Has anyone heard about a portion of the condo units, says 30% of the total units, is being operated like a hotel as the owner purposely buys them and convert into a hotel ? What is the implication to the remaining condo residents ? What are the pros and cons ?

Hotel is commercial, condo is residential.

Apparently you are not there yet.

no such thing, unless the owner owns the whole building.

Futhermore, i believe they need business license to operate like that.

Feel free to report to police if u see such thing

Do you refer to serviced apartment? Condo is under residential, while serviced apartment is commercial property. Condo can't be operated as hotel.

apparently there's a grey area called serviced condo/apartment

is it a fabricated story? it is your future business plan?..never heard such thing...DBKL sure will chase the owner
unless service apartment maybe

This post has been edited by imax80: Aug 18 2009, 04:13 PM

Why not you do a bit of research on both Maytower Hotel and Berjaya Times square, then tell us what do you think are the pro's and cons.

Serviced Apt/Suites such as Maytower and Times Square are operated and advertised as hotel plus the fact of commercial status. However, some wealthy owners in Savanna Condo Bt Jalil bought a number of units and convert them into hotel for short term or long term or even daily! Savanna is definitely a residential condo !

bummer, then quality of tenants will definitely suffer in Savanna

It's still better than those props where the owners mass rent out to indons or banglas.

Actually for stratified properties, the Deed of Mutual Covenant dictates what can or cannot be done by each individual owner to his/her unit.

Gosh! Luckily we didn't buy in Savanna!
Ya do check your Deed of Mutual Covenants... there should be some clause related to such situation... and you can file a complaint with the management/developer...

What's wrong with Savanna ? (assuming its a fact that some units are operated like a hotel) .. I bet only people with good money (not laborer from Indon/Bangla can afford to live there ... isn't that ok for the tenants there ?

just wondering.

short term renters can cause these problems :

1. They dont take care of unit and condo facilities.
2. They can be inconsiderate and loud.
3. Can pretend to be short term renters then ransack other units.

After all, why care if u r gonna leave there for only 2-3 month?

ykltpm,
Don't get too emotional 1st and jump to conclusion too early. I do share your sentiment. I think it is good & bad.

Good
- hotel operator need to preserve the good image of Savanna.
- the hotel units not always full. less crowded in the sense

Bad
- difficult to control people/travellers going in & out.

Are you sure they can "convert" their units into hotel suites? I guess it is the management who helps them get the tenants in, and provide some housekeeping service. Condo can't be operated as hotel. You can lodge a complaint to the local authority if you find out this.

The biggest concerns are security issue, potential higher maintenance and possible illegal activities.
Anyway, the fact is condo is condo, hotel is hotel. Residential is residential, commercial is commercial. Problems definetely will arise once they are mixed together.
In the past, product like condotel was sprouting in resort areas, one of which was Costa Melaka. I don't know its status now as I have not been there for a long time.