1. The View
- choice of park (west/south), golf course/sports city (east), kl city skyline (north - waltz's orientation is west east and has no direct north view)
- the smallest size range especially intermediate units (cheapest) below Level 20 might be blocked by Anjung Hijau but the rest above is fine, other sizes are unblocked
- for skyluxe, the view element is paramount for your investment decision
2. The Environment
- a unique parkhome, green concept for South KL
- the water body for the Park is just the fringe of skyluxe's perimeter
- jalan jalil perkasa 1 has lined trees/greeneries making it peaceful and serene
- direct fairway view at the opposite country club/golf course looking towards stadium-fireworks?
- the disadvantage is that its future environment could be less peaceful due to influx of cars coming to the area which will see a huge supply of commercial
3. The Location
- not far from two future big malls (over NLA 2 mil sq ft each of them, it's not your ordinary neighbourhood mall), a sports city, a country club, and just a short drive to Awan Besar LRT which connects to Sg Besi Interchange to MRT heading to Bandar Malaysia HSR Terminal
- some say can cycle under 3 minutes across the Park and the linkbridge to enter the Pavilion mall (not tested out haha)
- we understood that The Link 2 opposite SkyLuxe will have a mini hybrid mall and many commercial retail shops and shop-offices to support immediate condos
- the disadvantage is that Bukit Jalil has been seeing alot alot of highrise developments due to good take-up rates in previous launches attracting more developers into the area. There could be concerns of oversupply, however, SkyLuxe is positioned to be having smaller size range than many other projects.
- Malton and DBKL are doing up their massive infrastructure on Bukit Jalil Highway, it looks exciting!
- some say we are close enough to Bukit Jalil City, which will be a banking hub for this suburb? and also close to The Jalil Link shops and AFC (got some expats there)...
4. The Positioning
- own-stayers due to the environment and view premium
- this is a niche product targeted at young working professionals (hence smaller sizes) similar to Twin Arkz
- upgraders market (young families with second children)
5. The Catchment & Demographics
- the baby boomers in southern KL compared to more senior families in say OUG, Kuchai etc
- this part of bukit jalil is slightly more affluent in terms of purchasing power, cannot compare to Bukit OUG residents as of now, no offence
- ethnic chinese majority (skyluxe has no bumi quota)
- potential tenants are future working population nesting around Pavilion mall, already confirmed and under construction
- future tenants will be young families seeking an alternative to The Park (presumably The Park might be asking higher rental due to proximity to the mall)
6. The Detailing & Product Concept
- its a service apartment product type but it does not have a single shop or retail lot, hence fully catered to residential use and will have secured perimeter and fencing
- a great emphasize on balcony concept to maximise exposure to outside environment (Type B and D have dual balconies concepts and every balcony has enough space for chairs). Having said that, there are unit choices without balcony at all at slightly lower price PSF wise.
- no long corridors
- units with balconies have double width full height glass slide doors
- the units are semi-D or bungalow (for Type C) to ensure privacy/minimise wall-to-wall to next-door unit
- the unit design and layout emphasizes on balance of space within build-up area, example kitchen space is well suited, evenly spaced for family cooking, not so cramped and has its own yard/wet kitchen for both big and small size types
- the AC ledge will not sit outside at balcony area or near the bedrooms, instead will be placed as part of the built-up yard area
- the key point is that due to majority of units are Semi-D corner unit hence the yard/AC ledge area will flow out and will not need close-up voids which will trap the heat from AC compressors (except unit 6 in tower B)
- no units have door face-to-face
- enclosed service area with refuse chamber and service men could access the refuse area with double-sided service lift without interfering with main lobby
- for Type C, your foyer is tilted so that your main door opens up to the balcony view of golf course, and you arrive at living area first instead of conventional dining/kitchen area
- detailing to facade works and alternative balcony staggering or jack-out
- some units have lockers at carpark area
- grand dropoff area built inside the building footprint with a drive-thru driveway like porte cochere (conventional is lobby entrance with sheltered roof along main driveway)
- sky decks are present in both towers, one of the highest point in this area (44 storeys)
- the carpark is designed to its best despite the site size constraint, hence in order to give more spacing to carparks allocated nearest to each block, residents will get 4 ramps each floor
- there are two engress in this development (means 2 guardhouse) to minimise bottleneck exit at jalan jalil perkasa 1 (double parking outside of next door anjung hijau) as the second engress/exit is via jalan jalil perkasa 4 (an existing road leading to park)
- There are special limited edition units with lanai-type garden (sold out)
- drawback is no bigger sized units for now, and no dual-keys, and no duplexes
7. The Developer
- fairly new developer with no completed track record as of now
- but its not an "one time" developer as it has an ambitious vision judging from massive landbanking activities in KL and promotion of grand events and CSR deeds
- management level consists of staff personnels from renowned developers
- cross-financing business model using good sales from affordable homes to fund higher end projects
- the big boss Datuk Ng is a known corporate figure as a corporate trainer for GLCs, major supplier of ICT equipments to Government ministries and a secretary general for The Kuala Lumpur Chinese Assembly Hall
- commitment to CONQUAS and GBI standards as a rating tool for all or most of their projects
8. The Competitor Projects
- many competitors frankly speaking
- on Price PSF basis, some will be higher than SkyLuxe (The Park Tower C and D, some asking prices at Twin Arkz, maybe The Park 2) but some will be lower than SkyLuxe (new Aset Kayamas BJ Project)
- let's see hows the subsale/fair value at Twin Arkz shall we?
- the sales package is competitive (slightly more rebates than Waltz, which is already launched) and partially furnished... the drawback is there are a few items that are not provided
- SkyLuxe is looking at 42 months completion... so I think that would be almost timely or after the opening of Pavilion mall
A very detail analysis of skyluxe project, useful info and actual facts provided. Well done.