26th April 2008
Dear Fellow Residents / Owners,
On behalf of the Committee Members of The Residents’ Association of Taman Mutiara Puchong, I wish to thank you for having confidence in giving us the mandate to carry out our duties to make TMP a good standard of community living. We have gone through thick and thin to achieve our present conducive status (refer to our blog: www.voices-tmp.blogspot.com).
I wish to highlight that some residents were confused on “Gated and Guarded” concept, Deeds of Mutual Covenant, monthly service fee payable etc. I would like to clarify as follows.
First of all, all TMP house owners must agree that when he/she buys the property in TMP, he/she must be aware that this is a “Gated and Guarded” community, which has been highlighted, in all Developer’s sales brochure. “Gated and Guarded” concept comes with a monthly security and maintenance cost covering 70 acres of land in total to be shared by all owners. So, all buyers must accept the fact that they must pay monthly fee towards security and maintenance.
The security fee in TMP’s case is approximately RM19K per month to maintain 7 guards on day shift and 6 guards on night shift. Apart from security fee, we need to maintain the equipment e.g. boom gates and motors (which breaks down frequently due to wear and tear), CCTVs and DVR, exercise equipment in Central Park, water/electricity and cleaner cost for guard house and TMP Community Centre (TMPCC), rental of TMPCC, property management fee under Khong & Jaafar Associates, weekly maintenance for the entire TMP compound on top of the minimal maintenance by MPSJ.
The breakdown of the costing has been highlighted during AGM and also posted in the blog, and written on the whiteboard in TMPCC for all to view. We worked out the total estimated cost to about RM35K per month as compared to if managed by the Developer of RM41K. The Developer used RM41K divided by 504 units (100% collection) to justify RM80per month service fee, but we know this is too ideal and impossible. The practical percentage of total contributors would be about 70%. When the Developer withdrew taking up management of the community at the 11th hour, they even refused to pay service fee for the approx 100 unsold units at that point in time (28th February 2008) Hence our costing of RM35K would be divided by 70% of the balance 400 units, which comes to RM125 per month.
During the AGM on 16th March 2008, more than half of the residents present selected the service fee of RM100 per month, so the minority has to abide by the majority choice, despite it may not be able to cover the cost in the short term. We hope the unsold units, which ultimately get sold, will contribute to cover the short fall in the longer term. Meanwhile the Committee will be organizing fund raising campaigns e.g. old newspaper recycling projects to help ease the financial shortfall.
The above would put to rest argument by some residents to insist on lesser service fee, which clearly and justifiably showed that RM 100 service fee is reasonable although the said figure might not cover the actual budgeted monthly expenditure.
The clauses in the DMC is extracted and translated for all owners / residents. Many are paying the service fee accordingly, but there are some who would like to differ. As the Residents’ Association is a non-profit organization formed to upkeep the well being of the community, if the monthly fee is not forth coming from some while others have to contribute to maintain the status quo, it would not be fair to those loyal contributors. Base on the terms of the DMC, Residents’ Association has the right to execute actions to segregate the defaulters from contributing residents. On the worst-case scenario, legal action with cost will be taken against defaulters. If this is your house and you are enjoying the facilities contributed by the community, there is no reason to default, as every sen will be used for the good of the community.
We have also some quarters that want only the security but not the other facilities like the exercise equipment at the Park hence not willing to pay for such maintenance.
This is equivalent to joining a club to pay for the swimming pool only and not the gym. How can a club agree to subdivision of fee base on facilities? Another example is the use of common lift in a condo. Can a ground floor owner refuse to pay the service fee base on the fact that he never uses the lift? We would like this group of residents to be practical and understand the communal living expectation that you are not alone but in a society. Please refrain from a narrow mindset but be wide angle instead.
I trust the above will put to rest some residents’ doubt as to the service fee justification, defaulters, and the DMC enforcement clauses. Should there be any further doubt, you are welcome to call any of the Committee Members to clarify. Their H/Ps are as per list below:
VOLUNTEERS
Steven Poh 012-2333777
Lim Loong Seng 012-3119399
Carol Ong 012-2153606
Razali 017-2766470
Murali 012-2981124
Suminn 012-2095873
Eric Khok 012-2894988
Yours truly,
Steven Poh
TMP RA Chairman
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First I would like to say thanks to all the RA members in TMP for doing a great VOLUNTEER works for the community in TMP no doubt there is minority group may not agree with my view but I do believe the RA do get the majority support from the community that truely understand their difficult situation.
ReplyDeleteIt sad to read in your minutes that there are 4 residents which shown the RA legal letter pertaining the maintainance fee which I feel very SAD to have this kind of residents in our community.
I have not yet move in to TMP but I do follow up this blog closely to understand the development of this community and the RA members will have my full support.
I wish one day our TMP will not became the place which you see a guard house without a guard, Fencing but not properly fence up the whole TMP, a garden but without all the facilities and all the rubishs, our home but we don't like to go back because of often security breach and etc due to lack of fund because all the residents choose to default the payment. I strongly believe this day will come when the RA members is too tired to take up this VOLUNTEER resposibility anymore due to no support and that time we have only ourself to BLAME.
Believe me when that day come, Majority of us will regret...........
I absolutely agree and at the same time thank you for understanding and supporting the RA which by the way are residents to. I am very dissapointed with a small group of residents in TMP primarily because they think without fact and logic in the first place and then going against the RA without even acknowledging what the RA has done in the past for the betterment of the community withour fear or favor and fully transparent at all times evrytime (evidence in the info archive available in blog). All documents posted for all to see including the general public. I wonder if the residents are aware that it was the RA that brokered for a extension of handover from the 18th January 2008February 28th 2008 which is an extesion of almost 1 and a half months of free service charge of security otherwise payable. I just simply detest these residents when there is $$$ involved they show up all their personal agenda and wash their dirty linen in public all because of RM 100 per month. I also feel very sad because although we have a gated and guarded development that all can be proud of in Puchong as the 1st gated and guarded community to be developed there still exist a pocket of very selfish individuals with personal agenda hidden. Worse of all these people are going around and spreading undue rumours to others. This is amounting to almost a criminal act and should be punishable by law since it is an act of causing disharmony, peace and security involving the community which comprises of law abiding Malaysian citizens. I hope these residents will realise that they are binded by the DMC they have signed and in it clearly states all the responsibilities of the said "Purchaser" and "Vendor" specifically highlighting the measures available as well as penalties at the disposal of the "Vendor" to deal with these disturbances.
ReplyDeleteThe RA consists of very reasonable individuals and will allow time to pass before stern action will be taken against these trouble makers in the community by just following the legality of the governing DMC to take place. We let the law take its course against these people as I believe reason is beyond them. If you jump the red light you are guilty of not following the traffic rules and in violation of laws governing it hence punishable by a traffic summon and subsequently heavier penalties will come in place until the offender owns up to his/her responsibility. The RA will let the law do the talking and at the same time will also embark on a educational campaign to highlight to all residents again the objectives of the RA and the laws presiding over TMP (DMC) to make it clear that it is duty bound by all residents to share the total costs of maintaining TMP.