Dreamer, you are right on cleaning going to be hell. I was thinking more on weekend maid. Call her once/twice her month to clean the bathrooms.

Arrg ...now I am renting a apartment and the maintenance is so bad thats why I was very eager to get a landed property.

master room = sleep
bedroom 1 = child 1
bedroom 2 = child 2
bedroom 3 = Study
bedroom 4 = Guest/Mom's
maid room = Store???

About the echo, You can reduce it with furniture, to reduce further you can consider wallpaper instead of paint. Some of the wall paper won't deflect echo.
The pricing of wall paper varies. Try to source around eg. Goodrich

Thanks Vreis,

bedroom 3 and bedroom 4 can be convert as tv room or gym room or guest/mom. When I am 60, i will move to condo with 2 bedroom when the kids fly away.

i tot most ppl will wanto stay landed when old n retired, at least i think so...

Yeah, in my opinion, it's better & more convenient to stay at landed property when gets old.

Reason why i feel like staying landed when old is u get to know the neighbourhood better , u take care of each other , makes visit easier , anything happen can look after....especially when kids are grown n away....this is wat i see in the area i stay now, the neighbours know who stay which unit , occupation, how is the life style , what pet they are having, kids work where, they hav open house will invite next door, even keep courier parcel for u when u not home....abit scary for youngster like us who love freedom but come to think about it, it is a loving community...

my past experience with aprtment n condo , i only know the person who stay next to my unit bcoz we get key same day n open door same day , tht also we met a few times only in the lift or rushing out....

vreis/yew,

well you have point too, but walking 3 storey up and down when you are 60 ? possible ?

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Added on October 4, 2007, 6:05 pmI have to agree this with you. The only time i know my neighbour when we open the door every morning same time coming out to take lift.

Other than not much interaction.

This post has been edited by dr_luv: Oct 4 2007, 06:05 PM

of course when we r old we try stay lower floor lo....but 1st i will try to maintain fit at tht age instead of worry about climbing staircase...

As far as I know, most elderly ppl stay in room at lowest floor. I don't think you'll need to went up often cos it's just bedroom upstairs.

I surprise to see we have quite a elite development (semi d) in Kepong.

Villa Manja by SPK
Bayu Seri Bintang by IJM

Anyone can recommend me a house price below RM100k?
Of course I'm looking for a single terrace house in KL. for own use.

Mate, u can check out Sentul's compact double story houses. Its damn small but u can buy them for about 100k. But its leasehold lar.

aiyar, leasehold ar. I prefer freehold.

Anyway, change of plan. I'm going to buy a house with 6 months from now. Budget will be increase from between 100k-150k.

Of course single terrace will be preferable.

At least, it's for own use. Not any property investment. Anyone got places to recommend something like Kepong area, or Jinjang. It's for my olds one.

For your budget its difficult to get freehold. Maybe you can try Sri Sinar.

Oh, Sri Sinar.
Actually i found out some, but with a problem of transport convenient.

Errr, May I know does the home loan are easy to apply?

any suggestion for landed properties around 300k-400k? freehold..

jc mate, u still lookin'? Try DU DSLs. Sometimes u can get old units for less than 400k.

have to look for a long time... need to be sure 1st.. don wana be in a hurry.. m only 19 anyway.. =.=

if the property tht u r buying is properly maintained n in good location , bank will give out loan easily,they need to be sure in case u don pay, they wanto lelong oso not difficult to get buyer... (of course provided u r eligible for the loan amount...)

need some advice from all sifu here. i hv been looking around kota damansara, damansara indah and sunway damansara for a semi-d of up to RM1.3m but found most too be a bit old in design, outlook and need some work after buying and stumbled upon some ready built and move in in the net 2 months new semi-d at Taman SEA, just beside the Kiwanis Centre for RM1.39m. Was ready to commit but found out suprisingly that it is leasehold!!! Only 12 units and no security(can organise ourselves). Design is quite nice and finishing also top quality and with 8 aircon thrown in. What I like most is the location and the house is really very impressive inside

Just need opinion

1. is the price too high for a leasehold property(LA-5500sf, BU-4500sf)
2. are there any developement around the areas I mentioned that has houses similiar to these. hv looked at Bdr Puteri Puchong but abit far from kids school(Sri KDU)
3. is a small project like this at any disadvantage
4. should i buy a 2000sf condo (like Cova or Opal) for one third the price and leave the balance in the bank, UT(cos my business is running smoothly dun need further financing and so far no new investment)