Factors affecting housing maintenance cost in Malaysia

Abstract

Purpose -It has been found that the cost for housing maintenance is relatively high due to poor maintenance practices. This paper aims to determine and identify the factors contributing to rising maintenance costs. Design/methodology/approach -A quantitative approach was adopted that sought to gather factual data using the approach taken by El-Haram and Horner. The research first identified the critical factors through a literature review. A total of Eighty questionnaires were then distributed to relevant respondents such as building managers or supervisors, maintenance management staff and others. In total, 31 completed questionnaires formed a database for descriptive and ranking analysis. Findings -The research concluded that five of the most dominant factors were expectation of tenants, building materials, building services, building age and failure to execute maintenance at the right time. Meanwhile, it was found that two of the most influential impacts were outstanding maintenance charges and over-budget. Originality/value -Measures to minimise the housing maintenance cost were obtained, such as participation of tenants and residents in housing management works and allows their acceptance of a lower standard expectation.

Operations and Maintenance Cost for Stratified Buildings: A Critical Review

“…The list of factors are analysed through a theoretical part that discusses on operation and maintenance cost of stratified buildings. Table 3 lists down all the factors that affecting operation & maintenance costs by El-Haram & Horner [39], Ali et al [3], Assaf et al [40] and Al-Hammad et al [1]. El-Haram & Horner [39] and Ali et al [3] directly highlight on contributing factors affecting operation and maintenance costs.…”

“…Maintenance and operating cost is one of the major components of housing cost and contributes one third to one half of total cost depending on the type of housing such as condominium, apartment, flat and others [3,29]. It has been reported that between 70% and 85% of the building maintenance and operation costs can be influenced during the design stage.…”

“…The alternatives might be selected from different companies or tenders [3]. LCC is the total relevant costs over the life of a system including cost of acquisition, operation, maintenance, modification, and disposal for the purpose of making decision [32].…”

“…As time passes by, maintenance of buildings becomes an invaluable process in retaining the value and quality of a building [26]. In Britain, building maintenance activities have reached a level of 50 per cent of all annual construction activities [3,27]. In Hong Kong, the gross value of general trades such as decoration, repair and maintenance, and construction work at minor work locations has increased over the past five years [11].…”

Influences of Cost Factors Affecting Technical Performance of Local Government Projects in Nigeria: A Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) Approach

“…Technical performance is defined as the totality of features required by a project or service to satisfy a given specification, need or fitness for purpose (Ali et al, 2010;Chan and Chan, 2004). Technical performance is the project guarantee that convinced both the client and the end-users that the specification was adhered to during construction.…”