The Star Metro 19062013
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2013/6/19/central/13221927&sec=central
PROPERTY owners of Pusat Perniagaan Desaria 2 commercial centre are
unhappy that the developer wants them to pay their fee arrears before
giving them their strata titles.
However, most owners of the
project located in Seri Kembangan said they had not paid because the
developer had not fulfilled its responsibilities to carry out
maintenance work since they moved in a decade ago.
Pusat Perniagaan Desaria 2 comprises four blocks of apartments and shoplots.
“The
developer has not carried out any maintenance work since handing over
the properties in 2002. The maintenance duties still come under the
developer as a joint management body was never formed,” said apartment
owner Derek Liew.
“In May 2012, we were informed that the strata
title for our properties had been issued by the Land Office but the
developer demanded that we settle all outstanding payments before
transferring the strata titles to us.
“The arrears range from
RM7,000 for an apartment to RM10,000 for a shoplot,” he said, adding
that the developer had not made any attempt to collect the monthly
maintenance fees of RM60 per apartment and RM90 per shoplot.
“We feel we should not have to pay as the developer did not carry out its responsibilities,” he said.
“Our commercial centre has not been cleaned and no other maintenance was carried out.
“Streetlighting
was a problem at one point, until we highlighted the matter to the then
Balakong assemblyman Yap Lum Chin and Kajang municipal councillor Eddie
Ng who helped us to get the issue sorted out.”
Liew said the
property owners had sought the assistance of the Kajang Municipal
Council’s (MPKj) Commissioner of Buildings (COB) and Balakong
assemblyman Eddie Ng to resolve the issue.
“The developer has
also been imposing storage fee charges on property owners due to the
delay in issuing strata titles,” said Ng.
“However, during an
October 2012 meeting, the developer was informed by the Housing and
Local Government Ministry representative that they were not allowed to
collect any storage fee as it was collected only by the Land Office, as
stated in Section 90 (3) of the National Land Code.
Ng said he
would bring the issue to the attention of Selangor state exco for
housing, building and urban settler management Iskandar Abdul Samad.
Meanwhile,
Ng said the COB would be filing a suit against the developer for
failing to produce the audited accounts for Pusat Perniagaan Desaria 2.
“The
suit will be filed via the Selangor Housing and Property Board, and the
developer will be sued under Section 21 (1) of Act 663 [Building and
Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007].”
