It's not a bad mall by design, location is next to main road similar to Velocity. But why no people go?

It's a furniture hub with full aircon, other alternatives would be Ikea. The rest is those LDP/Sungei Besi area but outside no aircon.

So why people don't go Viva Home? I find it convenient all in one can see many shops without driving/walking too much.

Also there is 1 hotel there but still no people until Giant also moved out.

Mahal?

Susah nak masuk when u come from leisure mall side. Kena masuk LRT station then masuk mall or masuk Kat maluri then masuk miharja kampung baru then sampai, but before that, jam macam jahanam Kat PGRM there all the way to the bulatan.

penang got?

if Giant move out mean bad feng shui at that Viva Mall lo.

Access road problem

The old mall before change to viva homes also gone busted

u go at wrong time. u try go at 10pm above... the nightclub basically overbooked every night. Malaysia elite all there

sorry i go shop furniture not night club.

the vegetarian restaurant below night club is quite good though.

anyway if people don't go Viva Home, go where? Ikea only for look look see see. Other places so far away and furniture shops around town so spread out.

but this is furniture mall, not normal mall, people go there to see furniture, so even access abit difficult people still would go since it's convenient place have many shops in 1 mall.

drive to other places will take more time due to jams and also need to drive to many locations, find parking etc, might as well go Viva Home?

Ask u why go viva mall when I can go Ikea? I can see their design concept at Ikea. There buy furniture saje and FYI it is not cheap TBH

Ikea is good for jalan jalan look look see see what new ideas from Europe.

Ikea is not the best place to buy furniture, but depends what you buying, cabinets/pillows/office chair/small desk Ikea may be good for it's price/design/quality.

But other bigger furniture like Sofa, dining table, Bed i would go elsewhere. The design is there, but they don't feel solid at all for it's price.

Like i said, alternative to Viva home would be Ikea, so where else if i want to window shopping furniture?

Those LDP/Sungei Besi furniture shops are hot during day time. If go Rozel & other places need to drive to many locations because they aren't concentrated together in 1 place.

Viva home easy parking & all aircon. Tired can find shop to eat & drink.

The only excuse people giving is the access from Leisure mall direction.

ppl go deluxe 2 only.... owaiii

Just inform u. VIva furniture is not cheap. I can find a cheaper same furniture at normal furniture shop. That is the main point. The only thing different is I can makan there and cheaper than Ikea (depends)

so it's a good place to check furnitures different from Ikea. so why still not many people?

anyway i don't think you can find exactly the same furniture outside, maybe they look similar, but quality might be different. unless it's from the same brand.

I went there back in 2011 right after i bought a new galaxy ace. Things were looking ok back then.

just go straight to jalan loke yew and exit at miharja there's an underpass to go to the other side

its a furniture mall in nature - how often people go buy new furniture nowadays? especially given the current economic circumstances....and most of the people nowadays buy property for investment/speculation so no much intend to buy furniture unless its for AirBnB purposes...

Further to that, with the opening of IKEA Cheras and premium tenant mix in VivaHome - most of the tenant sell expensive/premium furniture....

Unless VivaHome can come up with meatballs that as tasty as IKEA, I think its abit hard to attract footfall to that mall.

Nonetheless I still go to that mall on weekdays for movie as the cinema is quiet and parking is super cheap.

errr fail mall

everything fail, from upstairs foodcourt to giant move out

fail

fail

fail

you might not think many people buy furnitures, but how many new condos are being sold every month? houses would require even more furniture. so you'd be surprised how many people buy furnitures. if not, you won't see so many furniture shops even in small towns.

where got food court wo.

Ppl cheapskate buy from cheaper shops or Ikea for some simple furniture

V d laku waaat... after 10.

closed

hahahahahahah

once upon a time


now upcar oledi

i bought my furnitures and tiling there.

That's the only place in malaysia that have the brand's outlet.

The quality and service there is way way better then furniture shops in Midvalley/gardens.

certain entrance to the mall is retarded (eg from jalan cheras to loke yew 1, u nid go from the lrt area).

market aka the oni giant location is not logic altot its quite huge.

food quality /options is actually quite bad. now we got sunway and mytown & quality not so bad

curse of ue3 lul

Market - the furnitures sold are catering for upper middle till luxurious people. 1 piece furniture cost 1k, 2k above. That market is rather small.
OK i get that there's plenty of rich ppl in malaysia too, but rich ppl's furniture demand isnt that much more than middle class (ie. middle class - 1 sofa/house, rich ppl - 2-3 sofa/house).
And rich ppl aint got time for shopping often for furnitures. The houses that these rich ppl rent out will be using cheapskate furnitures sold elsewhere.

