Owner Feedback
Written by admin on December 26, 2007 – 3:59 pm
Calling all Danau Permai owners!
The Management Committee wants your feedback. We are working hard to improve your condo and would like you to tell us which are the areas you feel can be better, for example:
- Painting – what color
- Car Park – suggestions to create more spaces
- Bill Payment – can we serve you better?
- Facilities
- Maintenance – any area lacking?
Email your feedback to dpermai@gmail.com – please submit your feedback by 31 January 2008.
There should not be any construction during weekends [Sat and Sun]. I have called the guard house and complained several times on Sat. However this issue has not been resolved. The guards do not seem to understand english nor Bahasa Malay. This is block 6.
I own 2 units in blocks 6 and 8 and i go along with everybody’s comments on this forum . In particular i feel that Dr. Daniels, Laila and TK Lim’s suggestions on the repainting issue / property appreciation are very useful and should be taken into consideration. May we all be aware that repainting will have a major impact at multiple levels ( residents’ well being, property appreciation, etc ) ; it is a long awaited event and it will not occur again before many years. As such, choosing the right color(s) and paint quality is a serious decision .
My view is that neutral / earthy colors such as browns but also greens would age better, stain less and match the condo’s lush tropical gardens and landscape ; however there are so many of us with many different views so perhaps it would be good to get professional advice and expertise here from an architect or designer prior to making a decision. Being an outsider he / she will see with new eyes and bring in some fresh ideas . The best would be a computer 3-D simulation, digital pics simulation or similar showing the condo in a few color alternatives to be posted on the website for everyone’s review prior to voting . Is there a site where we can start posting pics / proposals ? an idea anyone ?
I just got keys to an unit in block 12 and I feel the paint job is much due. I was told that the walls would be repainted before purchasing the unit last July but until now I didn’t see anything is done about it. When is the re painting work suppose to commence? Besides the exterior wall of the building, is the contractor also going to paint the other common areas like the corridors and lobby?
Also, I realized that the lobby is dim and was told that a facelift to the lobby would be done soon. Can anyone tell me when is this taking place?
I agree on Nick’s suggestion on the 3D render. These pictures can be posted on this website and we all can make a vote. Having said that, i think this website is a very good initiative for open discussion and information. Keep up the good work but I hope that more people would take advantage of this site and participate. I’m not sure if residents/owners know about this website. Like for me, I just happen to stumble upon it when researching to purchase an unit.
i just got the key to 4 units, 6, 8, 10 ,12…
i believe 3D rendering is a good ideal. That need some volunteers with visual skills. For what i can gather it is NIL.
for more realistic approach. is to have the contractor to some sample color schemue by overlapping on the buidling photo.
BAsed on that…do a sample paint job at a lower floor. Then decide to proceed, amend or abort.
After going around the sites of the ongoing project. Let me provide a litte comments.
1) Link bridge….Good ideas but poor executions. Look at Block 6 and 8. the joinining of the old and new. it is far from seamless. You see a huge gutter where the old joint the new. This is totally unacceptable.
2) Pebbles on the pillars..Some of the jobs are done in a hurry..Cuci batu pun tak kau kau sikit. Some of the pebbles are not laid to the bottom . Amazingly poor or curi ayam workmanship.
3) Block 6 . a comptemporary design met with old balinese terracota…what a miss match all together. Should fire the designers.
Aluminium doors and jam are just too filsmsee esp. it is installed with a magnetic lock. The handle will most probably last for 2 weeks….The floor tiles are el-cheapo Jiangiang ceramic. (Better Niro used in Block 8). The choice of non-slippery floor title are aweful. It looks dirty all the time.
The choice of the cabinet..another horrible color and poor quality finishing. The choice od downlight…Another el-cheapo.
I believe the old lobby still nicer than the new.
I would also like to stress the importance of repainting. On first impressions it really does put people off. I think the new entrance areas look really impressive – however, I do feel the paint job should be top priority.
Can I also suggest that something be done about all the horrible satellite dishes. Would it be possible to put one master satellite dish on the roof then run cables down the outside of the building (in the corner by the balconies)? Once this work has been completed the old ones could be removed. This must make the new paint job easier and could, possibly, be done at the same time to reduce costs (for scaffolding etc…). Look across at One Dessa- It doesn’t look as if Astro has sponsored that condo!
I also think the management should be stricter on people making non-standard changes to the outside of the building. I notice that there are lots of badly positioned air con units and people are starting to change patio doors etc.. One or two doesn’t look too bad but when everyone does it, it looks really messy and depreciates value of the whole site.
I see plenty of nice condos in Malaysia which must have seriously dropped in value because on-one has kept up with maintenance. Keep up the good work management – if the new entrance hall is set to be the standard that DP is aiming for then I might just buy a place!
Earlier today (10 July 2009) I encountered some problems on the application of visitors’ parking with the management. I am made to understand that there is a requirement of not more than 2 nights per unit is allowed for visitors’ parking. I understand that such requirement is necessary to prevent abuse of our limited parking space and appreciate the management’s efforts in addressing the problem.
Previously, I have also applied for the annual rental for available parking lots for balloting. I have not received any replies (including written results of my application) despite my written applications submitted to the management. As such, I presume my application is not successful.
Notwithstanding that, the problem that I encountered is that once in every few months, I expect a certain visitor to stay overnight for 2 to 3 nights consecutive. As such, on such odd occasion whereby a third night is required, there will be no overnight parking for the third (3rd) night allowed. As a result, the only option I have will be to tell my visitor to park his car outside the condominium along the main road, which is unsafe considering I have experienced broken lock for my Malaysian-made car before from parking on the main road, not to mention the continental cars that my visitor typically drives. I believe it is also our intention as a community to be visitor friendly.
As such, may I propose in order to address such problem for the management to assess such applications on a case-by-case basis, as opposed to a blanket restriction on 2 over nights parking, as I believe there are many genuine applications which are not out to abuse the system. Alternatively, instead of a blanket restriction, extended overnight parking more than twice in the same week can be charged at a rate, say RM20 so as to curb abuse.
Recently, I have some time to walk around all four blocks in Danau Permai. I must admit, I am pretty impress with the current management committee in terms of cleaniness and landscaping. The repainting certainly improve the prestige of the condominium. Keep up the good work.
Agree with you Jason I also can see that much thing is start to improved now a day.