Sketches vs Plans vs Unit

Sketches vs Plans vs Unit

These are two posts that I had commented on at a forum that I was told about for Knightsbridge that is much more active than the one I had originally linked to at the side of this page.  These columns are the next major issue that buyers need to concern themselves with at all buildings.

This is the link for the forum in general: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=111954440

These comments are on a very interesting and disturbing possible development in the design of buildings and the impact for buyers and then owners on what they actually pay taxes and dues unless they challenge the area in their unit.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=111954440&postcount=1880

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Originally Posted by crhys update from my unit...they are seeking legal consultation for the 2 big columns that are supposedly to be charged to us in full...that's about 5sqm of unlivable space, which as it happens, FF/FF option also has to increase (wtf)...it's taking weeks to ask the engineering team to identify what kind of columns they are, and an additional few weeks to get an answer from their legal department. what is going on???

What has happened with this? I have heard about the column problem at KB. I had also seen a photo of a column in Azure in a kitchen area that was not pleasing to the Unit Owner. As I wrote in another post, I strongly suggest now that all Unit Owners keep sketches from ads for buyers, plans at turnover and that they all go to the city engineer's office for a copy of the unit plan from THE drawings and compare to the unit.

I would think that possible changes from the original government approved plans are not good. I also would have a problem with a sketch for buyers leaving out details from the plans with the city perhaps reappearing in the plan at turnover.

Yes, this type of matter needs legal advice after all the information is collected and reviewed.

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Originally Posted by astatine The columns are there in the layout shown to you prior to buying the unit right? Or were they not there before, and magically appeared in the actual turned over unit? I am interested in the outcome of this legal action... These condos design their layout such that the columns/risers are inside the unit and buyers pay for the space they take... They can also put these outside the unit, but this means more space they have to allocate for the hallways, which means more unpaid space, and thus condos don't do it.

This quote was the response to the columns that I could not stop thinking about when I just received a call from one of the many Unit Owners here at Soho Central who experience the endless problems. This column situation needs to be told to all potential buyers anyone comes into contact with. I wish Armando Ang would update his book with this and Valle Verde vs Africa with so much else on the condo situation.

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Yes, perhaps only Robert Lansing of the sci-fi film "4D Man" would be able to fully appreciate columns especially near the kitchen areas for increased space. I had the pleasure to meet him once in Los Angeles several years before his death. He may have enjoyed the space others cannot :))  Click to watch video at Youtube site.