Home buyer in a spot
The Star 21/10/2005

KAVITHA’s dream house in Batu Caves is completed, but she’s still waiting for the keys.

She wants to know what is delaying Sunway Mas Sdn Bhd from handing over the keys.

“The project was completed in June, and we were promised that the keys would be given to us in August. We have yet to receive them,” she says, adding that she bought the house in June 2003.

The delay has put KAVITHA in a spot as she had sold the house she is presently staying in because she could not afford to settle two housing loans.

She claims that she had contacted the project manager many times, and was told that the company was still waiting for the approval from Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) before issuing the the Certificate of Fitness (CF).

“How long does it take to approve this?” she asks.

* A Sunway Mas Sdn Bhd spokesman says that except for Syabas, they have received all the approvals for the CF.

He says that, as the developer, they have complied with all the requirement set by Syabas.

“We have also asked for temporary water supply but there was no reply from them,” he says, adding that the developer is also affected by the delay.

Syabas Corporate Affairs senior manager Abdul Halem Mat Som explains that the delay is to allow them to study the technical aspects of the area.

“Nevertheless, on Oct 14, we wrote to the developer that we would approve the temporary water supply application for the area provided that they comply with the conditions and requirements imposed,” he says.