so the upgraded lift is abt to complete the 2nd week operation, thank God, so far so good.
few nights ago, while MC having their regular meeting at the foyer, few residents stopped by, give some suggestion on various matters, we are thankful for their initiative & keenness to see improvement here in this place, and during the conversation, they strongly recommended T&G system for the lift....
well, for this matter, we did check with residents at this blog some time ago, and surprisingly most of the residents who commented, actually not really in favour of installing the T&G system inside the lift, reasons cited included inconvenient, got to pay extra for the card, then if card missing got to pay again, also other reasons like if going out from the house & forget to bring the card the got to climb stair, etc...
and another reason we didn't pursue the idea is those days both blk k lift were in bad shape, we ourselves also have no confident to install the T&G system, worry that it will bring more difficulty to blk k residents.
but lately we heard some residents asking us if T&G will be installed in upgraded lift, in fact some of them do urge us to install as they saw few nearby apartment also got this system in the lifts, of course the selling points are security in Vista Condo will be improved, it will also helps in the service charge collection, perhaps it will help to increase Vista Condo property value as well :)
so, what do u guys think?
thanks.
Friday, October 25, 2013
Friday, October 18, 2013
upgraded lift running, and under monitoring
the upgraded lift of blk k started the full operation last Saturday afternoon, except on the same night due to some technical issue which halted the operation but resumed on next day, so far it's ok, so which it has been running for one week already.
we are still monitoring the performance of this lift, of course as we always carefully telling our residents that it's upgraded lift but not completely new one, we should not expect it run as smooth as new lift, but then compare to other 3 lifts of Vista Condo, we should feel the different, quieter & smoother.
we are not in the hurry to start the 2nd lift upgrade, mainly because we want to make sure this upgraded unit is stable & reliable enough to carry out it's duty when we shut down another lift later, another reason is at the beginning of November there's a holiday week, Deepavali & Awal Muharram, we have received request that have both lift running because some blk k residents their relatives & friends will be visiting them during these holidays.
so tentatively we set time for 2nd lift upgrade at the week after these holidays, and we do expect the 2nd upgrade will take much shorter than the 1st upgrade, reasonable time frame should be 3 to 4 weeks.
so now our prayer to God is this upgraded lift will continue to perform well, and later on when we do the 2nd lift upgrade, it won't take more than 1 month..... :)
thanks.
we are still monitoring the performance of this lift, of course as we always carefully telling our residents that it's upgraded lift but not completely new one, we should not expect it run as smooth as new lift, but then compare to other 3 lifts of Vista Condo, we should feel the different, quieter & smoother.
we are not in the hurry to start the 2nd lift upgrade, mainly because we want to make sure this upgraded unit is stable & reliable enough to carry out it's duty when we shut down another lift later, another reason is at the beginning of November there's a holiday week, Deepavali & Awal Muharram, we have received request that have both lift running because some blk k residents their relatives & friends will be visiting them during these holidays.
so tentatively we set time for 2nd lift upgrade at the week after these holidays, and we do expect the 2nd upgrade will take much shorter than the 1st upgrade, reasonable time frame should be 3 to 4 weeks.
so now our prayer to God is this upgraded lift will continue to perform well, and later on when we do the 2nd lift upgrade, it won't take more than 1 month..... :)
thanks.
Friday, October 11, 2013
so close, yet so far away.....
another week :(
our patience is running very thin now, how long should we wait some more?
now new doors are up, formica also done, door safety sensor also fixed, but why the lift is not running? we also ask the same question.
yesterday chased them again, they left our place at abt 7.30pm, explained to us it took very long time to install full height sensor, reason for lengthy time taken because need to hack door/wall & others, so now full sensor installed, one thing left is to put new floor, then lift can run on Monday as they plan for new floor to be done on same day.
we told the vendor no point to wait until Monday, if they plan to do new floor on Monday, and they must up the lift on Saturday & Sunday for residents to use first, then on Monday when our residents go to work or school, only they should shut it down (1 lift) to do new floor, because we feel that if we don't run the lift but just wait for the new floor, then it's waste of time.
now Malaysia time 12.45pm Saturday noon, 2 senior lift guys are there doing the lift job, our message to them is clear, pls up the lift today.
well, just feel important to mention here too, we do check with them concerning the safety, yes it's safe to run the lift now.
calling them almost every 2 hours to monitor....
our patience is running very thin now, how long should we wait some more?
now new doors are up, formica also done, door safety sensor also fixed, but why the lift is not running? we also ask the same question.
yesterday chased them again, they left our place at abt 7.30pm, explained to us it took very long time to install full height sensor, reason for lengthy time taken because need to hack door/wall & others, so now full sensor installed, one thing left is to put new floor, then lift can run on Monday as they plan for new floor to be done on same day.
we told the vendor no point to wait until Monday, if they plan to do new floor on Monday, and they must up the lift on Saturday & Sunday for residents to use first, then on Monday when our residents go to work or school, only they should shut it down (1 lift) to do new floor, because we feel that if we don't run the lift but just wait for the new floor, then it's waste of time.
now Malaysia time 12.45pm Saturday noon, 2 senior lift guys are there doing the lift job, our message to them is clear, pls up the lift today.
well, just feel important to mention here too, we do check with them concerning the safety, yes it's safe to run the lift now.
calling them almost every 2 hours to monitor....
Friday, October 4, 2013
on the repainting of buildings....
after 1 week of urging, confronting, chasing, making a lot of of noise to the lift vendor to quickly settle the new door, wall formica & flooring for the blk k lift, we still didn't see it completed even until today, besides impatient, also a lot of frustration, we know that it's at the end of tunnel but it doesn't seem arrived already, now we fix the target date at next Monday or Tuesday, hope to see the lift running then.
but while we are angry & upset abt the slow process, we are also thankful for at least it's making progress although it's so slow, it's so torturing, reason being, last week we received a phone call from a supervisor of one apartment project in Penang Island, asking us how to take back the 20% of the deposit money (which they deposited in the government treasury dept) for the lift upgrade project because they want to scrap this project, after giving the contact person in the EXCO for them to pursue the money, we also found out there's some issue in their project with some vendor & until now didn't even start work & their project was approved abt the same like ours, so now as we are not too happy with the pace with our vendor, we also feel fortunate for at least it's still on the right track.
