'worthwhile investment for own stay' is a contradictory statement

I have houses in SD and will move in to Airie in a couple of months. Personally I think the price is too high for this TA Global properties. This will make it not ideal if you are looking for big appreciation as the price is already high.

Everyone seems to love Desa Parkcity. DP appreciates more but now seems over valued to me. I happened to like SD more. I prefer greener, lower density township, quieter, less commercial buildings and SD fits the bill.

If you are the type that are into high living DP has nice tracks, pubs, foods not to mention dogs meet and annual fireworks. Except the jogging track the rest I hate 😁
Non residents of DP there just to show off.

TA Global promises another shopping mall in SD. I hope that stupid idea die a quick death. We don't need another mall. Give a performing arts center, public sport center or even a cart track and will be a happy puppy.

I jog/walk every morning around the main Ring road of SD and it is cool and nice. On a windy or rainy day the night before you will see a lot broken branches on the road. It is just so much greener as it was previously a forest reserve.

In the end for own stay, you just have to know what type of person you are. 15 years ago of me would choose DP if price not a consideration. Now I consciously decide on SD over Dp 😁

I believe TA Global promises a mall, a performing art center and two connecting routes to direct to DP side and LDP. I was not fully into understanding when we were at the sales event (looking for a one bedroom for our daughter).

But these are just promises. God knows they will happen. Either way there is no harm to me. My house in SD is quite reasonably away from Activo. The may increase the house value if they are successful. If they fail, I can still jog around the Ring road peacefully 😁

One thing for sure ... The differentiation of DP from the rest is top notch management. You won't go wrong with that. TA Global makes a lot of noises and the early projects are decent but still have a long way to prove.

Since you like DP environment if I were you I will choose there. Valencia is another nearby nice township. Beautifully maintained but nothing much and you have to drive to DP or SD or Kepong to eat and drink. FYI For our semi d, we were choosing between Airie SD, Valencia and Rafflesia Damansara Perdana but I am true blue family man now and my social butterfly days are over 🤣

Aiyoo single people choose DP lah. Later you can sell it and still get good money for your bigger house with family.

it's a very nice locale

accessible to LDP , NKVE , MRR2, DUKE from doorstep
nearby Kepong and DPC for food
lots of good food nearby as well

cons is jam gila if you headed NKVE direction, but by the time you move in it should clear when MRT2 finish construction.

The cons for DP is that you will need to move out during NYE because the whole area becomes a standstill

The cons for DP is that you will need to move out during NYE because the whole area becomes a standstill - this I agree.. unless you not planning to drive anywhere during NYE.

DP is damansara Perdana

Dpc is desa park city.

No wonder i dunno what you guys were talking about.

Dp allowed dogs n etc.

Getting out of BSD during the peak hours will take 10 minutes more than that of DPC.
Not a fan of the DPC unit layout thou, that should be a consideration.
Also it’s about how much you appreciate the walkability to shops in DPC, that cannot be found in DA nor BSD.
At the same budget of RM1 mil/ RM1kpsf thereabout, I will take Southbrooks or the older Breezeway, unless MRT is a must

TA just didn't invested enough to build up the township and its connectivity... they loose out in terms of the township execution, amenities and connectivity... product wise TA are not inferior to PPS though..

when is the planned completion date for ativo?

My guess, long way to go link

Good info reveal, now, the onus is if the scope of the smart home services provided by bluguard's Z-Wave allows me to easily integrate and expand the smart home with other devices DIY, https://bluguard.com.my/z-wave/ which seems to be app (main smart devices control dashboard) controlling the pre-installed devices in our units.

Curiously, the FB post mention ✔️Digital Door Lock Control as a separate entity from ✔️Z-Wave Smarthome Device . Logically, it should be separate, since  ✔️Digital Door Lock Control  is access (security) while ✔️Z-Wave Smarthome Device is individual home smart device command and control

Now, off the cuff, my only concern is whether ✔️Z-Wave can be integrated with smart home devices from other brands. Since bluguard have limited smart products . It will be great if bluguard Z-Wave uses one of the international interoperability standards such as ZigBee (partners include xiaomi) or Smartthings (Samsung and partners) -  this one will have to find out

I am curious to know how they implement Samsung's smart door lock device with bluguard's ✔️Z-Wave or is it two apps/two systems
Ideally, the best scenario I want to see is that Samsung smart lock device inhabit the same  bluguard's ✔️Z-Wave system, then I will know how interoperable and integrated-able  bluguard's ✔️Z-Wave is

One good point is that  bluguard's ✔️Z-Wave is locally based and sourced. Smarthomes are notoriously technical. Some are really simple,. like my home is fully Xiaomi, with automated blinds, all lights control, color changing bulbs, security cam, baby cam, smart voice assistant, smart vacumm, smart energy monitoring, even my 30 year old auto gate can be controlled with my xiaomi mi home app as xiaomi makes a programmable radio controller device making dumb device into smart device. ..... so I value interoperable and integrated-able

the above takes a lot of tinkling, patience, user knowledge base and practically no support - I have had 1-2 of headaches (nothing major, but short term frustration) after xiaomi hq implement updates - no guarantees - since officially most of the xiaomi devices - have to wait until the bugs are ironed out or some wizz kid figures it out and place it in the forums (user knowledge base)

Samsung smart home is similar. https://www.smartthings.com/products They are trying to build an international alliance for interoperable and integrated-able - but most devices are limited and inspiring and SUPER PREMIUM PRICED - I can make much more and get much more with the same money with a home smart devices with Xiaomi, even my xiaomi smart bulbs are Philips-xiaomi collab

too bad no real xiaomi support outside of China and East Europe. For years I was trying to make it a reality with partners in China but the official Xiaomi distributor here is a major hurdle (if you know what I mean) - they primarily want to sell phones to make fast money - but still they deny others in any way they can - and I don;t have enough guanxi and deep pockets to dislodge them
anyhow, I'll see if I can cajole bluguard to find out more about this ✔️Z-Wave. I had my worries with Samsung Smartthings because their products and partners are so overpriced. It would cost a fortune to make a real smart home. I could get a samsung semi smart fridge or a somehow smart tv, or maybe their overpriced lights and temp control, but that it. Samsung just doesnt seem to have the imagination or zeal for a real smart home', compared to Xiaomi's attempts and real world product spread

SA told uncertain yet. Alot of details tbc as it's in pre-launch phase right now. All details will be confirmed in april official launch day. The price i have given is also an estimation