if i am not mistaken Petunia was some RM336k, making it some RM194/sqft.

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Added on January 17, 2011, 8:49 amjudging at the location of the new Avani, it is already on the losing end compared to any of the superlink of Paloma and Fuego. The location of superlink is much convenient to reach, close to the future shoplots, not so close to the Shapadu hiway and close to lake as well. Perhaps these are the points that shoot up the price compared to the recent Avani launching next week.

My wife sudah bising kept banging me beli Fuego after she saw the actual location....S&P to be signed today.....so I will one of neighbor in Fuego too.....cheers!

This post has been edited by ken7908: Jan 17 2011, 08:49 AM

maybe got....but darn slow for Sime Darby. Again, for own stay ok la....for investment maybe the lakeside 2.5 superlink will create more value compares to the rest. some bungalow and semiD is coming soon also.....dunno when la...

sorry ya, i took up Fuego II, so suddenly didn't cross my mind that Fuego I is near to Shapadu. Aiya, no harm la close to that hiway.....only a little busy on working hours with big trucks/container load. That hiway u can categorize it as the lowest traffic hiway in Klang Valley. Expensive and connecting only to industrial area.

in fact, staying in setia alam near to the NKVE link is much more noisier....i'm here now and can hear all the roaring of kreta lembu, supercar, bas gila, mat rempit and macam2 more.

mixture wise i think more malay-chinese in the earlier launching of BBR.
in Fuego/Paloma, mostly chinese buyers.....

Paiseh to say, Fuego design i dont think u can find in other places. It is a bold move from Sime Darby to design such house. My 1st impression was so much cozy.....especially the opening up on the dining area. It gives me some feeling of smaller bungalow interior....

Fuego is a superlink which in term of classification should be more costly in comparison to standard link of 22X75 and below. Look at the design of paloma/fuego also oredi know it will cost more than the new launching of Avani..... Only Paloma/Fuego is within the lake vicinity, which highly possible to be made GG in the near future. I will definitely request for GG once i stay there....let's create a community and demand for that. My 2cent worth of thought.....

I did asked before why SD mark down the price of Avani instead of earlier announced 470-480k. The reply was saying due to poor market demand of current Setia Alam launching of 20x70 at 618k. They decided to mark down to create more sales......so called la.....

But i guess, it is totally a marketing gimmick to create more pull factor. All the sales guy of BBR quoting 470-480k for Avani earlier before, and then the actual priced at 438k. Many ppl will suddenly feel 'wow' it is much cheaper and tempted to buy. Well, i would think 470-480k is costly too.....

i think it can be created by local community, as long as everyone willing to pay for the fencing and the community need to be strong. title wise i am not so sure.
Of coz, firstly create a strong community to go directly to SD to get it done for GG. Else it could be some hefty amount also to pay to fence up the area.

memang true, my cousin just got it at that price of rm562k.

the developer hike up the price and sell as 'strategic unit' with nicer number. This will happen also soon for Fuego I......

And mine will be in Jln 13, A4 type.
U guys all balik for CNY, and I pulak cabut on the 6th Feb till month end month.

Do accept me on the Fuego on FB, user name Ken Yong. Thanks!

the G&G over the ecopark and ambang are strict. the rest, aiya....kacang putih one la, see the quality of guard sudah tau. Either mangkalai, or nepalese, or even india mari. All sleepy face sit in the guardhouse show hand only when u entering.