in last posting we saw a comment of a potential buyer of vista unit abt when to repaint our building, honestly we have no answer on this question but trying now to work out a solution or formula to repaint our building. For info, sinking fund still stagnant as we are now seeking EXCO & senior lawyer's help on how to make use of the court order (that the developer should release the fund of amounting to nearly 400K to our residents) to recover the money, and we also have visited the state gov't office for the gov't fund (same as lift, 80% by gov't, 20% by residents) but first attempt was rejected, we were told by them that the fund is only for low cost & gov't owned apartments... :(
but anyway, we have asked contractor to view our building & give us quotation to repaint the external wall, ie not including the wall facing the corridor of every floor, in another word, only paint those walls which can be seen from outside, now still waiting for their quotations. Our another restriction is we can only pay them in installment, perhaps first payment can be 20K, but then the subsequent ones will be maybe 4k per month, so this will take up to 2 or 3 years to pay up, hopefully we will be able to find contractor who is kind enough to agree on this, do u guys got anyone can recommend?
thanks......
but while we are angry & upset abt the slow process, we are also thankful for at least it's making progress although it's so slow, it's so torturing, reason being, last week we received a phone call from a supervisor of one apartment project in Penang Island, asking us how to take back the 20% of the deposit money (which they deposited in the government treasury dept) for the lift upgrade project because they want to scrap this project, after giving the contact person in the EXCO for them to pursue the money, we also found out there's some issue in their project with some vendor & until now didn't even start work & their project was approved abt the same like ours, so now as we are not too happy with the pace with our vendor, we also feel fortunate for at least it's still on the right track.
in last posting we saw a comment of a potential buyer of vista unit abt when to repaint our building, honestly we have no answer on this question but trying now to work out a solution or formula to repaint our building. For info, sinking fund still stagnant as we are now seeking EXCO & senior lawyer's help on how to make use of the court order (that the developer should release the fund of amounting to nearly 400K to our residents) to recover the money, and we also have visited the state gov't office for the gov't fund (same as lift, 80% by gov't, 20% by residents) but first attempt was rejected, we were told by them that the fund is only for low cost & gov't owned apartments... :(
but anyway, we have asked contractor to view our building & give us quotation to repaint the external wall, ie not including the wall facing the corridor of every floor, in another word, only paint those walls which can be seen from outside, now still waiting for their quotations. Our another restriction is we can only pay them in installment, perhaps first payment can be 20K, but then the subsequent ones will be maybe 4k per month, so this will take up to 2 or 3 years to pay up, hopefully we will be able to find contractor who is kind enough to agree on this, do u guys got anyone can recommend?
thanks......
Friday, September 27, 2013
upgraded lift is confirmed in working condition now!
few days ago some blk k residents got chance to use the upgraded lift as the other lift was down, the vendor anticipated it may take awhile to fix the problem so they open the upgraded lift for residents to use, or else our residents will need to use to stair case to go home.
actually the lift is 95% completed as far as upgrading is concerned, because the vendor were planning to change the car door & putting the formica at the 4 walls before it release to blk k residents for the full operation.
so for those who used the upgraded lift that day & saw the wall & door still old one, pls don't get disappointed because there should be new doors & much nicer wall in another few more days' time.
so on the same afternoon, as the vendor managed to fix the problem of the other lift, the shut down the upgraded one, dismantle the door, sent it to their own vendor for the new door fabrication, at the same time arrange for the new formica to be placed at the 4 walls of the lift, hopefully it won't take long to complete this last phase of process.
after the upgraded lift in full operation, we will not shut down another lift for upgrading immediately, but we will monitor the performance of the upgraded one, only when residents are confident with it, then we will go for upgrading of another lift, this time should take much shorter time, as some of the wiring which the vendor has done earlier, are actually for both lift, so if the process is smooth then can be 3 weeks, but as we have learned from the the past, it's better not to give false hope, anywhere we told him, this time we can only tolerate maximum one month...
so, we will still be praying for the smooth upgrading process throughout the 2nd lift upgrade, thanks.
actually the lift is 95% completed as far as upgrading is concerned, because the vendor were planning to change the car door & putting the formica at the 4 walls before it release to blk k residents for the full operation.
so for those who used the upgraded lift that day & saw the wall & door still old one, pls don't get disappointed because there should be new doors & much nicer wall in another few more days' time.
so on the same afternoon, as the vendor managed to fix the problem of the other lift, the shut down the upgraded one, dismantle the door, sent it to their own vendor for the new door fabrication, at the same time arrange for the new formica to be placed at the 4 walls of the lift, hopefully it won't take long to complete this last phase of process.
after the upgraded lift in full operation, we will not shut down another lift for upgrading immediately, but we will monitor the performance of the upgraded one, only when residents are confident with it, then we will go for upgrading of another lift, this time should take much shorter time, as some of the wiring which the vendor has done earlier, are actually for both lift, so if the process is smooth then can be 3 weeks, but as we have learned from the the past, it's better not to give false hope, anywhere we told him, this time we can only tolerate maximum one month...
so, we will still be praying for the smooth upgrading process throughout the 2nd lift upgrade, thanks.
Friday, September 20, 2013
General updates on various matters
few matters like to upda our beloved residents,
1) for those who read Chinese newspaper, maybe you guys have noticed few months ago our neighboring apartment had accused us causing their sewage piping clogged, they even brought YB & reporter to view their sewage manholes, and came out with the conclusion that some part of pipe in our side has collapse but without sufficient proof. But instead of arguing with them, we have asked our own contractor to check all our manhole, and found out it's all in good condition but we still ask our contractor to clear it again, just for in case. We even changing the pipe near the main entrance to solve the floor sinking problem even though it seems not related to their clogging problem, so by doing so it should have solved their clogging problem if their theory is right.
But unfortunately even after we have make sure our side is ok, their clogging problem got worse! so bad that some of their manholes even overflow & causing bad stinky smell at their 2 blocks which nearest to Vista Condo, so we were called by the MPPP, COB dept to attend the meeting on Friday, during the meeting we managed to convince them since all our manholes are clear then we should not be blamed for their clogging problem, but we will still arrange for the joint inspection to show them our manholes are clear, and we even willing to provide the access to IWK to go through our manholes to clear their manholes or repair their piping crack (in case) since no way anyone can go into their manholes since they are full of shit...., the purpose we update our residents concerning this issue is so that no one is misled by those false accusation...
2) abt the lift upgrade, lift vendor has finished all the jobs in motor room, all the wiring for the hall calling button, has perform fast speed test & calibrated the lift for every floor, every things seem ok now, but a little bug on the lift digital display wiring, so now they are rectifying the problem, according to them not a serious problem, and we still praying hard that they quickly settle this problem so our residents can start using it....
3) like to urge residents don't feed the pigeons, we will put up the notice for this matter, as now the pigeon have caused some problems here, their shit had dirtied the foyer & swimming pool, even for long run can damage residents owning at the balcony, the swimmers also feel not comfortable as these pigeons also shitting & drinking the water of our swimming pool, worry that they may have left some germs there too, but it's true that pigeons' shit is bad for health especially for kids playing at the foyer regularly, so if you know of anyone have been feeding the pigeon pls ask them to be more considerate & stop feeding any kind of birds.
thanks.
