The short read
A 2017 leasehold tower of 714 homes near Universiti, from 500 to 1,101 sq ft, with compact units. Facilities, the surroundings and space are all weaker points, with persistent noise from trains and nearby places of worship, though residents are broadly happy overall.
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Facilities
Pools
Fitness and sport
Wellness
Social and entertainment
Families
Work and study
Gardens and outdoors
Security and parking
Living here
Location & Environment
Traffic noise
- Noise is a recurring complaint, from round-the-clock trains, ambulances and early prayer calls that residents say disturb their sleep.
Green view
- No green space is mapped within about 800 metres of the building.
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- No mapped green space within about 800 m
Green space
- Bukit Gasing Forest Reserve is about 1.9 km on foot.
Schools
- About 8 min to Garden International School and about 10 min to BSKL by car.
Malls
- About 1 min to KL Gateway Mall, about 2 min to The Sphere and about 5 min to Jaya Shopping Centre by car.
Access
- KJ19 Universiti is about 300 m on foot.
Facilities
Facilities provided
- Facilities include pool, children's pool, sauna, playground, function hall, barbecue deck and sky lounge.
Management
- Management draws repeated complaints, over unexplained cleaning and servicing charges, a dated sign-in system for visitors, and reluctance to share camera footage without police involvement.
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- RM0.35 per sq ft
Sentiment
Resident sentiment
- Residents are broadly happy.
Space
Home size
- Homes from 500 to 1,101 sq ft.
Homes per tower
- 714 homes across 2 towers.
Getting around
What Bangsar South is like
Bangsar South is a modern, master-planned township on the southern edge of Bangsar, built by UOA Development over the last two decades on the former Kampung Kerinchi land. It is first a place to work: the commercial half has been an MSC Malaysia Cybercentre since 2010, and its office towers hold international employers including Alibaba, Lazada and Pfizer. High-rise serviced apartments and condominiums fill the rest, and they house the people who work there, young professionals above all, plus students from the University of Malaya next door.
Once written off as a day town that emptied at night, it has matured into a self-sufficient neighbourhood. Nexus and The Sphere hold shops, restaurants and cafes, from roti canai stalls to international chains, with groceries and convenience stores throughout, and Mid Valley is a short drive away. Covered walkways and link bridges connect most of the township, so a resident can walk to the office, the shops and the train without crossing a main road in the rain. Landscaped streets and a large forest reserve with hiking trails along one edge soften the towers.
Transport is its strength. Kerinchi and Universiti stations on the LRT Kelana Jaya line serve it, a free township shuttle runs to the stations, and the Federal Highway, the New Pantai Expressway and the SPRINT all feed in. An MRT3 station is planned for the nearby Pantai corridor. Being ringed by highways has a price: traffic noise from the roads and the LRT, and local roads that are narrow and jam at peak hours.
Building has not stopped, and new residential and office towers keep arriving. Supporters call it a well-planned township that is still maturing; critics call it a concrete jungle with too much supply. Prices sit well below Bangsar proper, which is much of its appeal.
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
