Phuket developer faces residents' revolt, Consumer Protection Board over unpaid water bills 

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET: More than 300 residents of the Phanason Residence Phuket in Kathu filed a complaint with the Consumer Protection Board (CPB) yesterday (April 21) after receiving threats from the Phuket Provincial Water Authority that their water supply will be cut off due to outstanding bills.

 

Chayathip Jitlang, a legal representative of the Phuket Damrongdhama Centre* (Ombudmand's Office), confirmed that she received the complaint, however, she has requested that all residents give their consent for the resident representatives to deal with the complaint on their behalf.

 

One resident, Kitti Vinichsunon, said, “We found out two months ago that Phanason had not paid an outstanding bill for B20,000 (for Nov-Dec 2016) in relation to the water pumped onto the complex and that was the reason why the disconnection has been threatened.

 

“To get this matter resolved each resident agreed to pay B150 to cover the outstanding bill so that we would not be disconnected,” he said.

 

“We have now found out that we are in the same situation again. We cannot stand this situation anymore so we have put signs up around the complex which read; “Phanason is cheating, don’t buy. We warn you.”

 

“We hope by doing this and by lodging a complaint at the CPB that we will get the matter resolved,” he added.

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Unfortunately, this would not be the end of the issue. The bigger one would be in keeping the accounts of the Sinking Fund, and collection of common fees for the unsold stock...

What a bunch of Dingalings.

 

Take down the sign and sell your properties

 

 

ah the risk of owning or sub renting.  If the management company or developers or owners do not pay the bills that you have been giving them money to pay, what do you do?  Nobody ever seems to be accountable

How about electing another management company wouldn't that be a possibility 

9 hours ago, thhMan said:

What a bunch of Dingalings.

 

Take down the sign and sell your properties

 

 

To much bad publicity at the moment. Full value would not be achieved. 

20 hours ago, just.a.thought said:

How about electing another management company wouldn't that be a possibility 

Not sure if this is the case here, but in many newer condo projects, the developer controls the majority of the votes and the individuals who have purchased units have little to no say in how the place is managed. Especially true in those projects that sell mainly to foreigners (nearly all of the non-foreign quota units retained by the developer as rentals), or new projects where the developer holds the unsold units (but most likely doesn't pay the CAM fees for those units).

On 4/22/2017 at 5:45 PM, thhMan said:

What a bunch of Dingalings.

 

Take down the sign and sell your properties

 

 

Good luck! Who would want to buy an over priced shophouse that has management issues?