In a way, I still like Cheras. In another way.. I like Puchong. Both have their own good.

@Pai
Which area would you recommend for capital appreciation properties?

fren, tell me what r the must have and nice to have feature u would like, then I can probably help out

For me..

I'll be going for Sunway, Kelana Jaya & Puchong..still can get apartment below RM200k

Kelana Jaya yea.. cause its just beside petaling jaya.. not sure about puchong.. sunway landed properties around how much? for 2story links or semi D

jcvstlys,

If u r looking at Pj, than KJ is perfect as you can still get SSL or DSL in KJ within your budget. Plus, as I've mentioned before, the capital appreciation for Kelana Jaya SSL has been quite decent, about 20% appreciatioon over the last 5 years. Plus, there are practically zero supply of new SSLs, so the demand has always been quite good in case u decide to load off the property.

Sunway property prices has been stagnant over the past few years, and the main put off would be the increasing number of crime activity.

Puchong are rather new, and first time buyers are making good money on their SSLs and DSLs as they enjoyed steady cap gains. Price wise about the same as KJ, so I had to choose, I'd go for KJ. More mature area, nearer to KL & PJ, plus no need to pay toll

Cheras has lots of new development but one exit, no major roads. Buy house now asking for lots of trouble! At least Puchong will have higher chances to have better road networks than Cheras imho.

petaling jaya will be great place to invest... many exits.... convenient to go most of the places in KL city... but i guess there's limited development there nowdays...

PJ ---> Damansara

IMO, putra heights and putra avenue is a good place to invest.
provided if you got the $

I don't recommend puchong and cheras,
cause you know the place la

hmm... putra height still got many vacent house after few years.
some selling at develover price...
Maybe in the future it will developed.

Revisting this thread.

Think Kota Damansara has a very bright prospect 5 years down the road. Reasons for my call are :

1. Cheap : Still got apartments selling for less than 200k in a prime area. Properties in KD is cheaper than any of the surrounding areas, such as TTDI, Damansara Perdana, Mutiara Damansara, Bandar Utama, Damansara Intan, DPC etc.

2. Transportation : They will be LRT station serving KD residents, and that will basically connects KD to the rest of KV. This is the biggest boost for KD.

3. Apparently Giant & Carefour is planning to open their malls in KD as well. Good addition to the existing Tesco.

4. Ammenities - SHopping mall, movies, decent food are all within 5 minutes drive.

5. ROI has been decent. All the ppl I know who bought KD developements all made decent money(20%-50%) upon VP. Rental is OK despite currently lacking major public transport.


In terms of drawback, i see 2 major negatives in KD :

1. Its leasehold.

2. Traffic jam and illegal parking. But think its bound to happen anywhere within the KV area.

i think is PJ those properties at there rise up very fast, and also the development is high....


setapak, although a lot of student, but there a lot of high rise building also...like unstopable....traffic is getting worse, crime also getting worse... it still a good investment if buy properties at there. but can rent to other ppl or not is another issue.

cheras....not sure....depend on which part of cheras gua

other i not sure

The ads posted is it from the Star paper? Or from website. Vista Komanwel saw around 170k. Is the price reasonable.

Its from The Star.

Define the word "reasonable", in your own context

I think reasonable compared to the market price?

I mean reasonable price considering the location, age and facilities of the apartment.

Hard to say whether it's reasonable that way. Some person may like the location while some don't. A better way to compare is to compare with the market price there. Or by Price/Sq. Feet.

@Pai,
Want to ask your opinion on Parkville at Sunway Damansara. I passed there a few days back and the place was really huge. But the place are townhouses. Anyway, what you think about it?

hope you won't mind me barging in .One of my client lived there and I have the chance to visit the place.


the pros
- the good location obviously, near big malls like the curve/ikano
- its tranquil and quiet
- the road in front of the house is suprisingly wide. Can accomodate 2 cars parked outside, (no obstruction to neighbours AND the road)
- the living room is spacious
- there's a nice well kept garden behind the house
- the guards are quite friendly and professional (< susceptible to change, if they accidentally hire nasty ones in the future



the cons
- living room located behind the house,instead of the front.
- porch is long enough for 2 cars (and still left 2 metres or more empty space), but narrow. So the inner one car will be blocked by the outer one. A hassle when driving the former one out (since you need to move the outer car to the side first).
- the playground is too near the PLUS highway/interchange. If I have children, I wouldn't want to expose them to the dust and noise there.
- seen lots of traffic/cars parked on the roadside near palm spring on the way out. And that's the ONLY route out from parkville.



This post has been edited by alanyuppie: Mar 22 2008, 09:35 AM

Hi,

What about condos in sentul east ? Like Tamarind and Saffron.

Original i think is around 2.30/sf .. now is 3.20+ for tamarind!

Is it still worth to buy ?

Saffron I think handling out keys soon. Its around 3.80/sf now.