Sentosa villa comes with serious flaws, says owner
Sep 16, 2013 - PropertyGuru.com.sg
The exclusive residential enclave of Sentosa Cove has been
rocked again by another complaint of shoddy construction work, this time at YTL
Group’s Sandy Island.
Just last week, it was reported that Ho Bee was being sued
by homeowners at The Coast at Sentosa Cove, for defects such as staircase
flooding and termite infestations.
Thio Keng They, the owner of a villa at Sandy Island,
claimed that the two-storey five-bedroom property he acquired for about S$14
million had some “serious” defects, media reports said.
He revealed that when he took possession of the 8,000 sq ft
bungalow in March 2012, it had water leakage in the living area, most of the
rooms, “gourmet kitchen” and basement garage. There were also defects on
bathroom doors and scratches on glass panes and the timber floor.
“I bought the house as I was told by the salesman that it
was of top quality and it was a nice development. What I discovered is that it
was not so,” said property investor Thio, who also served as former Deputy
Managing Director at Malaysia Dairy Industries.
“I was surprised and have never seen anything like this in
terms of the scale and extent of the defects. I'm more aggrieved by the
substantial defects such as the water ingress and bathroom doors,” he added.
He raised these concerns to YTL, which offered to pay
between S$110,000 and S$130,000 for enhancement works and S$20,000 to fix the
defects in December. However, he refused the offer saying it wasn’t enough.
“YTL wants to do the repairs but if they use the same
people, same materials and same methods, the problems will reappear,” Thio
said.
Meanhwhile, YTL said that it had promptly responded to
Thio's complaints.
“To the fullest extent possible, we have sought to
accommodate Mr Thio's requests even though we considered many, if not all to be
non-contractual...However, Mr Thio had imposed various conditions on us before
he would allow us to access the premises,” said a YTL spokesman.
“We stress that we have always remained ready, willing and
able to resolve all genuine defects.”
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Email: asianprimeproperties@gmail.com
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