PROPERTY REVIEW #408 | DORCHESTER, SRI HARTAMAS
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A 2003 freehold tower of 300 mostly compact homes, from 410 to 876 sq ft. Management draws frequent complaints and residents are largely unhappy, so talk to people living there before committing.
Scores
Poor, 3.7 out of 10
Overall 3.7, Poor
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Resident sentimentPublic ratings
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Traffic noiseGreen spaceGreen viewSchoolsMallsAccessConstruction
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Facilities providedConditionManagement
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Homes per tower
Facilities
Pools
Fitness and sport
Social and entertainment
Convenience
Security and parking
Living here
Location & Environment
Traffic noise
- Traffic noise from the nearby highway is audible at times, though higher and inward-facing units get less of it.
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- Within 500 m of Lebuhraya Sprint (E23). Near enough to hear at times, though higher and inward-facing units get less of it.
Green view
- There is no green space nearby; the building overlooks a dense commercial landscape of offices, shops, highways and homes.
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- No mapped green space within about 800 m
- The building overlooks a dense commercial landscape including offices, shops, highways, and residential areas.
Green space
- Bukit Kiara forest & park is about 2.1 km on foot.
Schools
- About 4 min to Garden International School and about 11 min to BSKL by car.
Malls
- About 2 min to Hartamas Shopping Centre, about 4 min to Sunway 163 Mall and about 4 min to 1 Mont Kiara by car.
Access
- The nearest rail station, PY16 Sentul Barat, is about 7 min by car.
Facilities
Facilities provided
- Facilities include pool, gym, tennis, squash, barbecue deck, restaurant and mini-market.
Management
- Management draws more complaints than praise, mainly over slow-to-fix lifts and slow responses, despite ongoing repairs to piping and leakage.
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- The management ignored reports most of the time.
- Residents demand accountability for elevator issues
- The building is undergoing maintenance repairs, particularly to address piping and leakage issues.
- RM 162.24 per month
Sentiment
Resident sentiment
- Resident experience skews negative, with complaints about parking, plus little privacy on lower floors near busy commercial areas and a past water shortage.
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- Lower floors offer little privacy or tranquility due to proximity to busy commercial and office areas.
Space
Home size
- Homes from 410 to 876 sq ft.
Homes per tower
- 300 homes across 1 tower.
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Getting around
Shopping
Hartamas Shopping CentreMall1.5 min drive
Sunway 163 MallMall4 min drive
1 Mont KiaraMall4.2 min drive
Green space
Bukit Kiara forest & parkGreen space2.1 km walk
Schools
Garden International SchoolSchool4 min drive
BSKLSchool10.9 min drive
Rail
PY16 Sentul BaratStation6.8 min drive
KA05 SegambutStation4.1 km walk
What Sri Hartamas is like
Sri Hartamas is a mature, lively neighbourhood on the north-western side of Kuala Lumpur, between Mont Kiara and Damansara Heights. It mixes condominiums and older low-rise apartments with landed streets, and it shares Mont Kiara's international character: a diverse expat community, many of them tenants, lives here alongside Malaysians who like being in the middle of things.
Its heart is commercial. Desa Sri Hartamas's shop lots are known for restaurants, bars and late-night dining, Plaza Damas and Hartamas Shopping Centre add offices, shops and services, and Publika at Solaris Dutamas is close by. Banks, groceries and everyday errands are mostly within walking distance, and the offices make it a working district by day as well as a place to eat out at night.
That energy has a cost. Sri Hartamas is not the address for quiet: the commercial streets are busy into the evening and traffic is congested at peak hours. There is no rail station today, so most residents drive, using Jalan Duta, the DUKE and the SPRINT to reach the city centre.
Change is coming quickly. Sri Hartamas has its own station on the MRT3 Circle Line, confirmed in July 2025, with construction from 2027 and trains due around 2032, and new projects are already clustering around it. That brings better transport and a rising supply of new homes, and it puts pressure on the older low-rise blocks to be redeveloped. The area has also grown popular with short-stay visitors and business travellers, which gives some buildings a more transient feel.
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
