Sell anggun,buy this or just hold on to anggun. She's good enuf lar.

This type of terrain if we buy without looking at the real lot we might end up with a lousy lot. I'd rather wait for 2 years,buy after VP. A bit mahal but save on the 2 years' interest. Meanwhile during these 2 years slowly kumpul wang hehe tokking is easy.

You're very lucky. New ruling under HDA.

I did talk to one of the SA (the cocky one named darren). It seems a major part of the former golf course will be maintained as a "public" garden. A small portion will be taken up by The Rise if I remember properly. Then they will landscape the remaining garden nicely but there isn't going to be any clubhouse it seems.

If any of you drop by next week please ask again to confirm if I heard correctly. The extra land of The Rise is a bit cheaper than Ivory Heights which is RM95psf. The Rise is going for RM80-90. The nicer,meaning flat land will go for more (normal practice lar). If you look at 5 years from now prices here are cheap.

Ivory Heights says that they put in a lot of infrastructure and right across the road from their project there will be a big mall but that piece of land is still jungle. The location of The Rise is better though a bit further in. If I have the means I will surely book a lot. Unfortunately,it's not in my plans.

Buyers are charged for the cost. I wonder at the practicality. Maintenance could cost us in time to come. If you dun repair it,it might turn into a white elephant if it cannot be used.

Aiyoh bro,good thinking lar. If this n'bour is stupid enuf not to let your workers in to paint the side then he will have to look at the ugly wall everyday. I only worry if the n'bour can't be bothered and we will have to paint the wall for him. Just one side liddat will cost a few k yo.

I've not really looked at Saujana bcs not interested in leasehold props. Are there zero lots there oso? Yeah,I can't imagine what the environment will be like. It won't look like a semi-d bcs you have 20' on your side and 20' on your n'bour's side. Good idea really but you must stay in one in order to know the pros and cos.

Only last month one of the SA told me they would be building houses there. I won't believe it until I see the clubhouse coming up. Would they waste prime land for a clubhouse? A clubhouse is of course good for our investments.

No,have not spoken to anyone since last month.

I'm not an owner of EG but my property is also in EW. It was stated in my construction (we have 2 s&p bcs we bought the bungalow lots and had the houses built a year later) S&P that the master bedroom would use cultured marble counter-top but it looked so cheap I had it changed.

I thought our LAD was only 8% but recently I checked my construction S&P and found that it was 10%. I could not find my copy of the letters asking us to take possession of the house (VP)/collect the keys and to collect the cheque for the LAD so I've contacted them to send me a copy of both letters. I want to check if the amount is correct bcs I feel they have short-paid me. It has been 10 years since I received my LAD but if I find they have paid me short I would claim for the balance. According to the S&P they should pay from day to day so if your S&P is on May16 2011 they should hand the keys to you on 15May 2013 but if they hand to you on 1Dec 2013 then they should pay you compensation from 16May-30Nov 2013. If your purchase price is RM1m the LAD is a lot but then the interest you pay the bank for the delayed period is oso a lot.

I think we still have a legal right to claim but I dun think they could have made a mistake. It's only my suspicion. That's why I asked them to open my file and send me hard copies of said letters so that I could check back and recalculate. If I'm not satisfied they would have to explain it to me until I can accept the figures.

According to the accounts dept there were 2 amounts which came to RM18k+ (for land and for construction cost bcs we bought the land first) and after a deduction of RM1k+ (for security fees and water/electricity deposit) I should have received RM17k+ but she told me I received RM13k+ (less by RM3k+) so I need to look at the hard copy and do a recalculation. I'm sure they would take responsibility for their own mistakes. Must take a look at the letter and see what I signed for bcs after so long my recollections are also rather hazy. There must be a plausible explanation not to worry.

The Two will be successful. Anyone who can afford should invest. Sayang I can't or I surely will buy something. If this group has no confidence they surely won't go in. Businesses dun go in blindly. The Two will be very good fro Rawang property capital appreciation.

This post has been edited by TheOwl: Mar 25 2014, 05:28 PM

These concrete imprints look cheap. I had mine laid over with tiles. Looks so nice now.

Received the soft and hard copies from Promakmur for my LAD/compensation amounts. They are correct. I was paid nearly RM20k but after certain deductions I received less by RM1k+ (water/electricity deposits,cukai tanah for current year and security fees).

