WE THANK Ms Tsang Ngai Wing Guen for her feedback ("Stricter rules on show-flats needed"; last Saturday).
It is important for developers to be transparent by providing accurate upfront information on housing units in sales documents, and we require them to do so. Since May 2012, we have required developers to provide more comprehensive information on residential properties to home buyers, including a scaled floor plan and a breakdown of the unit's floor area by spaces such as bedrooms, living room, balcony, planter box, air-conditioner ledge and so on.
We encourage home buyers to look through this information carefully before deciding on their property purchase. It will help them make better-informed decisions.
Later this year, we will introduce mandatory guidelines requiring developers to accurately depict units in their show-flats. For instance, developers will be required to clearly mark out and label any non-structural walls that have been removed.
Ling Hui Lin (Ms)
Controller of Housing
Urban Redevelopment Authority
It is important for developers to be transparent by providing accurate upfront information on housing units in sales documents, and we require them to do so. Since May 2012, we have required developers to provide more comprehensive information on residential properties to home buyers, including a scaled floor plan and a breakdown of the unit's floor area by spaces such as bedrooms, living room, balcony, planter box, air-conditioner ledge and so on.
We encourage home buyers to look through this information carefully before deciding on their property purchase. It will help them make better-informed decisions.
Later this year, we will introduce mandatory guidelines requiring developers to accurately depict units in their show-flats. For instance, developers will be required to clearly mark out and label any non-structural walls that have been removed.
Ling Hui Lin (Ms)
Controller of Housing
Urban Redevelopment Authority
