Personally, I don't like the place. Have a few friends who stayed there for a while, then moved out. The main road (Surian) is very jammed. People park on the road shoulder and make the jams worse. Opposite are low cost flats, a lot of mat rempits. Haven't been there in a few months, maybe now is better but I doubt it.

Better alternative is just nearby, damansara perdana. The penchala link really life saver there, as it's never jammed. Riana green area also okay, traffic sometimes bad but at least neighborhood is nice. Else if budget is a concern, then flora damansara is affordable, accessible via damansara perdana also. There's also condo/apartment in bandar utama, cannot remember the name now, bukit utama?

I remember now, bukit utama it is. Best if you get opinions from people living at Pelangi now. I stay in Dsara Perdana a few days a week, and i'm pleasantly surprised that the traffic is pretty good. Tempting me to stay in DP more permanently. As you can tell, traffic is a big concern for me . Also like tonight, the whole curve area is jammed up, want to go home also cannot. Lucky DP got penchala link.

Btw, do you think it's worthwhile waiting to see if prices will fall?

This post has been edited by myusername: Dec 31 2007, 09:51 PM

It's the mat rempits I tell you. I remember last time go visit my friends, can see damn a lot of them in big groups. Got once, police catching one on foot some more, like TV show, just opposite at the row of shops with the mamak

Tinkerbel, opposite Shell is Palm Spring. That one cannot use at all. It's the highest density condo I've ever seen. Have friends living there too, and to walk from your car park to your unit is like a marathon. Opal quite new and quite expensive, 350k at least. Low density from the developers of Cita (on of my favourites). Flora Damansara is just before the LDP toll (Kepong). Also quite high density, hence the cheaper price.

I believe 180k can get Flora damansara or Pelangi, unless prices have increased. Palm Spring also maybe can.

This post has been edited by myusername: Jan 1 2008, 11:06 PM

Near the tropicana tunnel, next to the highway

Neither would I. Been there a few times too, and the units are really small. Maybe it's due to poor layout. Very low cost, you can even see big pipes running through your "kitchen". Looks fine from the outside though

Yes, it's just by the traffic lights opposite shell. It's behind the shophouses there (chinese restaurant in front). There's a backroad which goes around it and under the Jalan Surian to Opal/Cita. This road is always lined with parked cars. Try go in lah, have to pay parking one

More and more units being put on sale now. I think people are offloading. I can see new "for sale" signs coming up every so often.

Read all the opinions above la, nobody has anything good to say so far. Ultimately the decision is yours. 4-5 people for 932sq ft is tight. If 3 rooms, even worse.

Try looking at Kota Damansara, considerably lower price and just down the road from pelangi. Btw, 180k to 220k is a big jump, I think 220k gives you a much wider potential list then. Secondary market condos easily can find 220k ones. If you can consider older ones, SS2 1400 sq ft is only 200k-250k.

Also, i think you overestimate the size of 900+sq ft. If it's 3 rooms, it will be very tight, you and your family will feel claustrophobic. If 2 rooms, not so bad. Nobody will want to stay at home

tinkerbel, what I meant was for a 900+ sq ft condo with 3 rooms will seem much smaller than a 900+ sq ft condo with 2 rooms. Although technically the footage is the same, the presence of one extra room makes the whole place much smaller.

areankim, you should definitely look around much more then! I was under the impression that you had already looked around and settled on Pelangi. Try searching online ads like iproperty etc for a quick look see

Yes I also did a quick check on iproperty and it returned many results for your budget.

tinkerbel, bukit utama, is that pelangi utama?

Kota Kemuning?! Wow, that is a long long way from your initial criteria of being near your workplace! It seems like you have your priorities all jumbled up. Unless you mean Kota Damansara which I mentioned before?

Btw, I have a friend who has a bungalow there, beautiful place, within a cul-de-sac. But, going there feels like travelling outstation

Lol tinkerbel. Of course I'm exaggerating, it just feels like travelling outstation to me. Sungai Long and Kota Kemuning, these two places make me feel like I'm travelling outstation. Maybe it's because some parts of the highways are not lit.

Is it still surrounded by squatter houses? Heard any plans to relocate the squatters?