Wonder if Binastra will build a covered walkway to the CSL station...

There's a topic discussing about this: Chan Sow Lin area

Can refer to it for thoughts about this area.

But I think it will take time to develop just like Section 13 in PJ. Someone once mentioned that it took the latter more than 10 years for the area to start showing improvements, but there are still some scattered factories littered here and there.

Wonder who's going to build a covered walkway there coz developers will normally build one to connect to their project rather than the whole stretch. Unless DBKL mandated one or more developers to contribute to this in order to get the DO for their projects.

To add to that pathway going towards the existing covered walkway linking the CSL LRT station, I've seen some cars rampantly parking nearer to the latter right on top of the pathway itself on a few trips.

Don't think the latter will oppose if this shuttle bus links it along the way to the CSL LRT/MRT2 interchange and the maintenance is shared between the both of them, including the Mercure Hotel in the former.

If one isn't interested in this project and its surroundings, just move on to other projects. There are still plenty of them around KL and the Klang Valley.

If that bus is going towards the CSL station and stopping at Trion 2 along the way, it's possible. Coming back is another question entirely, tho.

Unless it goes like this:
Trion/Mercure Hotel - Trion 2 - CSL Station - Trion/Mercure Hotel

That's the only way I can think of for a 'seamless' commute due to the road design there.

Nice.

The Type B, B1 and C units do look very similar to SV2's Type C and D units, with the difference that the former set are shorter and wider. Still looks a bit cramped despite it being wider. Will look less cramped without that island.

I've no issue with this, but some chat groups require that you show the 1st page of the SPA which contains your (and others) full name, IC no. and unit no. Some (if not most) may not be comfortable with passing this info to a group creator, which is a random person.

If they allow participants to redact sensitive info on that copy, that'll be better.

I agree. That's why I chose not to join an owner's group of another project elsewhere as I value my privacy. Seeing how we can get doxxed/exposed online easily by unscrupulous parties (e.g. cybertroopers), it pays to be very cautious when handling sensitive identifiable information.

I would not trust a random person on the street to safeguard these details.

Tenants aren't the only folks taking public transit.

But to sum it up, both of them don't have any covered walkway towards either public transit stations. Belfield may be somewhat better as not many cars use the road it's connected to whereas for Trion 1 and 2, you'll have to contend with heavy traffic and lorries driving up and down the road along the way to the CSL LRT/MRT2 interchange station as it is still an industrial area.

In short, yes for MRT and LRT connectivity-wise. Monorail's connectivity is quite limited and it's train frequency only improved to 5 mins in between trains last year after the introduction of the 4-coach trains but it's still slow. I still prefer the former 2 for my main mode of public transit due to the speed and faster frequency (2/3 mins in between trains during peak hours, 5-7 mins during non-peak hours).

Comfort-wise, I'd say that the MRT and monorail trains are more spacious whereas the LRT is quite narrow. But during peak hours, do expect them to be really packed. Rode on all three in the past during peak hours and find that it's more comfortable on the MRT due to the wider size. The LRT on the other hand, while fast, does get crammed during this period.

5 years for a project of that density? Isn't that kinda long?

Shamelin Star which was recently completed in late 2018 only took 4 years for a density of 630 units. The current under-con projects such as SkyMeridien (780 units) and Parc3 (793 units) also stuck to the same time-frame, so I find it hard to understand why it'll take that long to complete for that density.

Agreed, and to add, they've been known to change parts of the project upon completion. One such example is Parklane OUG where one member complained that the gym was gutted out and the swimming pool was 'transformed' into a kids pool.

Between Akisama and Binastra, I'd rather choose a project from the latter anytime.

I will quote what one member of an RPG game forum once said years ago, "You vote with your wallet. If more people do not buy a certain game, it sends a clear message that it is rejected due to its direction and it will make them think twice about going there again."

If a lot of people do this, I'm sure that Akisama will think twice to build projects with bad quality and reneging on the promised facilities of their projects. But alas, as long as there are investors who couldn't care less (since they're not living there) when buying their units, I don't think this will happen anytime soon.

This post has been edited by DesRed: Dec 29 2020, 03:46 PM

Probably by a bit, but there's still the close proximity to TRX and the city centre, plus a closer walking distance to the CSL LRT + MRT2 interchange station compared to TRION.

For an own-stayer, I'd say that's still attractive, assuming that what this project offers ticks your boxes and if you don't mind the industrial environment.

This post has been edited by DesRed: Jan 12 2021, 04:55 PM

Yeah, agreed on the investor part for this forum. A lot of the own-stayer forumers seem to congregate around affordable housing and GnG landed houses located far away from the city/KV. Noticed more investors active in threads for high-rises located within the city and KV itself.

For Whatsapp group(s), not disputing those owners intention, but how many people are in this group? There could be other owners who join other groups elsewhere or chose not to join any at all, so it's a bit hard to determine the investor vs own-stayer ratio out of 600 units in this project.

Well, as I mentioned previously, you still have TRX and the city centre, which will attract potential tenants and own-stay owners, especially those who are looking for a cheaper place to rent/buy at that proximity compared to other projects closer to TRX like Continew, One Cochrane and Sunway Velocity 1 & 2.

I recall that agents were also promoting Bandar Malaysia's potential when TRION was first launched in 2019, but pricing-wise, those units facing that direction were cheaper and units facing the city are higher in price, which should give a clear indication about the former's shaky status. Probably gonna take a while for BM to finally take off.

Nope, I didn't.

Bought a unit in SV2 in the end sometime late last year.

This post has been edited by DesRed: Jan 13 2021, 06:59 PM

The current condo I'm staying in set up a cafe 2 years back by one of the residents there. Like what you mentioned, it's restricted to residents only. Seems to be doing OK so far as they're mostly preparing home-cooked simple dishes.

Hmm... based on those pics, why did their construction team avoid demolishing the TRION sales gallery?

Thought it closed down some time ago after TRION 2 started selling.

I'm sure there are other under-con projects which are slated to complete earlier that are still selling if you're concerned on this aspect.