Property Malaysia

The area leading to the old Subang Airport has seen some accelerated development ever since the KLIA took over as the main international airport. In the mid nineties, Peremba were one of the earliest to develop the area between Glenmarie and the Hyatt Saujana along old airport road. The area is still quite low density, considering it is mainly the domain of golf courses there. More recently, there have been quite a number of bungalow projects and also the very prestigious Serai Saujana, while across the road, Sime Darby Properties has been slowly developing their Ara Damansara township.

Malton will be launching a condo project right along the old airport road, quite near the interchange leading to Ara Damansara. With a sizable land made available to them, they are able to have an interestingly design condominium in this rather quiet neighbourhood.

Amaya Saujana is a three blocks of mid-rise condominiums in a sparse piece of land. Each block is almost similar with 10 storeys, the low density being a strong feature here, although we suspect the height restriction due to the proximity to the airport is also taken into account. At the moment they are launching two of the three blocks. All unit face north (towards the old airport road and Ara Damansara) or south towards the Saujana Resort. The southwards units at Block A are the most favorable, as they also face the pool and have also been the most popular.

Speaking of the pool, we were quite impressed by it, and with the facilities in general. About half the available land is used for landscaping and facilities, given it a lush garden feel. Generally the sports and recreation facilities provided here are better than the average, we feel this adds quite a bit to the attraction of the property.

Back to the units. The designers have taken the simple route – there are only two types of units, one at 1,569sq.ft and there’s also a larger 1,808sq.ft. Some blocks have penthouses. Each block has two symmetrical wings, totaling to 10 units per floor. Type A, the one at 1,569sq.ft, are the end units beside which face either east (very good) or west (not so good). The good thing is that these units are stand alone, in the sense that they don’t share any party wall with any other units. Type B (1,808sq.ft.) are corner units with a so-called ‘semi-D’ design.

Both types of units have 3+1 rooms, all rooms have attached baths. We like the large yard area.

Now we come to the price. Not cheap. Type A (1,569sq.ft.) sells from RM501k onwards (from RM319psf) while Type B (1,808sq.ft.) retails from RM605k upwards (from RM334k). If you are looking at a unit at mid height level, it will probably set you back in the region or RM700k to RM800k.

Well, let’s look at the things that we like first. The low density is obviously a plus factor, as with the location. We also like the landscaped design as mentioned earlier. On the flipside, the price is not accessible to most people, and they could have offered more types of layout design encompassing a larger range of build-up. With only two types of layout, they tend to be more conservative to reach a wider appeal.

At the moment, there are not many condos in this area, the more established ones are the older condo developed by Saujana.