1) for those who read Chinese newspaper, maybe you guys have noticed few months ago our neighboring apartment had accused us causing their sewage piping clogged, they even brought YB & reporter to view their sewage manholes, and came out with the conclusion that some part of pipe in our side has collapse but without sufficient proof. But instead of arguing with them, we have asked our own contractor to check all our manhole, and found out it's all in good condition but we still ask our contractor to clear it again, just for in case. We even changing the pipe near the main entrance to solve the floor sinking problem even though it seems not related to their clogging problem, so by doing so it should have solved their clogging problem if their theory is right.
But unfortunately even after we have make sure our side is ok, their clogging problem got worse! so bad that some of their manholes even overflow & causing bad stinky smell at their 2 blocks which nearest to Vista Condo, so we were called by the MPPP, COB dept to attend the meeting on Friday, during the meeting we managed to convince them since all our manholes are clear then we should not be blamed for their clogging problem, but we will still arrange for the joint inspection to show them our manholes are clear, and we even willing to provide the access to IWK to go through our manholes to clear their manholes or repair their piping crack (in case) since no way anyone can go into their manholes since they are full of shit...., the purpose we update our residents concerning this issue is so that no one is misled by those false accusation...
2) abt the lift upgrade, lift vendor has finished all the jobs in motor room, all the wiring for the hall calling button, has perform fast speed test & calibrated the lift for every floor, every things seem ok now, but a little bug on the lift digital display wiring, so now they are rectifying the problem, according to them not a serious problem, and we still praying hard that they quickly settle this problem so our residents can start using it....
3) like to urge residents don't feed the pigeons, we will put up the notice for this matter, as now the pigeon have caused some problems here, their shit had dirtied the foyer & swimming pool, even for long run can damage residents owning at the balcony, the swimmers also feel not comfortable as these pigeons also shitting & drinking the water of our swimming pool, worry that they may have left some germs there too, but it's true that pigeons' shit is bad for health especially for kids playing at the foyer regularly, so if you know of anyone have been feeding the pigeon pls ask them to be more considerate & stop feeding any kind of birds.
thanks.
Friday, September 13, 2013
further update on lift....
as at 14/9/13
the vendor didn't manage to install the lift button on Thursday as they still lacking few parts & tools for that, but manage to get them ready on Friday & started the works of fixing the button at abt 4pm.
they drill hole, fix the device, configure the wire and use the same digital display, do it floor by floor, carefully but slowly too, to make sure not connecting the wrong wire, and until 1am in the Saturday early morning, still trying their best to complete it, but too bad, didn't manage to....
well, they will continue today (Saturday) and have informed us if all go smoothly then on next Monday, we can buy off this lift, but then we will rather see it as a possible but not target date, for we also worry that we may again disappoint blk k residents for giving false hope.
to be honest, we are not sure when the lift can be up for blk k residents, sometimes we also feel discouraged & overcame by negative thought like "why are we so keh poh (busy body) to upgrade the lifts, why not just leave it & let the next MC committee to find way to fix the lift problem", forgive us for this kind of thought because we are human too...
but one thing we are sure, we are at the end of the tunnel, the completion is at sight, and with God's help, we believe everything will be all right at the end :)
thanks....., will update further once info ready.
the vendor didn't manage to install the lift button on Thursday as they still lacking few parts & tools for that, but manage to get them ready on Friday & started the works of fixing the button at abt 4pm.
they drill hole, fix the device, configure the wire and use the same digital display, do it floor by floor, carefully but slowly too, to make sure not connecting the wrong wire, and until 1am in the Saturday early morning, still trying their best to complete it, but too bad, didn't manage to....
well, they will continue today (Saturday) and have informed us if all go smoothly then on next Monday, we can buy off this lift, but then we will rather see it as a possible but not target date, for we also worry that we may again disappoint blk k residents for giving false hope.
to be honest, we are not sure when the lift can be up for blk k residents, sometimes we also feel discouraged & overcame by negative thought like "why are we so keh poh (busy body) to upgrade the lifts, why not just leave it & let the next MC committee to find way to fix the lift problem", forgive us for this kind of thought because we are human too...
but one thing we are sure, we are at the end of the tunnel, the completion is at sight, and with God's help, we believe everything will be all right at the end :)
thanks....., will update further once info ready.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
little updates on lift....
almost everyday we chase the vendor on the lift upgrade matter, so lastly this morning (sunday) he replied us with something more positive, in the sms sent by him, "Hari ni ada di vista condo..., i cuba test run hari ni..."
we have been crossing our finger praying almost everyday for this matter to be concluded soon, and everyday we got residents asking us "when ah?", of course they refer to when the lift can be ready for blk k resident to use, at first we just reply them like the vendor replied us, something like "going to be soon, maybe in few days' time will do the test run", but later on we found out it didn't happened, so now we also dare not to commit to residents abt any date, until today at least the vendor told us that there's a good chance he will test run the lift.
will the test run be happening today? we only can know by the evening, in another words if until night no one call us to witness the test run, then we got to again chase him for tomorrow, then after that will be day after tomorrow....we will continue doing that until we see it happen.
will update you guys as soon as we got news from him, pls be patient....
thanks.
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update as at 10/9/13
the vendor has completed what need to be done in motor room on Sunday, test run the lifts few rounds, everything seems ok.
now they are arranging to install the hall calling button at each floor for residents to use both lift, which means 2 set of button for 2 different lifts, but this will be just a temporary arrangement, in the future when everything completed, there will be 1 set of calling buttons for both lift like what are we having now.
to install hall calling button will involve wiring job which need to shut down another lift for 1 to 2 hours, so we ask them to do it at midnight, so that it won't affect residents to use the lift during day time.
will update again when get further news, thanks.
we have been crossing our finger praying almost everyday for this matter to be concluded soon, and everyday we got residents asking us "when ah?", of course they refer to when the lift can be ready for blk k resident to use, at first we just reply them like the vendor replied us, something like "going to be soon, maybe in few days' time will do the test run", but later on we found out it didn't happened, so now we also dare not to commit to residents abt any date, until today at least the vendor told us that there's a good chance he will test run the lift.
will the test run be happening today? we only can know by the evening, in another words if until night no one call us to witness the test run, then we got to again chase him for tomorrow, then after that will be day after tomorrow....we will continue doing that until we see it happen.
will update you guys as soon as we got news from him, pls be patient....
thanks.
