A property consultant has lauded a pilot project on sustainable restoration methods of heritage buildings as a step in the right direction, reported Malay Mail Online.
Notably, The George Town World Heritage Incorporated’s (GTWHI) pilot project with Ng Fook Thong Cantonese Districts Association will explore ways to help heritage building owners, especially those located in world heritage city, restore their buildings in a simpler and cost-effective manner while still adhering to requirements.
“After 10 years of these owners facing hindrances to restoring their heritage buildings with heritage activists dictating the restoration process, this is a move forward to help these owners,” said property consultant Michael Geh.
Over the last 10 years, he revealed that he has heard a lot about the problems faced by heritage building owners who want to restore their buildings.
“They were faced with hindrances in the form of heritage guidelines and they were not given simple, straight-forward answers on what to do.”
For 10 years, many heritage building owners were at a loss on how they would restore their buildings, resulting to “10 years of dilapidation and dereliction to a lot of the inner city houses”.
With this, local heritage building owners were forced to sell their properties to others, including foreigners over the past three to five years.
But with the pilot project, heritage building owners can now restore their properties affordably and sustainably.
“A lot of heritage building owners are facing problems in restoring their buildings so we have to look at proactive ways to resolve this issue,” said Ang Ming Chee, general manager at GTWHI.
<em>Radin Ghazali, Content Writer at PropertyGuru, edited this story. To contact her about this or other stories email radin@propertyguru.com.my</em>
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