Hi Bru,

THERE YOU GO!!
Yes, if you are young at your age, and planning for family and everything, there is NO real reason why, you should stuck yourself with a CONDO!
Believe me, umm, don't get impress with the pools, don't get impress with the high walls of the building, and fences.

When you get a landed property, you see the convenience. Why? when u go super mart, and buy tons of groceries, or buy large electrical things, the best thing you feel is, for a landed property, u drive straight into your  porch, and you can put the items, at the porch floor, or take your time. The main gate outside is locked up. And you can carry slowly and walk into your front door.

For a condo, you got to walk quite far, while carrying the groceries. Its easy for young, strong walking legs. If you are senior or mature, or a pregnant lady, then, you start to think twice, why your car park is located so far to the entrance of main CONDO glass entry door. and you got to walk along the corridors, etc. Its sickening.

Like now, i am renting at Midfields, the car park is 8th Floor, and its 8A! gosh, means how many rounds and rounds i need to drive up the tier floors? YOU GUESS!
But i decide to park illegally, at 2nd Floor, at someone's else car park, as that car park related to the unit is still unoccupied. or maybe, its for BLOCK B or BLOCK C.
Its very tough, to daily drive down 8 floors for work, drive up 8 floors after work and drive down 8 floors for dinner, and when returning after dinner, another drive up 8 floors or more etc. YOU GUESS!

YES your mum did the right thing, push you to consider a landed property.

For me, i choose CONDO cos, i am senior, and alone, without family. I need the security to protect me from being robbed and killed.
If i got tons of family people, well, its a landed property to feel the space, and to save the maintenance, which goes a long way, if u think, in one year, how much you already save from maintenance bills, and use that money to buy more jeans and pants and shirts for the year..... and more gifts for mummy dearest.!

I pop by Le Yuan, and was told its 14 units on one floor, you think, its a bit too many?
the 500K plus units are all sold! only the bigger units, those 1400 sq ft and above are available. ( around 650K onwards).

Seringin when i went to view, they only have the large units. above 800K. Well. at that price, for a single guy, i think, i better save abit, and use the extra money, for travel and leisure,  No point, i plough every month hard earn money, stingy, all money just to pay condo installments, and no extra money for fun, leisure and holidays.

So, i decide to take Gembira Residence. As you said, the row of CONDO along Jalan Senang Ria, reminds me of LITTLE MONT KIARA at Taman Gembira. The condo strip at this part of Kuchai Lama, is excellent. Neighbours like Seringin, Le Yuan, 288 Residence, Dynasty Condo, Arte, that part within 2km stretch, is super.
The good part is excellent food restaurants, from Japanese to Local to Taiwanese Concepts Food Shops are sprouting at this Kuchai Lama Stretch. So, I think, its very good investment.

I must admit, i find it so susah and so miserable when hanging around that messy town, Taman Sungei Besi, where Midfields is next to.
If i sit at that mamak shop roadside, under those trees, at the nearby 711, the people who patronize are labourers, bangla, indonesians, and factory workers from the nearby SMI or backyards scrap collectors. etc.  Then, there are the warehouses and lorry depots to unload the goods, etc. Forklifts are all over the access road to Midfields from Taman Sungei Besi, and you need to be carefu when you are driving there.
The forklifts are working night and day, and day and night, deep into the nights.

An alternative to g&g condo for senior ppl would be the ground floor of townhouse.  You may even have facilities like clubhouse, best of all, you can drive up to your doorstep and unload your groceries.

A few days ago, I had a fall and sprained my right back muscles, though the sprain was not serious, it is very painful and I cant lift heavy things or twist my body too much as I am trying to let it heal.  Imagine I have to go up and downstairs with groceries in this condition.

I am still glad to live in landed house, all my furnishings are planned for easy maintenance and minimal care, including garden.

How much is the maint fee at MF?  As a renter, you wont have to pay the fees, right?