Fuego mahal lah, need to go oversea cari lombong emas once in a while ma.....hahahaaaaaa

I think traffic is the least we can consider. U will never know which direction u heading in the future (maybe u change job/location etc). U never know what would happen when the whole setia alam/ecopark/nusantara project fully occupied. It is the same traffic prob also if fully occupied plus a shopping mall. Many complaint BBR traffic issue, being a originally Klang guy i would tell u it is still fine. I use this stretch daily many times as i travel to Klang town frequently.....so far so good. I wouldn't classify this as traffic jam, if to compare with any of those in glenmarie, USJ, Subang, Damansara or KL.

again lo....Jalan Meru could have expanded maybe to 3-4lanes we never know as there is still space allocated for expansion. But the traffic flow i personally thinks that it never be as heavy as the NKVE link. I am now staying in Setia Alam and have been using the NKVE for the past 8yrs daily. From what i see, the flow of NKVE is getting heavier (we have bkt jelutong, setia alam, and others housing project along NKVE) with more and more jam every morning. It used to be smooth flow 8yrs ago to KL/Damansara direction but now every morning u will have jam starts somewhr before subang exit.

And FYI, the setia alam to NKVE link, it is only 2lanes and it get slower every morning due to the long queue at the Tenby International skool. No more room to expand.....if u wanna worry about traffic, maybe u should start worry the NKVE rather than the Jalan Meru.

GE or not, affecting or not the pricing.....it is very subjective call. U wait, u worry the price will further shoot up. U buy now, u worry the price would gone down after GE.

I guess the point of consideration should be - are u buying for own stay OR for investment? If own stay, don't give a damn on all those factors. Price correction also won't be a 50% of the current price. As long as u like the location, the house design, u think it is worth of $$, then go ahead.

Some ppl whom have been waiting price to drop since 2007 could have carry on waiting and ended up never buy a single thing till now.
Some ppl whom have been aggressively buying since 2007 till now could have been a self-proclaimed millionaire now.
Nothing is right or wrong decision to make, as long as u think it is worth the $$ u spent.

just my 2cents punye opinion.....

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Added on January 19, 2011, 8:48 ami just start to sense what would happen next once all setia alam/nusantara/ecopark fully occupied. With the 2 lanes heading to the NKVE link, it seems more likely the traffic gonna turn disaster in comparison to the Jalan Meru stretch that everyone is worrying about.

By the way, why everyone kept worrying about traffic?? Isn't all densely populated residential area will face the same issue? Instead of worrying the traffic gonna be worse, why not a change of mindset to do car-pooling? Infrastructure/township planning will not be able to cope up with the increasing numbers of vehicle.



This post has been edited by ken7908: Jan 19 2011, 08:48 AM

if that really happens, all will go thru Jalan Meru heading to Federal Hiway pulak......

me too anytime, i'm in setia alam onli ma....2min drive away to BBR

confirmed gonna release so called strategic units, heard was sometime in March'11, with a price up of 15% again at some rm628k for the phase I Fuego. Advised by Georgie boy of SD sales guy.

that is what i meant, once densely populated, traffic issue is unavoidable. The Jalan Meru before Setia Alam/BBR was a single lane towards the pekan meru side some 10yrs back.....never u see much traffic. Expanded to 2lanes, then u see more traffic due to increasing ppl in the new residential. Might expand again to 3 lanes, but when will it be enuff to cater for more and more cars and ppl???

so, forget to consider about the traffic issue, which is prone to all residential area especially those hot ones. my 2sen punye opinion.....

heihei.....one more thing i noticed on the Fuego unit.
can we also write to them regarding the staircase which is not fully covered by the laminated timber flooring? the staircase was not fully covered and the side skirting is not provided.

it was fully covered on paloma, but not Fuego. I asked several times and they kept saying it is not provided......isn't it funny??

yup.....that is exactly what is happening to all the densely populated areas. I foresee this gonna happen to setia alam link to nkve too very soon. Unless some new hiway gonna come up to catch up with the traffic, else there is no other option.

to avoid all the traffic issue, u gotta start moving to some very far place from the city centre lo.....maybe bukit beruntung??? hahhaa

kasi pikin one session minum somewhr in setia alam side, then lets discuss and draft one shot......
i will fly off on 7feb and back on 16feb.

seems several Fuego buyers that we know so far are mostly working in oversea......kayanye....haha