12 Kapas

Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur · By Kapas Heights Sdn Bhd

12 Kapas: City skyline view with skyscrapers and residential neighborhood, seen over a concrete parapet wall
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The short read

Completed 2020, freehold: 32 homes across 4 towers, from 5,770 sq ft. Its strengths are green views, a quiet setting and a leafy setting. Worth knowing: complaints about the management.

Scores

Location & Environment6.5Below average

What it read

Traffic noiseGreen spaceGreen viewSchoolsMallsAir qualityConstruction
Facilities4.0Poor

What it read

Facilities providedConditionManagement
Space10.0Excellent

What it read

Home sizeHomes per tower

Facilities

Fitness and sport

Social and entertainment

Gardens and outdoors

Security and parking

Living here

Location & Environment

Traffic noise

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  • Set back from Kerinchi Link (E23), the nearest main road. Far enough that traffic is unlikely to be a factor.

Green view

  • Views are a strength: greenery.
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  • No mapped green space within about 800 m

Green space

  • Bangsar Park is about 1.2 km on foot.

Air quality

  • Described as a green, clean-air setting.

Schools

  • About 9 min to Garden International School and about 9 min to BSKL by car.

Malls

  • About 2 min to Bangsar Shopping Centre, about 3 min to Bangsar Village and about 3 min to Bangsar Village 2 by car.

Access

  • KG13 Pusat Bandar Damansara is about 1.5 km on foot.

Facilities

Facilities provided

  • Facilities include gym, function hall and barbecue deck.

Management

  • Management draws criticism, mainly about security.

Space

Home size

  • Homes from 5,770 sq ft.

Homes per tower

  • 32 homes across 4 towers.

Getting around

Shopping
Bangsar Shopping CentreMall2.3 min drive
Bangsar VillageMall2.8 min drive
Bangsar Village 2Mall2.9 min drive
Green space
Bangsar ParkGreen space1.2 km walk
Schools
Garden International SchoolSchool8.7 min drive
BSKLSchool9.1 min drive
Rail
KJ18 KerinchiStation4.9 min drive
KG13 Pusat Bandar DamansaraStation1.5 km walk

What Bangsar is like

Bangsar is one of Kuala Lumpur's oldest upmarket neighbourhoods, a few kilometres south-west of the city centre. Its name comes from Bunge and Sargent, the partners who ran the rubber estate it was built on. Today it is fully built out and settled: leafy hillside streets of bungalows and landed homes, low-rise and mid-rise condominiums, and a reputation as the city's original lifestyle address. Expats of many nationalities, affluent Malaysian families, professionals and retirees who prefer greenery to glass towers all live here.

The social centre is Bangsar Baru, around Jalan Telawi: cafes, restaurants, bars and small independent shops, with Bangsar Village and Bangsar Shopping Centre for the bigger errands and Mid Valley a short drive away. Everyday services are close at hand, from 24-hour marts to laundries and salons, and the Sunday night market is an institution. The hills, Bangsar Hill Park and the Jalan Kapas and Bukit Bandaraya enclaves above all, are green, private and quiet despite being so close to the centre.

Getting around is easier than in most of the city. LRT Bangsar on the Kelana Jaya line gives a direct run to KL Sentral and the centre, several condominiums are a few minutes' walk from it, and KTM Komuter stations serve the area too. Damansara Heights, Mid Valley, KL Sentral, Mont Kiara and the TRX financial district are all a short drive. The flip side is traffic: roads around schools, offices and the commercial centre jam at peak hours, parking in Bangsar Baru is hard, and walking between the hills and the shops often means busy roads with poor pavements.

Bangsar changes slowly. Landed supply is tight and new launches are rare in Bangsar proper, though several integrated projects are reshaping its edges and older shop lots and flats are expected to be redeveloped in time. Older condominiums still trade well, and demand at the upper end has proved resilient.

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  • Ask how long the current managing agent has been in place and for the sinking-fund balance.