Tribunal orders contractor to pay houseowner RM17,000
Wednesday, 26 Jun 2019
by zazali musa
JOHOR BARU: Moving into a new house is everyone’s dream but the dream could turn into a nightmare for some people.
Sales executive Azlaili Abd Aziz said she had paid about RM80,000 to a contractor to renovate her RM800,000 cluster house in Taman Kota Masai near Pasir Gudang.
“The money spent on the renovations is not worth it,’’ she said when met at the Johor Baru Consumer Claims Tribunal in Menara Ansar here.
Azlaili said the works started on March 3 and was completed on Aug 31 last year, with her family moving in a month later.
“When confronted, the contractor claimed there was nothing wrong with the workmanship,’’ she said, adding that only two workers carried out the renovation works.
Azlaili is claiming RM17,000 from the contractor from the total renovations cost and Consumer Claims Tribunal president Khairul Azreem ordered the contractor to pay the claimant the sum within 30 days.
In a separate case, businessmen Tan Cheong Yee wants a watch repairman to return the RM1,500 paid to him as the latter had failed to do the job.
The claimant said in November 2017, he had given his RM8,000 watch to the repairman and paid him RM1,500 to make it work again.
“Upon collecting it, I found that it was still not in working condition.
“When I asked him back for my money, he refused and claimed the money had been used to buy the parts for the repair works in Singapore,’’ he said, adding that the repairman had kept his watch for about a year.“I had to send the watch to an authorised dealer in Kuala Lumpur and paid RM4,000 for the repair,’’ he said.
“I went to see the repairman about 10 times last year asking him to return the RM1,500 but as he refused I filed a case with the Consumer Claims Tribunal.
Khairul ordered the respondent to return the RM1,500 to Tan within 14 days.
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2019/06/26/tribunal-orders-contractor-to-pay-houseowner-rm17000/#WTfsWjjO5UKIjptJ.99
