Flat buyers are shocked when the developer told them to pay an extra RM28,000 for a parking lot and RM54,000 to install kitchen cabinets, apart from the RM72,000 in the affordable housing scheme in Penang.
GEORGE TOWN : Buyers of low-medium cost flats under the affordable home scheme in Penang are feeling cheated by the state government for imposing extra charges for parking lots and kitchen cabinets.
The buyers said they were shocked when the developer told them to pay an extra RM28,000 for a parking lot and RM54,000 to install kitchen cabinets, apart from the RM72,000 for a flat in Bukit Gegulor.
A group of 10 buyers, holding placards and banners, protested outside the state government’s office in Komtar this morning urging state housing committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo to look into the matter.
One buyer even knelt outside the office pleading for chief minister Lim Guan Eng to intervene to solve the matter.
The group’s spokesman, Muhd Amir Abdul Kadir, handed a letter to the state government’s officer-in-charge during the two-hour demonstration.
The 31-storey apartments, comprising 780 units, is located near SK Bukit Gelugor.
Norlida Masturo, 44, who was close to tears, said she could not afford the extra charges.
“How can we afford these extra charges for a RM72,500 unit? ” she asked.
She said the developer told the buyers that the RM28,500 was for a parking lot while another RM54,000 was for an “upgrade package” which included the installation of kitchen cabinets and tiling.
Jagdeep said he would meet the developer soon to get a clearer picture.
“If it is true then the developer will be taken to task.
“I don’t want the buyers to feel that they had been taken for a ride and start blaming the state government,” he added.
Last December, Jagdeep told the press that the land office would monitor, control and enforce the state government’s latest regulations to restrict sale of properties, including low-medium cost flats.
Jagdeep, who is in charge of housing, town and country portfolios, said the state government would also explore ways and means to improve the regulations from time to time.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng announced recently that the new housing regulations on land and property sales and purchase agreements would take effect on Feb 1.
The rules were intended to curb the property bubble, price speculation and ensure affordable homes to Penangites, especially first-time buyers.
The new rules include a five-year moratorium for affordable homes bought below RM400,000 on the island and RM250,000 on the mainland, and a 10-year moratorium for low and low-medium cost housing units priced up to RM72,500.
GEORGE TOWN : Buyers of low-medium cost flats under the affordable home scheme in Penang are feeling cheated by the state government for imposing extra charges for parking lots and kitchen cabinets.The buyers said they were shocked when the developer told them to pay an extra RM28,000 for a parking lot and RM54,000 to install kitchen cabinets, apart from the RM72,000 for a flat in Bukit Gegulor.
A group of 10 buyers, holding placards and banners, protested outside the state government’s office in Komtar this morning urging state housing committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo to look into the matter.
One buyer even knelt outside the office pleading for chief minister Lim Guan Eng to intervene to solve the matter.
The group’s spokesman, Muhd Amir Abdul Kadir, handed a letter to the state government’s officer-in-charge during the two-hour demonstration.
The 31-storey apartments, comprising 780 units, is located near SK Bukit Gelugor.
Norlida Masturo, 44, who was close to tears, said she could not afford the extra charges.
“How can we afford these extra charges for a RM72,500 unit? ” she asked.
She said the developer told the buyers that the RM28,500 was for a parking lot while another RM54,000 was for an “upgrade package” which included the installation of kitchen cabinets and tiling.Jagdeep said he would meet the developer soon to get a clearer picture.
“If it is true then the developer will be taken to task.
“I don’t want the buyers to feel that they had been taken for a ride and start blaming the state government,” he added.
Last December, Jagdeep told the press that the land office would monitor, control and enforce the state government’s latest regulations to restrict sale of properties, including low-medium cost flats.
Jagdeep, who is in charge of housing, town and country portfolios, said the state government would also explore ways and means to improve the regulations from time to time.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng announced recently that the new housing regulations on land and property sales and purchase agreements would take effect on Feb 1.
The rules were intended to curb the property bubble, price speculation and ensure affordable homes to Penangites, especially first-time buyers.
The new rules include a five-year moratorium for affordable homes bought below RM400,000 on the island and RM250,000 on the mainland, and a 10-year moratorium for low and low-medium cost housing units priced up to RM72,500.
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