Budget 2010: The Property Gain Tax.

My comment to 1malaysia website on the budget:

salam,
terima kasih kerana mengembalikan semula "property gain tax" dalam bajet 2010.
Saya harap pihak kerajaan boleh memperketatkan lagi cukai dan undang2 untuk mengurangkan kegiatan pihak2 ini dalam membeli rumah baru untuk tujuan pelaburan. Ia menyebabkan ramai "genuine buyer" tidak dapat membeli rumah impian mereka terutama dikalangan pemaju2 yang mempunyai rekod baik. ini kerana toyol toyol ini telah dengan cepat membeli rumah2 ini lantas mengeluarkan ia dari pasaran hanya untuk menjualnya kemudian dengan harga yang lebih tinggi.

Mungkin kerajaan boleh menghalang seseorang dari membeli rumah baru lebih dari 3 atau 4 kali dalam masa lima tahun. mereka bebas untuk membeli rumah-rumah "second hand" sebanyak mana yang mereka hendak. tetapi rumah yang baru dilancarkan dan masih dalam pembinaan tidak boleh mereka beli lebih dari 2 atau 3 unit.. jualan untuk rumah2 baru ini boleh dibuka semua kepada "profiteer" ini setelah satu tahun dari tarikh ia dilancarkan (untuk memastikan pemaju tidak rugi jika tiada pembeli).
Ini untuk memberi peluang kepada "genuine buyer" untuk membeli rumah impian mereka.

Harap ia mendapat perhatian.

-- note: I mean 2 or 3 units limitation is not for the same development project, but for the entire country. if there are genuine buyer, then they can apply for exemption.

Muhibbah Apartment design for one malaysia

I had lived in an apartment before, and now had happily moving out into a terrace house. there are quite few limitations that I could see living in an apartment complex.

One of those are lack of socializing areas for people to chat around with their neighbors or to host a simple party/kenduri.

I had come out with a design that I see could foster better neighborhood.

In this design each block would have few housing levels.

in each housing levels, there will be one row of the upper and lower apartment units. these apartment units are linked to the common areas in the middle of each level.

the lift (missing in the video) will stop at each lower level houses ,  and those on the upper level houses might need to use staircase or possibly a small ramp .

This design are to foster good relationship among neighbors as each block could have thir own residence association,which then have multiple section based on the "level"

The common area is the the key for the design, in which they could play simple sport such as badminton or to conduct simple party or kenduri.

Each level would have to handle their own cleaning up maintenance at the common area.

Further design should include parking lots located adjacent to each levels, in which the tenant can drive their vehicles upthe parking lot and park at the same level as their homes.

Having four such blocks connected to multi-storey parking lots in the middle ( configuration which looks like a four pointed star if looked from above)  might  reduce costs for the whole complex, such as elevators which could be shared among all four blocks. 

the elevators would also make less stops since the block have only four (two-storey) levels.

Added facilities such as rubbish chute for each floor could be an added advantage.

to visualize the block design. you could view the animation that I did using google skethup below.

or you could view them at youtube