Luqman's musings

  The lawyer for the developer, Topwira Corporation Sdn. Bhd. wrote to Persatuan Arkitek Malaysia Sabah Chapter (PAM) a letter with disinformation. This letter was then forwarded to PAM Malaysia. PAM did not write to me to verify the authenticity of the contents of the letter. When I received a copy of the letter from Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia at the end of March 2023, I wrote two emails to the lawyer asking him to explain the wrong information given but have yet to receive a reply.  Are lawyers allowed to write such disinformation and get away with it? Here are my emails to the lawyer.

  On 15.12.2022, I handed a complaint letter together with the As-built Survey, Original Development Plan and Amended Development Plan as well as my explanation of the discrepancy to Lembaga Jurukur Sabah (Sabah Surveyors Board).   It is now more than 5 months and the answer I got from them is that the investigation has not been completed.   I don’t understand why it take such a long time to do a simple examination. My main complaint is that the As-built- survey plan does not reconcile with the on-site situation.   Why isn’t the investigation not completed even after 5 months? What is there to investigate?   A Survey Department should be able to get a licenced surveyor to survey a few points and determine if the as-built survey plan submitted to obtain the Occupancy Certificate is correct.   Here are the correspondences between me and Lembaga Jurukur Sabah.

When I received the water bills for  my son's house at S9 Vistana Heights I informed the developer that there must be a leak in the water pipe.The developer ignored my emails. Here is an extract of part of my complaint letter to DBKK: ‘Complaints on house no 15 (S9) specifically and construction at Vistana Heights, Ira Manis, in general’ dated 10.10.2022 which was copied to the developer, Zaidun Leeng, Architect LYS, PAM Sabah, and IEM Sabah. Sometime in July 2022, I received the water bill for the whole period from the time the keys were given to me in December 2019. I studied the water bill and found the water usage and charges to be too high and decided to check with the Water Department. The officers there said that it is not their responsibility as the water is managed by the management of Vistana Heights. I hope it is a faulty water meter that continues running even when there is no supply of water into the house. Another reason could be a leak in the pipe which could pos