in the blk j lifts to make them better lifts to serve blk j residents, so basically the fund given by state gov't has blessed both blk j & blk k residents!

if compare to those days when JMB & MC subsequently were formed, now a day things are running more smoothly & most of the facilities are in the better condition, and some new facilities were added too. Those days are quite tough for running the management here, biggest headache always from the lifts, especially both lifts from blk k, and once awhile the blk j lift also join the chorus to go on strike, but thank God, through the help of vendor & gov't, the condition of the lifts have become better now, and when upgrading process is completed, it can even called as excellent!

really looking forward to the completion of the upgrading, and now we are shifting our focus to the repainting of building.....:):):)

thanks to all the nice & kind vista folks!