Asked by Ahmad Amzar Khairun Anuar
Hi, I recently bought an old unit from developer, which doesn't have warranty. It was completed in 2016 but the developer couldn't sell it at that time, so they opened it up for sale last year.
While I have no issue in rectifying defects here and there, recently I discovered a CONSTRUCTION MISTAKE:
There's a water tank overflow pipe which came down to my 3rd floor bathroom. However, instead of having an outlet into the shower area (which will allow any water tank overflow to go to shower floor trap), the overflow pipe ended behind the shower tile. Which resulted in the overflow water blocked in the pipe. Other units have their own outlet into the shower.
Somehow, there was a leak at the pipe's end, hence the overflow water then accumulated in the box up and wall. This affected not only my unit but also my neighbour. Nobody knows how long this has been going on, but my neighbour began to have the water seeping issue 2 months before I got the notice of VP.
While in the SPA it is mentioned that my purchase is "as is basis", this is something any buyer wouldn't have expected. There's however a clause on risk, which mentioned that all risk shall be under the developer's responsibility until VP. As this issue happened before the VP, is it possible to use it and put the responsibility back to the developer?
As I said, I am ok with the wear and tear etc, but not a construction mistake.
Appreciate your advice on this.
Thanks!
While I have no issue in rectifying defects here and there, recently I discovered a CONSTRUCTION MISTAKE:
There's a water tank overflow pipe which came down to my 3rd floor bathroom. However, instead of having an outlet into the shower area (which will allow any water tank overflow to go to shower floor trap), the overflow pipe ended behind the shower tile. Which resulted in the overflow water blocked in the pipe. Other units have their own outlet into the shower.
Somehow, there was a leak at the pipe's end, hence the overflow water then accumulated in the box up and wall. This affected not only my unit but also my neighbour. Nobody knows how long this has been going on, but my neighbour began to have the water seeping issue 2 months before I got the notice of VP.
While in the SPA it is mentioned that my purchase is "as is basis", this is something any buyer wouldn't have expected. There's however a clause on risk, which mentioned that all risk shall be under the developer's responsibility until VP. As this issue happened before the VP, is it possible to use it and put the responsibility back to the developer?
As I said, I am ok with the wear and tear etc, but not a construction mistake.
Appreciate your advice on this.
Thanks!
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