Property Malaysia

If you’re familiar with the Batu Tiga industrial town, you’d probably known where Central Sugars Refinery (CSR) is. It’s an old area right next to the Federal Highway, but in the last 15 years, the area surrounding it has been extensively developed. First, Subang Jaya and USJ started getting nearer and nearer, and section U1 and U2 on the Shah Alam side. Now the area is more well known for the Batu Tiga Komuter station, Carlsberg factory, Makro and Giant Hypermarket and the Shah Alam stadium.

To get there, it’s easier to use the Federal Highway. Turn up left on the first flyover after the Batu Tiga tollhouse, and after the first traffic light, you’ll see the development on your left, just next to the aforementioned CSR. If you’re coming from Subang, it’ll be more convenient to take the Elite highway and exit at the Ebor toll. But you need to make a U-turn at the aforementioned traffic lights to reach here.

The project is set on a 5-acre site, and there are two conjoined towers which are similar. There is one basic typical unit, with 16 units per floor (eight on each tower) totaling up to 240 units. The towers aren’t very high, about 16 floors each. Some units are facing the pool. The typical unit has 3 rooms, and the smallest one (bedroom 3) is right beside the entrance as you enter, instead of the kitchen in most other types of apartment. At about 1,000sq.ft, the unit is sized just right for young working people or small families. The kitchen, with its odd location, is quite small, not suitable for heavy cooking. Yard is also small.

But they have a HUGE balcony. Well, not as big as the ones in those KLCC luxury condos, but its almost as big as the master bedroom. Maybe they could have given buyers a smaller balcony but a slightly bigger layout, or at least offer it as a choice as a variant unit. As for facilities, there are the usual stuff like shops, swimming pool and sports facilities. 1 parking lot per unit.

The thing going for Indarisa is undoubtedly the pricing, starting at RM100k to RM200k, which comes to a very affordable RM150psf on the average for the standard units. Sales seem to be very good, with limited units left, so check the availability of cheap units.

Location-wise, it’s not really to our liking. The area is prone to massive traffic jams when it rains due to flooding, but in recent years the situation has improved. Sometimes it disrupts the commuter service. Old industrial and village areas are nearby. But it serves as a good place to stay if you work in the area, given that it’s right in the middle of Subang and the industrial areas of Shah Alam. But the thing is that they are marketing it as in the Subang area, and Subang folks would not likely move here, given the distance and traffic, plus it’s not like there aren’t any new condos to choose from in SJ. Heck, there probably an oversupply there, given the number of new launches and huge student rental market potential. So it might do well to attract folks working in the Shah Alam industrial areas looking for cheaper alternatives to the upper class areas like D’Kayangan or Jelutong Heights.

Another thing, I wonder if the pasar malam on one of the weekdays are still held on the main road. Horrendous to be caught in that traffic jam.