Abstract:
The owners of a condominium are responsible for the expenses of the management and maintenance of their common property and only a few condominium projects can manage their earnings in relation to their expenses. This study, as a result, would like to identify which projects could manage their earnings corresponding to their expenses. According to the primary data, Lumpini Property Management Company Limited, which manages the housing projects of L.P.N. Development Company, can achieve this. This study would like to further look into the expense structure in the management and maintenance of common property, and Lumpini Park Pinklao Project was selected as a case study. In conclusion, the objectives of this study were to investigate: 1) the expenses of common property, facilities and others, and 2) the ratio of actual expenses and earnings. The study was carried out by reviewing related documents, data about the projects lists of common property, facilities and expenses, the projects annual reports, the interviews of project management, and photographs taken during the field surveys. It was found that the common property of this project could be divided into 23 groups, the facilities 3 groups, and the expenses 55 groups. However, its depreciation expenses and expenses regarding unexpected situations such as floods were not included. The actual common expenses per square meter per month ranged from 29.42 bath to 34.33 baht and could be divided into 4 main criteria as follows: 1) management accounting for 61% - 64%, 2) utilities accounting for 24% - 29%, 3) operations accounting for 7% - 9% and 4) repairmen, maintenance and spare parts accounting for 1% - 5%. The highest cost of the first criterion was the management of the condominium, that of the second was the electricity, that of the third was the insurance premium and that of the fourth varied except in 2013 and 2015, the highest cost fell on the lighting system and the control box.