The short read
A leasehold estate of 1,000 homes across eight towers, sized from 420 to 1,900 sq ft. It sits close to a major expressway, so traffic noise is common, and residents report frequent break-ins, weak security and management that is slow to respond.
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Facilities
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Convenience
Security and parking
Living here
Location & Environment
Traffic noise
- It sits within 200 metres of a major expressway, so traffic noise is likely, particularly on the lower floors and units facing the road.
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- Within 200 m of Lebuhraya Persekutuan (2). Traffic noise is likely, most of all on road-facing and lower floors.
Green view
- No park or forest is mapped within about 800 metres, so the outlook is mostly the surrounding streets and buildings.
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- No mapped green space within about 800 m
Green space
- Bukit Gasing Forest Reserve is about 2 km on foot.
Air quality
- The exterior shows wear, giving the streets around it a rundown feel.
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- The exterior is worn and unsightly, the streets outside the condominium are generally lined with loiterers of which most are migrants
Schools
- About 10 min to Garden International School and about 11 min to BSKL by car.
Malls
- About 3 min to KL Gateway Mall, about 4 min to The Sphere and about 4 min to Jaya Shopping Centre by car.
Access
- KJ19 Universiti is about 140 m on foot.
Facilities
Facilities provided
- Facilities include pool, playground and mini-market.
Management
- Management draws repeated complaints, including slow deposit refunds, unhelpful and rude security, manual record-keeping that makes urgent requests difficult, and visitor charges for stays over three hours.
Sentiment
Resident sentiment
- Resident experience skews negative, with parking so limited that many park on the roadside, and residents describing frequent break-ins linked to overcrowding and weak security.
Space
Home size
- Homes from 420 to 1,900 sq ft.
Homes per tower
- 1,000 homes across 8 towers.
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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.
- Knock on a neighbour's door or ask the guardhouse how long most residents have lived here.
Who built it
