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.