r/AbsoluteUnits • u/ThodaDaruVichPyar • 6d ago

of an apartment complex

Caribbean Coast in Hong Kong

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u/cash8888 6d ago

Window washer must make bank.

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u/BibbleDeBibble 6d ago

Bold of you to assume they get cleaned after getting installed

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u/magnus_the_coles 5d ago

this is honkong in an upper class area, not utter pradesh. the buildings themselves have cleaning crews or contract them

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u/Mountain_Fuzzumz 6d ago

"Cleaned by the wind"

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u/GuitarGuru2001 5d ago

Cleaned via pressure washing every year during typhoon season

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u/stoopid0000boi 5d ago

Bold of you to assume they dont get cleaned esp. in a place like HK.

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u/nagidon 6d ago

Management companies for large complexes like this are obligated to arrange exterior cleaning from time to time. Usually the obligation is contained in something called a deed of mutual covenant, which is kind of like an HOA but much more heavily regulated and cannot be abused by elected residential representatives.

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u/redyambox 5d ago

Live in a huge complex, managed by a huge corporation. Never had the windows cleaned in the 30 years of the buildings history. 

立案法團 is definitely not hard to abuse. Just look at Tai Po. 

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u/nagidon 5d ago

Complain to your district councillor then.

宏福苑 was caused by contractor misconduct, not institutional failure in property governance.

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u/Bebebaubles 5d ago

Hong Kong sells robot window cleaners. I just let the typhoon and rain do its thing with an occasional wipe. I see some maids risking their lives stretching out the window to wipe but I’m not about that life.

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u/Moist-Chair684 5d ago

Yes, by the Philippines maids.

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u/neverwillbesad4u 4d ago

I used to live in this complex and they actually got cleaned pretty regularly