QUOTE(numbertwo @ Nov 23 2011, 07:59 PM)
First time on MEX today after some months, saw the eco glades banner along the way.
CJ's development lately has no doubt giving more choices to the rich, but minimal selections to the medium income earner with family. Those suites or serviced apartments are targetting only either rich middle east/african students; and those linked houses are meant for high income earner. So, a medium income earner would have to stay somewhere else.
CJ is still lifeless at night...even after 10+ years. No residence, no commercial? Or rather lack of commercials hence no residence?... chicken n egg...someone got to sort this out first.
If there is a choice, i would not hesitate to go for landed property in kajang or even rawang, rather than CJ for now.
Agree with you to certain extend that the house price in cyberjaya is not meant for avergae incomers apart from perhaps condo like serin, lakeview, garden view...all these still pretty much below 400-500k.
Lifeless at night is an overstatement, but also depend what you are looking for. If you refer to shopping, yes, nothing there....if you refer to restaurant, there are a handful, but perhaps more are required, if you referring pub and bar, that as good as zero....
No residence? you must be kidding, there are plenty of people staying there although cant compare with puchong, seri kembang, serdang or kajang....the residential development in cyberjaya had virtually stop for a few good year.....but to say no residence, well it is an overstatement really....
if you want to stay in cyberjaya or any other place, you need to know what you really want.....a lot of residential area (taman) are pretty quiet at night with minimum hypermarket / shops or shopping mall (Bukit jelutong, Setia Alam, bukit raja (new), bukit puchong, even some area in kajang, putra heights, Damansara height, dri damansara, rahman putra, etc)...depend really what you really want.....as you might also aware that there are 4-5 mix development (commercial/retails) in cyberjaya within the next 2-3 years....Shaftbury mall is expected to start operation next year....
So, if you want to move into a really mature township that already have tons of entertainment, restaurant, shopping mall, cyberjaya would not fit you bill, you should go to taman TTDI, Mutiara Damansara, Kota Damansara, Bandar utama, bangsar...as there are plenty of shop, malls, pubs, around.....and guess what.....dont complain about the price of link house there as well, because it will not be cheap.....
Alternatively, as you mentioned, moving to Kajang or Rawang is an option, why not. There are plenty of 400-500k link house (new) there....they might not have big mall like 1 utama, but i believe there are good amenities there, which are very important or more important to big shopping mall.....
Every area has there own characteristic, so really cant expect one to be exactly the same as the other. they have pro and cons.......otherwise, i would start cursing the price of house in Damansara heights....
Of course, one thing that we dont like is the current house price in KV......btw, medium incomers are alway to most screwed in many circumstances...that's why the protest in wall street.....