Is Emerald Garden the one next to Amberly semi-d houses? The large 3 storey houses? The area doesn't resemble a garden at all. Once I went to look at Amberley and from there I could see the 3 storey houses.

That's great. If we stay at another precinct of KE can we come to the park to exercise. I'm in sapphire precinct and am using the area around the lake. Thx bro.

LOL bump into me oso you won't know me from Peter unless we pm our pics to each other hehehe

Wah,what maintenance fees summore? Not apartment oso must pay maintenance fees? Security by developer already expensive. When my security fees was undertaken by the developer Promakmur in 2004 and half year of 2005 it was at RM75 p.m. 10 years ago where got so expensive. RM50 should be the norm then. If we dun want to pay they will not sign the release form stating that we dun owe them anything so we cannot get our title. Nampak tidak permainan developers?

what a name! Field of Gold. Indeed! Gold for the developers. First home at RM2m? If you say RM500-600k then at least sounds realistic. How many people in the late 50's can even afford their "retirement" home at this price?

In Penang you have 2 or 3 sons married and still living with their parents. They can't afford to buy one for themselves. If they help out with the household expenses and at the same time provide their aged parents company at least it's won't be so bad for the old folks. My eldest bro is 78 and living at a so-called upmarket housing estate behind the Vistana Hotel in Penang,a 3-story townhouse-type semi-d. The roads are already narrow and with 2 cars parked on both sides they become one lane. To me those houses look like the low-cost compact 3-storey houses of Sri Sinar in Kepong. It's gated and guarded and the monthly fees aint cheap either. The couple are just living with an unmarried doter and have only 1 car. The neighbours have 3-4/5 cars each and they bicker over parking space. I am glad that I have ample space to park even 20 cars outside my house as there's so much open spaces bcs there's a playground next to my opposite neighbour. Their opposite neighbour guards his parking space like a hawk.

Romanticism indeed. It's all ringgit and sen lar,what romanticism? Simply BS. All these developers are tokking kok while the middle class work their butts off to buy a decent home and the young in their late 20's-30's are struggling like sh1t to buy their very first homes. Developers will do everything to squeeze every sen out of buyers by giving them sub-standard materials etc. Then they talk about romanticism and wonder there's no wonder lar. It's all commitment and a lifetime of debts. Thank God I dun have to face all this anymore.

If you say 4-storey then it's designed for a father to buy with his son or sons. 2-3 families can stay if the built-up is big. I guess the son must take the 2nd and 3rd floors or 2 sons/their families share floors 1,2 and 3 while the parents take the ground floor. I think 3 storey should be enuf bcs if 2 sons or more stay in the same house their wives/families might step on each other's toes. Even young people dun want to stay on the 2nd and 3rd floors unless there's a lift like at The Ivory in BCH where the 3-storey bungalows come equipped with a small lift. That's why the house is expensive. What about future maintenance and when the lift breaks down? I think once it breaks down the costs of repairs would deter the owner from getting it repaired which will eventually cause it to end up a white elephant. People build swimming pools which in the end become disused mining pools Maintenance is expensive and unless you're really rich or have constant good income you would eventually fill it up with earth,esp'ly when it's there to be looked at only.

I had wanted to build a BBQ pit but after considering the space it would take up and the fact that it's a permanent fixture I decided not to but instead buy a portable one which can be wheeled outside to cook in order not to dirty the tiles in the garden. After all,we might just use it 2-3 times a year at most and if you've family members who are full vegetarian or vegan barbecues would not be so suitable for them. The romanticism of country living in a gated/guarded community - swimming pool,bbq pit,waterfall,gazebo - these are all not practical ideas. If we allow leaves to fall into our waterfall pool and dun clean it once in a while or get help to clean it then we will one day be in trouble too. Being a practical person I think pay some money and stay in a resort hotel a few times a year to enjoy such facilities. Retired people might have the time to enjoy the gazebo. I noticed my opposite neighbours hardly ever use theirs. They are so busy working/bringing up young kids and even their 63 year-old mom is still working.

This will be another upmarket project. If I have the means I will buy at least one unit.

Hi bro masbruno,that statement rings true for first time house buyers. An old bird like me who buys for investment purposes need not worry about such nitty-gritty lar. I can work and rework my portfolio lar hehe. No matter how tempted if dun have the means oso can't do anything mah