Property Malaysia

Looking at the title, you may think it’s a collection of cool places in the US, but its not, it’s the name of phases in Dergahayu’s development in Subang. The development, incidentally is called USJ One Subang, not to be confused with the neighbouring USJ 1 Avenue condominiums, by MCT.

What’s Grandville, then? No idea, but I suppose it’s the name of the series of premium homes in this development, with a tagline ‘The Signature Series’ (hey, isn’t there a line of super luxury cars with that same tagline? Never mind). OK, we’ve got all that cleared up.

Dergahayu has strong presence in this area, they are also the people behind the Regalia Business Centre in nearby Subang Mewah. They are also launching the Westend Studios further up the road. Before this they had launched earlier phases of USJ One, namely Nusantara, Ebony and the courtyard semi-D Palm Spring. Some of these units are ready and you can actually drive in and see the nicely manicured landscaping and wide roads.

So let’s talk a bit about this location. Well, actually it shares the same perks and problems of the recently launched USJ1 Avenue, but we’ll recap it here. At the moment , there are two exits from this place, and they both lead to Persiaran Kewajipan. One is at the busy interchange at Giant, the other one is further up near the light industrial area. There is a one way exit to KESAS highway under construction at the moment, which will give residents here a better choice of connectivity. Some years back ,there was a proposal to build a overhead bridge across the highway to allow cars from the other side of KESAS to enter Subang Mewah (some of our associates were involved) but nothing much came out of it.

Another proposal that will help this project a lot is the much-talked about USJ-Puchong link, near the Puchong Tesco. Ah, the panacea for developers on both sides of the great suburban divide. There is a lot of talk of this link, some say its going ahead, but some say this. But that aside, Grandville should be assessed on the current available road network only, or else there will a lot of disappointed people around.

There are about 200 units in this whole development and the 3 phases that are available are the aforementioned Melrose, Montana and Palm Beach, which we will look at separately:

Palm Beach – this is the 50’ x 90’ semi-D series, at a very generous build-up of 3,999sq.ft. Another variation is the Palm Spring which comes with a courtyard (which we don’t really fancy) which is sold out. Palm Beach has 6 bedroom and 4 baths, and we really liked the large garden, something really rare even for this price range and area. The interesting design feature of this series is the study room on a higher split level, a very interesting touch. Master and bedroom 1 have balconies, and most of the spaces are well designed. Price range is from RM800k to RM1mil.

Melrose – at 50’ x 80’, it has a smaller plot size and build-up than Palm Beach. Because it’s a bungalow, the footprint is naturally smaller, but this is a 2 ½ storey unit and is priced steeper. It comes in only 5 rooms but 7 baths (whoa, my sympathies for your maid) but one thing we liked was the huge living and dining area. The master bedroom is attached to the study, or it can also pass as a baby room or a big walk in wardrobe. All the rooms are spacious, and we also liked this design (but we can’t decide if we like Palm Beach better). Price starts at RM1mil.

Montana – now this one pulls no punches in terms of size. 70’ x 91’ (yep, you read that right), 4,900sq.ft, 6 bedrooms and 7 baths, double volume living, huge porch (for the 6 Mercs and Beamers), huge balcony and planter box, and a third storey ‘viewing deck’. Decadent, yes, but we like it. Starts RM1.26mil. As audacious as it sounds, its quite worth the sum, if we may say so.

Finishing for all the units are understandably high quality, which is really proportionate to the price bracket and niche market they are targeting.

We feel this gives a different dimension of choice for those who wish to move upmarket yet want to stay in USJ. Most outsiders don’t prefer to move in to Subang / USJ due to the traffic problems, so it really attracts those who want to remain in the area. Overall the pricing comes expensive considering its leasehold land, and there are high density condos coming up along the road. Amenities (like shops and schools) are already established.

Their earlier phase of Nusantara (24’ x 80’) was marketed as the only 2 ½ Home Office in Subang.