If you are refering to mobile network, yes the tower on the main road is supposed to setup to solve the blind spot issue in which I complained to SKMM. Based on Digi, they will resolve it by end of Sep 2013.

As for wire broadband, 4MB Streamyx is available.

Hi Jason do you mind to share which part of emerald you stay? Course last week i went to tm.they said currently amberly yet to have any service. Lolz....T.T
But due to unifi in rawang still yet meet the quote. So they are not offering the unifi. perhaps u can register yourself in the waiting list to meet the quote first.

Haha, good comparison, if I buy a 1.3cc I will expect a 1.3cc as per what I hv test and as per the spec. If it is lack of a 1.3cc power, I will not ask them to increase the power, I will request for a replacement, becuz it is not up to the specs. Doesn't want my children to get a perodua that need to be physically paddle when they buy a 1.3cc car from perodua in the future.

Juz to remind you guys that there is a stakeholder fund which is retain from the payment to the developer, it will be release progressively 6month after vacant possesion. Please correct me if I am wrong.

What, nvr know there is lawyer that allow such claim. So unfair to the buyer.

But anyway, Even they claimed 1month after vp, that is only the 1st 2.5, there is another 2.5% which can only be release after the DLP.

I dun remember guocoland sending me any claim. So, the 1st 2.5% should be still in place.

If any coral owner here that want to take an action againts the developer, its better to read up the S&P, many useful info regarding defects rectification and the used of stakeholder fund. It doesn't matter whats the defects or problem, its how you argue it. Just dont wait till you do any renovation work that is related to the defects that you want to report.

Hi Jason,

What actually are you talking about 2.5% and 2.5%?I'm a bit confused here. Isn't that the final 5% payment our bank holds back for one year bcs the developer will have to meet our claims for poor workmanship for a year? If you're paying cash for the house I guess you'll only pay the developer a year after VP. However,since most people take loans the bank will be holding the final 5% so I guess it shouldn't worry any buyer or should it? Thx

Yeah,the bank will hold and then release 2.5% after I think 6mths of handing over of VP and the remaining 2.5% a year after VP. Even thought they have not released the last 5% by VP day the interest of 95% and 5% have all been worked out in their formula. I guess it would take a qualified actuarist to be able to work out how banks charge interest.

How did you know your bank released all the 5% on VP day?

never take into account of multiple diarrhea possibility? 

Oh now I know. It's like this - our bank releases it to our S&P lawyer. They hold it in trust for the developer. Our S&P lawyer is also our developer's lawyer so it's like a "con" job. So it's considered the bank having released 100% of our loan.

If the loan amount is small,say RM200k the 5% is only RM5k so the lawyer won't earn so much interest. But they get 5% from so many buyers. That's why we dun have to pay the legal fees for signing the S&P for lots of projects I guess. Imagine if the loan amount is huge e.g RM1 million. The 5% is RM50k. And we're paying interest to the bank for that amount for that one year. Lawyers make far more from such funds held in trust than what they would charge for doing the S&P which is only drawn up once. They use the same S&P over and over again by just changing the buyer's details. In fact the same S&P can be used for many other projects by changing certain details only according to each project's specifications.

Lawyers make the most if they take on such commercial conveyancing compared to taking civil or criminal cases. The only thing is they must hook up with the developers. That's why in the event of a conflict our lawyer is also our developer's lawyer so you see the conflict of interest. They will always side with the developer who gives them the business bcs they make millions with each project. In order to save costs and hasten the process all buyers are encouraged (in fact they sirt of make it compulsory) to use the developer's lawyer and most of us use the same lawyer naturally bcs it saves us the legal fees. If the developer plays us out we will never win. Malaysian prop buyers are actually suckers bcs of the current system where developers are in control. Buyers should all gang up to employ their own lawyer. In the US I think buyers and sellers are not allowed to use the same lawyer bcs of conflict in interest.

Good reminder Lim. One way of dealing with this issue is to get the quotation from the plumber, file the quotation together with the complaint to Guocoland asking them to fix the issue, otherwise we can proceed with appointing our own plumber. this way it will not void our warranty. this is like any other rectification process of residential development.

thanks Bro! btw Coral neighbourhood is really busy lately. a lot of renovation works going on. more so most of the units extended both GF & 1F fully to the back, which is awesome. 

Once you alter the plumbing work, you are giving up your rights to most of the defects that is related to plumbing.

Standard s&p says 18months. Developer like spsetia can give 30+months.

