Bangsar Heights

Bangsar Heights stands out in Bangsar for location and surroundings: a 1999 Integral Property condo scoring 7.2 overall. What to check before you sign.

Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur · By Integral Property

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An older building with more compact homes than most in Bangsar; living here is middling, with a leafy setting. About 3 min by car to Sri Dasmesh International School.

Completed1999
TenureFreehold
Units190
Sizes904-1,300 sq ft
TitleStrata
Towers1
DensityAbout 27 units per acre, from 190 units across 7 acres.

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Scores

Sentiment7.5Good

Public ratings
Resident sentiment
Residents are divided: some praise the quiet.
- In 2009, residents complained that late-night construction work at the neighbouring Suasana Bangsar site was a nuisance.
- A quiet hillside spot near Jalan Telawi with spacious, low-density units and Bangsar on foot. The complaints centre on unresponsive management and troublesome contractors.

Location8.8Very good

Schools
Malls
Access
Address
Rail station

Environment7.6Good

Traffic noise
Green space
Air quality
A green, clean-air setting.
Construction
View
- Leafy Taman Bukit Pantai hillside outlook; some units glimpse Mid Valley/KL skyline; mostly neighbourhood greenery.
- Near Bangsar Park (park) ~700 m away, not a direct view

Facilities5.3Poor

Facilities provided
Facilities include pool, gym, sauna, tennis, squash and barbecue deck.
Condition
Management
- In 2009, the management took residents' complaints about late construction work next door to DBKL and the developer, United Malayan Land Bhd.
- The Management Corporation was formed once strata titles were issued, and it held its first AGM on 18 October 2008.
- An EGM was called for 28 November 2010 to authorise the Executive Council to appoint PPC International Penang Sdn Bhd as property manager, under a contract renewable annually for up to five years, at a total monthly cost of RM18,450 for 1 January to 31 December 2011.

Getting around

Drive times are off-peak.

Shopping

Bangsar VillageSupermarket: Village Grocer Bangsar Village2 min drive

Bangsar Village 22 min drive

KL Eco City Mall4 min drive

Daily needs

Village Grocer Bangsar Village710 m walk

A clinic560 m walk

Pantai Hospital2 min drive

Sun Kleen610 m walk

Green space

Bukit Bandaraya Park3 min drive

Schools

Sri Dasmesh International School3 min drive

Rail

KerinchiLRT Kelana Jaya Line3 min drive

KL Sentral7 min drive

Facilities

Pools

Swimming pool

Fitness and sport

Wellness

Sauna

Social and entertainment

BBQ area

Security and parking

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.