The owner of a condo at The Base Sukhumvit 77 – built by Sansiri, one of Thailand’s most well-known property development companies – claimed that he found one of his walls stuffed with foam, paper, and candy wrappers, rather than concrete.
Kristopher George Houston, the owner of the condo, made a complaint on the Sansiri Family Facebook page on Aug. 24 with photos for demonstrative purposes, the Bangkok Post reported.
The issue was picked up on popular Thai forum site Pantip.com with thousands of people sharing and discussing the issue.
Sansiri is known for sleek marketing campaigns, with billboards around Bangkok showing attractive people living the high life in their properties.
The development company, for its part, responded quickly to Houston’s complaints.
“Sansiri has fully acknowledged the unfortunate construction shortcoming that happened in one of the units at The Base Sukhumvit 77 (pictured). We sincerely regret what happened and are determined to do whatever we can to correct it immediately,” Sansiri executive Uthai Uthaisangsuk said in a video statement, according to DDProperty.
“Last Thursday, the day when we were first notified of the matter, a team including Mr. Uthai himself and construction consultants and responsible contractors inspected the unit. We found that the matter indeed existed, and we are ready to send qualified workmen to conduct proper repair work immediately. We also planned to arrange teams of quality control inspectors to examine all cement walls in every unit throughout the project.”
The spokesperson added: “Let me state once again. Sansiri takes this matter very seriously. We will conduct the examination of the walls throughout the project in a thorough and professional manner – and certainly this matter will not be concluded until all inspection works have been fully completed.”
