Property Malaysia

At first we wanted to do a few separate reviews of the individual launches in this exclusive guarded development, but after all things considered, we thought a better way was to see the entire development in one review, highlighting the different unit types.

The last phase had just been launched recently, which is a 3 ½ storey bungalow and semi-D row at the edge of the land.

Damansara Legenda is set in a 17.44 acre plot of freehold land, in between Tropicana Golf and Country Resort (owned by the Dijaya Group), Damansara Indah and the NKVE. The piece of land is a tapering shaped trapezoidal, with one single entrance. The entry point at the moment is from Tropicana road (after the tunnel from Sprint / Sony), its actually just before the arch into Tropicana. The current access is a temporary one, it passes in front of a large seafood place. The new, permanent entrance is now under construction.

The development has actually been launched for quite some time, in fact some of the semi-D units will be ready for handover next month (that’s what they said, bit there seems to be quite a bit more to be done, imho). The entrance, park and playground are already ready, it looks mighty impressive with their imprint concrete entrance.

There are about 116 units, all facing either north or south, arranged in 6 parallel roads.

There are 5 designs of bungalows and semi-D’s each, the bungalows were pretty much sold out when we viewed the place, so we didn’t really check them out. But they were mainly 3 storey units (and the 3 ½ storey latest launch).

The semi-D are also 2 ½ , 3 and 3 ½ storey, ranging from 40’ x 70’ to 80’. Most of them have 6+1 rooms, with the option of converting the large family room at the top floor into another room. Some of the types like A, A1 & D have this awesome master bedroom that stretch the entire length of the units, including the walk in wardrobe and attached bath. Most of the units have quite an impressive bathroom concept, it’s partially skylighted to let the natural light in. Nice touch. There are units with balcony for the back rooms too.

The units have ample garden space, and have this no-gate concept, since the entire project is guarded as it is. Prices start from 1.5mil for the semi-D, we’re thinking the bungalows aren’t going to be cheap (built up for bungalow range from 4,781 to 11,494sq.ft.)

The earlier mentioned last phase has an additional half floor below the ground floor, its is a large room that opens out to the back garden due to the slope.

We liked the place, although the bright pastel multi-coloured external paint didn’t really do it for us (reminded us a bit of Duta Tropika in Hartamas). Well, as for the location, you know what they always say about Tropicana – limited to two congested exits at Sony and to Kota Damansara. Too many developments in a small area with too little roads. When Casa Tropika is completed soon (review coming next week), there will another 1000 or more cars pouring out onto these roads. Not to mention those residents from the up and coming condos in Kota Damansara. This doesn’t make Damansara Lagenda any less attractive, but the traffic is something that future residents here have to accept as part of their daily lives. There is another proposed link road to Hyatt Saujana in the future.

Being in area noted for upmarket developments and condos (like Riana Green, Damansara Indah et al) it has a respectable address, the quality of workmanship is quite good, big spaces and rooms are some of the pros of the place. But of course, all this comes at a hefty price tag, further considering that is freehold. But then again this is the going rate for bungalows and semi-Ds. There is not much in terms of facilities, the nearest shops are probably in Bandar Utama or Kota Damansara.

Mah Sing is currently moving up into luxury property niche, with other projects like Aman Perdana in Klang and Austin Perdana in Johor. They were recently promoted up from the Second to the Main Board, and have pretty big plans and decent landbank.