advisable for you to turn on water in bathroom. there is some cases where bathroom leakage spill to downstair's hall and room.

yes, shud be desperate sell. I received many offer for 470K mid of last year which i don't bother. besides, 450K could be the one facing west which is cheaper compare to other direction.

I have one but I can tell you, it's pricey. So better I don't offer you now.

Not only in MR1. As far as I know, few other housing area also suffer this issue.

Standard reno or extensive reno? If you go to MPS, they will guide u to Architect Company. Pay the Architect company and the company will handle the Deposit and Permit. Here is the step that i involved last time 5 years ago. Not sure whether the procedure still same.

1. Go to MPS
2. Get Architect Contact and Location
3. Meet up with Architect and inform the architect of your reno. (advisable for you to bring your property plan)
4. Submit related documents + photo to architect
5. Wait for Drawing to complete (if you have the drawing from developer in softcopy, it will shorten the architect drawing time)
6. Once drawing completed, pay the full amount
7. Architect submit to MPS
8. If Plan rejected, architect will revise the plan (usually approve)
9. Once approved, go to Architect office to collect the Permit.
10. Paste the Permit in front of your house and you may start reno now.

I paid RM 2,000 back in 2011. Cost include, drawing, reno plan, MPS Deposit, Permit and etc. I'm not sure the cost now. But it's better you estimate RM 3,000 + GST.

I'm not sure about that. But if the Architect is not MPS Panel, they can't draw and submit to MPS. The Architect Firm has to be MPS Panel. Therefore, it is advisable for you to have a visit to MPS office to check with them and get the Contact for the Panel Architect.

Yes. But that also "if" you follow the plan and reno according to rules and regulation setfort. If you tend to deviate a bit, then it will take a longer time to get back ur deposit. What i suggest is to use the Deposit to pay for Tong Roro. Tong Roro is the bin to contain the reno waste. Each tong (depending on size) has different cost. MPS has it's panel for tong roro provider. They will claim the amount from MPS which offset again ur deposit. Do check this out with the Architect. Last time my architect advise me that way because my reno deviate a lot from the Plan. so, i didn't go back to MPS to claim back the Deposit.

Yes, you can treat it as normal deposit. But if your reno doesn't match the plan/drawing, then u can't get refund of your deposit until u rectify it.

That's normal. Cos Agent got the offering price from Buyer. And buyer think property bubble. So they can buy at lower price. The price of 450K was offered to me last year. which i ignore. Market is tough. But i don't think i need to sell it now. I usually take the price diff between my expected and current offering. Then, divide by my monthly installment. that's how long i can withstand without renting out.

I think the price went up to average of 500K-530K depending on facing. Some facing west will have cheaper price cos majority dislike facing west. i use the following website, Brickz.my to monitor the transacted price and i average it out.

if you are desperate to sell, 470-480K still can sell. If you are ok to hold, then slowly get genuine buyer.

i use the swimming pool every weekend. Not bad. my kids enjoyed it. The vending machine selling soft drinks are affordable. my only concern is, how to control non-resident from using the facilities. It seems like you can just walk in and simply write down any address. The guard not checking the details and they don't have source of information to cross reference check. so, it's Mah Sing who is to blame for this loop hole. Hope this is for temporary only. I don't want it to be another Tanco ClubHouse in BCH. Close shop.

I don't blame the guard cos they do no have a source to refer to. MS should prepare a system or show the Resident Card for verification. Anyway, i think MS might implement it later.

i see. Q3 and Q4 last year is slow. But earlier this year, the sales pickup. 3 weeks ago, agent enquire my unit availability at RM 500K. I rejected it. Anyway, all the best to you. If you are buyer on 1st launch, you'll get substantial profit which is just nice. My 2 cents.