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 Joint Management Body (JMB/JMC), Committee Member

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sailou
post Mar 15 2017, 06:51 PM

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QUOTE(kiddyinvestor @ Mar 15 2017, 09:23 AM)
Puchong
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So what sort of problem that you require a change of management company?

Management company are more or less the same unless you are willing to fork out higher price for better quality.

Otherwise, you will need a set of extremely committed management committee.



sailou
post Nov 6 2017, 01:37 PM

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QUOTE(ZzZzz... @ Nov 6 2017, 01:01 PM)
not sure this is the correct place to ask...

Question:
why there's a condo policy saying that renovation can be only done in between Management operation hour?
Monday- Friday 8.30am till 5.00pm
Saturday 8.30-1pm
Sunday Off
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This falls under the house rules which is set by every different condo. Hence, different condo may have different renovation hours.

This is to ensure residents will have a peace of mind when they come home from work.
sailou
post Mar 8 2018, 01:13 PM

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QUOTE(awongck @ Mar 8 2018, 12:27 PM)
Does anyone here know if a JMB needs any kind of approval before increasing maintenance fees and sinking fund? My condo just raised it by almost 70% from 100.10 a month to 170 a month.

Also is the JMB allowed to list / print and stick a notice showing all the unit owners numbers / names and amount owned on each block?

Appreciate any kind of information here.
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Yes. By tabling the audit and budget and getting consent from the owners at the AGM. Did you attend the recent AGM?

Yes. Allowed to publish defaulters list as according to the Act. Don't like it? Then be a good payee. Everyone needs to play their role in a condo.
sailou
post Aug 5 2018, 05:21 PM

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QUOTE(mt24 @ Aug 5 2018, 05:14 PM)
hello everyone,

Just would like to have everyone's point of view in regards to JMB /MC.
I am a committee member of my residential. at the moment, the billings, payment all done manually,i.e. via excell and manual account book. previous management was very bad, the account book wasnt updated since 2015.
Since new management take over, we manage to update the record to the current one.

Recently we had an AGM and majority are agreed to impose late payment interest fees as well as sinking fund.  Knowing accounting is no longer straight forward, we thought of to use proper / simple accounting software to make our clerk life easier.

Would you please suggest what is the affordable accounting software available in the market for low rise apartment.

We cant afford fancy /canggih accounting software, our residents are only 200 pax only. Preferably those with only one time payment. The software no need to be online / cloud based solution.

Please help to suggest.

Thanks.
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Pro and cons.

Online based will charge monthly but at few hundreds. Your data is safe in cloud. Any tampering will leave logs and footprints. Requires internet all the time.

Your own accounting software will cost few thousands. Of course cheaper than online on the long run. Not safe proof. Must be backed up all the time.
sailou
post Aug 10 2018, 03:23 PM

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QUOTE(mt24 @ Aug 5 2018, 05:23 PM)
do u have any recommendation  for both online and offline solution?
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I only heard of UBS for building management software. Personally have experience with CSS online based accounting.

I heard there are plenty of other online based software. Some are promoted as free because they just enter the market. Not sure how relevant or how reliable.
I am not in position to recommend.

Weigh in your pros and cons before you decide.
sailou
post Aug 10 2018, 11:47 PM

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QUOTE(JasonLeeX @ Aug 10 2018, 07:51 PM)
That's why those projects with shit tons of facilities are actually a BAD idea.

You know you are not going to use those facilities but they still need to maintain nevertheless.
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What you said is completely true especially those condos with a lot of water features. The more facilities the harder it is to maintain.
sailou
post Dec 6 2018, 07:36 PM

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QUOTE(leongsem @ Dec 6 2018, 06:07 PM)
we only pay for those staff that station in our condo.....

we might need to review again next year, tq
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It is right that you only pay bonus if it's stated in the contract. Most of the time the management company will jack up the staff salary to include other perks such as EPF , SOCSO, annual bonus and insurance. In another sense it means that they claimed 2500 salary from your condo for the admin staff but in actual the staff only gets 1800 monthly. The rest is his perks.

Nevertheless, JMB or MC often don't care if staffs are well paid or fairly paid because they need to save as much money as possible. Hence, the quality of management company are often poor because of staff turnover. You might want to ponder if your current staff is good but they don't get their bonus. So do you think they will still be around in another 3 months?
sailou
post Mar 24 2019, 08:16 AM

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QUOTE(kaiserreich @ Mar 23 2019, 06:10 PM)
How to compel residents to attend AGM? My apartment is low dense with 90+ units.

Last AGM only have 4 residents attending vs 7 committee members + staff. COB handbook says that if no quorum, then AGM will proceed after x amount of minutes.

Problem is that Committee members are not able to quit (all been here for 3 - 4 years). Some residents come in, scold the committee then walk out.
But when got problems with the building (homestay, broken this and that, guards etcs) the residents look at committee members like they owe them money.
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Extremely common in Malaysia. It's even worse in many other places. Just stand your ground and make sure the account is not in red.
sailou
post Jun 5 2020, 12:03 PM

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QUOTE(AIAF @ Jun 5 2020, 10:23 AM)
This seems like such an unpleasant job to have with no returns. Anyone here is part of a JMB/MC? May I know why you decided to join and any regrets? Jst curious. Hats off to you for taking it on.
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Full of regrets. Making enemies within your living compound. You do make plenty of new friends though if you are active enough.

No one will say a praise for the super good job you might have done but will pick on some very minor mistakes to belittle you.
sailou
post Jul 7 2021, 06:53 PM

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QUOTE(gsc @ Jul 7 2021, 05:15 PM)
An owner who never paid his maintenance fee was wrongly elected as chairman. How to remove him?
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Completely insane. You should remove the management company together with the chairman for allowing this.

Just submit your complaint to local COB. Your AGM will be declared null and void. A fresh AGM will be called.

 

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