I received mine at the end of March. It was around Rm 1270. I checked with TNB Website. It should be only Rm 500. I wrote in. In July they informed me that it should only be Rm 500 plus Rm 10 Stamp duty. Lesson learnt: Don't just pay what the developer demands even a reputable one like Mah Sing. Find out and write to them telling them that they are wrong. Could it be just pretending that they don't know the actual rate so that they can make make more money from poor consumers?

Dear Purchasers,
I received Vacant Possession letter from the Developer, My Villa and also the Mah Sing appointed property manage, MS ICON Property Services Sdn Bhd asking for payment before handing over of keys. While the billing from the Developer is OK. Billing from the Property Manager which is a subsidiary of Mah Sing needs to be scrutinised. In my bill, beside asking for 4 months service charges and sinking fund, they also ask for (1) TNB Bulk Meter Deposit =Rm 515.00 (2) Sybas Bulk Meter Deposit= 156.32 and (3) Water Deposit Rm 150.

2. Should I pay for 2 TNB deposits( One paid earlier this year when we submitted in theapplication form for TNB meter to my unit and another one the TNB Bulk Meter) and 2 water meter deposits? Can any body give your opinion?

3. I check the S&P agreement Para 22 (1) and (2), my layman interpretation is that Purchaser only needs to pay 1 deposit for the installation of water and 1 deposit for the installation of electricity. Am I right or Am I wrong?

4. Para 22 reads as follow:-
" Para 22 Water, electricity, gaspiping, telephone trunking"
(1) "The Vendor shall, at its own cost and expense, lay or cause to be laid all necessary water, electricity and sewerage mains, gas piping(if any)and internal telephone trunking and cabling, to serve the said building and at its own costs and expense undertake to apply for connection of internal water, electricity, sanitary and gas installations (if any) of the said parcel to the water, electricity and sewage mains of the Appropriate Authority, and the gas mains of the relevant authority."
(2) "The Purchaser shall be liable for and shall pay, within fourteen days after the receipt of a notice requesting for payment from the Vendor, the deposits for the installation of water, electricity and gas meters and the Vendor shall bear all other costs, if any"

Can you also look into double deposits for water and electricity especially with reference to Para 22 of the Sale and Purchase agreement?

Thank you for your answer. We all know that no other Condo developer asks the owners to contribute for the payment of Bulk meters. But the Property Manager for Garden Plaza is demanding on behalf of the developer the payment for TNB Bulk Meter and Syabas Bulk Meter which add up to Rm 650 for a studio unit in addition to Rm 510 electricity deposit and Rm 150 water deposit.

They won't release the keys even if you have settled the final 12.5% plus 7.5% to stake holders and other items like quit rent, insurance, service charge and sinking fund.

I think if owners don't want to help the Developer to pay for capital expenditure, we need more owners to bantah. To me water Bulk meter is part of the main water supply system which is clearly the responsibility of the developer to provide at its own expenses. And I rang up TNB, they said they have never heard about TNB Bulk meters payment because all condo units have they own individual meters.