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GenKL, Kuchai Lama stands out in Taman Desa and Kuchai Lama for location and what residents say: a 2019 Asiana Agresif condo scoring 6.0 overall. What to check before you sign.

Taman Desa and Kuchai Lama, Kuala Lumpur · By Asiana Agresif

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Roomier homes than most in Taman Desa and Kuchai Lama; living here is middling, with contented residents. About 4 min by car to Campus Rangers International School. Worth knowing: it is close to the New Pantai Expressway.

  • Completed2019
  • TenureFreehold
  • Units332
  • Sizes861 - 3,184 sq ft
  • Towers1

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Scores

Sentiment7.5Good
  • Public ratings
  • Resident sentiment

    Residents are broadly happy.

  • Google4.4 from 75 reviews
Location7.8Good
  • Schools
  • Malls
  • Address
  • Rail station
Environment5.8Poor
  • Traffic noise
    • Within 200 m of Lebuhraya Baru Pantai (E10). Traffic noise is likely, most of all on road-facing and lower floors.
  • Green space
  • View

    Views are a strength: greenery and the city skyline.

  • Air quality

    A green, clean-air setting, but it is close to the New Pantai Expressway.

  • Construction
Facilities6.8Fair
  • Facilities provided

    Facilities include pool, gym, playground, function hall and barbecue deck.

  • Condition
  • Management

    Management draws criticism, mainly about security.

Space3.0Poor

Compact homes, and 332 homes to a tower.

Getting around

Drive times are off-peak.

Shopping
Pearl Shopping Gallery2 min drive
The Pearl Kuala LumpurSupermarket: Jaya Grocer3 min drive
The Scott GardenSupermarket: Econsave3 min drive
Daily needs
99 Speedmart2 min drive
A clinic3 min drive
KMI Taman Desa Medical Centre3 min drive
Blue Spa Laundry3 min drive
Green space
Pantai Eco Park3 min drive
Schools
Campus Rangers International School4 min drive
Rail
Kuchai4 min drive
KL Sentral9 min drive

Facilities

Pools
Fitness and sport
Social and entertainment
Families
Gardens and outdoors
Security and parking

What Taman Desa and Kuchai Lama is like

This area joins two townships off Jalan Kelang Lama. Taman Desa, built from the 1970s, is a quiet suburb of older terrace houses, condominiums and apartments, named among the oldest and most established housing areas on Old Klang Road; its kopitiams, Chinese restaurants and cafes cluster in Taman Danau Desa. Its residents say it lacks green space and has no rail service.

Kuchai Lama is a mature suburb that has turned from sawmills and workshops to gated homes, condominiums and serviced apartments. Its population is mainly middle-income, its Jalan Rukun shops are mostly eateries, and Kuchai MRT station on the Putrajaya Line serves it. In 2019 its older apartments were priced at RM380-450 psf and new condominiums launched from RM700 psf.

Traffic is the shared problem: Jalan Kelang Lama has fallen to Grade F, with junctions in both townships named as hotspots. More density is planned, from a proposed Mah Sing project of about 2,400 homes in Taman Desa to a rezoning near Kuchai Lama, both questioned by residents who fear worse traffic.

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