The short read
A small 2003 leasehold apartment complex near Mid Valley, with compact units from 602 to 650 sq ft. Traffic noise is a genuine issue, and management draws frequent complaints, so go in with your eyes open.
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Living here
Location & Environment
Traffic noise
- Noise from the busy road nearby is a real concern, especially on road-facing or lower floors.
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- Within 200 m of Pintasan Bangsar - Petaling Jaya. Traffic noise is likely, most of all on road-facing and lower floors.
Green view
- Green space is thin on the ground here, with nothing mapped within roughly 800 metres.
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- No mapped green space within about 800 m
Green space
- Bangsar Park is about 1.4 km on foot.
Schools
- About 11 min to Garden International School and about 12 min to BSKL by car.
Malls
- About 4 min to Bangsar Village, about 4 min to Bangsar Village 2 and about 4 min to Mid Valley Megamall by car.
Access
- KB01 Mid Valley is about 710 m on foot.
Facilities
Facilities provided
- Facilities include playground, function hall and cafe.
Management
- Management draws criticism.
Sentiment
Resident sentiment
- Many residents point to its convenient access to Mid Valley Megamall via the adjoining KTM station as the main draw.
Space
Home size
- Homes from 602 to 650 sq ft.
Homes per tower
- 4 homes across 4 towers.
Videos
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Found by searching for Putra Ria Apartment. We haven't checked them, and many are agents' sale or rental videos.
Getting around
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.
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.
