The true G&G is for only strata landed homes, i only know a few of these housing estates like subang tanamera, puchong lakeedge, dpc zenia, etc. they are managed by a proper body and maintanence fees is mandatory. you'll be asked to sign a DMC agreement with spells out the rules of like no changing of exterior paint colour, extension etc just like you're in a condo.

For the rest of the individual titled landed, its pseudo G&G, F&G, guarded and gated whatever you wanna call it.
Usually the resident will form a Resident Association (RA) once the developer hands back the management of the security. So it all depends on how efficient your RA is. There is no law to force someone to join the RA and pay the security fees, so there are always freeloaders or tidak apa residents.

The suck part now is the govt recently came up with some really ridiculous guidelines for the psuedo G&G taman, which includes like booms gates can only be operational from 12mn to 6am, no brick perimeter walls , public can enter without surrendinng any documents, no oil drums, guard house size, etc. you can google or read more here http://www.sjecho.com.my/article/1111

the guidelines are support to be effective 31 march, and many RAs are still trying to fight the rulings as most taman cant comply with those rules, so we will see soon , if the local authority will take action to dismantle the security fittings .....

all is not lost....most possible scenario is we need to form a dedicated and efficient RA to manage to security/guards after the developer cuci tangan, and also get 85% residents to give consent.

as for the guidelines from the govt, we'll just wait n see, coz right now i believe govt is focusing more on those G&G taman with oil drums & metal grille blocking the road, which sometimes is a nuisance for the public, including myself. often when i visit friends in damansara utama, usj and bandar utama, always sesat, looks like all exits are blocked.

but having a public amenity like school, surau, parks makes it tad harder to be fully gated....

fact is quite simple, its non strata G&G, no way to enforce everyone to pay, there are no laws.

no sinking fund, the common amenities like parks, road sweeping, grass cutting, lights will be maintained by local council.

you're just paying for the guards salary and any other additional services the RA are subscribing like CCTV, gardeners ..etc.

the ra can be combined or separate, the residents can dcide
later on when the developer pass back to the residents.

for the club house don't think is part of the maintanence fee,
it's separate. just imagine fitness first open a gym right next to your house right now...

dont think DMC agreement is relevant for individual title home and optional, only mandatory for strata type...

This post has been edited by kikco: Mar 28 2011, 11:19 PM