Park Residences
Park Residences stands out in Bangsar for location and facilities: a 2010 UOA condo scoring 7.3 overall. What to check before you sign.
A newer, denser building with roomier homes than most in Bangsar; living here is middling, with well-regarded management and contented residents. Bangsar LRT is about 490 m on foot.
- Completed2010
- TenureLeasehold
- Units179
- Sizes1,260 - 5,840 sq ft
- TitleIndividual
- Towers2
- Land status
- Malay reserved land
Scores
- Resident sentiment
Residents are broadly happy, citing security.
- Very safe with alert guards, although recent guard rotation and changes occasionally affect the quality
- Schools
- Malls
- Access
- Address
- Rail station
- Traffic noise
- Within 500 m of Jalan Bangsar. Near enough to hear at times, though higher and inward-facing units get less of it.
- Green space
- Construction
- View
- Near Federal Hill (Bukit Persekutuan) forest (about 689 m away)
- Air quality
A typical urban setting.
- The Park Residences has its presence felt against the backdrop of an active cityscape.
- Facilities provided
Facilities include pool, children's pool, gym, sauna, jacuzzi, playground, function hall and barbecue deck.
- Condition
- Management
Management and security are well regarded, especially security and repairs.
- The MC has a 10-year plan and focuses on prudent financial planning and preventive maintenance.
- The maintenance fee is RM0.20 psf.
Large homes, with about 90 homes to a tower.
Getting around
Drive times are off-peak.
Facilities
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.
