I dropped by the SPsetia office in Pusat Bandar Puchong last Sunday to check out their new project, Setiawalk Puchong. Looks like this new service apartments on sale are quite expensive but its freehold. Cheapest unit goes for RM 275K at 845 sq ft while the largest type has 3 rooms, 1396 sq ft at RM 450K. I have always thought SPsetia projects have better workmanship than IOI ones (deduced from forums) and I know this new project is gonna sell like hot cakes. So did you buy a new unit yet?

Oh, and it seems there will also be a hotel been built on one of the shoplots and this will make that area pretty congested but pricey in the future. Better get a unit asap.

I have some parts of their brochures below for your ref.

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THE long and weary wait for an urgently needed link road is finally over for the residents in Puchong, Selangor.

Thanks to former Kinrara assemblyman Dr Kow Cheong Wei, the link road between Bandar Puchong Jaya Selatan and Pusat Bandar Puchong is now completed, although three months behind schedule.

Kow, who was also a former Subang Jaya Municipal Councillor, had initiated the project during his term.

He was invited to officially open the road last Friday although the road was ready for use since June 30.
An honour: Dr Kow (seventh from left) cutting the ribbon to officially open the link. With him are representatives from residents associations.

The 0.3km two-way 6m wide road links Jalan Serindit in Bandar Puchong Jaya Selatan and Persiaran Wawasan in Pusat Bandar Puchong.

Kow said besides easing the traffic on the congested Dama-nsara-Puchong Highway (LDP) during peak hours, the road could also hopefully help to enhance the economic life at the two Puchong townships and also Bandar Puteri Puchong.

“The businesses are moving towards Bandar Puteri Puchong now as the road access is inconvenient here in Bandar Puchong Jaya,” he said.

The new link will also serve as an emergency gateway to neighbouring areas when the LDP is jammed whenever there are serious accidents.

Kow said the MPSJ would wait for the road to stabilised before building road shoulders.

Meanwhile, IOI Properties is said to be constructing a link road between Puchong Hartamas and Bandar Puteri Puchong.

It is believed that another developer, Capital Land, is also responsible for building the link together with IOI.

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WITH property prices in the developed areas of Petaling Jaya and Subang Jaya having appreciated sharply, young families who are keen to own landed properties but face limited budgets are venturing into the Klang Valley’s southern corridor. This is especially in the popular Puchong neighbourhood.

“From standard terrace units and high-rise apartments, Puchong folks have since graduated to high-end homes such as semi-Ds and bungalows set within themed gardens and landscaped environment as well as upmarket condominiums with all the trappings of modern luxury,” SP Setia Bhd group managing director Tan Sri Liew Kee Sin said.

Chan Ai Cheng

He said that as developments moved further away, developers were compelled to stand out from the clutter and market their offerings with value-added features and innovative designs to woo buyers who didn’t mind a slightly longer drive as long as the new development offered more enticing proposition.

Property consultants said rising land prices in central Klang Valley had spurred property buyers to look for better bargains in the southern corridor that still had relatively affordable properties to offer.

“With house prices having climbed in other areas, neighbourhoods like Puchong, Seri Kembangan and other parts of the southern corridor are becoming more popular for those looking for more affordable housing,” said PPC International Sdn Bhd executive director Thiruselvam Arumugam.

SK Brothers Realty (M) Sdn Bhd general manager Chan Ai Cheng said the southern corridor was a good area for developing landed housing units such as double terrace houses, semi-detached units and bungalows for families.

She said transaction prices of property had also shown steady growth over the years.

“People normally buy the properties in Southern Klang Valley for own stay,” she added.

According to Chan, there is a good mix of buyers in the area in terms of race and income.

Double-storey terrace houses in prominent existing projects such as Putra Heights, Bandar Puteri, Bandar Bukit Jalil, Taman Puncak Jalil, Bandar Kinrara and Bandar Puchong Jaya are sold from RM200,000 to RM750,000.

Thiruselvam said the rental for a standard double storey terrace house in these areas ranged from RM400 to RM2,000 per month.

Thiruselvam Arumugam

He said the rental appreciated only by 2% to 3%, whereas capital appreciation for houses was good with prices rising 100% over the past decade.

According to him, Southern Klang Valley units are mainly for residence, rather than bought for speculation or investment.

Reapfield Properties Sdn Bhd president David Ong said the main draw to Southern Klang Valley was affordable house prices although factors such as value investing and property speculation could not be easily discounted.

“Prices of houses have peaked significantly in the central region of the Klang Valley, giving rise to an outward flow of the purchasing population to both the north and south of the Klang Valley,” he said.

