The short read
Cascadium is an older, low-density freehold condominium in Bukit Bandaraya, a short walk from Bangsar Shopping Centre. Worth knowing: traffic noise and management complaints are recurring themes here.
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Security and parking
Living here
Location & Environment
Traffic noise
- Noise is reported.
Green view
- Some upper units on the city side look out over Bukit Bandaraya's greenery, while others instead face the main road.
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- Upper units on the KL side get city/greenery views over Bukit Bandaraya; some face Jalan Maarof.
- No mapped green space within about 800 m
Green space
- Bangsar Park is about 1.3 km on foot.
Air quality
- The setting is leafy and mature around Bukit Bandaraya, though units fronting the main road may pick up more traffic-related air.
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- Mature leafy Bukit Bandaraya surroundings; main-road frontage particulates near Jalan Maarof (estimate).
Schools
- About 7 min to Garden International School and about 7 min to BSKL by car.
Malls
- About 1 min to Bangsar Shopping Centre, about 2 min to Pavilion Damansara Heights and about 2 min to Damansara City Mall by car.
Access
- KG13 Pusat Bandar Damansara is about 680 m on foot.
Facilities
Facilities provided
- Facilities include pool, gym, sauna, playground and barbecue deck.
Management
- Management draws criticism: guards have reportedly demanded charges and withheld a visitor's driving licence, said to be allowed by management.
Sentiment
Resident sentiment
- Residents are broadly happy, valuing the low density, mature setting and short walk to nearby shops, with the building's age the main gripe.
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- Freehold 120-unit low-rise (10-storey) condo by Sunrise/UEM Sunrise (completed 1991) at Jalan Penaga, Bukit Bandaraya; reviewers value the low density, mature Bukit Bandaraya setting and short walk/drive to Bangsar Shopping Centre, with Jalan Maarof traffic the main negative.
- A mature, low-density freehold condo in Bukit Bandaraya, valued for its space, low unit count and proximity to BSC. The age of the building stock is the main drawback.
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Getting around
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.
Before you view it
- View the unit at rush hour with the windows open, and ask which side of the block faces the road.
- Ask how long the current managing agent has been in place and for the sinking-fund balance.
Who built it
