Happy Labor Day!

To everybody, have a great weekend!

Forum registration

Lately i have been receiving spammers trying to register and get into the forum. But i managed to identify them. For precaution, especially for now on, I'll strictly screened those registered to avoid similar situation occured to the old forum which filled with all the spammers.

So, just to be on the safe side, if owners did not get approved upon registration (normally within 1 day), kindly inform me. But most of the time, this should not be the problem as spammer is quite easily to identify with their funny email address.
Thank you.

Unofficial meeting of committee members

Labour day falls on 1st of May, which is the exact date for the committee members to have first ever meeting. Most of us agreed to do it on this special day as many of us do not need to get to work. We're more than willing to gather around to discuss any issues pertaining to Changkat View Condo.

Well, the plan to spend time with family, we'll do it after the meeting. For owners who had not pen down your complaint, kindly do it asap. I'll start collecting the complaint and suggestions by tomorrow noon. I hope u guys can spend more time thinking bout this. We'll discuss and later forward to relevant party for further action.

You may log on to changkatview.net and check out the issues raised by fellow owners.

JMB Committee Members

Chairperson
1. Name: Mdm. Ellen Yeow Yew Bee
Designation: Advisor
Company: Asiaeuro Wines & Spirits Sdn Bhd
Email: ellen.yeow@gmail.com
Unit: Block B

Treasurer
2. Name: Mr. Ajitpal Singh
Designation: Manager, Aviation Sales, National Sales Department,
Company: Petronas
Email: trastm@gmail.com
Unit: Block B

Secretary
3. Name: Mr. Ong Aik Liang
Designation: Assistant Manager Pharmacist, Inpatient Department
Company: Pusat Perubatan UKM
Email: changkatview.kl@gmail.com
Unit: Block B

4. Name: Ms. Esther Ong Yan Leng
Designation: Building Executive
Company: SCM Property Services Sdn Bhd (Sunrise Berhad Subsidiaries)
Email: esther1567@yahoo.com
Unit: Block B

5. Name: Mr. Muhammad Hamudi B. Abdul Khalid
Designation: Managing director
Company: Elhajj Products Sdn Bhd.
Email: hamudi@el-hajj.com
Unit: Block B

6. Name: Mr. Jerry Gan Kim Yeau
Designation: Sales Consultant
Company: Plenitude Builders Sdn Bhd
Email: kyinfo@yahoo.com
Unit: Block A

7. Name: Ms. Rona Lee Wai Pek
Designation: Senior Manager, Learning & Development
Company: Sunway Holdings Bhd
Email: ronalwp@gmail.com
Unit: Block A

8. Name: Ms. Teh Lee Huang
Designation: Assistant Finance Manager
Company Name: ShareWorks Sdn Bhd
Email: teh2000@tm.net.my
Unit: Block A

9. Name: Mr. Lim Shien Pin, Tom
Designation: Assistant Manager, Risk Management
Company: Citigroup Transaction Services Malaysia
Email: shienpin@yahoo.com
Unit: Block B

10. Name: Mr. Adrian Sim
Designation: Business Development Manager
Company: Obelix Networks Sdn. Bhd.
Email: adrian_asian@yahoo.com
Unit: Block B

11. Name: Mr. Aklif Amin
Designation: Manager, Strategic Planning
Company: The Nomad Group Bhd
Email: aklif@thenomad.com.my
Unit: Block B

Guards name list

If you guys noticed, the name list of the guard in Changkat View Condo already posted at the notice board at all block. From now on, you may get to know them better with their photo on it which you can easily recognise them.

Noted down their name if you think they'd provide a wonderful service to you. Give credit and encouragement to them. But if you think they lacked in their service, send their name to the management office.

Raise issues

Since last Sunday, i have received few opinion/sugggestion/complaint pertainig to Changkat View Condo. Thank you guys in giving me the feedback on various issues. As for now, I'm compiling all the opinion/sugggestion/complaint before i can present it to the JMB.

I'm creating a topic on the forum at changkatview.net so that all the registered owners can contribute to the information. This can avoid redundant and ultimately, all the owner can look into the matter accordingly. Many of the issues raised are sensitive. So, it is more appropriate if we can do it among the owners only.

Due to time constraint, I'm calling for all the owner to put down all the issues you wish to bring it to the management attention. Committee members will do the neccesary to ensure all the relevant issues highlighted to developer and solved. One of the feedback i got it from Mr Chua, is that, the problem we faced are not properly subjected to them. In other word, no complaint, no action.

Let's see with the list i compiled from the owners here, what's else he can say.

p/s: Kindly do it before end of the month. Pls visit at changkatview.net

1st Meeting of JMB- post event

Good day to everyone. Actually i'd plan to to post a write up right after the meeting yesterday. But, i was rushing back to work and cant accessed to internet the whole day. So were the delayed.

Something unexpected happening yesterday and it was totally surprised me. For those who cant make it to the meeting, i would like to inform that, the committee members of JMB for session 2009/2010 were elected. And, I was actually elected as the secretary of the JMB. Thanks to those voted for me and putting their confidence and trust in me. But, seriously a huge responsibility on my shoulder now.

I'm starting to work now. First let me compile all the members profile's information and post it here so you all will know who are the committee members. Please stay connected for the next few days.

During the meeting, we managed to bring up and discused few issues. Because due to time constraint, we cant addressed all the issues. Therefore, we had come out with the suggestion where, all the owners are encouraged to file the complaint. You can either do it by putting your complaint form to the suggestion box in front of the management office or you may email to me. Kindly do it before end of this month.

