An abandoned housing project in Kampung Koskan Tambahan, Sungai Choh in Rawang will finally see some progress after it was left uncompleted 17 years ago, reported The Star.
This is because another developer, Grandmas Development Sdn Bhd, has signed an agreement with nearly 85 percent of the home buyers to construct the basic infrastructure for the residential development consisting of 43 single-storey bungalows.
Its Director Datuk Seri Lee Beng Tiong said the infrastructure costing around RM3.2 million will include road surfacing, water supply piping works, construction of drainage systems, a monsoon drain and a retention pond, as well as installation of street lights, electricity supply connections and a retaining wall.
The construction works is expected to take nine months to complete, and the proposal for the work was already submitted to Rawang assemblyman Gan Pei Nei and State Housing, Building, Management and Urban Living Committee chairman Datuk Iskandar Samad.
When the infrastructure is ready, it will be handed over to Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Hulu Selangor District Council and Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd.
“Upon completion, the house buyers can complete the construction of their properties at their own pace,” noted Lee Beng. Although the homes are 85 percent complete, some only have basic structures and stands in a dilapidated state.
“The house buyers would then have their house titles and have the option to sell the properties,” he added.
Originally, The Star reported in September 2014 that the home buyers need about RM30,000 to RM75,000 to complete each home depending on its condition.
The Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) also previously submitted proposals to the home buyers, but they did not agree to it, noted Gan.
“Last year, Grandmas Development Sdn Bhd came up with a proposal and most of the housebuyers agreed to it.”
“By the end of this month, we will hold a meeting with the developer, Datuk Iskandar Samad and housebuyers, added Gan, who had many meetings with the buyers since 2014 in an attempt to address the issue.
After this meeting, a recommendation would be made to the state government regarding the financing of the infrastructure.
“The state government should rescue this project as the project’s previous contractor was nominated by the state,” said one of the buyers, 66-year-old K. Patmanathan.
Furthermore, many of the buyers in the abandoned housing project are still paying their housing loans, noted Jeyaseelan Anthony, 52, Secretary of the Kampung Koskan Tambahan Expansion Project Housebuyers Action Committee.
Image sourced from The Star
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