From the map itself, it looks like Villa Wangsamas is slowly getting surrounded by new projects. Dy have Infiniti3 at the right, and now this project below it. And on top I suspect will be another high-rise. Only left the west-facing units which are unblocked.

I know a colleague of my wife is staying there with his parents. He sure ain't gonna be happy to have his view being blocked on nearly all sides unless the unit he's staying in is the west facing one.

I always wondered why DBKL can't be bothered to build a proper walkway towards that LRT station.

Unless Sunway plan to build an overhead walkway towards it just like how they connected certain parts of their Sunway City to the BRT stations or just like Sunway Velocity where an overhead walkway connects to the Cochrane MRT station...

Meaning those living in a taman or high-rise have to fork out from their own pockets to engage contractor(s) to build pavements and roads? Then what's the point of paying tax to the gov't and assessment to DBKL if they aren't going to do that?

Not saying that a developer can skimp on community projects or whatever, but if no one is doing it, then DBKL have to step in to do so (Khalid Samad himself even said that DBKL's main priority is to maintain and build roads and pavements).

That developer of both Villa Wangsamas and Infiniti3 didn't do their part in building a proper pathway to the Sri Rampai LRT station, so hopefully Sunway can pick this up. And I'm sure that the latter can do so as they have the financial means, compared to the former.

If every developer fulfils their promise of improving the current infrastructure, then most areas will have wider roads and proper walkways, right?

Unfortunately, not every developer will do so. Setapak Heights reneged on that promise for the promised walkway after Infiniti3 is completed. Why no one from Infiniti3 and Villa Wangsamas took them to task for that?

When Maxim started with Phase 1 & 2 of The Address in Taman Desa, did they promise to widen the roads around it? No. And yet they still got the green-light to proceed. Skyworld's SkyVogue also did not promise anything when they took over that playground near Armada Villa and yet, no action is taken against them, outside of the protests from the 'Save Taman Desa' coalition.

This post has been edited by DesRed: Feb 2 2019, 12:19 AM

I wonder if Sunway will use the unit balloting system similar to that of SV2 and Serene.

I'll just quote what I mentioned in the SV2 thread:

To add to that, if you do decide to attend the balloting, you will be given a number and when your number is announced, you'll then be asked to go into a room to choose your unit. If the unit you choose is below the 'tentative' amount you applied for the loan, then you can renegotiate with the bank for a lower amount. If it's higher, then you'll either have to pay the differential sum to the developer or renegotiate with the bank for a higher loan amount.

Bear in mind that this is for SV2 only, though. Not sure if it applies to this project as well, but just bear that in mind in case Sunway repeats that method here.

No MRT here. Just the Sri Rampai LRT station which is the closest for this project.

But like what the others had mentioned before here and in the Infiniti3 thread, it's close, but not walkable and so far, no one is willing to take the responsibility to do a proper pathway there till this very day.

I think he's referring to Sunway, not that developer of both Infiniti3 and Villa Wangsamas.

Let's just wait and see how this pans out. The best is to check with the Sunway sales staff at this project's sales gallery on whether there is confirmation to build one or not.

It depends, but I wasn't debating what you said in my last post, tho. Don't get me wrong on that.

It's good that the staff confirmed that, but of course, a black-and-white is still needed (e.g. a brochure which details this).

Well, best we can do is wait until a proper brochure is out and if it is a covered walkway with no 'proposed' attached in the front, then that's really great news.

Sad, but not really surprised.

Must be some under-the-table dealings between the developers and DBKL which occurred prior to GE-14 to get the latter to green-light their projects without the need to do any proper walkway to the Sri Rampai LRT station.

So that means this job falls to Ekovest or DBKL will have to take it up on their own initiative?

Indicative pricing... Sounds like they'll repeat the balloting method used in their recent launches such as Sunway Velocity Two, Serene, etc.

I lived in a condo which uses that setup in all the bathrooms. So far I have no issues when taking a bath there.

I have not seen Sunway utilise 3rd party agents before. Best you go to its sales gallery and liaise with the sales staff stationed there.

Or just call the number/register on the official site. You will get a reply from one of them.

Wherever they are, I did not see any 3rd party agents posting at this thread or even at the SV2 thread. If there were, wouldn't one or two have posted at both these threads by now?

Nope. I'd still prefer to approach developer staff, not a 3rd party one.

I don't really trust 3rd party agents when it comes to new launches. Only for subsale, will I go through them.

This post has been edited by DesRed: Apr 8 2019, 11:04 PM

Same case for SV2. The sales staff who attended to me for that project also mentioned the same thing.

Quite a number of newly completed and recently launched projects, especially affordable homes, closer to the city are sitting on commercial land and designated as serviced residences. Even with the chaos surrounding the current PH gov't, I don't think they'll be idiotic to enact changes to the effect that electricity cannot be converted to residential.

Water and assessment are already under commercial for these serviced residences, and if electricity cannot convert to residential from commercial, I can only imagine what a huge uproar that will ensue from that.

Thanks for the updated picture. The one on Google Maps still show it as an open drain with plastic/cement barricades on the roadside to allow pedestrians to walk to/back from the LRT station. I wouldn't be surprised that my wife's colleague living in Villa Wangsamas walk through there every weekday to commute to work. Wonder why no touch up is done on those drain covers, tho.

Maybe both Setapak Heights and Sunway plus Beverly (Quartz) could jointly build a proper pathway there?

Saw that news quite some time ago dy, and even saw its banner at one or two shopping malls advertising the 2,xxx sf units and above.

Not sure what to make of it, unless Sunway plans to take over Setapak Heights soon?

Sounds like they're adopting the same design as SV2. The balcony in the latter is also quite small at 2ft wide only.

Not a deal breaker for me too since I'm used to staying in a condo unit without one. Besides, that balcony space can also be utilised for putting potted plants there.

This post has been edited by DesRed: May 1 2019, 10:40 PM

For the South-facing units, the Quartz WM north-facing units will have a good close-up view of you.

For the North-facing units, Villa Wangsamas south-facing units will have a good close-up view of you.

Don't really need a fancy camera or binoculars to be a peeping Tom. The naked eye should be good enough to look into your unit.