Common area facility management in an apartment society
An apartment society can be maintained well and kept clean with a good housekeeping staff. An apartment society can hire a manager in order to manage the housekeeping staff as it can be quite a tedious job.
Instruct the apartment members about the usage of the common areas:
The facility management can instruct the apartment owners about the usage of the common areas. In order to understand about sharing the common areas, an apartment owner should check the sale deed along with the construction agreement.
The role of a facility management in an apartment society:
- The facility management services are offered by firms which manage the housekeeping services in an apartment. The duties of a facility manager vary and depend on the kind of the industry. The management team in an apartment society is appointed for the maintenance and up-keeping of the common areas within the development. The managing committee ensures the common areas of the apartment society are maintained well.
- One of the prime responsibilities of a managing committee in an apartment society is to maintain the entire society of a residential apartment including the security services, amenity management and other related maintenance services.
Services managed by the managing committee:
- Security service
- Household maintenance
- Common area maintenance
- Phone assistants
- Help the residents in organising events.
Household maintenance includes various other services such as;
Electricity:
The managing committee will hire an electrician to take care of all the electrical problems in the apartment. Any related issues will be reported to the managing committee and will be resolved immediately.
Plumbing:
The managing committee will appoint a plumber to take care of the plumbing chores and will ensure that all plumbing issues are solved.
Housekeeping:
The managing committee appoints housekeeping staff to maintain all common areas clean.
Key factors of common areas in an apartment society:
Ensure access:
The apartment society should ensure that every apartment owner should have access to all the common areas in an apartment. In case an apartment owner has failed to pay the maintenance fee, the apartment association can debar the services to the particular owner.
Ensure the maintenance of commonality:
The apartment association should ensure that a co-owner should keep a portion of the common area just for himself/herself. In case the co-owner is violating the rules and is beyond the control, the apartment association can approach the court and seek injunction on his/her behalf.
Maintenance:
An apartment association/facility maintenance group should ensure that all the common areas are clean and hygienic. Every apartment owner is equally responsible in maintaining the common areas clean.
Demarcation:
An apartment owners association should ensure that the apartment owners enjoy the common facilities and that the areas are demarcated in certain portions as the common areas. If the areas are demarcated, the apartment owners will be compelled to obey the rules. The demarcation process should be carried on through mutual consent and cannot be done if an apartment owner disagrees.
