Hi all, I'm considering pulling the trigger on this property for my own stay and need your help to think of downsides so I have a more holistic view.

1. Not a prolific developer. Most of their prior work leans towards premium landed homes.
2. Location isn't great. It's bolstered by being a very short walk to the MRT but if it stays exactly the same for it's lifetime, it'll be a very boring place.
3. No clear claim on pet friendliness. While they don't outright ban pets, unlike my current place they don't explicitly mention pets are allowed hence, leans towards being NOT pet friendly.

If it helps, the Positives or reasons I'm interested.

1. The price. Not cheap but very reasonable.
2. Right next to MRT. In the worst case (besides project being abandoned) Kwasa remains exactly this way forever. The MRT will still be there forever which helps me with my goal of going carless in the future.
3. Low-ish density. Less than 500 units.
4. Big layout and spacious.

That's it! If you have strong opinions why this is a bad property feel free to share!

I'll provide you a response to your items and my personal reasoning on why I am quite adamant on choosing this project vs others that I have been viewing for awhile.

Response
1. I honestly have no idea about this as I'm not that into property development before looking into this as my first home. However, the contractor that has been hired does have quite a lot of projects under their belt after I've checked, so I'm hoping not too many issues.
2. This is the complete opposite for in my point of view. Linari is really close by Kota Damansara which I regularly go to for food personally, and driving distance wise it's close to 1 Utama and Ara Damansara (Compared to like some other locations I was considering at first). Kwasa Damansara is also a township in the making, so we'll surely be seeing more stuff be built nearby.
3. A bit of a grey area here. I have multiple friends who also stay in condos/apartments/flats who either have outright said they are not pet friendly, or just not stating on the matter, and yet they have dogs and cats in their condo. If this is a deal breaker for you, you would have to concentrate on properties that outright claim they are pet friendly which I don't think is many.

My personal reasons
1. Loved the layout of Unit B and C, however unfortunately B was sold out except for the low floors so had to go for Unit C.
2. Like my reasoning in (2) above, to me this is prime location for me to be in. It also doesn't hurt the fact that I work relatively close by right now (ara damansara) and my parents are staying in Sri Damansara, so this is smack in the middle for me. Of course might be a downside in the future when I change jobs but hopefully MRT will be helpful then.
3. I like the design and facilities of the condo itself, including the amount of greenary that will be included in the property land.

1. This is my concern too, the completed projects of the contractors are quite ok tough

2. Even if EPF only build condo & houses here (unlikely), kota damansara, mutiara damansara, bandar utama, ttdi are just few stations away and right opposite of Linari is a retail park.
If you looking for something like the Park at Pavilion Bukit jalil, maybe properties around Kwasa sentral have greater potential

3. Pets are generally allowed the condo unit as long as they don't cause a nuisance or endanger the safety of others. But if want to bring pets to common areas, I think a pet friendly condo is more suitable.

Another concern is Kwasa Damansara surrounded by factories in sg buloh but is separated by a river. Not sure in the future, will the foreign workers find a way to come to kwasa easily and loitering here.

Do u mean Abadi piling for the contractor? Or did they appoint one already?

My concern is also the close proximity to sg buloh factories and MRT depot.
Does it pose any noise polution past midnight hours for repair, maintenance work etc?

For your point no.2, i think the concern should not be a boring place in the future. I will be worry for privacy instead.
Rear of Linari is surrounded with too many affordable house. Front of Linari is persiaran atmosfera which will be super congested
after being connected with Elmina city in the near future. So i predict it will very busy all around Linari. Not sure it is good or bad.

Just hope and pray hard the land next to Linari is not another affordable house development(According to the master plan)

Good question. I think anyone purchasing linari accepts that there's going to be some level of noise pollution from the surrounding developments for the next 20-ish years. But late night factory maintenance is a different matter. From what I can see it doesn't seem close enough to really be a nuisance if it does happen.

That's a good point. Ignoring traffic from Elmina and all, the affordable housing nearby apparently has 4000+ units? If we estimate a modest 5% of any given population are assholes (littering, break stuff, generally being unplrasant), that's 200+ units worth of assholes crowding the area.

Somehow I think the price they are selling has factored that in given the density on the development and vicinity to mrt station with 2 available line. Btw I'm one of the buyer for type B. For me as long as the development itself has decent maintenance, demographic, enforce security, it will be good enough.

I think Abadi is only doing piling works and the basement coz their website mentions that they are specialise in this. The architect & other contractors seem ok, the only one that I can't find much information is the electrical and mechanical contractor, EP Consult.

https://apec-engineers.com.my/project/#

https://www.rlb.com/asia/offices/kuala-lumpur/

https://www.bepakitek.com/projects

https://www.abadipiling.com.my/Current-projects

Unlike LRT, sound from MRT is negligible.

i think around 6k units. Two plots of land. and 1st phase fully taken up because of convenient location near MRT and cheap. Houses at this area will sell like hot cakes
if its Landed home below 1M or affordable high rise.

There are 6000+ units if not wrong. Those affordable apartments are selling at 250k, I think only middle class can afford. I hope there will be more offices here other than EPF to provide more job opportunities and to attract more white collars to stay here

Yep. Abadi for the foundation work. The others is all consultant and civil engineer. So i guess the main contractor is not appointed yet

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18d2T9QTyy/

Anyone join the event this week?

Not sure going or not. Maybe go there and ask whether my SPA stamped already or not 😬

More than 600psf

Just got back from Linari. Mine is already stamped, however it is not ready to pick up yet. Maybe later will need to arrange to go to Linari again coz developer want to pass it physically.

Thanks for the update 👍🏻

How long did this take? I myself just signed the papers yesterday.

I signed the SPA end of last year. Btw, congrats on your purchase!