Palmyra

Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur · By BRDB

Palmyra: the landscaped grounds between the low-rise blocks, from an upper floor
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The short read

Completed 2004, freehold: 60 homes across 7 towers, from 3,434 to 4,263 sq ft. Its strength is a quiet setting.

Scores

Location & Environment8.3Strong

What it read

Traffic noiseGreen spaceSchoolsMallsAccessConstruction
Facilities7.5Fair

What it read

Facilities providedConditionManagement
Space10.0Excellent

What it read

Home sizeHomes per tower

Facilities

Fitness and sport

Wellness

Social and entertainment

Families

Gardens and outdoors

Convenience

Living here

Location & Environment

Traffic noise

  • Described as quiet.
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  • Within 200 m of Damansara Link (E23). Traffic noise is likely, most of all on road-facing and lower floors.

Green view

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  • No mapped green space within about 800 m

Green space

  • Bangsar Park is about 2.4 km on foot.

Schools

  • About 6 min to Garden International School and about 6 min to BSKL by car.

Malls

  • About 2 min to Bangsar Shopping Centre, about 3 min to KLGCC Mall and about 3 min to Pavilion Damansara Heights by car.

Access

  • KG13 Pusat Bandar Damansara is about 1.2 km on foot.

Facilities

Facilities provided

  • Facilities include pool, children's pool, gym, sauna, squash, playground, function hall and barbecue deck.

Management

  • Opinion on the management is split.
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  • Henry Butcher Malaysia (Mont Kiara) Sdn Bhd (HBMK)

Space

Home size

  • Homes from 3,434 to 4,263 sq ft.

Homes per tower

  • 60 homes across 7 towers.

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Getting around

Shopping
Bangsar Shopping CentreMall2.5 min drive
KLGCC MallMall2.8 min drive
Pavilion Damansara HeightsMall2.8 min drive
Green space
Bangsar ParkGreen space2.4 km walk
Schools
Garden International SchoolSchool5.7 min drive
BSKLSchool6 min drive
Rail
KG13 Pusat Bandar DamansaraStation4.4 min drive
KG13 Pusat Bandar DamansaraStation1.2 km walk

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.

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Who built it

BRDB