The management office recently claimed that the municipal council of Sepang requires that all residents who plan to do any modifications to the existing units will require permission from the council at a permit fee of RM 110 plus stamp duty. This permit will allow the owner to perform any sort of modifications/renovations in their unit for 1 year. It seems that even minor renovations as small as kitchen cabinet and plaster ceiling will require this permit.
I believe a lot of owners complain about it and question about the authenticity of this change in ruling. As a result of this, the management office has put up a letter from the Sepang municipal council on the matter. However, in the letter nowhere does it mention what kind of renovation requires the municipal council permit. It only mention that the building owners have to follow some obscure Akta Jalan, Parit and Bangunan 1974 ruling. When asked further, the management office will just say that "This is a strata title unit, you have to follow some newly minted strata title act"
At the moment, the only way to avoid this is to just mention that your kitchen cabinet, plaster ceiling do not require wall plugs and wall drillings, they using 3M double sided tape to stick. As for grills, inform that the grills are bolt on grills.