I sokong u dude....gembira residence neighbourhood is better...all high class coondo surrounding....mature amenities...chinese school....etc....

in fact, i like the surrounding place there, 2 months back I even went to seringin residence & Le Yuan showroom for a visit... really like their concept n designs.... too bad SR is abit out of my budget... Le Yuan is within my budget, but in terms of design n concept, i still prefer SR....but eventually I bought another landed property...due to objection from my mom... my mom prefer me to buy landed, more rooms... with the same budget.... so I end up giving up Le Yuan and choose the landed property.... price almost same with Le Yuan....but no dibs...it is sub-sale....but, just 5 min driving distant to my work place...so i think it is a good buy

There is many 5 storey walk up apartment behind gembira residence and also a surau right behind there too. Do u live around these area why u said its all high class condo ? 

The high class one is not up yet few years later maybe seringin is high class others so so only.

I have been to MF 2 times ... I like the location becoz it is quite convenient to go KL and bangsar / midvalley.... but...the industrial lot nearby , and those recycle collector outside its front gate that pull me down...

other facts that I don't like it is , the design for MF is abit odd....for example, the balcony....only have 2ft +- depth ...   , might well drop the balcony design ... then make the living hall bigger, or either make the balcony bigger....  no point having a balcony but it is too small , and not even have place  to put a chair ...

another thing is, the master bedroom , really small... i imagine if i put in a queen size bed, and a wardrobe... then I almost have no more space for me to walk through...

no doubt the landscaping is quite ok ...but the design of the condo abit odd... and the price is actually too high....

Well, there are lot of cases when u drive ur car into landed car poarch, then the robber just directly rush to you and put a gun or knife on ur head when u just out from ur car

THANKS for pointing out about Surau, and the future heavy traffic at Senang Ria.
Noted.

I remembered about 4 years back, when i visited Danau Permai, Condo at Taman Desa Danau side. That condo is infact located NEXT to the large mosque.
I was worried that the nearby loudspeakers will be heard at that unit.
That time, the price was around RM300K plus. During this crazy property hike period of 2 yrs, the price shot to 550K now. For no reason whatever.
So, i missed out on  that unit.

Well, I don't think, I can stay at this condo at Gembira Residence forever. Being pension in 5 years time. I think, i got all the time to walk, and stroll and admire the many facets of life around this area. So, i heard that 288 Residence down the road at Senang Ria, is also a shopping complex. There is an LRT nearby to be planned.
So, I think, Jalan Gembira will be slightly widen. There might be other access thru the other road end near to Le Yuan too. 

When its time that i cannot manage myself..... it does not matter where exactly my own condo is located after the twilight years. Probably, I be put into a Caring Home. A room shared with 6 other strangers or a bungalow shared with 20 other inmates. I just want to enjoy a good 10 years of fun, super condo living with security.

After, it is what fate holds. The place can be sold by future people. And put to charity if karma allows.

Talking about security and robbers.
One tip:

IF you are staying at TERRACE HSE, never allow or believe to allow
the DELIVERY MAN who brings LARGE HAMPERS to your HSE.
These robbers can quote the name of family members, and say the HAMPERS are for them. And seek you to open gate or door to allow them to deliver.

The Hampers can be huge and you probably ask them to help to bring into the house. That is where they can enter the house directly.

This was the trick use by gun robbers who robbed me, when i was staying way back in Damansara Heights.
That experience never left me. I lost my memory for a long, long time, after the robber whack me, with his metal gun, on my head.

so, be very careful of delivery tricks, especially during festive periods.
These people operate in groups.

Where did citydude mention poor ppl?  Damansara Heights does not sound low class to me.

He was not condeming Midfields, just sharing his viewpoint on condo living.

When you reach a certain age, you cant do a lot of things younger ppl can.  Most ppl think that condos are best for seniors....but they forget about long winding drives up and down the car parks, heavy groceries and long corridors.

