The short read
A quiet, freehold development in Mont Kiara across eight towers, with generously sized homes. Facilities management draws frequent complaints, particularly over repairs and parking, and residents' overall experience skews negative, especially around overcrowding and disappointing views.
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Facilities
Pools
Fitness and sport
Social and entertainment
Families
Convenience
Security and parking
Living here
Location & Environment
Traffic noise
- Residents describe a quiet atmosphere around the grounds, which include two swimming pools.
Facilities
Facilities provided
- Facilities include pool, gym, tennis, squash, playground, barbecue deck, jogging track and clubhouse.
Management
- Management draws more complaints than praise, over slow lift repairs and awkward parking rules, though security is credited with being thorough yet accommodating.
Sentiment
Resident sentiment
- Resident experience skews negative here, with complaints about non-existent views from many units and overcrowding, as some units house far more occupants than intended.
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- views are almost entirely non-existent
- many foreigners including Burmese, Bangladeshis and Nepalese reside in Desa Kiara. This causes overcrowding in the condominium as these foreigners stay with at least 20 people in a single unit
Space
Home size
- Homes from 1,169 to 1,381 sq ft.
Homes per tower
- 490 homes across 8 towers.
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What TTDI is like
Taman Tun Dr Ismail, always called TTDI, is one of Kuala Lumpur's most settled and sought-after neighbourhoods: a mature township of terraces, semi-detached houses and bungalows laid out from the 1970s, with a scattering of condominiums around its edges. It is named after Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, the country's second deputy prime minister, and it feels like a suburb that has had fifty years to grow into itself, with tree-lined streets, long-standing residents and a strong community life.
Its great asset is green space. TTDI sits against Bukit Kiara, one of the largest green lungs in the city, with forest trails used for walking, running, hiking and mountain biking, and Taman Rimba Kiara at its edge. After a long residents' campaign, a high-rise project on that parkland was cut and the park gazetted in June 2025, which settles the fear of it being built over, and talks on widening the forest reserve's buffer could limit new building further.
Everyday life centres on the shop lots along Lorong Rahim Kajai and Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi: local food stalls, cafes, restaurants, banks and services, plus a well-used wet market. Malls such as Glo Damansara and, a short drive away, 1 Utama and The Curve cover the rest. Well-regarded national schools make it a family catchment, and owner-occupiers dominate.
TTDI is better connected than most landed areas. The MRT Kajang Line's TTDI station is already running and buses link into it, though a house on the far side of the township is a long walk from the platform. The SPRINT and the Penchala Link put the city centre, Damansara and Petaling Jaya within easy reach, and a second station, Bukit Kiara on the MRT3 Circle Line, is planned nearby for around 2032. Houses near the main roads pick up traffic noise; the inner streets are quiet.
Before you view it
- Ask how long the current managing agent has been in place and for the sinking-fund balance.
- Knock on a neighbour's door or ask the guardhouse how long most residents have lived here.
Who built it