News about Strata Management Act 2013

  PETALING JAYA (Nov 14): Developers and property managers who participated in the EdgeProp.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 14): The Strata Management Act 2013 acts as a guide in preventing and resolving problems, but what's really required in strata living is common sense, said Chur Associates founder and managing partner Chris Tan.

If you have an inter-floor leakage issue in your unit, you can rest assured that you are not alone because it is one of the biggest problems faced by high-rise building dwellers.

The most common problem faced by strata managements is owners who stubbornly refuse to pay up their maintenance fees.

根据在2015年开始实行的2013年分层管理法令（SMA 2013），一名分层产业的业主必须支付每个月的管理费或服务费给共管机构（JMB）或管理机构（MC），让后者将这些资金用来管理和维护建筑物内的共用空间和财产。 除此，业主也必须支付一笔储备基金，而这笔基金一般上是所有费用的10%。 Chur Associates管理伙伴Chris Tan指出，这笔储备基金是用来应付日后突然出、且比平常管理费更昂贵的开支，例如油漆和翻新内部共用设施等。 对此，很多业主认为本身给的管理费很贵，但究竟多少的管理费才是真的太贵了呢？而这笔管理费又是如何计算，当中有没有什么方程式或指引？ 在SMA 2013和1985年分层地契法令底下，一个住宅或商用单位在法律意义上被称为一个区块（parcel），而每一个区块在分层地契法令底下都有一个以整数呈现的份额数值（share value）。 大马Burgess Rawson董事经理Wong Kok Soo解释道，在2015年分层地契条例的第四附表中，列明了一个计算份额单位（share unit）和管理费的标准公式（见Table A）。 管理费到底用来支付什么开销？ Bangsar最早期的公寓之一Sri Penaga的管理机构主席 Khaw Chay Tee向EdgeProp.

A property, no matter how great-looking it is, is only as good as its management and maintenance.

Questions from the audience at the EdgeProp.

Recent news of service and maintenance fee defaulters having their belongings seized or auctioned off should be a wake-up call to stubborn defaulters.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 4): Developers are finding it difficult to comply with the requirement under the country’s stata management laws, such as the Strata Management Act 2013 (SMA), to submit the number of share units in a development when submitting their strata plans to the authorities.

Once you buy a strata property, the value of your property is unwittingly bound to the overall management of the whole development.