As title, what's the cons of staying penthouse or top floor of a condo / apartment ?

top floor or penthouse?

top floor always facing problems with leaking from roof slab

If an apartments, top floor of it. And above the unit is nothing. What's the cons ?
Sorry for bad English as I'm not good in describing this lol

Yeah. If the roof slab, got nothing but mainly jus roof slab, so usually problems just the leaking ? How long after only can notice the leaking ? 2,3 years upon VP?

Only if the lift got problem..

If really high, all lift have issues or malfunction, prepare for free fall of your property price

penthouse is ok
top floor is hotter & might suffer from leaking rainwater

staying mid floor just reduce certain stairs right? That's not my major concern

My major concern is besides the leaking, what else.
And if leaking, how long after can.notice

Is 25 floor consider very high? Just checking.

Yes it is, try imagine going up and down the stairs for 25 floors for just 1 day assuming lift not working

u have to wait for the elevator.

Leaking.
Depend on design; u may hv water tank sound or lift vibration sound. It can get loud at night...

Nothing on top of the unit.

Water tank is at middle floor.

What else the cons?

Thanks. Point taken for both.

usually 6 months after vp can notice the leaking

one more thing if all door and window not fit properly, you will face a whistling sound from the wind especially during heavy rain

how many units for penthouse per floor?

it will be nice if only your house on that floor

This post has been edited by magnesium: May 8 2017, 11:48 PM

Another point is, top floor usually warmer compared to other floor...

Talking about leaking its not as simple as you think... when leaks happen, its not something that u can just simply pay to fix it, it require the community/management to take action on these which takes time depending on the community's efficiency because the area that leaks may not belong to your ownership

not just that, even with lif is working, u got to wait for other residents each floor to until your turn
unless u have exclusive lif for urself

well noted. Will put that into consideration

am viewing a project which already VP 2 yrs. brand new and the unit seems perfectly fine without water leakage.
is there any way I can check the water leakage if it's not visible on bare eyes ?

Dont bro, one day u kancheong wan pee, but have to wait for the elevator. Can die.
I'm only staying at the 8th floor

bro, facility area got toilet la. And usually lower floor than the floor you stay

just look for watermark

2 years since vp exclude 6 months after completed and waiting for cfo

it should be free from leakage if no watermark

some developers use membrane type waterproofing and this type have very less problems

Rental rate is same as lower floors (except maybe the first five floors). Harder to sell compared to middle floors unless you're willing to match their selling price.

View is overrated. A lot of buyers look for floors high enough to have peace and quiet, away from ground floor and facilities deck noises, but beyond that, it's down to price.

If I'm buying for my own stay, I''m more inclined to purchase a unit at the 15th floor than one on the 30th floor.

Exorbitant price per unit.

Long wait for the lift during peak hour

Water pressure very low

Cons of highest floor unit of apartment
1) More expansive than the lower level unit
2) Higher tendency of water leakage
3) In house temperature is higher compare to lower floor
4) Lower water pressure if tangki is at roof top with gravity flow distribution system.

For those well designed, or should I said 'better or not low cost" one (whatever name), top floor and second top or up to third top, they are served with individual pump, instead of using gravity pressure from the tank.

For apartment not likely. Condominium probably.

Another component which may fail after 5-7 years ?

Once the ceiling is leaked, the earliest fixing time i ever seen is 1 week.

Great replies and input. There's still one point everyone has yet to mention - penthouses usually are the biggest units (for those condo that have penthouse on top floor) - the maintenance fees are usually very high and often prove a huge "negative" factor when selling.

Case of point:
Seri Maya, Setiawangsa. My friend brought a condo there really cheap. Pent house unit at 4+1 bedroom, but then realize fees are really high. In the end he moved out to smaller unit, built partition and rent by room. Plus - bonus - he went to management office and argue that all units should pay same maintenance fees as everyone swim in same pool and drive on same road. I literally lol-ed.

So ladies and gentlemen, beside 1. The extra heat. 2. Roof leaking 3. Low Water Pressure 4. Highest Priced unit, consider this factor too (5. High maintenance fees) when buying penthouses.

Peace.

This post has been edited by balistafear: Jun 16 2017, 12:36 PM

Surely he didn't get his wishes granted, but I would like you to confirm th is

No news from him on that anymore, he doesn't want to talk about it. Hahahaha. Oh well, at lease thank you for the entertainment and refreshing boldness!

make sure window is good in quality ..
else very noisy when raining .. wind sound and rain drop hitting the window ..

especially thunder storm .. very chi kek one ...

p/s : i live at lvl28 but not top floor yet ..

one day no water and elevator not working, sure die one.. pick low-med floor my 2cents

25th out of ?

subsale cannot judge the price solely on floor level. many other factors like unit condition. major renovation vs no renovation. partial furnished vs full furnished. unit views, neighbours, etc.

if all factors list above the same. then higher floor unit will priced higher compare to lower floor.

for undercon property, it is normal practice 1 level increase 1k. some property increase RM500 per floor. some even RM3k per floor depending on the developer. same size. same layout. same viewing. just different floor level. yes, the higher the unit, more expensive you need to pay.

Pro : Nice view

Cons :
1. after few years already got used to that view
2. Still noisy despite of higher floor, the sounds from the street / motorcycles are amplified
3. Annoying elevator stops inbetween floors especially during morning and evening (before and after working hours)
4. Inhaling body odours of other tenant in the lift.
5. Nowadays condos do not have rubbish chute, you and other tenants have to bring down that smelly garbage inside the lift all the way down. Some idiot spill the wet fishy stinky sotong garbage all over the lift.
6. More..

1,4,5 not even relevant.

And 5, usually each floor will have specific place to throw rubbish.

Actually, the view with high floor is nothing special especially in Malaysia unless the apartment is in the city centre. Otherwise you will mostly see old worn-out roof tiles of old houses, scrap yards and stuff.

High floor units
Pros:-
1. Cooler and cleaner air
2. Less mosquito and insects or cockroaches
3. Lower noise - There are reports that there is still noise with floors from 10th to 25th floor but the noise gets lower from 30th floor and above. If there is a swimming pool, the noise of screaming kids will be loud up to 10 floors up from the pool.

Con:-
1. Lift breakdown, which I understand may not be frequent. If lift breakdown, those staying 10 floors up will also need to climb up anyway. Those staying on the 3rd or 4th floor will benefit the most if the lift does happen to break down.

The rest of the cons will apply to everyone living at the low or high floors.

yes, maintenance fee!

Have to consider personal and building safety in the event of fire. How long it takes you to run out of the building. The higher the unit, more time is needed. Depending on how serious is the fire, the authority may declared the building unsafe to occupy.

I remember circa 2007 when tsunami hit, that earthquake forced everyone to use the stairs to come down.

My leg pain for a week.

Depends on the roof design, some flat type one top floor also hotter. I rent a top floor unit last time the roof didn't leak but the flat roof top absorbed some of the water and caused the paint to peel and become powdery in the room. Management had to do some waterproofing at the top.