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update as at 10/9/13
the vendor has completed what need to be done in motor room on Sunday, test run the lifts few rounds, everything seems ok.
now they are arranging to install the hall calling button at each floor for residents to use both lift, which means 2 set of button for 2 different lifts, but this will be just a temporary arrangement, in the future when everything completed, there will be 1 set of calling buttons for both lift like what are we having now.
to install hall calling button will involve wiring job which need to shut down another lift for 1 to 2 hours, so we ask them to do it at midnight, so that it won't affect residents to use the lift during day time.
will update again when get further news, thanks.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
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.
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.
Friday, August 23, 2013
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)
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)
Sunday, August 18, 2013
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.
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.
Friday, August 9, 2013
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.
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.
Friday, August 2, 2013
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!
(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!
Friday, July 26, 2013
general updates as at 27/7/13
few news to share with our beloved residents,
1) we have received few reports that snake abt 5ft to 6ft long has been seen at the swimming pool & the rental parking area since few months ago, suspected it is from the jungle area near the Jalan Paya Terubong, so besides putting up notice to alert our residents, we also putting the netting at the fence facing the trees to prevent it from crawling in (still in the process of doing it), at the same time putting up one more spotlight at the rental area to make the place brighter, so that our residents can have better view on those object on the floor especially during night time, as one report says that snake was seen at night.
2) there was a commotion on Friday late night, abt 12 midnight at the swimming pool, according to security guard's report a young man with long jean but no shirt, looks not in this usual self, forced the grill door of the pool open & jump into the pool & start singing very loud, many residents (those unit facing the pool) were woke up by this, it lasted for awhile until his family members (also our resident) managed to convince him to come out from the pool & bring him home, now the security guard company & the management are dealing with the matter, got to make sure he won't cause any trouble to other peoples in Vista Condo.
3) for those who intend to sell their unit, some little good news is, we have came to know certain unit have managed to sell at abt 300K, while most of the unit sell at 260K to 280K, except those poorly maintained unit may sell below 250K, so we hope can get the building painted by end of year, then the property price can easily climb over 300K barrier.
4) we are still trying to make the appointment for our lawyer to meet up with state EXCO YB Jagdeep Singh for our sinking fund matter, can't get it done for past few weeks because state assembly restarted & besides attended the meeting, he also busy with his regular stuff, so we will try again in August, & hopefully through his help, we will see breakthrough in this matter, God pls help us......
thanks.
1) we have received few reports that snake abt 5ft to 6ft long has been seen at the swimming pool & the rental parking area since few months ago, suspected it is from the jungle area near the Jalan Paya Terubong, so besides putting up notice to alert our residents, we also putting the netting at the fence facing the trees to prevent it from crawling in (still in the process of doing it), at the same time putting up one more spotlight at the rental area to make the place brighter, so that our residents can have better view on those object on the floor especially during night time, as one report says that snake was seen at night.
2) there was a commotion on Friday late night, abt 12 midnight at the swimming pool, according to security guard's report a young man with long jean but no shirt, looks not in this usual self, forced the grill door of the pool open & jump into the pool & start singing very loud, many residents (those unit facing the pool) were woke up by this, it lasted for awhile until his family members (also our resident) managed to convince him to come out from the pool & bring him home, now the security guard company & the management are dealing with the matter, got to make sure he won't cause any trouble to other peoples in Vista Condo.
3) for those who intend to sell their unit, some little good news is, we have came to know certain unit have managed to sell at abt 300K, while most of the unit sell at 260K to 280K, except those poorly maintained unit may sell below 250K, so we hope can get the building painted by end of year, then the property price can easily climb over 300K barrier.
4) we are still trying to make the appointment for our lawyer to meet up with state EXCO YB Jagdeep Singh for our sinking fund matter, can't get it done for past few weeks because state assembly restarted & besides attended the meeting, he also busy with his regular stuff, so we will try again in August, & hopefully through his help, we will see breakthrough in this matter, God pls help us......
thanks.
Saturday, July 20, 2013
looking forward to the better lifts :)
so the vendor did what they promised, started the upgrading works on Monday, which until today, it's abt one week they have been working on it.
most of the works are done in the lift motor room at the top floor on our building, but also not small portion of it need to be done in the workshop, after assembled/soldered/welded only that they move it to our motor room for further works.
we hope they will honor another pledge they have made, to complete the upgrade by Hari Raya, we pray & hope that they will accomplish this mission, which we believe at the moment still on the right track, as far as the schedule is concerned.
well, not everything were so smooth so far, understand that on Wednesday night, the only lift which still running also go on strike, breakdown for abt an hour, but vendor managed to rectify the problem & the lift is running again, for that we have told vendor to send extra hand to stand by at our place daily, in between 6pm to 9pm, so that if it happen again, the problem can be attended immediately.
one final thing, we would like to clarify that this is "upgrading" process, but not changing to new lift, which from the beginning we have told residents that it's UPGRADING, so hope that after the upgrading is completed later, residents won't get disappointed why it's not completely new.
but the upgraded lifts will be as good as new one, in regards of it's reliability & performance, to make it easier for our residents to understand this, imagine an old car, we change for it the new engine, new air cond, new seat, new shaft, etc almost everything except the chassis, we weld it, patch it, & spray the new paint on it, so this old car will be in very excellent condition, like new :)
thanks.
most of the works are done in the lift motor room at the top floor on our building, but also not small portion of it need to be done in the workshop, after assembled/soldered/welded only that they move it to our motor room for further works.
we hope they will honor another pledge they have made, to complete the upgrade by Hari Raya, we pray & hope that they will accomplish this mission, which we believe at the moment still on the right track, as far as the schedule is concerned.
well, not everything were so smooth so far, understand that on Wednesday night, the only lift which still running also go on strike, breakdown for abt an hour, but vendor managed to rectify the problem & the lift is running again, for that we have told vendor to send extra hand to stand by at our place daily, in between 6pm to 9pm, so that if it happen again, the problem can be attended immediately.
one final thing, we would like to clarify that this is "upgrading" process, but not changing to new lift, which from the beginning we have told residents that it's UPGRADING, so hope that after the upgrading is completed later, residents won't get disappointed why it's not completely new.
but the upgraded lifts will be as good as new one, in regards of it's reliability & performance, to make it easier for our residents to understand this, imagine an old car, we change for it the new engine, new air cond, new seat, new shaft, etc almost everything except the chassis, we weld it, patch it, & spray the new paint on it, so this old car will be in very excellent condition, like new :)
thanks.
