Building maintenance problems faced by the residents of apartments in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Nursyuhaida Kamaruzaman

This research articles examines the building maintenance problems that has been faced by the residents in apartment and the case study is taken placed at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with the objectives are to identify the building maintenance problems faced by the residents of apartments in Kuala Lumpur and to analyse the building maintenance problems faced by the residents of apartments in Kuala Lumpur. The research study focused and cover on the factors that has been determined including maintenance budget and cost, maintenance design, management teams of buildings, quality of building, technique and tools that can helped in maintenance and lastly maintenance routine. Questionnaire was distributed in residents of apartments in Ampang, Pandan and Gombak the East of Kuala Lumpur and with 162 responded. The finding of this research is the most problem that occur is the lift condition in the residential apartment and most of the category of the problems is from the maintenance routine.