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Damansara Utama

Damansara Utama condos for expats: what each building is really like before you sign, from getting around and schools to green space and malls.

Damansara Utama is a built-out Petaling Jaya township of terrace, semi-detached and bungalow homes from the 1970s, split by the Damansara-Puchong Expressway, whose Uptown centre is a busy hub of shops, cafes, offices and a mall.

MM2H-eligible above RM2,000,000 (landed) / RM1,500,000 (strata), Zone 1.

  • 1building
  • 1with an overall score
  • 6.3average score

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1 fair.

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Schools and commutes
Nearest schools: Nobel International School, 1.2 km; Beaconhouse Sri Inai International School, 2.0 km. Transport: The Damansara-Puchong Expressway, the SPRINT and the NKVE serve it.
Buildings here
1 building, 1 with an overall score.

Damansara Utama in pictures

A street in Damansara Utama

What's here

  • The Starling, Damansara Utama
    The StarlingPhoto: *angys*, CC BY-SA 4.0

Transport

The Damansara-Puchong Expressway, the SPRINT and the NKVE serve it. Kayu Ara station on the LRT3 Shah Alam Line, opened on 29 June 2026, serves the area, and Uptown's RM12 million streetscape upgrade came with its redevelopment around 2016.

Nearest schools, malls and parks

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Damansara Utama.

Schools

  • Nobel International School1.2 km
  • Beaconhouse Sri Inai International School2.0 km

Malls

  • 3 Damansara Shopping Mall1.0 km

Parks

  • Taman Zaaba0.6 km

What the area is like

Damansara Utama was built from the mid-1970s, and by 2017 agents said no vacant land was left. The Damansara-Puchong Expressway splits it into SS21, which holds the Damansara Uptown commercial centre and landed homes, and SS20, also called Damansara Kim, which is mainly residential. Its roughly 3,000 houses are terraces, semi-detached homes and bungalows, lived in mostly by long-standing families, while newer serviced apartments draw young adults and young families.

Uptown's 300-odd shop lots hold banks, offices, cafes and restaurants that are busy by day and into the evening, and The Starling mall opened there around 2016, alongside a streetscape upgrade that widened walkways. Traffic and parking are its long-running problem, with office workers taking most bays and visitors parking on the roadside.

The Damansara-Puchong Expressway, the SPRINT and the NKVE serve it, and Kayu Ara station on the LRT3 Shah Alam Line, which opened on 29 June 2026, serves the area. Local schools include SK Damansara Utama and SMK Damansara Utama, KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital serves the area, and Damansara Kim's neighbourhood park was renovated in 2022.

The 1 buildings

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Uptown Residences: Street-level view of the entrance to Uptown Residences showing a sign wall with gabion details, a driveway, and the high-rise facade rising behind a bamboo screen.Uptown ResidencesBuilding6.3FairSee Hoy Chan
Who builds hereSee Hoy Chan 1All developers

The transacted record

Not enough transacted-price data yet to chart a trend for this area.