Saturday, July 13, 2013
the long wait is abt to over...
right, the long is abt to over, it's a great relieve too, for us in MC.
on Wednesday, the parts for blk K lift upgrading has arrived, quite a rush job because we only got the confirmation on Tuesday that the parts are coming, so to arrange for forklift, get the 2 store room ready to keep the parts, contact odd job worker to stand by as we heard the total weight is abt 800kg....
so lastly, it's all done at abt 1pm of Wednesday, vendor did another round of verification to make sure all these parts are according to the order he made to their supplier from Korea, then lock them up in the store room, yeah, we also purposely installed 3 extra locks to make sure parts are safe kept inside, consider how hard we tried to get this project approved, so need to make sure parts won't kena curi before installation :)
the vendor going to start work on Monday, round a clock type, so we can expect them to do the installation even in the night time, as it will be a better time to do because it will create lesser interruption to the residents who are using the lifts. of course during the upgrading, only one lift is available for blk K residents, so pls bear with the situation, he estimated the whole job can be finished before Raya, we really hope so...
to play safe, we do request the vendor to arrange at least 1 technician to stand by for Vista Condo 24 hours a day, this is to make sure that if (for in case) the only lift which supporting the residents is down, then they can attend to it immediately so our blk K residents not need to climb staircase, but we are praying that the whole upgrading process will be smooth one.
God pls help us.... :)
on Wednesday, the parts for blk K lift upgrading has arrived, quite a rush job because we only got the confirmation on Tuesday that the parts are coming, so to arrange for forklift, get the 2 store room ready to keep the parts, contact odd job worker to stand by as we heard the total weight is abt 800kg....
so lastly, it's all done at abt 1pm of Wednesday, vendor did another round of verification to make sure all these parts are according to the order he made to their supplier from Korea, then lock them up in the store room, yeah, we also purposely installed 3 extra locks to make sure parts are safe kept inside, consider how hard we tried to get this project approved, so need to make sure parts won't kena curi before installation :)
the vendor going to start work on Monday, round a clock type, so we can expect them to do the installation even in the night time, as it will be a better time to do because it will create lesser interruption to the residents who are using the lifts. of course during the upgrading, only one lift is available for blk K residents, so pls bear with the situation, he estimated the whole job can be finished before Raya, we really hope so...
to play safe, we do request the vendor to arrange at least 1 technician to stand by for Vista Condo 24 hours a day, this is to make sure that if (for in case) the only lift which supporting the residents is down, then they can attend to it immediately so our blk K residents not need to climb staircase, but we are praying that the whole upgrading process will be smooth one.
God pls help us.... :)
Friday, July 5, 2013
new guard company starting this month
anyone notice new guards have taken over the guard post?
this is the 6th security guard company we are using since year 2009, which means every year we almost changed twice the guard company for vista condo, it's very high turn around!
just for record, in the past 3 & the 1/2 years, lift vendor change once, management changed once, electrician once, pool vendor twice, it's very normal, but how come security guard changed so many times?
and in fact, this new company is the first company we hired in 2009, but the 2nd year they terminated themselves due to some payment issue with the JMB then, but this time we hired them as guard again, well, main reason is their strong back up.
in the past we did change guard company due to different reason, for both good & bad reasons, at least twice we forced to changed guard company because guard was missing during his duty, also guard get drunk when came to work, worst one is new company took over 2 days then never send any guard anymore, without telling us :(
but this time the reason to change, is aiming for improvement, the previous guard company did "above average" job, generally they were OK, even though we did once awhile heard residents complained that some times they simply opened for ppl without car (or those whose card already barred), we do missed the Chinese guard by the name of Ah Keong, he is an excellent guard, but too bad due to health reason he need to stop working, but anyway we are now once awhile meet him for a cup of coffee :)
we welcome residents to feedback to us your opinion & observation for the new guard company, we did take into consideration those opinions given by our residents, and in fact more than half of the changes of companies as mentioned above were triggered by residents' feedback, and we must agree that it has brought improvement.
thanks.
this is the 6th security guard company we are using since year 2009, which means every year we almost changed twice the guard company for vista condo, it's very high turn around!
just for record, in the past 3 & the 1/2 years, lift vendor change once, management changed once, electrician once, pool vendor twice, it's very normal, but how come security guard changed so many times?
and in fact, this new company is the first company we hired in 2009, but the 2nd year they terminated themselves due to some payment issue with the JMB then, but this time we hired them as guard again, well, main reason is their strong back up.
in the past we did change guard company due to different reason, for both good & bad reasons, at least twice we forced to changed guard company because guard was missing during his duty, also guard get drunk when came to work, worst one is new company took over 2 days then never send any guard anymore, without telling us :(
but this time the reason to change, is aiming for improvement, the previous guard company did "above average" job, generally they were OK, even though we did once awhile heard residents complained that some times they simply opened for ppl without car (or those whose card already barred), we do missed the Chinese guard by the name of Ah Keong, he is an excellent guard, but too bad due to health reason he need to stop working, but anyway we are now once awhile meet him for a cup of coffee :)
we welcome residents to feedback to us your opinion & observation for the new guard company, we did take into consideration those opinions given by our residents, and in fact more than half of the changes of companies as mentioned above were triggered by residents' feedback, and we must agree that it has brought improvement.
thanks.
Friday, June 28, 2013
touch card for lifts? what u say...?
received an email from resident, he got some suggestion which we also heard from others as well, so like to share here & find out from our residents are they agreeable to this suggestion or not?
is concerning the touch card for using lifts.
(at the moment the parts for blk K lift upgrading still in kastam, our lift vendor's agent is doing the clearance, hope it won't take long)
few benefits we can get from installing the touch card system in the lifts, the most important one is for security, for which only our own residents can access to their floor by touching the scanner in the lift with their card, so other peoples (especially outsiders or visitors) must accompanied by own residents or else they will need to use staircase, through this the security will be greatly tightened.
another benefit is it's good for collecting the service charge, for some other apartments in Penang have already implemented it, the feedback so far are mixed one, no doubt it can increase the collection rate, but at the same time cause inconvenience like card malfunction, forget to bring the card, emergency situation, etc.....
earlier on we dare not to consider to install the touch card system due the lifts in blk K are in the real bad shape & blk J lifts are just in acceptable condition (can't say very good), we worried that after install the system, more problems will be caused to blk k residents, so those days we were thinking if blk K lifts can be in more stable condition then we should consider to install the system....
so now as we will upgrade the blk K lifts soon, and perhaps the blk J lifts will get improved as well because we can use some of existing parts from blk K lifts to replace the faulty parts of blk J lifts, by this all the blk J & K lifts will be fit enough for the touch card system, and, now is the better time to consider this question, should we install the lifts touch card system in Vista Condo?
so our beloved Vista Condo residents, can you give your opinion on this, thanks.
is concerning the touch card for using lifts.
