Boss,
Don't differentiate between ownstay and investment.
Ownstay must also be a good investment.
If you can have both, why not?
PH township planning is not poor or improper, just abit mismanaged.
If you were the very first purchaser i.e. those who camp overnight at sdp office at level 5 for 2 nights in 1999, then you would know that PH was supposed to be an extension of USJ. Before the bridge that goes over Elite highway was build and connect USJ to PH The Glades, we had to reach PH via shah Alam route. We purchaser sought clarification from sdp and was reassured the bridge will be build and also the interchange USJ 26 and 27 from persiaran kewajipan.
Hence, PH was always meant to use amenities from USJ. It was supposed to be deeper in and further away from Taipan commercial in return for lower entry price. Hence the early phase of PH started off with good land sizes 20x70, 22x75 and even 26x75 but some build up were smaller to reflect the lower entry price.
However, as the township grew and more ppl move in due to the attractive price and serene and peaceful and less traffic jam (USJ = Ultra Super Jam), it started to boom and the commercial shoplots was launch. Unfortunately as most residents were those that didn't have high disposal income, the commercial fail to pick and sdp had sold most of the shoplot to individuals and only retained 1 or 2 corner lots as sales gallery.
Without control on the commi, they couldn't bring the place up but I also believe that at this time there was a change in management team in SDP. The new team wasn't as forward looking and this is where I believe the new team mismanaged PH development.
If you studied PH master plan and discussed with the developer, you will know why PH is so serene and peaceful but loses on vibrant commercial. Taipan was still their main focus and there wasn't any plan to push the commi in PH until recently with the launch of PHSentral.
The question to ask developer now is are they going to repeat the same mistake by selling the shoplots at Serasi to individuals or will sdp keep them and develop it with the rest of PHSentral?
Over to you...
IMHO, the shop lots or shop offices always mean to sell to individual owners … except mall that normally will be managed by developer themselves through professional teams… maybe SD will retain one or two corner shop lots but if for whole units in development…. I will doubt la