Last but not the least, again , thanks to those presence and putting their trust on us. We'll do our best to ensure Changkat View Condo always stay in tip top condition.

Few pictures to share:

Registration taking place outside baminton court

Nomination box

En Erman, Operation manager conducting the meeting. At the back, Mr Chua Long Siew, Group General Manager and Ms. Irna Roslina, Admin Exe.

People voting for their candidate

Great discussion

Very productive for past few days

Just settled down after all the hard work, tension, blur eyes doing the set up for the new forum. At last, it is running smoothly. I had been sitting most of my time in front of my PC figuring to use certain function and do little bit of set up. Very cool.

I even had tried to move all the database from the old forum at invisionfree.com to this new forum at phpbb. But i failed! I consult software company, but comes to no avail. For the new forum, i configurate, doing setting and changing the set up, which is definitely not my cup of tea. But then, i had learn a new skills, moderating a forum.

So, dear user, kindly registered again at the new forum and start a new posting. I hope with this new forum, i can better managed the forum and user can relate better to the user interface and fully ultilised the function provided. I do like the user interface compared to previous one. Hope you all will like it too.

Last but not the least, remember the tomorrow is the big day. Please attend the meeting. Send the message across to the developer and makes them understand we're concerned on our property. Filled the pool area with people and bring along your bathing suits. Who knows you might plan to go for short swim right after the meeting.
See ya!

New forum created for Changkat View Condo

Updated on 17.4.2009.

I decided to get a doman name and obtain a better forum. Previous one has very limited storage and thus no much photo can be uploaded.

So, starting from today, I'm proudly inviting all the owners to registered yourself on this new forum at http://changkatview.net. Those who had registered earlier, kindly do it again. So sorry for the troubles.

I'm sure this new forum will serve its purpose well in distributing and sharing information among all Cvian.

13.4.2009
I understand that the previous forum was already down. To provide better way of communication, I have created the forum for Changkat View Condo. So, i'm gladly invite all the owners to register yourself at the forum in order to start comunicating with others forummer or owners here. To start now, please click the link on the right.

Nevertheless, this blog will still serve the purpose for posting the latest updates and highlight any issues concerning Changkat View Condo.

Maybe is about time you all start bookmark this blog.

Renovation- The Do and Don't

Obviously, this is not about how you are supposed to carry out the design of your condominium. But bear in mind, budget will affect much of your plan on renovation. It can range from 10K to 150K. There’s no right and wrong about this. Eventually, you are the ones will stay or owns the said property.

At current global economic slow down, i’m sure contractor will definitely charge less compared to last year same period. I got a close friend received at least 30% discount recently on the kitchen cabinet which comes with a good deals which actually cost higher if she signed the deal end of last year.

Nevertheless, there are few things need to note down before you or your contractor start breaking tiles and put up cement. Before the work start, please pay RM1K of refundable deposit to the management office. I would suggest you to use your cheque book as paying in cash may takes longer time for you to get refund which sometimes may drag up to 45 days upon completion.

Here are the few things to note:
1. Water piping
Please get hold of the master plan of the piping for your unit if you plan to modify the inlet and outlet of the water. Some may choose to install water filter inside their house , so getting the exact location is definitely important to work well with the design.
2. Intercom
Strictly no modification to this. Apparently, any interupption to this intercom may directly affect the whole system after the block. Maybe this could be reasons why few owners in Block B including myself still own a faulty intercom system.
3. Wiring
Please get a certified electrician to do all sort of work for you, switch, power plug, fan, additional air con wiring and heater wiring. As such they should know the best what can fit for your unit. For instance getting a dedicated power line for your water heater directly from the main switch box instead or sharing from other wiring.
4. Compressor
Previously, there were restrcition on the position of the compresor whereby, they were only allowed on selected area and position only. Kindly check with the management office before you decide where to position it. I’m sure, you dont want to be paying the penalty for carring out the work which is not approved and that you are not awared. Knowing the exact location may actually save you cost as you can aarange the compressor properly hence saving the cost of extra piping which run at RM30/foot.
5. Fascade of buidling
Any work resulting in change of the fascade of the building is definitely not allowed. Like hackoing a wall and install a new window or enlarging the existing window or sealed up a window. Hacking on the beam is stricly not allowed as it will affect the structural stability for whole buiding. This is why many owners choose minimun paster ceiling instalation to hide the bad looking beam in the middle of the living hall ceiling.
6. Work time
Is strictly on Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5 pm only. Please make sure your contractor follow exactly what is stated here as this will cause much problem especially the sound pollution affected to your direct neighbour.
7. Grill at the entrance, balcony, kitchen and window.
Make sure the one you going to install comply with the color code/specification provided by the management.
8. Debris
Some of the contractor prefer to work on the common area. But they are responsible to ensure all the rubbish are well taken of. Especially heavy and bulky dirt are not supposed to throw into the rubbish bin room. They need to handle it by taking it away . Please monitor how your contractor work as the managment has the right to penalise you if they found out your contractor did not comply with the rules stated.
9. Paint
You have to make enquiry on the Serial/Product code for the floor and bathroom tiles, the paints for the whole unit as this will aid in getting the right one just in case you need to replace few part of the whole. I remember, trying to get the floor tile for my wet kitchen which was not availble outside and end up hacking all the floor tiles and and replace with a new and better tiles. So, plan for this.

Hope the above points may help to prevent any unwanted situation and your plan on renovation can goes smoothly.