(at the moment the parts for blk K lift upgrading still in kastam, our lift vendor's agent is doing the clearance, hope it won't take long)
few benefits we can get from installing the touch card system in the lifts, the most important one is for security, for which only our own residents can access to their floor by touching the scanner in the lift with their card, so other peoples (especially outsiders or visitors) must accompanied by own residents or else they will need to use staircase, through this the security will be greatly tightened.
another benefit is it's good for collecting the service charge, for some other apartments in Penang have already implemented it, the feedback so far are mixed one, no doubt it can increase the collection rate, but at the same time cause inconvenience like card malfunction, forget to bring the card, emergency situation, etc.....
earlier on we dare not to consider to install the touch card system due the lifts in blk K are in the real bad shape & blk J lifts are just in acceptable condition (can't say very good), we worried that after install the system, more problems will be caused to blk k residents, so those days we were thinking if blk K lifts can be in more stable condition then we should consider to install the system....
so now as we will upgrade the blk K lifts soon, and perhaps the blk J lifts will get improved as well because we can use some of existing parts from blk K lifts to replace the faulty parts of blk J lifts, by this all the blk J & K lifts will be fit enough for the touch card system, and, now is the better time to consider this question, should we install the lifts touch card system in Vista Condo?
so our beloved Vista Condo residents, can you give your opinion on this, thanks.
Friday, June 21, 2013
general updates on 22/6/13
few things to brief our beloved Vista residents,
1) we have been informed by lift vendor that the parts for the blk k lift upgrade can arrive this weekend in Penang, after that they will do some inspection to make sure good condition & right parts, then shall waste no time & start the upgrading process. vendor promise to do it round the clock, so we expect they will have ppl in Vista Condo most of the time during the upgrading, how long will it take...? abt 4 to 6 weeks.
2) wifi @ foyer, has anyone among our residents tested it? pls feedback to us the quality so if any modification needed, we can get the vendor to do. As the return to the timedotcom's kindness, we will let them to have road show in our place, hope they will give good offer for those who will sign up during their promotion.
3) sink hole at entrance, the job has completed 2 weeks ago, the vendor also have cleared all the IWK manholes in Vista Condo, but our main concern is the main entrance sinkhole, vendor should have pasted all the leak, for that the supposedly result is that area should NOT sink anymore, so we like our residents to help us to monitor that floor level is not lowered even 1 inch.
4) staff movement, we have a new supervisor now, Mr James, who started work 2 weeks ago, the previous person Mr Rashidi is actually quite a good supervisor, but too bad due to his health condition (diabetic), he needs to go gor check up every now & then, this made his attendance record not too presentable, so now we wish him all the best & may he get the better job to suit for his condition, as for new supervisor Mr James, so far our comments are OK, hope that he can stay on.
5) someone mentioned abt durian party in the comments of last article, well, we will like to have one, but got to wait for the price to drop, let's wait for another week & see :)
thanks.
1) we have been informed by lift vendor that the parts for the blk k lift upgrade can arrive this weekend in Penang, after that they will do some inspection to make sure good condition & right parts, then shall waste no time & start the upgrading process. vendor promise to do it round the clock, so we expect they will have ppl in Vista Condo most of the time during the upgrading, how long will it take...? abt 4 to 6 weeks.
2) wifi @ foyer, has anyone among our residents tested it? pls feedback to us the quality so if any modification needed, we can get the vendor to do. As the return to the timedotcom's kindness, we will let them to have road show in our place, hope they will give good offer for those who will sign up during their promotion.
3) sink hole at entrance, the job has completed 2 weeks ago, the vendor also have cleared all the IWK manholes in Vista Condo, but our main concern is the main entrance sinkhole, vendor should have pasted all the leak, for that the supposedly result is that area should NOT sink anymore, so we like our residents to help us to monitor that floor level is not lowered even 1 inch.
4) staff movement, we have a new supervisor now, Mr James, who started work 2 weeks ago, the previous person Mr Rashidi is actually quite a good supervisor, but too bad due to his health condition (diabetic), he needs to go gor check up every now & then, this made his attendance record not too presentable, so now we wish him all the best & may he get the better job to suit for his condition, as for new supervisor Mr James, so far our comments are OK, hope that he can stay on.
5) someone mentioned abt durian party in the comments of last article, well, we will like to have one, but got to wait for the price to drop, let's wait for another week & see :)
thanks.
Friday, June 14, 2013
so the answer is..........
YES........!!!! now the foyer area is wifi equipped, also motor parking area of blk j & K which facing the foyer area.
we have tested for few days already, signal is strongest at the round table area at the foyer, blk j parking area (facing foyer) also quite ok because the transmitter is placed somewhere there as power point has been fixed there 2 years ago, blk k bike parking area also reasonably good especially near to the swimming fencing, but too bad the signal can't both lift lobby of J & K.
special thanks to TimeDotCom for their kindness to set up this facilities, we are now also thinking how to get more area to covered...hopefully other company will be kind enough to do for us too.
oh ya, login name & password,
login : vista wifi
password : vistacondo1234
we will put up the notice soon to inform all our beloved residents.
thanks.
we have tested for few days already, signal is strongest at the round table area at the foyer, blk j parking area (facing foyer) also quite ok because the transmitter is placed somewhere there as power point has been fixed there 2 years ago, blk k bike parking area also reasonably good especially near to the swimming fencing, but too bad the signal can't both lift lobby of J & K.
special thanks to TimeDotCom for their kindness to set up this facilities, we are now also thinking how to get more area to covered...hopefully other company will be kind enough to do for us too.
oh ya, login name & password,
login : vista wifi
password : vistacondo1234
we will put up the notice soon to inform all our beloved residents.
thanks.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
free wifi for vista residents, is it possible?
at the moment we are discussing with one of the internet service provider for making some of the ground floor common area to be wifi ready, the chance to get it done is actually quite bright :)
(maybe some residents still don't know that Penangfon do provide us a free internet connection at the management office since 2 years ago, this has enable the staff to send us daily update on the fee collection, bank in amount & other thing, for this it has saved our management fund abt RM100 per month)
the company we are negotiating now is a different company, we hope they can provide wifi coverage for blk j ground floor, blk k ground flr, and foyer, in fact today they did come & tested few location, seems need to overcome few technical issue, but not major one, we hope if they can't cover these 3 areas as mentioned, at least they will do for foyer area, and once it's done then our residents can enjoy free wifi connection, especially those who doesn't have one in their house.
not sure this free wifi facilities has been made available for other apartment, of course penang free wifi can be found in some shopping center, coffee shop & other public places, but not apartment yet (this company is not related to penang free wifi), we do come across one condo project in Tg Bungah area do invest in some modems & routers, subscribed a internet service to make some common area wifi ready, but then they need to spend over hundred ringgit per month for the line, and also to maintain the equipment, not sure are they still doing so as last time we heard abt this was abt 3 years ago.
we are at the moment following up with the company for vista free wifi, once all settled then will announce it to our residents, when....? hopefully in the month of July.
thanks.