Many buyers have sought investment opportunities by purchasing large bungalow plots, bungalows and semi-detached homes in this area on expectation that prices will increase significantly over the course of the next decade.

“While property prices can be said to be affordable or cheaper here than in the prime city areas, the high petrol prices and higher toll rates have started to cause a reverse migration effect,” Ong said.

Many buyers who bought in the fringe or secondary areas of the Klang Valley are starting to drift slowly back to the city as the benefits of lower housing instalments become significantly offset by higher price of fuel and toll rates.

“It now makes sense to some people to buy smaller apartments or flats in strong city locations rather than pay for cheaper houses outside central Klang Valley but end up bearing increased living expenses via higher fuel prices and increasing toll rates,” he said.

The residents of Taman Puchong Hartamas and Pangsapuri Pulai are blaming the developer for some of the issues affecting their housing areas.

Puchong Hartamas Residents Association president Charles van der Slott said earlier in the advertisement it was promised that the inner roads of the housing area would be 50ft wide.

”However, the roads built were definitely less than that,” he said, adding even their request for a higher perimeter fencing in Jalan PH2/5 to prevent burglary was not met.

“The guardhouse at the entrance of our housing area obstructs drivers’ views as we can’t see oncoming cars and I believe the structure was not approved by the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ),” he claimed.

Abandoned: The structure that was meant to be a kindergarten at Pangsapuri Pulai.

Adding to the list, Charles claimed that a Hindu temple in the area was pending relocation since the developer had yet to compensate the temple management.

And the road linking Puchong Hartamas and Bandar Puteri Puchong as promised by the developer is nowhere in sight, according to Charles.

Meanwhile, the residents of Pangsapuri Pulai in Puchong Hartamas have a bone to pick with the developers, too.

Lack of maintenance at the children’s kindergarten, missing fire extinguishers, an abandoned structure meant to be a kindergarten and absence of grilles on their windows are some of their complaints.

When asked to comment on the residents’ complaints, MPSJ president Datuk Adnan Md Ikhsan said the residents should check the S&P agreement on the specifications.

“And if the temple matter is true, then we will urge the developer to compensate them,” said Adnan.

A spokesman for the developer said the allegations made by Charles were baseless.

Obstructing view: Some of the Puchong Hartamas residents are not pleased with the location of the guardhouse.

”We got our Certificate of Fitness (CF) in 2004 and it shows we have complied with the necessary rules.

“The guardhouse was approved much earlier by MPSJ in 2003 and the guidelines for Gated and Guarded Community development was only issued earlier this year,” she said.

She added that they were in the process of handing over the guardhouse to the local authority.

“As for the road, it’s an agreement between MPSJ and us that we will finance part of the cost, and the money was paid last June. And we have already compensated the temple folks,” she said.

As for Pangsapuri Pulai, the spokesman said the developer had been working closely with the residents’ association all this while and they had not encountered many issues.

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THE connecting road between Bandar Puteri and Taman Puchong Hartamas in Puchong will be completed by mid next month.
The developers, IOI Properties Berhad and Capital Land Sdn Bhd, agreed to this deadline during a meeting with Subang Jaya council.

Each party also agreed to bear the cost of construction work, estimated at RM510,000, for their respective stretch, which is 200m for IOI Properties, 100m for Capital Land and 50m for the local council.

The meeting was chaired by council deputy president Mohamad Yusoff Ghazali and overseen by Kinrara assemblyman Teresa Kok.

At a meeting in 2001, it was agreed that both companies would contribute RM250,000 each to the council to build the road. However, only Capital Land paid while IOI Properties refused by referring to the Development Order which specified the construction of the road was the sole responsibility of Capital Land.

Capital Land also refused to build on IOI Properties land and instead built an another access road, Jalan Bakawali.

Sa id Mohamad Yusoff : “We’ve finally reached an amicable settlement that should benefit everybody, especially residents.” Kok, also State Investment, Industry and Commerce Committee chairman, was glad the matter had finally been resolved.

“This is just one of many missing links in Puchong. I hope in the future to find ways to build more interlinking roads between parts of Puchong,” she said.

A Landslide occurred in Bandar Puteri Puchong last Saturday (26 Jan 2008) about 8pm-9pm after a heavy downpour. I had gone to Sunway Pyramid earlier and on my way back to this area, I noticed a fire truck near the Casa Puteri Condo. There were some rocks on the road and the road near the hill area was cordoned off. It seems the retaining wall from the new bungalow on the hill collapsed. I heard the selling price for that new bungalow is around RM3 million. I guess they should sell it cheaper now since the land stability is in question now….scary

Did you pass by that area???

IF the local draft plan by the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) is any indication, there is some good news for the booming township of Puchong.

