As someone who bought a upper townhouse unit here for my ownstay, here’s my 2 sen analysis regarding the pros and cons of Dedaun Rimba compared with other landed developments that have recently launched new phases with comparable prices including: Sime Darby Elmina @ Shah Alam, IJM Rimbayu @ Jenjarom, Gamuda Gardens @ Rawang, Gamuda Cove @ Putrajaya, Eco Ardence Setia Alam @ Shah Alam, Eco Grandeur @ Bandar Puncak Alam, Eco Majestic @ Semenyih, Bandar Sri Coalfields @ Sungai Buloh, Setia Alam Sari @ Kajang, Setia Templer Park @ Rawang, LBS Bina Kita Cybersouth @ Dengkil.
PROS:
Dedaun Rimba is simply nearer to KL city centre compared to the other landed developments. I have compared traffic conditions during peak morning and evening hours using waze, and it requires the least travel time with reasonable toll rates. As someone who needs to travel daily to KL, the time and energy saved from traveling is priceless.
It is also within reasonable driving distance to areas with established townships, amenities, variety of food and abundance of job opportunities such as Kota Damansara, Subang, Bandar Utama, Surian, Ara Damansara, Damansara Damai, Kepong and so on.
Alternatively, there is public transport access via around 700m walking distance (no covered walkway) or park and ride at the MRT Kwasa Sentral station (Kajang line), which can transfer to the MRT Putrajaya line in just 1 station away. None of the other landed developments have MRT access. Even if I drive most of the time, having the MRT as a backup is a significant advantage.
The PSF price of around RM470-530 PSF is relatively low for its location and MRT access advantages. I previously considered Sunway D’hill which is a condo nearby selling at around RM722k for a 1079 sqft unit, equal to around RM670 PSF. So switching to a larger sized landed option (1559 sqft) at around the same absolute price and lower PSF price was an easy choice.
Within the immediate surrounding of Dedaun Rimba there is no industrial/farming activity (factories in Sungai Buloh are around 1km away, but I have not sensed any obvious noise or air pollution from them at the project site), no massive highway, no high tension cable, no PPR, no squatter settlement, no sewerage treatment plant, no cemetery and it is not in any low altitude aircraft flight path. It has honestly been quite difficult to find a newly launched project with no such elements within or surrounding KL.
Compared to other landed developments with similar prices, Dedaun Rimba has one of the lowest plot ratio and density with only 264 units on a 12.7 acre land, and 3 acres dedicated to landscaped greenery.
There is also a 28 acre public park right in front of the site, providing further recreational activity space and greenery.
As for the whole Kwasa Damansara masterplan, setting aside the decade long delays and failure to materialize, the projects that have now launched have reasonable densities and the road infrastructure that has been constructed hopefully should be able to cope with future traffic. Even the Rumah Idaman/affordable component of Kwasa Damansara has minimum 2 car parks for each unit, which would hopefully mitigate illegal roadside parking issues.
CONS:
There is a large mosque that is going to be built right next to the public park in front of the site, which may cause some to be concerned about noise and traffic. However, the public park has a large number of parking lots which would hopefully be able to cope with Friday prayer traffic.
It is a landed strata development with a clubhouse inside, so owners will have to pay higher monthly maintenance fee as compared to gated & guarded individual title developments that provide an option to sign up membership at a developer maintained clubhouse nearby. However, I do appreciate that the unit owners in strata developments cannot change the exterior facade of the units. This also mitigates the risk of your neighbour carrying out months long drilling and hacking for renovation which can make life living hell.
The units only come with water heaters in the bathrooms and are otherwise bare. The title is also leasehold with 91 years remaining.
There is uncertainty in EPF’s (Kwasaland) ability to make Kwasa Damansara a successful township. Instead of playing the role of master township developer like Sime Darby in Elmina, IJM in Rimbayu and etc., EPF has split up the whole master plan into separate pieces of lands and is selling the development rights to individual developers like YTL, TSR, Gadang, Impiana and Exsim. EPF and MRCB are also jointly developing “
Kwasa Damansara City Centre” which promises to be a 2,257 acres mixed development with residential, commercial, retail and central park components.
However, after around a decade of delays, nothing except the EPF office and public park has materialized and there were no projects launched until late 2023, whereby several other projects (
Tujuh Residences,
Daya Residence,
Linari Damansara,
Laman Waringan and
Idaman Kwasa Damansara) are finally launching with actual construction work started at the respective sites.
This post has been edited by pinan: Feb 17 2024, 10:55 AM 
Jul 20 2023, 04:05 PM, updated 3y ago
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Price sure ask highly
I bought the cheapest, reason being I plan to rent it out. Tenant may opt for the lowest rental and go for upper unit. 
Can't wait for the completion in 2027!
. I actually had my eye on Kwasa since the Najib government announced it but man... the delays and nothing materialised since then so I could not wait any more.
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