(maybe some residents still don't know that Penangfon do provide us a free internet connection at the management office since 2 years ago, this has enable the staff to send us daily update on the fee collection, bank in amount & other thing, for this it has saved our management fund abt RM100 per month)
the company we are negotiating now is a different company, we hope they can provide wifi coverage for blk j ground floor, blk k ground flr, and foyer, in fact today they did come & tested few location, seems need to overcome few technical issue, but not major one, we hope if they can't cover these 3 areas as mentioned, at least they will do for foyer area, and once it's done then our residents can enjoy free wifi connection, especially those who doesn't have one in their house.
not sure this free wifi facilities has been made available for other apartment, of course penang free wifi can be found in some shopping center, coffee shop & other public places, but not apartment yet (this company is not related to penang free wifi), we do come across one condo project in Tg Bungah area do invest in some modems & routers, subscribed a internet service to make some common area wifi ready, but then they need to spend over hundred ringgit per month for the line, and also to maintain the equipment, not sure are they still doing so as last time we heard abt this was abt 3 years ago.
we are at the moment following up with the company for vista free wifi, once all settled then will announce it to our residents, when....? hopefully in the month of July.
thanks.
Friday, May 31, 2013
brief report on meeting with EXCO member
few of us managed to meet up with EXCO for housing matters, YB Jagdeep Singh on Wednesday, at his office at Komtar 53rd floor, mainly for building repainting.
well, didn't see much breakthrough as he insisted that the state government only will help those "government-built apartments" to repaint their building, as for Vista Condo, this financial aid will not be available as we are "private apartment" :(
and, instead, he ask us to write to "HAPPY" program, under this program, successful applicant will get federal gov't to pay 80% of the repainting cost, another 20% will be absorbed by state gov't, and so far out of nearby 100 applications from Penang for past few years, only one application be approved, but anyhow we will try.
so now we would not push hard for state gov't to help for repainting unless if any resident got very strong connection with them & strong reason to do it, but now the other 2 option will be sinking fund & long repayment.
we did mention to YB abt our sinking fund, as now we have managed to obtain the court order for developer to pay but they managed to find loophole not to pay us, YB willing to help on the matter, asking us to arrange the appointment for him to meet up with our lawyer, to our pleasant surprise actually they both worked under the same company before, know each other quite well, so now we try to fix the appointment for them to discuss on our court case, hopefully get recover our money soon.
so if there's any nice thing happened during our meeting on the Wednesday, it was not so much much on repainting, but perhaps through his help, our sinking fund will be recovered soon :)
well, didn't see much breakthrough as he insisted that the state government only will help those "government-built apartments" to repaint their building, as for Vista Condo, this financial aid will not be available as we are "private apartment" :(
and, instead, he ask us to write to "HAPPY" program, under this program, successful applicant will get federal gov't to pay 80% of the repainting cost, another 20% will be absorbed by state gov't, and so far out of nearby 100 applications from Penang for past few years, only one application be approved, but anyhow we will try.
so now we would not push hard for state gov't to help for repainting unless if any resident got very strong connection with them & strong reason to do it, but now the other 2 option will be sinking fund & long repayment.
we did mention to YB abt our sinking fund, as now we have managed to obtain the court order for developer to pay but they managed to find loophole not to pay us, YB willing to help on the matter, asking us to arrange the appointment for him to meet up with our lawyer, to our pleasant surprise actually they both worked under the same company before, know each other quite well, so now we try to fix the appointment for them to discuss on our court case, hopefully get recover our money soon.
so if there's any nice thing happened during our meeting on the Wednesday, it was not so much much on repainting, but perhaps through his help, our sinking fund will be recovered soon :)
Friday, May 24, 2013
no water supply Saturday morning!!!!
blk k residents wake up & shocked to find out the water supply was cut completely this morning, abt 6.30am.
we were informed of the incident at abt 7am, Deva the committee member went & check at pump room, found out no power at the control panel (which responsible to supply power to the pump), so he went the switch room to reset the MCB, but failed as saw spark too.
so we felt that it has something to do with electrical problem, we immediately rang up our electrician Mr Lee, he came 30 min later (by then a lot of blk k already woke up & complain to guard abt the problem), after he checked, it's confirmed that one of the main component MCCB already spoiled, but as he doesn't have the part with so he need to get it from somewhere, together with other necessary tools as well, so he came back at abt 9.30am & the pump were up again at abt 10am.
we have no complaint as it has been rectify in abt 3 hours, but of course we need to learn from this incident, one resident suggested install an alarm outside pump room to detect problem like this, which we thought it's good, so we will get vendor to install one.
few residents called & yelling, asking why nobody know that the pump had not been working for few days, (it take abt 3 days to finish all the water at the water tank of blk k rooftop if pump didn't send water up there), but when ask them have they recently noticed that the water turned yellowish (it's a sign of water level is low at water tank) almost all of them said yes, so we asked them again have they informed committee or office abt this, they said no....
if we know early abt the problem then we should be able to get the MCCB replace, and what happened this morning most likely can be avoided, so we will like to urge our residents to inform office or email us quickly if found any abnormality, thanks.
we were informed of the incident at abt 7am, Deva the committee member went & check at pump room, found out no power at the control panel (which responsible to supply power to the pump), so he went the switch room to reset the MCB, but failed as saw spark too.
so we felt that it has something to do with electrical problem, we immediately rang up our electrician Mr Lee, he came 30 min later (by then a lot of blk k already woke up & complain to guard abt the problem), after he checked, it's confirmed that one of the main component MCCB already spoiled, but as he doesn't have the part with so he need to get it from somewhere, together with other necessary tools as well, so he came back at abt 9.30am & the pump were up again at abt 10am.
we have no complaint as it has been rectify in abt 3 hours, but of course we need to learn from this incident, one resident suggested install an alarm outside pump room to detect problem like this, which we thought it's good, so we will get vendor to install one.
few residents called & yelling, asking why nobody know that the pump had not been working for few days, (it take abt 3 days to finish all the water at the water tank of blk k rooftop if pump didn't send water up there), but when ask them have they recently noticed that the water turned yellowish (it's a sign of water level is low at water tank) almost all of them said yes, so we asked them again have they informed committee or office abt this, they said no....
if we know early abt the problem then we should be able to get the MCCB replace, and what happened this morning most likely can be avoided, so we will like to urge our residents to inform office or email us quickly if found any abnormality, thanks.
