The short read
Leasehold (expiry year 2109): 1,896 homes across 6 towers, from 600 to 750 sq ft. Worth knowing: complaints about the management.
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Facilities
Families
Convenience
Security and parking
Living here
Location & Environment
Traffic noise
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- Within 500 m of Lebuhraya Baru Pantai (E10). Near enough to hear at times, though higher and inward-facing units get less of it.
Green view
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- No mapped green space within about 800 m
Green space
- Bukit Gasing Forest Reserve is about 1.6 km on foot.
Schools
- About 10 min to Garden International School and about 12 min to BSKL by car.
Malls
- About 2 min to The Sphere, about 3 min to KL Gateway Mall and about 6 min to Bangsar Village by car.
Access
- KD02 Angkasapuri is about 1.5 km on foot.
Facilities
Facilities provided
- Facilities include playground and mini-market.
Management
- Management draws criticism.
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- An account of a 2012 fire here says the hydrant the management provided had no water pressure.
- Following the lift fall, DBKL met with the nine companies responsible for lift maintenance across its public housing projects, including this building, to agree steps to prevent a repeat and station company representatives on-site for faster emergency response.
- DBKL announced plans to replace lifts over ten years old across its public housing projects, with this building given priority for replacement.
Space
Home size
- Homes from 600 to 750 sq ft.
Homes per tower
- 1,896 homes across 6 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
- Ask how long the current managing agent has been in place and for the sinking-fund balance.
Who built it