Em, usually void as in related works, such as pipe leakage or puncture water tank, etc. Juz like the warranty seal on our handphone, once found out there is alteration, warranty void.

Anyway, if you have done your due diligence require by the S&P, it reinforce your rights to the "warranty" and to any complain in the future.

Demystifying the ‘as is where is’ basis
Posted on September 24, 2013 - Featured, Investment.
In property transactions, the term “as is where is” is a term or condition of a sale where the property is sold based on whatever condition it exists in, that the buyer accepts it “with all faults”, whether or not immediately apparent.

It is not an exclusive term for property transactions though it is probably more prevalent for the sale of property because the seller lets the purchaser decide on the purchase after inspecting the property. The purchaser must accept the property, with warts and all. The purchaser cannot use the condition of the property at the time of purchase as an excuse to cancel or rescind the purchase after the sale is concluded.

”As is where is” is usually seen in advertisements for completed properties in the secondary market and auctioned property.
For example, a secondary property may have defects which can only be detected later by a contractor or plumber, but the purchaser should inspect the property with these professionals’ advice before the transaction. Auctioned properties, meanwhile, can sometimes have previous owners “squatting” in them.

Even primary properties sold by housing developers which are completed but not issued a Certificate of Completion and Compliance may be sold under an ‘as is where is’ basis. Under such circumstances, the housing developer does not need to give any warranty to the purchases or make good any defect found on the property after the sale of the property.

If the property is not completed, and the property is a residential property governed by Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966, the purchaser is given two or three years’ warranty for the property: two years for landed residential property and three years for stratified or subdivided residential property.

If the property does not get a warranty, and is sold on an ‘as is where is’ basis, the purchaser can use whatever condition of the property as leverage while negotiation is underway. The purchaser can negotiate to pay less by pointing out the cost of repair for the property. That is why a purchaser should hire a contractor to give the property a once-over to ensure the purchaser is satisfied with the condition of the house. This also applies for completed property bought from a housing developer and auctioned property.
As for the seller, the concept of ‘as is where is’ becomes a defensive mechanism. Defending the asking price of the property will hinge on the concept of ‘as is where is’. The seller can claim that any defects on the property were already considered before the asking price was announced to the world. It is an like an announcement by the seller saying, “There is something wrong with this house but if you are willing to buy it at the price I am asking, let’s make a deal.”

As a conclusion, “as is where is” is not as simple as it seems. Nowhere else does the advice of caveat emptor or buyers beware be considered more than when a property is being sold “as is where is”.

And also dun piss off your surrounding neighbours or they'll keep on complaining. Kesian one of my neighbours who had to spend a few thousand ringgit just to placate the majlis perbandaran people bcs another trouble-maker neighbour kept complaining when it was really none of his business (you know lar hak sek ppl cannot stomach us tong yen just bcs they think we're better off than them mah). This neighbour extended the kitchen right up to the back wall which is not really against the law even if it's a link house. This is a semi-d. I've seen a lot of link houses which extended their kitchen right up to the common wall.

Sorrry.....emerald east to kl city

The security guard at Emerald West Jln KE 13 (those houses behind Sales Gallery) is really not doing their job. All visitors coming in are not required to register, just wave hand and access granted.

Complained many times to management office but no action was taken. And now they send us letter informing that the monthly maintenance fee increased from RM70 to RM100.

The residence committee also is useless, he go and register himself at Jabatan Pendaftaran Pertubuhan (ROS) without the previous residence committee head knowledge. Due to this the previous head could not continue serving us, in which she was doing a good job previously.

Sharp road bumps were constructed illegally with cement at the road in front of this new residence committee head house simply because there were many Malay houses that road with kids running around like in kampong.

During recent Raya Haji, he actually slaughtered a cow at open public in front of the open space opposite his house. Best part is the remaining was buried at the same spot.

Any suggestions or comments on what shall be done?

Just went to Rawang Emerald West. At the time I reached the top of the flyover. The traffics heading to Aeon jam till the bridge, I quickly made a u-turn and go home. 
Really don't know how long it takes to upgrade the Jalan Batu Arang? 

I got this info from one of my wife's fren who working in brdb. She is not handling Rawang project but her colleague does.

She said the launching of their link house in Rawang will be in November of 2014. Got a few of different sizes, 24x60, 26x60, 26x70 & etc.

Price could be started from 8xxk onwards.

Not sure how true is this, let wait and see!

Good to see Rawang have Field of Gold and The Rise@Emerald West this kind of projects, both nice project indeed! Anggun3 1.25mil semi-d consider the cheapest within this area now!