Friday, May 17, 2013
repainting of blk J & K this year, is it possible?
while we are still waiting for the blk k lifts to be upgraded, which the state gov't will absorbed 80% of the cost involved, we are also impatiently looking into the options of repainting of blk J and blk K.
our target time is this year, well, it's a mission "almost" impossible :)
but as has been said earlier, we are a bit impatient...., so let's give it a try and perhaps by God's help again, we can see something happen.
sinking fund will not be the sure bet, but hopefully we don't need to wait long, anyhow we can't rely on it if we seriously want to paint the building this year.
another option is get a kind vendor (will need to get residents help to recommend if you know of any) who willing to let us to have VERY LONG repayment term, if go by RM4000 or RM5000 per month & total cost is RM350K, then will take abt 6 to 8 years, which is something achievable for us, anyone can recommend?
but the more pratical option, which we have started to work on it, ie to write to state gov't for help again, either 80%/20% or best they pay all, early this week we have snapped some photos of our building, especially those areas where the paint faded badly, put together with email & sent it to the new EXCO member who in charge of housing matters YB Jagdeep Singh Deo, now still waiting for his reply for meeting with him to discuss further.
but while waiting for EXCO's reply, we also have talked to a blk j resident (she holds high post in state secretary dept), for which we hope she will help us to arrange a meeting with EXCO soon, in fact she is one of the residents who has pushed us much for the building repainting, so now she got to do her part as well.... ;)
last night got another good news, it seems some blk k residents also friend of the new EXCO, still remember last year YB Karpal Singh visited a Hindu temple function in Vista? our blk k residents who organized the function know both YB Karpal Singh & YB Jagdeep Singh quite well (they are father & son, just for info), so we also get help from this blk k resident to talk to new EXCO member for our building repainting.
we welcome residents to share with us if got other suggestions, early on someone said can recommend a paint vendor to paint both blocks free for us, but must put their brand or logo to help them for advertising purpose, but already quite a while still no further news from him....
thanks.
our target time is this year, well, it's a mission "almost" impossible :)
but as has been said earlier, we are a bit impatient...., so let's give it a try and perhaps by God's help again, we can see something happen.
sinking fund will not be the sure bet, but hopefully we don't need to wait long, anyhow we can't rely on it if we seriously want to paint the building this year.
another option is get a kind vendor (will need to get residents help to recommend if you know of any) who willing to let us to have VERY LONG repayment term, if go by RM4000 or RM5000 per month & total cost is RM350K, then will take abt 6 to 8 years, which is something achievable for us, anyone can recommend?
but the more pratical option, which we have started to work on it, ie to write to state gov't for help again, either 80%/20% or best they pay all, early this week we have snapped some photos of our building, especially those areas where the paint faded badly, put together with email & sent it to the new EXCO member who in charge of housing matters YB Jagdeep Singh Deo, now still waiting for his reply for meeting with him to discuss further.
but while waiting for EXCO's reply, we also have talked to a blk j resident (she holds high post in state secretary dept), for which we hope she will help us to arrange a meeting with EXCO soon, in fact she is one of the residents who has pushed us much for the building repainting, so now she got to do her part as well.... ;)
last night got another good news, it seems some blk k residents also friend of the new EXCO, still remember last year YB Karpal Singh visited a Hindu temple function in Vista? our blk k residents who organized the function know both YB Karpal Singh & YB Jagdeep Singh quite well (they are father & son, just for info), so we also get help from this blk k resident to talk to new EXCO member for our building repainting.
we welcome residents to share with us if got other suggestions, early on someone said can recommend a paint vendor to paint both blocks free for us, but must put their brand or logo to help them for advertising purpose, but already quite a while still no further news from him....
thanks.
Friday, May 10, 2013
general updates as per 11/5/13....
few things to brief our beloved residents...
1) election has over, but still many are soaking in the election fever... ;) for us in Vista Condo, the result of GE do affect us a bit, well PR continue to be state gov't means we still have good support from them for common property management matters, especially YB Yeoh Soon Hin as we know him a person who is quite helpful. But the bad news is the the EXCO member YB Wong Hon Wai who has has helped us to get the fund for our blk K lift upgrade is no more an EXCO member, sad......:( because we have established good relationship with him, so now we got to talk to the new EXCO member (in charge of housing matters) YB Jagdeep Singh Deo, hopefully he will be as helpful as YB Wong.
2) Sink hole at main entrance, we decided to go for long term solution for this sink hole problem, it will cost 5K to 7K, depending on how bad the damage, the reason this sink hole can be patched with conventional way is the leaking (which caused the soil & sand be flushed away from that area) is due to the crack found in the internal sewage pipe, so now we have contacted few contractor, comparing their price & service, finalized it, choose the option we feel it's good & should start work next week, we hope it will solve the problem once & for all.
3) recently few owners managed to sell their house at 230K to 250K, this is a good development, it reflect that the properties here still in demand, our big project now is try to get fund to paint the building before 2014, for this will most likely to push the value of apartment here to 300K, few option to get the fund, sinking fund still a court case, can't predict when it will be available, so most probably we will get somebody to help to introduce us to new housing EXCO YB Jagdeep Singh Deo for financial help for painting, for we have hv a resident who is holding senior position in the state gov't office.....
thanks.
1) election has over, but still many are soaking in the election fever... ;) for us in Vista Condo, the result of GE do affect us a bit, well PR continue to be state gov't means we still have good support from them for common property management matters, especially YB Yeoh Soon Hin as we know him a person who is quite helpful. But the bad news is the the EXCO member YB Wong Hon Wai who has has helped us to get the fund for our blk K lift upgrade is no more an EXCO member, sad......:( because we have established good relationship with him, so now we got to talk to the new EXCO member (in charge of housing matters) YB Jagdeep Singh Deo, hopefully he will be as helpful as YB Wong.
2) Sink hole at main entrance, we decided to go for long term solution for this sink hole problem, it will cost 5K to 7K, depending on how bad the damage, the reason this sink hole can be patched with conventional way is the leaking (which caused the soil & sand be flushed away from that area) is due to the crack found in the internal sewage pipe, so now we have contacted few contractor, comparing their price & service, finalized it, choose the option we feel it's good & should start work next week, we hope it will solve the problem once & for all.
3) recently few owners managed to sell their house at 230K to 250K, this is a good development, it reflect that the properties here still in demand, our big project now is try to get fund to paint the building before 2014, for this will most likely to push the value of apartment here to 300K, few option to get the fund, sinking fund still a court case, can't predict when it will be available, so most probably we will get somebody to help to introduce us to new housing EXCO YB Jagdeep Singh Deo for financial help for painting, for we have hv a resident who is holding senior position in the state gov't office.....
thanks.
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