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ThissectionpresentsacasestudyoftworesidentialstratadevelopmentsinSingapore–referredtohereas“StrataDevelopmentA”and“StrataDevelopmentB”.Thecasestudyprovidesinsightsintothetwodevelopments’choiceofpropertymanagementsystemanditsimplications.
BasedoninterviewswiththepropertymanagerandManagingAgentofthetwodevelopments,thedifferentpropertymanagementsystemsareexaminedtoestablishhowappropriateandsuitabletheyareforeachstratadevelopment.Theseprovidevaluablelessonsforotherresidentialstratadevelopmentsontheimplicationsofeachpropertymanagementsystem.
Choiceofresidentialstratadevelopmentsforcasestudy
Thetwodevelopmentswereselectedforthecasestudybasedonthefollowingcriteria:
Location:
ThetwostratdevelopmentsarelocatedincloseproximitytoeachotherinaprimeresidentialareainSingapore.Assuchtheysharesimilarlocationalattributeslikedistancetoamenitiesandaccesstopublictransport.
Age:
TheconstructionofthetwostratadevelopmentswerecompletedaroundthesametimeStrataDevelopmentAin1977andStrataDevelopmentBin1979.Theimplicationoftheageofthestratadevelopmentsisthatitprovidesagoodcomparisonwithregardtothephysicaldeteriorationandtheextentofupkeepandmaintenancerequiredforbothofthestratadevelopments.
Tenure:
Thetwostratadevelopmentssharesimilartenures–bothhold999-yearleaseholdtitles.
Differentmanagementsystems:
StrataDevelopmentAhasalwaysemployedanin-housemanagementteamfortheirstratadevelopment,whileStrataDevelopmentBhasalwaysemployedaManagingAgenttomanagetheirstratadevelopment.
Dataavailability:
TheChairsoftheManagementCouncilsaswellasboththepropertymanagerandManagingAgentofbothstratadevelopmentswereresponsiveandforthcomingwithregardstotheinformationrequiredforthisstudy.
StratadevelopmentA
StrataDevelopmentAisaresidentialstratadevelopmentwithinaprimeresidentialarea.Thedevelopmentconsistsof470unitswhichinclude38townhousesandsixshophouseswiththerestoftheunitsbuiltintofivehigh-risetowerblocks.Thetenureofthepropertyis999yearsleasehold.Sincethedevelopmentwascompletedin1977,ithasemployedanin-housemanagementteamtooverseeitspropertyandfacilitymanagementneeds.
Therewasjustonetime–arelativelybriefperiodofaboutsixmonths–whenaManagingAgentwasengagedasaconsultant:
thiswaswhenthestratadevelopmentwasseekinganewpropertymanager.EventhentheManagingAgentwasneverinvolvedinthelineofauthorityoftheManagementCouncilorofthein-housemanagementteam.RathertheroleoftheappointedManagingAgentwasmerelytoactasaconsultantonanyissuestheManagementCouncilorpropertymanagermayhaveencounteredinthemanagementofthestratadevelopmentduringtheinterim.
Thein-housemanagementteamforStrataDevelopmentAcomprisesof28staffmembers.ThepropertymanageracknowledgesthatitisrareforaresidentialstratadevelopmentinSingaporetoemployanin-housemanagementteamofthissize.Thepropertymanagerheadstheteamallofwhomareunderthedirectpayrollofthedevelopment’sManagementCorporationFigure3.
ThepropertymanagerwhoholdsaPolytechnicDiplomainPropertyManagementisassistedbyapropertyofficerachiefsecurityofficeranadministrativeofficerandtwoaccountsofficers.Inadditionthepropertyofficerleadsateamofsixmaintenancestaffthattakecareofthedailyphysicalmaintenanceofthestratadevelopmentincludingtheperiodicservicingofthestratadevelopment’swatertanksandpumpsandreplacementandrepairofanyfaultyelectricaldevices.Thechiefsecurityofficerleadsateamofsixteensecurityguardswhosejobincludesthemanningofthedevelopment’sthreeentry-exitpointsandthepatrollingofthestratadevelopmenttoensurethesafetyoftheresidentsinthestratadevelopment.Theonlyaspectoftherunningofthestratadevelopmentwhichisnothandledbythein-housemanagementteamiscleaningandwastedisposalwhichissub-contractedtoanexternalcleaning2company.
ByhavingtheentireteamunderthedirectemploymentoftheManagementCorporationtheissueofcommandandcontrolismoreefficaciousaswhencomparedtothesituationifthestratadevelopmentwasrunbyaManagingAgent.Byhavingallthestaffreporttohimthepropertymanagerhasabettergraspoftheday-to-dayhappeningsinthestratadevelopment.Withthisoverviewheisabletorespondmorequicklytosituationsoremergenciesthatarise.
Thepropertymanageralsopointedoutthatinhisexperienceatthedevelopmentbeyondthephysicalaspectsofrunninganin-housemanagementteam,hehasfoundthat