hehe..150psf merely building costs (footing/piling/bricks/cement/tiles/internal infra/wiring only) or including those fittings:
like windows/
doors/
glasses/
water heater/ (if any)
alarm (if any)
/aircond points/
water heater points
/rainwater harvesting system (if any)
/b/ins wardrobe (if any)
/kitchen cabinets (if any)

also do not forget about internal facilities needed to provide. all this costs a lot.

Alam impian land cheap (i am not sure), but if the land is not mortaged to bank, then it should be alright, coz loan interest is a big portion which will eat into developer profits.

I know one of I&P main contractor, he told me that for Kinrara, Alam Sari, Alam Impian new projects, they hv to quote RM150/sf for the tender, becoz the material used is better i.e clay roof tiles, heat repellent foil, skim coating, higher ceiling (at least 11'), ABS piping, better porch flooring, imprint skirting and landscaping..
The total nett build up is 3125sf would amount to RM468K, I&P can price their product cheap is bcoz the land cost is cheap. If we take the most current freehold land to count (bout  RM60/sf gross = RM100/sf nett), any developer (accept I&P) who now buy an empty land in Alam Impian vicinity and build the similar house would cost them 680K, in order to make at least gross profit of 20%, the selling price would be RM860K
Just ask ourselves, who else except I&P in KV willing to build 85ft length link house in the next 100 yrs??
It's a bargain! 

wow...mean that car porch area from gated to door/window only got 20ft plus 5ft for backyard?

I think next to the lake

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Added on July 29, 2011, 10:21 am

Pentas
- Clay roof tile
- 1st floor solid timber merbal
- Skim coating
- Plaster ceiling
- 11ft/12ft ceiling height (ground floor)
- 50ft wide road

Aquina
- Concrete roof tile
- 1st floor laminated flooring
- Skim coating
- Plaster ceiling
- 10ft/10.5ft ceiling height (ground floor)
- 40ft wide road

he..he, a bit not too happy with that, however the pangsapuri might be shifted to another area, according to the technical SA, she said I&P is aware of the issue, they are studying the possibility to swap the land with another land on the North which is catering for Institute, Bomba & Polis Station, otherwise they might change the land use

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Not so gated community

24/03/2006 The Star

PROPERTY developers are heavily promoting gated (guarded) communities these days.

The buyer is promised security and facilities that can include a swimming pool, tennis court and clubhouse.

But the main selling point is security, which is supposed to be so good you do not have to install a fence around your home or grill up your windows and doors like we Malaysians often do.

All this comes at a cost, incorporated in the price of the house.

Our experience of living in a gated community the past four years is all that glitter in developers' brochures do not translate into a golden environment.

First, buyers should be cautious about buying properties with unusually low maintenance fees.

Those fees must cover the managerial costs of the service provider, monthly maintenance bills and repairs to common amenities.

We moved into our small gated community of 23 houses four years ago. For us, the main attraction was not the pool or the clubhouse, but round-the-clock security as promised by the developer.

But as soon as the houses were sold, the developer scooted off.

So the onus was on a few residents to actually run the show as the maintenance fees were barely enough to pay the monthly bills.

Organising monthly meetings, paying bills, monitoring the security staff, gardener and pool cleaner became a chore most of us had to do despite our busy schedules.

Raising maintenance fees, we discovered, was an impossible task. Some residents are convinced those fees are fixed for life.

The second issue buyers must beware of is the security promised is often illusory. Due to low remuneration, security guards often are retired elderly men, able only to patrol a small area.

The absence of fencing and grills, in fact, make these partially guarded properties even more vulnerable to burglars.

This is exactly what happened to us. In a matter of months, there were three robberies.

But here again, due to low maintenance fees, additional security is simply not feasible.

To wall up our yards defeats the purpose of living in a gated community and paying a premium for our property.

Is Malaysia ready to venture into gated community living?

Currently residents of gated communities sign a deed of mutual governance that states the do's and dont's when they buy the property.

In reality, this document is of a questionable legal standing and can be challenged.

The Government should collect a fund from developers which may be put into a trust which residents can utilise if they are shortchanged.

A more concrete and binding law of mutual governance must also be in place to protect house buyers.

DR RAJ & DR PUSHPA,
Seremban.

Pentas owner any comments? Are u all not willing to pay for safer home?

Bumi non bumi

Anyone know who wearing yellow shirt + green short pants eating satay + BBQ chickenre wang  there now?