A few months ago, a friend of mine dropped me a bombshell and told me that she had just got a unit in Twin Palms, Sg Long. While I have seen the beautiful newspaper adverts and the almost permanent advertisement on one of the overhead advertisement along Jalan Tun Razak, I have never actually checked out the place for real. So I decided to follow her to see the progress of her unit.

Twin Palms is located just beside the SILK Highway. If you are coming from Mines, you will need to exit just before the Sg. Long toll plaza. After many many tolls coming from Damansara, we finally arrived the development and is welcome by a very futuristic looking guardhouse. I must say my first impressions were very good of this place. It reminded me very much of Desa Park City, where the landscaping is very fresh with clean and linear lines.

The Clubhouse, called Orinoco, is also very impressive (except for the stupid mushroom waterfall in the kid’s wading pool - why bother?!). Overall, it seems to be a good place for own stay. No wonder she is swayed.

In the end, at about RM580k for the 2-storey links, it seems to be quite a good buy for own stay. I only had wish that the specifications given are much better. Have a look at the photos. The 3-storey Semi-Ds (Areca) looks very impressive, it reminded me a lot of Idamansara but this one the specs are somehow downgraded when compared to the E&O one. Also, for me the location is really beyond me, but given a few years, when more developments are completed, this could be a very nice development in the future.

More photos after the jump. These photos are taken 25th May 2009.

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I have just received an e-brochure of the up and coming development by SDB (known to us as Ameera Phase 2) named Five Stones (20Trees, Park Seven, see the pattern?). This development will have 2 blocks of high rise condominium units and 3 low rise villas. From the first glances of rendering, it looks really good with a SDB stamp all over it, perhaps the first true high-end high-rise development within SS2.

And the price? Starting at an astronomical RM898,000 for the high rise, and RM907,000 for the villas!  More photos after the jump!

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I realised that I have forgotten to post these photos of the gorgeous One Menerung, Bangsar. These photos are taken early May, so I suspect by now the development is ready for handover, for the first Phase at least. During my visit to the showroom, there were many units still available in the last block which faces the Damansara side. Also there were attractive offers such as cash rebates after first 2 years and complimentary fittings for the unit. I will provide more details later. More progress photos after the jump.

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Was passing through Mutiara Rini’s sales office in Mutiara Damansara last week and realise that they have the Surian Residences Show Unit signage up, so decided to check out if the show unit was truly opened. The show units are available for viewing if you enquire from the sales office. This project is yet to be launched and is expected to launch in October 2009. Sizes available for viewing are the 1400sf and 1800sf, with indicative price of Rm600psf .

Surian Residences will be the last of the 2 condominium developments in the freehold Mutiara Damansara, with Surian Condominium as the first in the now very in-demand neighborhood. All units in the Surian Residences would afford panaromic view of Mutiara Damansara, so this with land being so scarce in Mutiara Damansara, would be a huge factor in determining the pricing.

There are 2 types available for viewing, one 1400sf, and a larger one at 1800sf. The general feeling after viewing the units was that this is very good improvement from their first condo, and this one definitely is modern-looking development, opting for glass balustrades, and many ceiling height windows in the living and master bedrooms. This gives the unit a rather airy and light feeling. However, the interior designed opt for this is clunky, outdated and perhaps a bit on the rural side. Somehow I feel very claustophobic in the 1400sf due to the many unnecessary ID partitions. Overall, it is looking good, no more cheap specs like those given in Surian Condominium.With the price tentatively at RM600psf, a 800sf studio unit will be at about RM480,000.  This is already almost like Mont Kiara pricing. Mutiara Rini is definitely banking on the rising prices and demand for properties in Mutiara Damansara and is not worried about a very (very) high asking price.

More (and I mean a lot!) photos after the jump.

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More photos of progress for Ameera Residences at SS2. The construction on the tower block has reached rooftop and progress is good. The photo above is a shot of the plant boxes for the low-rise block. Kinda strange actually as I don’t see such boxes in the scaled model. The scaled models had more criss-cross vertical bars to minimise the view of the low cost blocks. Let’s wait and see if the above turns out to be better.

For the tower block, the louvered windows at the lower floors are installed. The other villas have their coat of paint on. Looks really good, almost like the rendering. Also I have managed to obtain photos from unit B-15-3A. I’m not too sure if I’m entirely happy if I were to see Ken signages everytime I look out from the balcony/living room…!

More photos after the jump.

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