Security Breach:
Yesterday, two Africans waiting for R3 owner to come and open the door for them. So I used to LG floor whereby got the guard stationed there. They followed me.

I went in and they asked the guard to open the door, claimed they knew the owner at certain unit no. The guard opened the door for them and they joined me in the lift.

Apparently there had been some lapses on security on how to prevent unauthorized entries.

Perhaps the relevant party should also take this oppr to add signboards for other mall tenants such as Subway, Loudspeaker, RedTicks and Escape Room. No need to shy shy ma... Let more people know what is inside then only more people would walk-walk makan-makan in SetiaWalk ma.

Personally I don't see problem for restaurants to operate at common areas, as long as they are regulated and paid the necessary rents. That is what we call al-fresco dining.

Ah... I thought the smell comes from the drainage hole in my bathroom. So, it is a common problem la? Really unpleasant smell the moment I turn on the shower.

Time to propose service charges for voting in coming AGM tentatively to be held before 15 Dec 2014.

Soho and office owners are asking why are they paying more than residential and getting so much less? Block K and Hotel owners are complaining what do they get for paying so much more than residential? Commercial owners are asking why they have to subsidise residential parcel to the detriment of their own development? Can Trigon be provided with premium services for the same service charge as R123? Why commercial visitors have to pay for car parking while it is free for residential visitors? 

The fair answer ultimately lies in the principle of "users decide and pay".

Block R1,2 and 3 get same service level and their residents will decide on the service level they want and pay for it. Developer will decide for Trigon first when setting the initial service charges. Similarly commercial parcel will determine their own service level and pay for it.  Alfresco fees and car park income cannot even cover for the commercial area car park operating expenses.

FM does not decide the service charges. Respective reps in Jmb decide on the proposal for a decision by owners at AGM.

It is quite a big purpose built hotel. It has its own swimming pool. Roughly about 50 retail lots in size. No indication from owner of any immediate plans. Jmb cannot do much to help them out at the moment.

Supposed completion date was 16 September 2014. From the current progress, looks like early next year only can open for use.

SW seems to be a favourite for bees to build hives. I know of at least three times during last 4 months when we have to get rid of bee hives at sw for safety reasons. According to some Chinese fung sui people, the fact that bees have repeatedly picked on sw indicates it is a very good place to stay environmentally/ fung sui wise. Repeated poisoning and destroying of their hives will discourage their returning because it is not so ideal for them after all despite the excellent fung sui as determined by the bees!

Many factors. Market conditions, location, price, wired broadband, etc. - just to name the main ones.

SW maintenance got to greatly improve too.

Next Jmc must followup more closely to ensure all basic infrastructures must be maintained well. Someone got to go down to the ground to push. Just one resident complain, and mobile tower ordered to stop work. How to progress quickly if Jmb is easily distracted?

Developer has offered a public toilet but Jmb cannot decide on location due to complaints where ever it is proposed to be located. Some obvious weakness in Jmb leadership. Not proactive and creative enough.

Have you been to Atmosphere at Puchong South? If we are not careful and do not understand the dynamics of competitiveness, then trouble is on the way.

New promo Mgr spending far too much money in non measurable events. Lots of weakness in that department but many Jmc members cannot see them yet. People passing by SW at LDP have no idea what is inside?

To all real estate agents here, Jmb is ever ready to assist you  to look for larger consolidated floor areas if you have any interested tenants. Especially interested in large branded restaurants like Unique Seafood, etc.

Any other ideas most welcomed.

Setiawalk become ghostwalk   

is a pedestrian bridge being built to connect pfcc to setiawalk? this would attract office workers from the offices there and even guests staying at sheraton pfcc to patronise the f & b outlets @ setiawalk. in fact i think a number of students/teachers from rima stay @ setiawalk so wld work out well for both sides. maybe jmb can explore that possibility with the mpsj.

4. Tenants do not have access to online portal at the moment. However I propose this policy to be changed. Should allow access to genuine tenants in my opinion. They are indirectly contributing services charges and their feedback is important. I hv recently directed FM via Jmc to arrange for dialog sessions with tenants in order to understand their needs for the general good of sw.

1. Jmb is not aware of any water leaking problem into car park at B1. Will get FM to check. Appreciate u can make a complain to FM since u hv first hand knowledge of the location.

2. We hv now got a better security company. Will have to check out on their detail patrolling placements. Residential parcel is spending about 50% of service charges on security while commercial is spending about 10%. This is why got to increase residential service charges in coming AGM or service levels will be affected. No actions were taken earlier as Jmb was then unsure of Tnb double charging amount to residential parcel.

I think SW is an excellent location for colleges. However colleges require residences for their students. Some residents object to having too many students. This is why Jmb is not putting in effort to pursue this option yet as part of its strategic marketing master plan.

A connection/pathway to pfcc is a good idea. Will try to propose it in next Jmc meeting.

A substantial amount of commercial service charges are subsidising residential deficit. Commercial also paying for power to some part of the Mall and Trigon building as well as double charging by Tnb. This has all been determined now. Million dollar bill has just been sent to developer for their power consumption. So should be able to allocate some budget for commercial marketing management purposes next year.

long time never go there....find a day go makan makan   

Please be reminded I do NOT  and cannot speak for JMB. At the moment Jmc and management are too busy and not set up to update owners on the many happening issues. Originally Jmc had a residents' relations and communication sub com, but it did not work out as the volunteers just fell off by June when nothing was done. So I have to try to help to update interested parties on my own free will here and at facebook while I am still one of the thirteen Jmc members. All decisions are made by Jmc as a committee. Leadership and FM's  capabilities have a tremendous bearing on the performance of JMB.

Jmb could not do anything on BF case all this time since doing anything my be sub judice due the pending court case. Even MPSJ did not want to do anything for the same reason. This case is the one issue that took most of Jmc's effort - through many twist and turns since Dec last year. Compounded by the reality that last FM was putting up more difficulties then helping out. Also had some issues with our lawyer.

Now all are in the process of implementing consent judgement. There are still some ambiguous issues to solve. Without new FM we would never be able to reach any where near what was achieved now.

Will come to noise issue in due course. Bear in mind there are no laws in the country on noise level other than one on motorcycle noise. All the environmental guidelines on noise are but merely guidelines and NOT laws. Realistically I feel Jmb got to get all the parties to come together to work out an amicable solution and refine it along the way. In the case of Trigon it would be impossible for Jmb to realistically do anything about noise from LDP other than to advise owners who have complained to install noise insulation.

TY bro......got paparich bor?? i m papa kaki     

inside bor??