Understanding the Apartment Maintenance Charge
Having decided to live in an apartment means you have proper knowledge about just anything about it. You must know how much your monthly expenses besides the buying or renting price, such as building maintenance charge.
This maintenance charge usually covers many things. So yes, you just need to pay one charge/month (some apartments have six-months payment policy). What are these things? Let’s see!
Service Charge
As its name implies, this charge is designed to pay the apartment employees; from security, cleaning, maintenance, to care who provide services for us who live in the apartment.
Building & Environment Maintenance (IPL/ Iuran Pemeliharaan Lingkungan)
This particular charge is for operational things in the apartment, such as light and electricity in the hallways. That is, the shared things used for all the resident. This includes the swimming pool cleaning and other facilities.
Sinking Fund
This one is for “garbage department”. Well, you definitely don’t want to see a piled garbage in your room, do you? Yes. This charge is designed for this purpose.
Cable TV Charge
Some apartments include cable TV cost as one of the maintenance charge. They usually have some kind of partnership with particular cable TV provider. Well, an interesting facility, of course.
Electricity, Water, and Parking Charge
It’s rare, but there also apartments that include the electricity and water bill into the building maintenance charge. Actually, it’s so much simpler if it’s all wrapped into one, isn’t it? However, most apartments separate this cost.
In general, apartment building maintenance charge is counted per meter. The amount is calculated based on the total operational costs & object maintenance, area & joint land as a whole, divided by the total area of the whole unit. After getting its result, each unit will then be charged by multiplying it with the wide of the owned unit.
Well, if you’ve understood that nitty-gritty of the building maintenance, let’s immediately slid into Kemang Apartment to choose the perfect unit for you. It’s a convenient, easy to reach, and not far from the center of the city and perfectly fits your need as a student or worker.
