Water Leakage from Roof Top Block B Shang Villa

Received the below complaint letter from an owner of Block B. It's sad to hear and see the problems of lifts, water leakage and poor maintenance have yet to be resolved by the so-called transparent and efficient JMC members. Enough of talks and posting pictures on the notice boards. Bring down all the crapy old news on CHEAP PROMISES and get down to the REAL WORK!!! It's been 2 months now and we have yet to see any actual work done either painting or repairing all the critical urgent works such as lift and water leakage!!! Recently the lift in block A was also leaking when it was raining heavily!! The auto-gate system at the guardhouse repaired 2 months ago is down again for weeks! Even after 4 burglaries in the condo, no one is even  doing anything about the crappy CCTV plus the auto-gate door at the clubhouse! What an EYE SORE in Shang Villa! Why should we pay maintenance fees for such crappy services? Read the below complaint letter. The Chairman was not reachable even after several calls attempt to his mobile and Ms Anna the secretary could NOT do anything. WHY?? Hey this is not a glamorous job for just having the title of a Chairman or a Secretary, it's about servicing the people in this condo!!! It's voluntarily. If you are not prepared to take on such a big responsibilities there are others who are willing to do so. Buck up or LEAVE!!!

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:44 AM, (deleted) wrote:

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

Good day to you. My name is (deleted). I have just purchased a property at Block B, XX-XX, Shang Villa in month of June 2008 and moved in on August 2008.

 

I was truly fascinated with the friendly neighbourhood when I first move into Shang Villa. However, after the last incident on 11^th October 2008 has shocked me and my family. Our new home has been 'invaded' by gushing water from the roof top to our living hall during a heavy downpour at 5pm. The water leakage from the roof top to our apartment has damaged the plaster ceiling in the living hall. Pails and pails of water were collected from the leakages. Fortunately we were at home during the incident and our internal belongings were saved from the havoc caused by the water leakages from the external area. Please see the attached images which was taken during the incident. Cost of replacing the damaged plaster ceiling and repainting the wall is still yet to be determined. I tried to call the Chairman of JMC Shang Villa on the same day but at no avail even after several call attempts to his mobile phone. However, I managed to get in touch with Ms Anna Campbell but not much she could do to ease our predicament.

 

Such incident is a serious concern not to me alone but also to other residents who may experienced such tragedy in Shang Villa. I understand that the heavy downpour is an act of God but I do not agree to such poor maintenance at the roof top that caused the water leakages to our apartment.

 

The above is regarded as a formal complaint to JMC Shang Villa. I do hope for a reply on the above and also immediate action to remedy the defect.

 

OVERLY CROWDED NOTICE BOARD

This morning when I went downstairs at CP1 I saw the notice board was posted with so many things....overcrowded with too much information i.e. JMC 1st minutes, EGM Minutes, COB Report on the arbitration and JMC member’s pictures. Unfortunately they forgot to put up the notice on their next meeting and finally after so many owners had requested, the secretary had to post it on the noticeboard glass panel at the very last minute(dated 8th Sept 2008)!!! (Of which I found it was abit too late knowing that they had decided their next meet on the 28th August itself!) The notice of the next meeting was only posted after few owners had raised the questions on whether or not they are invited in JMC meetings! What is this? I thought the new JMC was all about transparency?? Which means, everything has to be communicated ahead of time given appropriate notice period to all owners so we too can plan our daily lives plus knowing what is happening to this condo?? Transparency is not about giving last minutes information to owners. We are not 'dustbins' to be loaded with too many things at one go just because someone is incompetent in time & information/communications management!

Too much information at one go and I nearly twisted my neck while reading all the information in FINE prints on the notice board and I also feel it's unfair to those especially elderly owners with eyesight problems who can't even read anything! These notices should have gone into everyone's mailbox. Worst still, for those who park at CP2, they won't even know anything!! You see this wasn't the case when the nominations for the EGM were going around. It was posted on all the floors plus CP2 windows. Why this is an exception when it's more important especially to all owners??

Complaint Letter from Block A Owner

Received the below complaint letter from an owner of Block A. It's sad to hear that the lift in Block A is still in a very bad condition!!! So JMC ??? What's happening ?? Where are the notices of who is who in JMC as no one seems to know who you are??


On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 2:53 PM, (deleted) wrote:
Hi,

What is the latest news? 2 weeks elapsed since the EGM and there is still no news from the new committee. Whatever happens the committee should inform the SV residents, and not just remain silent.

See, lift no. 1 in Block A has been left unattended for more than a month, and lift no. 2 just went out of order just now. We, I my wife and a lady staying at 10 floor were trapped (the lift decided to stop abruptly) between 2nd and 3rd floors. The guard forced open the lift door, and imagine we have to jump down from the lift to the 2nd floor (mid way between 2nd & 3rd floors). Now, I wonder anyone of the committee cares about getting both the lifts repaired?

Who is the property management compay tending to our building? What is the managing agent Muniandy doing? Looks like very soon there will be submission of complaints to the COB for the inactiveness of the JMC and managing agent. And, we, residents of SV will become the laughing stalk around town. Just hope this will not happen.

I appeal to the JMC to be sensible and logical. The residents placed their confidence in them to look after their well being by electing them in the last EGM. And the residents are hopeful that the JMC can immediately act to rectify the obvious fault in the building, particularly the lifts which are essential to the resident traffic.

Just pray the things will turn out to be better.

Apology from me for bothering you, but I really do not know who to turn to now.

Regards.
(deleted)

Strata Title

Dear Owners of SV units,

The land office had approved 313 strata titles while 149 had been rejected. There are total of 462 strata titles for SV. According to the Ketua Pengarah from the Land Office, 149 rejected titles will be resolved by September 15th 2008. Mr Christopher and Mr Chong had seen the Ketua Pengarah of Land Office yesterday on this issue and it was also confirmed Endah Raya has collected the 313 approved titles. By 2nd week of October all the owners should be receiving a letter from Endah Raya's lawyer to come and collect the title.

Thanks to Mr Christopher and Mr Chong for their effort of getting the strata title issue resolved for all the owners.

The Objective of Shang Villa Blog

Dear all OWNERS/RESIDENTS of SV,

This blog cum website will act as a HOTLINE and a WATCHDOG with immediate effect representing the rightful owners or residents of SV who support TRANSPARENCY in all matters be it in JMC or the developer. Owners who are not satisfied with the services rendered by any service providers, management of this condo,JMC members or anything please write an email to shangvilla.kj@gmail.com in order to publish your complaints here. At the same time, this blog will continue to feed any important information or anything related to our condo.


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Shang Villa Blogspot temporarily suspended

Dear all OWNERS/RESIDENTS of Shang Villa,

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Best wishes