Not every senior has family members to ferry them around.

Where did citydude mention poor ppl?  Damansara Heights does not sound low class to me.

He was not condeming Midfields, just sharing his viewpoint on condo living.

When you reach a certain age, you cant do a lot of things younger ppl can.  Most ppl think that condos are best for seniors....but they forget about long winding drives up and down the car parks, heavy groceries and long corridors.

Not every senior has family members to ferry them around.

Renting out to strangers is NOT a solution unless u need the money!!!
It's not about negative. It's about bringing a stranger you don't know much and may sometimes invite trouble.

At home now, I don't have to worry my things kept at the hall or rooms. That's for a few hundreds, I breached the security.

I do have friends to mix with. But I don't just for a few hundreds rental, and invite a thief if I am not careful about simply renting out.

Relative? You think relatives are that easy to get along? Sharing a condo with anyone is not simple as asking someone to stay with. There are many things to consider. Be it about cleanniless or his/her friends they bring, or his/her integrity when comes to money or things.

You may be a simple person who thinks anyone is good. But, facts is NOT anyone is that nice, or easy to live with.

At present, without anyone staying in my condo except myself., I don't have to worry extra if that person may curi or take the cash or watch I put on the dinning table.

Change my life? I took a 360 degree turn change to a new life from family life and back to single living alone life. Learning to cook, learning to take care my things, learning without maids, living to only trust certain types of people.

My staff who is in his 30s advices me that I should not simply rent out as these strangers who just pay few hundreds can now be in my apt. And I may not know what type of person that room tenant is. That's very silly to do just for a few hundreds of rental money !!!

It's not negative mindset. It's being cautious.
I am cautious whom I mix and talk to and why they are approaching me.
Last December, I was robbed by snatch thiefs in front of my office.
Just because I was walking along the road. And carrying my office bag with note book etc.
Why? Reason is I was not cautious and too simple about walking along roadsides.
I should act cautious or negative by walking inside the shop corridors.

Anyway, I think I am too positive till I am able to accept that life is a sum of all our choices.
A time for everything.
Now, I would like enjoy condo living. Pools. Glass buildings. Nice car. Good food.
Great large Internet TV. And spare time to do my favorite past hobby - to play my piano. Pray for good health to visit the world. Pass my experiences skills at work to younger staff so that they can easily earn money and be very happy for them when they are successful.  Is that negative?

In 10 years, who knows.

Why dont u think of be a monk not a bad idea at all since u give up families and u worried of security and when u get old ? Just a suggestion 

i think he just wanna share his personal point of view of all properties mentioned in this thread.

no hard feeling n dont resort for personal attack...i started this thread for discussion..if we r unwillingly to listen/interpret facts tabled here, then no point talk abt properties at all...

there are pros and cons in MF and GR..it is up to individual to decide whether which one is good to them..

i hv to admit to drive up to 4th floor and 6th floor (i bought another carpark at MF) is tiring...but i do enjoy the security and environment and facilities ( pool,Badminton, squash and futsal) in MF at the moment...i hv nvr been to GR so i dun knw..but it is a freehold compare to leasehold..and it is YTL vs GR's developer...
i bought that time ard 270k, i chipped in another 20k for carpark and another 45k for reno...put in 2 more airconds and all brand electrical items and furniture...i m done with it...i hv sold out all my properties and sitting with some cash waiting to prowl on some good properties
(i think properties now overpriced). ..my principle dun  over geared n u may lose ur job anytime...well, i may bought a unit in lake field, glade but it is like 850k now, include reno will be a million dollar house...which i can afford but  I DUN HV SPARE CASH TO PROWL on any opportunity..then how to grow money hehe
just a rant from a salary worker who is complaining how on earth a salary worker who earn 3k a month (not me  )afford a decent living in KL..way overpriced now 

i sold my properties coz i think value has little room to grow in the next few years