THE Facebook page of the Consumers Association of Penang carried a report on Jan 5 titled “When professionals abuse their positions of trust”. It highlighted the case of an architect who had tried to help a developer to cheat buyers of their entitlement to liquidated ascertained damages (LAD) for late delivery of their housing units in Batu Maung, Penang.
The architect had issued the Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC) about two months before electricity supply was ready for connection, which is a mandatory requirement. What this means is the electric cables to houses must be “live” before the CCC can be issued so that immediately upon taking the keys from the developer, the owner can pay the deposit for electricity supply and get the meter installed. This was not the case as confirmed by Tenaga Nasional, hence the delivery of vacant possession was null and void.
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