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Legal way to charge maintenance for flat system wher all with different sizes
1 year ago
My question here is we live in Ahmedabad apartment name is sukriti garden where we have four different types of flats ranging from 165 square yard to105 square yard my question is how can we calculate the maintenance and other expenses if occurs wearing few flat honors have joined vertical apartments and you have joined horizontally apartments with having single apartment number text will single light bill single then how one should pay the charges for the maintenance and other expenses.
A.Dear Sir,
Popular methods of calculating Maintenance charges
There are two common ways in which each housing society can decide the service charges for each member. The society is free to choose the design that suits their respective needs. The two popular methods used to calculate maintenance charges are:
Flat Wise: Flat wise service charge module calculates sum or total maintenance charge to be incurred by the society and divides equally among all flat owners irrespective of the size of the flat. This method brings a sense of fairness to each flat owner and society resident. This method is best adopted in housing societies where each flat is of the same size.
Area Wise: Under the Area Wise maintenance charge method, the total costs incurred by the society are charged according to the area in terms of per square feet owned by each member. The common areas are divided equally using a fixed rate while flats are calculated depending on the size of the apartment. For example, If acrate is Rs. 2/sqt then for 1000 sqft flats it is Rs 2000/per month and for 1500 sqft flat it is Rs 3000/per month.
Understanding Maintenance Charge Calculations
Housing societies have the option of charging their maintenance charges in either per square feet or per flat basis. Regulations in most states are not clear, but the model bye-laws of MOFA provide a simple solution. As per the Act, each housing society must follow a combination of per sq ft and per flat for various heads. There are however some exceptions as Co-operative Housing Socities (CHS) are not allowed to levy maintenance charges based on the area of flat of members under MOFA. This was clearly mentioned in the judgment following a writ Petition of Venus CHS Ltd and another, when the cooperative housing society wanted to switched from flat-wise monthly charges to area-wise monthly charges.
Popular methods of calculating Maintenance charges
There are two common ways in which each housing society can decide the service charges for each member. The society is free to choose the design that suits their respective needs. The two popular methods used to calculate maintenance charges are:
Flat Wise: Flat wise service charge module calculates sum or total maintenance charge to be incurred by the society and divides equally among all flat owners irrespective of the size of the flat. This method brings a sense of fairness to each flat owner and society resident. This method is best adopted in housing societies where each flat is of the same size.
Area Wise: Under the Area Wise maintenance charge method, the total costs incurred by the society are charged according to the area in terms of per square feet owned by each member. The common areas are divided equally using a fixed rate while flats are calculated depending on the size of the apartment. For example, If acrate is Rs. 2/sqt then for 1000 sqft flats it is Rs 2000/per month and for 1500 sqft flat it is Rs 3000/per month.
Understanding Maintenance Charge Calculations
Housing societies have the option of charging their maintenance charges in either per square feet or per flat basis. Regulations in most states are not clear, but the model bye-laws of MOFA provide a simple solution. As per the Act, each housing society must follow a combination of per sq ft and per flat for various heads. There are however some exceptions as Co-operative Housing Socities (CHS) are not allowed to levy maintenance charges based on the area of flat of members under MOFA. This was clearly mentioned in the judgment following a writ Petition of Venus CHS Ltd and another, when the cooperative housing society wanted to switched from flat-wise monthly charges to area-wise monthly charges.
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A.Dear Client
Such kind of questions can very well be answered by the byelaws of the society/association if the rules are already there or else you will need to amend the rules. The usual practice everywhere is that depending on the area of one unit of flat. Hence two flats are joined then it should be calculated for two units of flat regardless of horizontal or vertical.
Such kind of questions can very well be answered by the byelaws of the society/association if the rules are already there or else you will need to amend the rules. The usual practice everywhere is that depending on the area of one unit of flat. Hence two flats are joined then it should be calculated for two units of flat regardless of horizontal or vertical.
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