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Should residents have to pay for 2nd or 3rd carpark lots?

Posted on 2 Aug 2009 | Comments Off on Should residents have to pay for 2nd or 3rd carpark lots?

PARKING can be a headache for some condos with very few carpark lots, especially if some homeowners have second or third cars.

Parc Oasis condo chairman Lim Taik Leong suggests one method of allocating lots. Divide the total number of carpark lots by the number of apartment units to determine the number of free carpark lots each household is entitled to.

Typically, however, each condo unit owner gets to park only one car free.

Whether there are lots for second and third cars depends on the type of development in question, says Mr Chan Kok Hong, managing director of CKH Strata Management. Continue reading →

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Taking the driver’s seat in a condo

Posted on 2 Aug 2009 | Comments Off on Taking the driver’s seat in a condo

Tan Hui Yee examines the conundrum of condo maintenance.

SUPPOSE you buy a luxury car one day, which comes with a one-year warranty and a paid chauffeur for that period.

There’s not much to complain about, as you zip around town in the cool comfort of the passenger seat.

After one year, when you finally get the keys, you realise something is wrong. The brakes are not working, the acceleration is not so smooth.

You head back to the car distributor, but he says: ‘Sorry, your warranty period is over.’

Condominium owners are faced with this conundrum when they move into their new home.


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