SEREMBAN – Buyers of the Bandar Ekar PR1MA Malaysia houses in Rantau here have been waiting for three years to see the project ready before it was abandoned, but now they can look forward to moving into their new homes set to be completed by September next year.
Hamidi Shamsuddin, 36, who bought a house when the project was launched in 2017, said he was grateful for the news as his efforts and that of other buyers in fighting for their rights finally paid off.
He said the buyers were initially promised by the developer that the housing project would be ready in two years.
“The project was supposed to be completed in January 2019, but was delayed due to unknown problems. As buyers, we are worried because we have been making payments for the houses every month, but it was not ready as promised.
“However, in 2018, the house buyers got together to approach and deal with the relevant parties ourselves, including the PR1MA office, Housing and Local Government Ministry and Public Sector Housing Financing Board to solve the issue,” he said when met at the Bandar Ekar PR1MA housing project site.
He thanked Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin, Rantau assemblyman Datuk Seri Mohamad Hassan and Rembau member of parliament Khairy Jamaluddin for their help getting the housing project revived.
The Bandar Ekar PR1MA project involves the development of 776 housing units, comprising one and a half-storey houses (210 units) and two-storey houses (566 units), with 80% of the houses sold.
As of last year, only 60% of the houses were ready.
The buyers of the houses are mostly Negri Sembilan civil servants. – Bernama, December 5, 2020
