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House owners: New flats come with many defects
Shin Min Daily News - 14 hrs 24 mins ago
Defects on the floor in the new flat. (Pic / Internet)
A large group of new house owners appear to be receiving defective new flats.
The affected house owners are from the newly completed Park Central@AMK DBSS project located at Ang Mo Kio Street 52.
One of the house owners, Mr Chen (39, civil servant) received the keys to his flat in Blk 588C on 4 September.
He went to check his flat two days later and was surprised to find many problems.
"I found that my keys couldn't even fit in the newly installed gate. There were about 20 tiles not properly fixed in the living room and kitchen. There were paint splashes on the floor, and the laminated flooring was also not fixed properly."
The tiles in the new flat were apparently set unevenly, and paint from the walls has stained the floors.
Unhappy with the state of his new flat, Mr Chen listed all the defects found in his flat and submitted the list to the estate developer on 24 September.
He did not receive a reply.
Not giving up, Mr Chen submitted another similar request to the developer on 22 October.
Finally responding, a contractor was sent to his new house to repair his gate, but ignored the rest of the defects.
Mr Chen isn't the only house owner who received a defective flat.
Another house owner in the estate, Mr Tan (age 30s) also received a defective flat.
Mr Tan called up the developer only to find out that his repairs will have to wait as there are hundreds of people with similar defective flats waiting for repairs.
Source: Shin Min Daily News, 7 November 2011. Click here for the Chinese report.
House owners: New flats come with many defects
Shin Min Daily News - 14 hrs 24 mins ago
Defects on the floor in the new flat. (Pic / Internet)
A large group of new house owners appear to be receiving defective new flats.
The affected house owners are from the newly completed Park Central@AMK DBSS project located at Ang Mo Kio Street 52.
One of the house owners, Mr Chen (39, civil servant) received the keys to his flat in Blk 588C on 4 September.
He went to check his flat two days later and was surprised to find many problems.
"I found that my keys couldn't even fit in the newly installed gate. There were about 20 tiles not properly fixed in the living room and kitchen. There were paint splashes on the floor, and the laminated flooring was also not fixed properly."
The tiles in the new flat were apparently set unevenly, and paint from the walls has stained the floors.
Unhappy with the state of his new flat, Mr Chen listed all the defects found in his flat and submitted the list to the estate developer on 24 September.
He did not receive a reply.
Not giving up, Mr Chen submitted another similar request to the developer on 22 October.
Finally responding, a contractor was sent to his new house to repair his gate, but ignored the rest of the defects.
Mr Chen isn't the only house owner who received a defective flat.
Another house owner in the estate, Mr Tan (age 30s) also received a defective flat.
Mr Tan called up the developer only to find out that his repairs will have to wait as there are hundreds of people with similar defective flats waiting for repairs.
Source: Shin Min Daily News, 7 November 2011. Click here for the Chinese report.
