About few weeks back, me and a few mates managed to sneak into the then-yet-to-be-opened showroom of Palazzio Sunway, one of the more iconic looking condo buildings sprouting up over at the Sri Hartamas/Mont Kiara enclove. We actually had a peek before it’s official launch in Malaysia which was this week…have intended to post the photos but time was just not on my side.

The photos (after the jump) I got are of Type A (3336 sf). The show unit actually appeared to be smaller than what I would imagine a 3000+ sf would feel. I attribute this to the rather large wet kitchen and laundry area, as well as the huge lift lobby which is rather unneccesary (not to mention you would be paying service charge for this area even though it may be the least used area!). Also the rather bulky interior renovation didn’t really help. However, the apliances provided are really top notch and the views are not too bad either. The wrapping balconies is really a nice touch. All units of Palazzio face the hilly sides with a playground in front. The orientation of the building is designed to maximise the green views. I know there are power cables running at the back but somehow that is rather irrelevant as all units will not be facing the power lines at all (save for a some bedrooms). So I didn’t find that a huge negative point.

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Few days back while driving in Mutiara Damansara, I saw some really nice signages advertising 28@Mutiara Hill. Intrigued, I decided to have a detour to check it out and followed the signages. I was led to a bespoke bungalow development in the Mutiara Damansara bungalow lots. I think there are 2 other bungalows already built at the moment (1 of which I did trespass  ..ahem..) and this is the 3rd one. Once you drive up and pass all the overgrown grass and rubbish sites, I was met with this rather lovely bungalow.

At first glance, it did remind me of the 20Trees courtyard homes by SDB in Taman Melawati. White boxy facade with lots of horizontal windows and louvre windows, plus the charcoal-colored powder coated frames do tick my boxes! Do take note that you won’t get as much land as the artist impression, as the plot is rather tight. I managed to get in and have a look, and I do like some of the elements introduced. The only thing that I would like is to convert the rooftop to usable space since the roof seems to be flat anyway. This 5+1 bedroom bungalow comes with a swimming pool (land area 6743sf, build-up 6280sf), is on the market for a cool RM4.35million.

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Sinaran TTDI by UDA Holdings was launched back in mid 2006 with really good sales results. About 30% of the units were sold during the launch day itself. Quite impressive I must say, understandbly this is probably due to the fact that there aren’t many other new high-rise condominiums (other than the TTDI residence) in the matured and affluent TTDI neighborhood. Up till now, the units are all fully sold-out, as you can see from the big wordings plastered on the showroom doors at the site. However, there hasn’t been any visible construction progress since early this year.

A site check yesterday (14th July 2008) reveals quite a scary sight. There is no work at the site, without any machinery or any workers present at all. The development is reported to be completed in mid 2009, and I must say that is highly impossible. A call to the headquarters, I was told the date of expected completion would be Q3 of 2009. Don’t think that’s possible either.

This bring me to wonder if the site is actually jinxed. For those who have stayed in TTDI would know that the site that Sinaran TTDI is supposed to be built has had a string of bad history. Many developments that were carried out never had it going. It used to be a club house, but that didn’t last long and it was abandoned for quite some time, and then later revived as a mamak hangout. That didn’t last long either. Let’s not hope this will be yet another abandoned project.

UDA Holdings is also the developers for Gaya Bangsar, another high-selling project in Bangsar.

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