There's many factors affecting the quality of life.
1.1 Carpark allocation per unit
If minimum 2 CP per unit then its not so problematic for as most people have sufficient carpark then.

1.1.1 Carpark space outside
If there is enough public parking space outside then still manageable. If everywhere yellow line main road then that could be a problem for visitors.

1.2 Lifts per block vs units
In my place, those with 250u/blk with 3 lifts seem to complain more than the 490u/block one with 5 lifts.
This is because one down for maintenance is a 33% loss in capacity vs just a 20% loss in capacity.
With 4/5 running not much (noticeable) increase in waiting time. But 2/3 running will defo be a cause of concern during peak hour.

1.3 Lift speed (high speed or turtle mode)
There are some elcheapo china lift (S*gma) which takes forever to go to 13th floor.
Whereas if proper lift (KONE/Schlinder/Toshiba) which have higher speed. similar to better office lift, not a major issue.

1.4 Carpark entry/exit
Anyone who has visited both Ikea Cheras and Ikea Damansara will feel the pain point of Ikea Cheras where the exits are rather limited.
If a condo has >1 exit point traffic disbursement is better. Walaupun high density with 1k units.

2.1 Next door MSQ is selling for 4xx-500K for 1100sf. Popular with Korean students at last check.
2.2 Nearby slip road to BU, Opal Dsara is going for 600K for 1140sf / 800k for 1420sf on propertyguru listings. This place is nice for families. Older condos tend to have better sound insulation than newer projects these days. Also since its already standing there (built up) there is zero risk of being an abandoned mud patch (Txlam) and stuck with useless mud patch that you can't even stay in.



3.1 The next door projek is Flora Damansara. Which is "ghetto".

3.1.1 My recollection of last visit there to Flora many years back was of an access road littered with cars parked everywhere and 0 street lighting. Adding to the ghetto feels.
Remember you're also buying into the surroundings (the neighbourhood) as well. For a 600K prop legal fees and loan agmt fees are 18k only (this one should be able to be easily settled from FD etc).. and for the 10% D/P 60k (or do the markup and try to nego lower DP %.).

Figures obtained via https://www.lowpartners.com/malaysia-law-fi...uty-calculator/


3.2 This is an old trick to make you feel kancheong ("FOMO") and rush into buying a unit. Sticker game as well.

This post has been edited by ceo684: Mar 16 2021, 12:26 AM

TBH no one will really consider 30 mins walk as "walking distance" other than going for a run.
I used to walk about 8-12 mins to the LRT station for work (around 600m) and that duration depends on whether wearing heels or running shoes. I would say given the Msian climate that is about the limit (circa 1km total walking to office as well) for me.

Whilst the below study was made in the US the behavioural analysis shows that much lesser people walk more than 20 mins/trip.

Most walking trips were <2 miles in distance (97%) and <60 minutes in duration (99%). According to the distance decay function, about 65% of walking trips were >0.25 miles, and about 18% of walking trips were >1 mile. About 69% of walking trips lasted >5 minutes, and about 23% of walking trips lasted >20 minutes.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3377942/

This post has been edited by ceo684: Mar 16 2021, 09:13 PM

I walked 2km home before from train station through ghetto area, on main road coz no proper walkway (either the busy main road or no way), inches away from main road traffic when I was a poor schoolgirl, now of course if I were to pay good money for a place like 600k would I want to repeat that harrowing experience again?

For those who haven't seen the 'hood pls take a drive there at night and see.

Granted PJ may be land scarce but not all areas of PJ are "atas", PJU PJS also have their "ghetto" areas.