Experience - the mall's shopping experience is poor. There's basically only 3 types of (pricey) furniture u can find there (in each shop) - beds, tables, sofas. Same thing for most shops. The designs arent much different and distinct.
There's rows and rows of mishmash furnitures, often with no showrooms to help u visualize how that furniture will fit in into a space.
The restaurant selections arent exciting.
There's no point in going there if there's no exhibition going on or u not shopping for high end furnitures

Online channel - nowadays furnitures can be bought online. The discount vouchers are pretty attractive. Search, filter and sort function lets u see thousands of products instantly.
Way easier and convenient than going all the way to Viva Home

*Souce - my experience going there last month

This post has been edited by LiMi: Jun 21 2017, 11:50 PM

Damn Bad Fung Sui, I remember last time when mainland Chinese doing the business on that Uncang Emas..nobody come..when they rebrand the name to Viva homes ...even Giant Hypermarket pun lingkup dah tutup...jual dgn FGV or PNB or Tabung Haji lah...haha...mungkin laku.

This post has been edited by spider955: Jun 22 2017, 12:06 AM

i remember this mall when open time also not laku then change name/reno reborn again.

Hmmmmm

aka UE3

exactly the point. its already so failed at this point until the food court (which was premium standard btw when it first opened) is gone.

Vivahome concept was doomed from the start, the location as a regular mall is crap, there are very few flagship retailers to make it worth going and the surrounding neighbourhood is absolutely poor as fuck from Merdeka 1957 till now. I don't know how the MBO cinema survives, but I bet its loss-making.

That is as a regular mall; meanwhile there just isn't enough sales turnover for a furniture specialist mall to survive, you end up with a lot of wasted space for which you are paying overheads... that air cond you mentioned? it ain't cheap. and the furniture shops aren't well designed and look simply thrown together frankly.

i won't say it's all high end.

also 1k is wot furniture? if 1 chair yes high end, if 1 sofa 2k is cheap.

i actually saw a bed on LG that rarely see outside, made from virgin coconut fiber.

there are other furnitures like kitchen & doors & toilets but not that many. but i notice even you go Rozel, they also sell these things, you don't see cabinets & closets.

thing is most things people will hire people custom make instead of buy ready made, that is why they focus on Bed/Sofa/Dining set/table/Chair. i mean wot else you buy?

btw you guys actually buy furniture online? not even see & touch actual product?

i mean if standard like phone etc ok la, but furniture, unless it's same brand & model you see in shops, you dare buy?

cheras ppl got mental problem.
in cheras, they only go leisure mall no other mall.

For the price I rather go to ikea.

but Ikea cannot get solid wood & real leather.

Cheap things no good
Good thing not cheap

This weekend when u are free... Pls go Jalan Jalan at ikea and tell me got or not.

Thanks..

i went last week. even got, looks cheap. i don't think they sell genuine leather.

solid wood can lah

and real leather also available but very expensive

Pls open your eyes bigger.

went there last month..

ok je..

but yes, not much customer, staff there all goyang kaki

keyword: furniture

i bought my marble dining table in casarano, viva 2012 should last at least 10years
new sofa in hatch,viva 2014 should last at least 6years
new wardrobe in ikea 2015
people buy furniture once a year
people buy clothes, shoes, toys once a month
people buy groceries, food everyday

This post has been edited by kaxe113: Jun 22 2017, 09:20 AM

Becos jln Cheras Loke yew pudu tun razak jam like sht everyday. Even as I type it is still jam. Ppl going to work jam atleast 1.5 hrs r not wan travel those roads again during wekends.

Also viva home apart from the apartments by miharja not many residential areas nearby for KMS.

Also msia way 2 maNY malls.

this mall's foot traffic getting worse and worse..

food court(gurney drive) moved out after 1 year of operation.. Giant moved out on March 2017.. Guardian moved out as well.. Home's Harmony will be moving out soon.. more to come................

surprise that MBO still can survive till now


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anything good in Home Harmony? didn't notice that shop last week wo.

i only use their showroom to check the real product, then buy online

because 1 glance ppl thought it's vavi home until they read it again.

many think that this is yahudi's propaganda to challenge iman.

This post has been edited by juicyliana: Jun 22 2017, 09:53 AM

not sure..

will check out soon since the sale is until end of july.. lol

Accessibility is actually not bad la as it has lots roads that leads to the mall but i think the problem is that those furniture shops there are either own in house brand or show galleries only and they are very pricey! And the way they do business is like price is rather fixed, ngam you take, no ngam then pls leave. I can always get cheaper some where else. not sure if that is due to high rental or not

actually the places i go they have offers & promotion.

even the mattress got discounts.

True, furniture mall is just a outside layer...

Real deals is from the clubs... makes money's.

coz viva
so viva till vivi

Ppl dont buy furniture everyday

actually the night club started operating not long ago only, before that, there were a few pubs there but now i think those pubs also gone. maybe management purposely increase rental to force them to leave so that they can turn the whole mall into night clubs?? But even before the night club came, their furniture already quite pricey, I don't get to buy anything from there at all, just window shopping only. and i told my wife, that mall cannot survived for long...

heard new management of this mall is LCLY

charge high rental but didnt do much events to attract crowd.. tenants already complained long time ago but no much of actions taken

food court, giant, guardian, and many more were closing down as well as RHB bank.. the only thing that keeps this mall alive is MBO and of course club at top floor.. lol

there's this thing called reviews online, just buy those that have above average reviews

cari makan oso susah

so little choice