I currently live in DPC and is among the first few buyers that bought into their development. Price I paid was about $230psf on builup in 2006.

When I saw this BRDB's TamanSari, I fell in love with it. That piece of land is just nice. It reminds me of DPC when I first saw it, minus all the development we see now. I only saw Safa which was completed then and Nadia was only starting earthworks. Safa was like 1 Utama kind of design, but build quality was better.

Fast track to today, and we have a basis of BRDB's landed development in Senja, in Sri Kembangan. Leasehold, the plot size is much smaller, and the buildup price is >$600psf.

BRDB properties have a sexy feel to it in terms of landscaping and it has a resort feel. Another point is that GDP Architects is in charge of the whole TamanSari, not just individual phases. Which is a very good approach.

So I say Taman Sari is a good buy, best of all in Rawang. Better than the semi-dees and bungalows that's offered by the rest of the players.

And so I bought a unit in Camellia.

Prior to my purchase of BRDB's project in Rawang, I have also gone to EM's showroom in Semenyih. Already Sungai Long is so far. This Semenyih is like about 45-50km from DPC. The tolls before the price increase was about RM8, ended up I had to pay 3-4 times of toll. Woah.

The design on paper looks swanky but not practical with homes without backdoors (connected to another house!), and with an English design in some ulu part of Selangor is just out-of-whack. And the last killer blow was the price is outrageous for this location.

No wonder they had to print newspaper inserts coz I think it can't sell. I wouldn't buy it.

Type C.

A similar home in DPC with this kind of buildup is easily above RM2mil. The so-called semi-dees and bungalows, some with much smaller buildups that they sell nowadays are about the same price if not more than this Type C.

Semi-dees and bungalows are yesterday's concept. Nowadays, it's called a Villa or Zero lot houses. Zero-lot bungalows!

Was deciding between Type F & C. But that extra 5 feet at the back is only good for a garden. I don't have much green fingers and time to tend the garden.

Long time ago, people will buy land and build their holiday home near some waterfront. Nowadays, with security issues and high cost of land, that is a bit difficult to execute. And so, for me, this is the holiday home.

A Seremban 2 bungalow with similar buildup is already now more than RM2mil. An average condo with not much to shout about, in Kepong area is now RM600psf.

South Klang Valley does not appeal to me. It has a somehow Bumi feel. Whereas North Klang Valley is closer to the more happening North West Klang Valley, i.e. DPC, Kota Damansara, 1U & Taman Tun and Mt Kiara.

You can say this part of the new Rawang is something like Seremban 2. The new area will appreciate faster than the old.

So that was how I came to my decision. When no one is buying and all looks gloom, this is the best time to buy.

Frankly, I did not notice the missing windows. Maybe there are already many windows and glass doors already. This will be a holiday-cum-retirement home for me one day.

The architect gave some thought to it. If the toilet was at the front of the house, then they cannot give you such big glass windows. The idea is to give you the park view and resort feel.

The second floor intermediate rooms are for the kids or your elderly folks. How much time they spent in the toilet looking out?

Yes, they had initially planned for a bungalow, each with a private pool but changed it to the current form. I think to price it would be closer to RM6-8mil for such houses. I think, it would be very hard to move such properties.

Whatever you call it, superlink, villa or mansion, they did everyone a favour. Since it is a superlink like some say, then, technically, they have set the highest prices for such houses, past RM5mil.

In other words, it is safe to say that one day, the link houses will reach this price.