QUOTE(twins9 @ Jul 17 2012, 10:53 AM)
After staying in condo for 10 years, I am glad to move back to landed property. As I get older, it is more difficult for me to negotiate those never ending ramps, I feel disoriented after a while. Fortunately for me, my last 3 condos only had short walking distance to lifts and our units.
I wont be able to carry all my groceries/daily shopping and walk those corridors!
As ours is gull g&g, you can take your groceries n everything out of the car as slow as you like.
What you are experiencing, is exactly, what i am going through, daily at MF.
Actually, my car park is at Level 8A, which means, i have to meander the car park, round and round and round how many times, to reach level *8A Level. Imagine a 54yr old man, going to work, drive down more than 8 levels of car park, and when return to condo, again, i drive up more than 8 levels to park the car, and when dinner time, i drive down another 8 levels to dinner at Kuchai Lama and after, again, i drive up another more than 8 levels parking etc !!!!!
I go crazy.
I decide to illegal park at someone's parking, as that unit is not rented out yet at Level 2.
Yes, even when park at level 2, when i buy heavy water groceries, like Mineral Bottles, Heavy glass Jams, my favorite organic Citron Lemon Tea heavy glass bottles, etc. its really effort to carry all these things and walk to the car park lift and then, another long stretch walk to the glass door of entrance to my block. Condo people are not friendly people, they don't help older or senior citizens to carry.
Sadly, last friday, after making a good sales grocery purchase at the Ikano Damansara Mutiara, and when i was embarking from my car park at Midfields, due to the heavy glass bottles of jam/korean citron Tea, i slightly fell lightly on floor, and broke all the glass bottles. There goes my RM33.00 purchase Citron Tea. The bottles broke.
I can't carry those wheel carts to take from Car Park at MF, as the design is not too old people friendly. Lots of steps.
From Car Park lift, if u come out, push the cart until u reach near the post box path, u suddenly come to a standstill. A flight of steps. How to carry the cart over these steps to reach the other G level? Once, i had to stop here, and lift up the cart and carry it over to the next ground level, and then, put back all the boxes and groceries which i took out from cart and put on the corridor pathway.
Someone advised me, that older people should buy single storey units like terrace hse, where its easier to take care, space, a mini garden to plant herbs, exercise, and if wheel chair use is easier without the steps.
Well.. if not for security of condo living, honestly.. what am i proving?
Added on July 17, 2012, 2:15 pmQUOTE(ts1 @ Jul 17 2012, 09:35 AM)
i hv to agree with u on plenty of pariah staying around the neighborhood since it is salak south ma
compare to OKR, OKR have plenty of foods
if u willing to pay 600k for a unit in gembira residence..go for it..
why dun u rent at tmn desa area..i always love that area , ambience and nice
since midfields does not meet your expectations

I noticed that you are always "open" to discussion with an open mindset., that is good.
Yes, you are pretty right, in yr views. Taman Desa was originally, my selected place, i was eyeing that Danau Permai.
Although, its over 17yrs old, leasehold (the only few leaseholds) by Faber Group.
Higher Grounds, and resort design landscape.
The part i don't agree is the inside layout, etc. Even its over 1200 sq ft, the HALL layout is quite small.
I went to see few units there, different sq ft types, and still the HALL is so small. I can't imagine put a L shape sofa without struggling how to move about within the HALL.
Some other condo, have large hall layout, using L sofa or other sofa without causing loss of space look.
That time, i was eyeing the highest block, and the highest floor, and the ceiling price was RM500K.
Its abit high price, for an old building, with old concepts and old designs. I counted the renovations, if i bought over, and that will be another Rm200K for basic and some design stuff, pushing the real price to RM700K and above. So, i drop that idea.
Condo sellers, must know, at current high price they are pushing, they forgot the next owner, need to push another RM100K without the electrical stuff like new fridge/ smart TV, washing machine, etc etc to add in.
So, that was why , decide to drop MF for Gembira Residence. There at least its originally selling at 620K now! From the Developer, and I don't lose the Developer to Buyer benefits and its not subsale.
At RM620K at current stds, i don't need to plough so much extra into the renovations.
If i buy MF, i really need to plough in a lot to look good, and if bought at RM500K ( like those sub sale pushing prices), and add RM100K for renovations, its RM600K!!!... worth it meh?
I must think harder.... I can't even renovate my master bed room.. its too small to do anything......
so, i pass that level i guess.. as someone who demand a large master bed room.. and not just any room, and call it Master bedroom, just because a bath room is attached to it..
cheers!
This post has been edited by Citydude: Jul 17 2012, 02:15 PM