The following points summarize the problems with the owner of apartment 122 on 22nd floor:
1. The owner is untrustworthy. He makes promises and undertakings which he does not keep. This includes providing plans and then deviating from those approved plans by removing load bearing wallls. This causes residents to complain to building management. Building management is criticized unfailry because it is the owner who fails to perform;
2. The owner has been told repeatedly to complete the renovations within a reasonable time. He has refused to attend to this over many years. This has caused ongoing problems to other residents and to building management;
3. The apartment has been left exposed to the weather. This places the entire tower at risk of water damage. Repeated appeals to seal the apartment against the weather have been ignored. Recemtly, this matter was again raised and the owner was instructed to attend to the taks urgently. The steps taken by the owner were incompetent and inadequate. When the storm struck last night, 7th June, particle boards were blown onto the sidewalk of Soi 24 and flooding occurred. Water flooded into the passage way and down the lift shaft. Water also flooded into apartment 117. This has caused significant damage to the floor of that apartment. Technicians were required to inspect the elevators for safety. It is expected that the apartment immediately below apartment 122 will suffer water damage.
4. The situation has become so bad that the residents and management will no longer tolerate this continuing. It is a matter of disrespect for the building, its residents and the rules governing renovations. Accordingly, the owner is required to comply with the following requirements. If this cooperation is not forthcoming, then the Juristic person, the property committee and building management will explore practical ways to force compliance at the expense of the owner.
Requirements
1. Urgently engage a professional contractor to seal the apartment from the weather. Complete this work within one week as a matter of safety and urgency. If the owner fails to achieve this, then the owner agrees that the building management may complete the work to seal the apartment and invoice the owner for the expense;
2. Within 14 days, provide to the building management a detailed schedule for the completion of the renovations within not more than three months together with proof that a contractor has been engaged to do the work. If this is not achieved, then further sanctions will be examined, which may include separate insurance and separate security and financial penalties for which the owner will have to pay.