Missed out some good pictures yesterday.
The reserved forest also includes a large camping area side, i just joked with another forumer, if u have incoming guests to your condo, and u do not hv enough room for them, u can place them in the camp..hehe


Tree House - at time, Mat salleh thought we Malaysians are uncivilised and we lives on the trees, so once again we prove them right. But we only live in the tree house as vacation. This concept indeed a resort style living


Fruits Orchard/Cabana, some forumer said there are lots of durian trees there, so we need to wear helmet when walking around this area for "safety reason". There is a pool looks like a hotspring


Hot spring in the forest?? shd be an ideal place for kids to play

They hv the right product, and good easy entry package. But they do not know how to market their product. The printed catalogue is dull and boring.
That is why I try to upload some pics here. Pictures speak better than words.

Mont Kiara has 90% highrise, only 10% landed. Whereas in bandar Sri damansara it's 90% landed. So whether BSD or MK more congested? It's very obvious.

RM455psf, must be mid high floor

they shd rather sell it slow and steady.
If u notice the masterplan, the phase 2 only has 2 blocks.

what will be the changes of layout plan in Block C?
Size changes? Many prefer smaller size unit.

Got reply from SA, for block B, there is a type B3 at 1395sqft. They want to make the B3 type bigger than 1395sqft in block C.

They can't get it approved fr the authority. Smaller units meant higher density. Rumous saying they shd build min 1400sf.

Good explanation. No wonder Empire damansara @ Dsara Perdana, and TA- Damansara Avenue @ BSD can built so many smaller units such as studio and soho. They are under commercial land title.

If u see the masterplan in Page27, and the news that someone posted. The construction is only on Slope Class 1 & Class 2.
The developer will retain the Slope Class 3 and Class 4 for the reserve forest. On the reserve forest part i guess the developer is just add on the facilities like canapy walk, tree hse, viewing deck, they try to avoid/ minimize cutting the trees so that the trees will hold the soil which is below and above the contruction site.

Slope Class 1 basically very low risk based on the current technology. Slope Class 2 is more challenging.

This post has been edited by cheahcw2003: Jan 14 2012, 10:43 PM

Abt the safety of this hillside construcion project, we will never get the right answer.
If we ask the developer they will definately assure and promise that landslide will not happen. If u ask the land office they will sing the same song or else they will not approve the project. If u ask the competitors/ other developers u may get the different answers.
So we need to go back to the fundamental and basic/ background of the developer. If the developer is

a) the hit and run/shortsighted type, they will not care much abt the long term safety of the project, after completing 12 blocks just pack and cabut
b) if they think this project carry their brand name, as the whole BSD is under them, then they hv to develop and execute it well. If this project fail, both LnG and Mayland will disappear in the market. Having said that if phase 1 fail due to landslides, all their following phases will be gone like that, ended up developer will lost thousand times more than the purchasers.

This post has been edited by cheahcw2003: Jan 16 2012, 12:33 AM

Updated this morning.
Block B left 18 units (All are higher floor and Sri Dsara facing, pool/forest facing all sold out).
SnP for Block A + B can be signed anytime from now, dateline given till this month end.

Block C will only opened next month, most likely developer want to make sure all Block A + B fully taken up (confirmed with S&P signed).

with the bank tightening starting from 1 Jan 2012, no more easy financing. If drop out rate is high, developer will need to clear all the drop outs units 1st b4 launching the Block C. If drop out rate is huge, Block C price increase will be mild.

As per your request:-

From the same news article, the MD also mentioned that:-

"Low said L&G would be taking registration for the third block of its Damansara Foresta project in February".

Meaning the Block C will only be launched in Feb.
Block A & B purchasers also signing S&P in Feb.

Maybank staff just contacted my friend yesterday for loan....really dont understand..

Hope the developer will buy insurance, good for purchasers also.

Hope this will gain the confidence of the Public. But from my understanding, construction insurance is compulsory for all projects, especially the bridging financer OCBC, who granted RM90mil credit line to LnG shd have already imposed this requirement.
WOnder why Maybank made a hu ha on that? or just a rumous?

This post has been edited by cheahcw2003: Jan 21 2012, 09:03 PM

Someone has added Damansara Foresta into the wikimapia
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=3.1780742&lon=10...93&z=16&l=0&m=b

Empire Residence is very closed to Rafflesia and behind the Armanee Terrace II, if i am not mistaken.

2 storey link and condo is not a perfect substituition.
Full GnG vs not GnG
full amenities vs no amenities
security vs no security
for subsales Link hse, need to spend good money for renovation.

But frankly speaking, 2s link hse in BSD is not a bad choice for own stay.