For me personally the "ideal" positioning is

1) Unit facing north with no high rise or any building in front. The reason is that wind blows from the north to the south, meaning that it would be cooler if your unit face north rather than south. In China, people tend to buy units facing south to avoid the cold winds from Siberia. Hence the feng sui lou always talk about "south" being ideal but it is rather stupid when they bring that concept to a tropical country like Malaysia where it is hot 365 days. A breeze of wind could really makes a different in your home unless you on the aircond 24/7. I learnt about this because my room used to face south when I was living with my parents (landed) and I always go to my parents room (facing north) to sleep during the afternoon without knowing the reason why it was more comfortable and cooling until I knew about this. Seriously, my room facing south is stuffy and hot even during rainy days.

2) Units floor between 11-16. These should be the most ideal because the morning sunlight will not be so glaring over these floors while at the same time not low enough to consider living near the ground. The higher it goes, the brighter it gets during the morning and towards the afternoon the higher you are, the hotter it gets. Of course if your unit faces inwards or if there are high rise blocking infront of you, this would not be an issue. To me, having "great sky level view" is not something practical. Sure, for the first week you will feel nice looking out the window but after that, you will get bored of it really quick seeing the same thing over and over again for the rest of your life. If you want to chill and appreciate a great panoramic sky view, why not just head up to your rooftop sky garden? Even better view with no ceiling above your head and when you are done, just head back to your unit (each time you go up, it would feel amazing compared to you having to look at it every day and every night. It's like listening to music, it feels great once in a while when the song you like comes on the radio but if you play the song on repeat, it will get stale after awhile especially if you set it as your waking up alarm )


These are my personal opinion based on experience and observation for the most "Practical" ideal living. Share your views, there is no right or wrong answer... just personal preferences

This post has been edited by holypredator: Aug 24 2018, 12:13 AM

West Malaysia... Taman Desa.. Double Storey house

I respect your point of view but I did not get it wrong.

My room is not exposed to any direct sun because there is an awning outside my room (yard area). My room feels very stuffy even with fan and ventilation on compared to my parents room and I realize it is because there is no air coming in from the outside at all. This is severely noticeable during heavy rainstorm cause despite strong winds outside, I can't feel any wind in my room and I don't even need to close the window (perhaps partly due to the awning but then again strong wind and rain could have still blown the rain water in but it dint) whereas my parents room have to close the window cause the water can be blown in if there is strong wind (bear in mind my parents room has a balcony and roofing as well... so even wider gap than my own awning). Not sure if you've lived in a landed property before but it makes A LOT of difference base on my experience living in one. Just to add on that my parents house is a double story house, both my room and my parents room are on the second floor with my room facing south while my parents room facing north.


For point 2, it's just my assumption and research from the web. I've not live in a high rise (for long period of time) before but most article including comments/forums and even scientific journal explained that top floor temperature is higher during summer time (in Malaysia case it would be all the time). Even my friends who lived in serviced apartment told me that so I don't know why you've mentioned otherwise.
Source :
http://thewgo.org/website/eng/news/rooftop-temperature/
https://www.quora.com/Why-are-top-floor-bui...an-other-floors

You have so many requirements, you sure you can get the property you want? Unless you don't mind distance and amenities (since you din't mention them) I believe you could get such property on the outskirt.

If you take into consideration of "practical" living which includes having abundance of amenities, located in "prime area" and transit station within walking distance, I doubt you can have the best of both word of facing greenery/sea/no facing htc/highway .....

To me it has to be give or take and as far as highway/HTC is concerned, as long as the highway is not 1 street away from where you live (basically far enough to not hear sounds from highway/whatever that could affect my well being apart from "not liking the view" then it is alright for me). HTC as long as it is not right beside my property like picture below or within close proximity like 10 feet or less then I'm fine with it.

Mind sharing the project name? is it a new project or completed? How many SQF and how much you bought and when..

