Gyeonggi Province Prepares Nation's First 'Standard Form for Long-term Maintenance Plans in Multi-Family Residences'…Full Implementation Begins Next Month

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Kim Gap-dong] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 31st that it has prepared the nation's first 'Standard Form for Initial Establishment of Long-term Maintenance Plans in Multi-Family Residences' to address issues of inadequate long-term maintenance plan establishment in apartments and other multi-family housing, and will begin providing consulting support to project developers and cities and counties from next month.

A long-term maintenance plan is a key plan that establishes the timing and costs for repairs of major common facilities such as roof waterproofing, exterior painting, and elevator replacement to ensure safe long-term use of multi-family residences.

Until now, long-term maintenance plans have been criticized for having insufficient construction quantities, facility specifications, and cost calculation bases according to work types at the initial establishment stage, making it difficult to determine the appropriateness of construction scope and costs when implementing actual repair work or adjusting plans after occupancy, resulting in significant workload burden on apartment management sites due to the need for re-investigation and complete plan readjustment.

In response, the Province designed a standard form based on establishment standards under the 'Multi-Family Housing Management Act' that specifically specifies maintenance methods, cycles, quantities, and single construction costs by work type. In particular, it fundamentally increased plan credibility by requiring submission of both quantity calculation basis and detailed cost calculation.

The Province distributed consulting methods and standard forms to 31 cities and counties in the Province through the 29th, and will begin full-scale support procedures from June 1st by having cities and counties guide project developers through the standard forms. Through this, new multi-family housing complexes are expected to establish systematic maintenance standards and significantly reduce on-site difficulties caused by long-term maintenance plan establishment.

As an example of utilizing the standard form, if a project developer completes the long-term maintenance plan and standard form content and requests consulting with the Province through cities and counties, the Province will review related materials and provide consulting opinions to the cities and counties. Subsequently, cities and counties will confirm whether project developers make necessary revisions based on the consulting opinions, and plan to ensure that the managing entity receives and utilizes the long-term maintenance plan after project completion.

Son Im-sung, Director of Urban Housing of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "A long-term maintenance plan is the starting point for long-term safety management and facility maintenance of multi-family residences," and added, "By clarifying facility specifications, quantities, and cost calculation bases from the initial establishment stage, managing entities and resident representatives' councils will be able to more easily verify construction scope and cost appropriateness when reviewing and adjusting long-term maintenance plans and implementing repair and replacement work after project completion."