Puchong MP Lau Yeng Peng said Puchong folks would receive RM3.1billion in development within the next 12 years based on his calculations of the RM5.1bil allocation that the MPSJ has set aside to spend for areas under the council until 2020.

“Looking at the development blocks in the draft plan, Puchong takes up Block 1, 2, 3, 4, and part of 5, which translates to a sizeable portion of about 60% so this would mean a big part would go into developing the township,” Lau claimed.

“The first thing I’ve noticed is that the MPSJ will spend about RM10mil to turn the gazetted Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve into an international camping site.

“The forest itself measures some 1,125ha and this plan shows that the state government is committed keeping and maintaining this reserve.

“It’s a valuable piece of land and the state is intent on keeping it that way by making it a recreational venue of international standards with numerous facilities for campers, joggers, mountain bikers, and those who love the outdoors.”

He added that from the draft plan, he could also see that the council was serious about upgrading highways and interchanges to cope with the daily jams that Puchong is now experiencing.

SETIA Walk, which is SP Setia Bhd’s first showcase project to mark the company’s entry into the commercial retail sector, will transform Puchong through its revolutionary lifestyle experience and refreshing retail concept.

Positioned as a one-stop boutique lifestyle centre that appeals to the trend-conscious younger clientele, the integrated residential and commercial development comprises retail blocks, offices, an entertainment complex, service apartments and residential apartments.

SP Setia group managing director and chief executive officer Tan Sri Liew Kee Sin said the commercial precinct is a hybrid between conventional shop offices and a shopping mall.

Although the concept is regarded a novelty in the local market, it is highly popular in western countries, including the United States.

“Rather than settle for the typical row shop offices, we have transformed the project through a combination of imaginative architecture and creative landscaping into a destination place where people can live, learn, work and play,” Liew said, adding that the retail mix would be geared towards creating a hip and happening joint aimed at youngsters.

Phase one will comprise 85 blocks of four, six and seven storey of shop offices offering 170 retail units and 336 office units. The shop offices are priced between RM2.5mil and RM8.9mil a block.

January 8, 2008

THE New Year is certainly a happy one for residents of Bandar Puchong Jaya Selatan and Pusat Bandar Puchong.

The two neighbouring housing estates are in the same township of Puchong, yet there has been no road linking them for the past decade.

The residents of both estates have to make u-turns at the Lebuhraya Damansara Puchong (LDP) to travel to and from the two estates.

The good news is that the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) has decided to build a RM500,000 road linking Jalan Serindit in Bandar Puchong Jaya Selatan and Persiaran Wawasan in Pusat Bandar Puchong. The 0.3km link is a two-way road with a width of 6m.

The ground breaking ceremony was held recently.

According to Kinrara assemblyman Dr Kow Cheong Wei, this particular stretch of land was originally reserved for a highway linking Subang Jaya and Kajang, but the MPSJ cancelled the plan due to impracticality.

Soil tests and disturbance research have been done since 2004. Finally, construction work on the link between Bandar Puchong Jaya Selatan and Pusat Bandar Puchong is ready to start.

The main beneficiaries of the new link are parents who send their children to school and back home between Pusat Bandar Puchong and Bandar Puchong Jaya.

“It only takes five minutes to get to their destinations with this link,” Kow said.

When the road is ready, an internal link will be formed within the major towns of Puchong.

According to Kow, starting from Batu 14, the link will pass Puchong Hartamas, Bandar Puteri Puchong, Pusat Bandar Puchong, Bandar Puchong Jaya Selatan, Jalan Kasawari, Taman Puncak Kinrara, Taman Perindustrian Kinrara, Bandar Kinrara Seksyen 4, 5 & 6, and finally Puncak Jalil.

“Puchong residents can use this link and avoid the LDP altogether,” he said.

The construction of the road is expected to be completed by March 31.

Although it will benefit the Puchong folks, it has also raised worries among the residents staying near Jalan Serindit. “I am concerned over the noise and air pollution in the peaceful housing area once this road is ready,” resident Tan Chee Ping said.

“What happens if it causes traffic jams in the area?” the 46-year-old programmer asked.

According to Kow, only light vehicles would be allowed to use the new road.

He said he and the MPSJ would monitor the construction works closely.

Here is a House Defect List by a Bandar Bukit Puchong resident. You may even use it when you move into a new house or condo.

I just moved into my new house in BBP2 since Jan 2007. Since moved, there are a lot of defects everywhere in or outside of the house. Until now, the contractor took 4 FULL days to fixed those defects. They mention need to repair on the weekday, they are Not free on Sat and Not working on Sun. Every time, I applied leave to let them do the fixing. But, unfortunately, still have some more to work out. Sometime, they are only 1 and maximum 2 Indonesian fixing the defects.

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