WTH.. the name of the project is private and confidential? I don't even know who you are and I'm not even asking which unit you are staying in.


Honestly I was interested in your point of view but seeing that your answer to a simple name of the project which is so called the "perfect" property that you are talking about can't be disclosed, I don't think anyone could take your comment seriously.

Seriously, your answer is as good as any other BS artist who can't back up their claim with facts. Because what you are saying is not an opinion but a fact that your so called property fits all criteria, I don't see the reason for you not to tell the name of the project other than the project does not exist, either way if your comments are as good as "OH I bought a perfect condo in never never land" you might as well don't reply at all.

This post has been edited by holypredator: Aug 25 2018, 12:29 AM

It's hardly personal just by sharing a project name. No one is going to bat an eye on where you are residing and if you would have just simply give any project name from the top of your head it makes no different. I look at it as if you are just a jabberer or someone who likes to 'chui sui' and if that is the case, I would suggest you go to /k/ instead if you are not intending to contribute. Tell me, what did you intend your viewers to reply on your comment? CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER?

Nevertheless, since you do not want to disclose the project name or even bothered to name any examples, I'm fine with that but the fact that when you start to convince people your opinion as a FACT (saying that such property exist and you have bought one), be prepare to either back your claim up or just stop replying/provoking people. There is no point in convincing anyone about your opinion existence when you refuse to provide any supporting evidence and since you din't bother to back your facts up, don't mind me if I reject your statement, it goes both way.

If you read my posts, whenever I mentioned "my opinion" I would at least elaborate and give my reasoning i.e. why I think facing north is better instead of it being a close ended statement. Also, when I state a fact like higher floor is hotter, I gave links and sources to articles highlighting on such predicament. I don't just go around and say "I found a property with no HTC/Facing Highway/All the bad stuff and comes with all the good stuff" and expect people to take it seriously.

Sorry to say you are not giving any advice let alone "good" advice here but merely instigating with nonsensical gibberish while at the same time refusing to back your claim up.

And again, roundtable discussion section is not a place for you to have fun, if you want to have fun please go to /k/.

This post has been edited by holypredator: Aug 25 2018, 02:46 AM

Well like i said, I've not lived in a high rise and definitely have not experience living in >20floor apart from being in the office which is fully air conditioned all the time so I can't comment based on experience. However, common sense tells me that higher floor would absorb heat more than those from the lower floor. As quoted and backed by hong kong experts as well



Bare in mind that Hong Kong is a sub-tropical country, which is the closest you can get in terms of climate in comparison to living in highly dense tropical city like KL.

You do realize Genting Highlands is on the hill and it perched on the peak of Mount Ulu Kali at 1,800 meters high right? On top of that it is not highly dense and does not factor in gas emission living in city like KL/Subang/PJ/MK/BJ and the likes right? I do not even think that it is sensible to bring in a highland as an example against a grounded and densely populated city.

Like I said, I could be wrong since I've not lived in both high floor and lower floor but I do like to know where you get your reasoning from. Have you lived in both 30> floor and 20< floor in your life to substantiate such reasoning from experience or are you saying it because you think it works that way?

Anyway, great debate and I applaud you on at least giving your reasoning compared to some other people in the forum who would just say "HIGH FLOOR IS COOLER, BELIEVE ME - END OF STORY", would be better if you could post sources or research to back your claim up or even better use a pyrometer and measure both high floor and low floor if you actually live in a high rise to prove your point. I do know about the concept of elevation but from my point of view and what I found from the net, the effects is more towards highlands rather than highrise (need more evidence though). Of course I'm not saying you should do it but for now, your reasoning is without facts and I believe that the sources I found at least presented my argument credibility than just reasoning without any credible support.

This post has been edited by holypredator: Aug 26 2018, 12:31 PM

Hows the view on your old condo?

Any pros and cons to share from your experience living at level 12?

What floor are you in?

Why is there a small door in your living room. Your layout is masterbedroom, rooms and living room face north?