Think both zest and covillea have their own pros and cons:

Zest
+ve
1.) super low price
2.) good mix development concept
3.) Think DD gives more surprise in term of finishings.. As this is their maiden project to build reputation
4.) proposed LRT and ramp right in front of the project for better accessibility.

-ve
1.) 700 units
2.) LRT is not there yet and we wouldn't know how long the gov will take to materialize it.
3.) not so good in term of accessibility. Only 1 narrow road (bkt jalil-puchong highway) rite in front of zest
4.) no golf view (i would rate this as no golf view as it's too far away from golf course)
5.) in the middle of 2 petrol stations (1 existing and 1 proposed)

Covillea
+ve
1.) superb accessiblity - 2 LRT stations within walking distance, KL putrajaya highway, Kesas highway in less than 2 mins driving
2.) walkable to 2 universities (2 mins to IMU and 20 mins to apiit)
3.) super close to 2 recreational parks
4.) nice golf view
5.) kl address with msc status
6.) foreseeable at least 2.5k rental as savanna is going for the same rate currently.
7.) looking at the savanna's residents now (foreigners from at least 10 different countries), think more foreigners will move to bukit jalil in future.

-ve
1.) higher price
2.) lack of commercial activities in bukit jalil
3.) traffics will be bad when there's a concert/football match
4.) road leading to the entrance of covillea is shared v vista Komanwel A,B,C, savanna 2 and tmn espanad.
5.) by Berjaya, a very stingy developer who tends to maximize the profit every time!!

Think Covillea and Zest are targetting at different segments and there's no apple to apple comparison here. Afterall one was selling 200k++ and the other 1 is 400k++. Zest was definitely a value buy. And Covillea has got everything except commercial activities, anyway those shoplots namely "The Link" in Bkt Jalil has just handed over with CF last month and Calvary convention center is on it's way, the lack-of-commercial-activities issue in bkt jalil will be solved pretty soon.

The above just my 2 cents, I would be happy if both projects appreciate 30-40% at least

This post has been edited by Dunbshy: Nov 30 2009, 03:38 AM

the ramp will be built from the site (in the photo) to the road next to caltex station..

it should be end of the year.. 1st batch buyer went in Nov/Dec 2008.. estimated 3 years of construction.. so shld be end of year 2011.. think they might even handover earlier than that..

Kochin.. f/f savanna are around 2.8k-3k now.. check Iprop and you'll see rental ads around this figure.. Covillea shd be able to fetch the same if not higher due to its newness and better location..

For Zest, I personally think rental of 2k++ is doable provided that

1.) LRT completed AND
2.) Commercial @ Zest turn out to be very WONG

Afterall, Zest will be the 1st mix development in bj/bk vicnity. IF the commercial @ zest can pull some decent CAFE/Coffee house/Bistro like jaya1.. then 2k++ shld be sapsap sui i guess?