I am one of these people, live in Eco Grandeur but work in TRX. I was born and raised in TTDI and my parents still live there. People forget that when TTDI was first developed, it was on the edge of KL, with only one road connecting it to KL and monkeys frolicking all along that road in the dark of the night. That road is now the road towards Semantan towards Bukit Tunku (past Pusat Bandar Damansara). When my father bought his place in TTDI at an eye watering price of RM41,000 in the late 70's, all his friends laughed at him, saying why buy a place so far from them, encouraging him to come to Ampang or Cheras. Guess who is the last one laughing? The value of the house now is easily in the seven figures, of which he could sell if he wants to but chose to stay and enjoy his retirement.

I see the same thing happening in Eco Grandeur. Yes, it is far from KL but as far as quality of life is concern, it is actually very nice, allowing me to enjoy the scenery and the laid back nature of the area, similar to what was available in TTDI. TTDI now is too hip, too commercialise with hipster cafe's, restaurants and posh shops and what not, but Puncak Alam has its own charm. Yes, connectivity is bad right now but given that ECRL is being completed and possibility is high they might extend MRT to Puncak Alam from Kwasa Sentral, I am OK waiting it out a bit. And I will not be forever working in TRX, but my family are happy with the life here, and shops and amenities are a plenty around here. The nearby Elmina Mall also helps. People forget Bandar Utama, Damansara Perdana and Kota Damansara were Palm Oil plantations, the 1U new wing was an empty quarry and there was one small road connecting to Bandar Sri Damansara, but slowly connectivity will improve.

I see the same with Persiaran Mokhtar Dahari, Persiaran Atmosfera and the rest of the connecting roads. Once the politicians remember to do their job, it will improve. The worst culprit for me is the junction in front of Alam Budiman, solve that intersection and it only takes 8 mins from my house to the entrance of DASH. On a good day, it takes 50 minutes to get to TRX, which is fine enough considering the distance. And I can still fall back and take MRT from Kwasa Damansara. So in a way, I am quite covered.

Scirwode

I am one of these people, live in Eco Grandeur but work in TRX. I was born and raised in TTDI and my parents still live there. People forget that when TTDI was first developed, it was on the edge of KL, with only one road connecting it to KL and monkeys frolicking all along that road in the dark of the night. That road is now the road towards Semantan towards Bukit Tunku (past Pusat Bandar Damansara). When my father bought his place in TTDI at an eye watering price of RM41,000 in the late 70's, all his friends laughed at him, saying why buy a place so far from them, encouraging him to come to Ampang or Cheras. Guess who is the last one laughing? The value of the house now is easily in the seven figures, of which he could sell if he wants to but chose to stay and enjoy his retirement.

I see the same thing happening in Eco Grandeur. Yes, it is far from KL but as far as quality of life is concern, it is actually very nice, allowing me to enjoy the scenery and the laid back nature of the area, similar to what was available in TTDI. TTDI now is too hip, too commercialise with hipster cafe's, restaurants and posh shops and what not, but Puncak Alam has its own charm. Yes, connectivity is bad right now but given that ECRL is being completed and possibility is high they might extend MRT to Puncak Alam from Kwasa Sentral, I am OK waiting it out a bit. And I will not be forever working in TRX, but my family are happy with the life here, and shops and amenities are a plenty around here. The nearby Elmina Mall also helps. People forget Bandar Utama, Damansara Perdana and Kota Damansara were Palm Oil plantations, the 1U new wing was an empty quarry and there was one small road connecting to Bandar Sri Damansara, but slowly connectivity will improve.

I see the same with Persiaran Mokhtar Dahari, Persiaran Atmosfera and the rest of the connecting roads. Once the politicians remember to do their job, it will improve. The worst culprit for me is the junction in front of Alam Budiman, solve that intersection and it only takes 8 mins from my house to the entrance of DASH. On a good day, it takes 50 minutes to get to TRX, which is fine enough considering the distance. And I can still fall back and take MRT from Kwasa Damansara. So in a way, I am quite covered.

Scirwode

you drive from eco grandeur to trx everyday?

Why bought at Eco Grandeur and not Elmina?

Neither right nor wrong. But during the 1970s, Malaysia is still rapidly growing and population growth is very positive. Basically anything is in its exponential growth phase.

Coming back to now 2020s, Malaysian population growth is pretty much stagnated, economy is also so-so only.

So it's best not to take your Eco Grandeur and thinking the property price will 10x. It's easier for RM41,000 to grow to RM410,000 than a RM800k-1mil house to even grow 50%. Which RM800k-1mil terrace houses are the norm nowadays.

As for developers, of course they will paint the development as the next "Desa Park", lush living etc. Once they hand over the property to you they will wash hands.

It's better buying Bitcoin than some unlimited supply of property.

On and off, sometimes drive, sometimes MRT. My wife who works in Petronas KLCC drives every day as my daughter goes to daycare there. Yes, there are jams, but it is the same everywhere. I say the jam near Saujana Putra is worse, especially near Putra Heights. But I like the area so it is a tradeoff. It is not for everyone, I will say that. But I have friends who live in Seremban who commute to KL, so it amounts to the same thing!
Oh, got special deal  .

Scirwode

Semi D or Superlink? If Semi-D then worth it, but not Superlink

Semi-D.

Scirwode

that is like 40km, 1 hour + journey, at this kind of punya traffic jam, it is really torturing mind and soul

I dont think things will get better , see setia alam, puchong enough lah

Oh, I do agree with regards to the property price. I am lucky in a sense that I got my property at a steal when originally price was close to 7 figures whereas I pay a little more than 700k for mine. Again, it is not for everyone, so if you are happy with your property, good for you  .

Scirwode

More like 2 hrs+ driving

I got a friend staying at Semenyih and travel to KLCC, by 6am kena keluar, sampai office 8.00-8.15am, daily spent about 4-5 hrs inside car. After that ada MRT at Kajang it is much better for him, can nap inside the train.

that is like 40km, 1 hour + journey, at this kind of punya traffic jam, it is really torturing mind and soul

I dont think things will get better , see setia alam, puchong enough lah

Buy big house, big garden, big park but wake up leave house all is dark - come back all is dark.

But you get to show off you have a big empty house lo.

More like 2 hrs+ driving

I got a friend staying at Semenyih and travel to KLCC, by 6am kena keluar, sampai office 8.00-8.15am, daily spent about 4-5 hrs inside car. After that ada MRT at Kajang it is much better for him, can nap inside the train.

dunno lah bro. that is some crazy shit I tell u.

somehow I think those Gamuda Gardens, Scientex at kundang jaya is a better bet than this place ( even though both are ulu place )

5 hours on daily driving
just kill me please if I'm not listening to some Joe Rogan podcast along the highways

Gamuda gardens also same lah, when township develop more and more, more cars are flooding in.

remember setia alam back in year 2008-2010? the resident there for first few phases so happy staying there initially, after few years when the international school buka and the toll and NKVE is freaking jam.
2 hrs on the road daily i also mau mati liao.

Everyday 6am keluar, reach home 8pm, by 10pm kena tidur, only spent about 2 hrs at home for weekdays.   

More like 2 hrs+ driving

I got a friend staying at Semenyih and travel to KLCC, by 6am kena keluar, sampai office 8.00-8.15am, daily spent about 4-5 hrs inside car. After that ada MRT at Kajang it is much better for him, can nap inside the train.

both place also I dont want to stay lah. so ulu then after several years stuck in jam for what?

I still remember those agents marketing setia alam props back then... got highway, only 30 mins to kl via highway... mana tau after several years now kana fk up like now

traffic now is really fk up to the max, I salute guys like u can driving so long. take care of your health buddy.

like me if i wanna go to kl/pj also I just take lrt, then after that take grab or just normal bus, easier that way.

If you compared newer township with affordable landed home, then Elmina is still the best option despite all the drawback.

What other option if you die die want a landed home below 1 mil that was built in last 5 years? Rawang, Puncak Alam, Semenyih, Puchong South, Uklu Klang? Elmina's location seems to be the most centralised among all