PT19 Residency, Puchong
In case you’re wondering, the ‘PT’ in the refers to the lot number given by the Land Office, or Pejabat Tanah (hence the prefix PT). PT19 Residency is a bungalow project located in Bandar Bukit Puchong, right next to the just completed Heron Residency. This phase, by the same developer as the condo, was initially envisioned as a very limited bungalow launch to complement the mid-rise Heron. As we recall during our visit to Heron’s launch in 1995, there was shown only to be 6 units.
While in the interim years, they seem to have acquired more land and have expanded the number of bungalows to first 30, and now they’ve scaled down to 24 numbers only. According to the developers, they have basically provided more garden space to each unit to make to more exclusive, in a manner of speaking.
But enough of the history. Although located beside the older phase of Bandar Bukit Puchong, it is not part of Bukit Hitam’s development. It is beside the LDP, almost to the toll leading to Cyberjaya / Seri Kembangan. Most of the surrounding area here is made of kampung, interspersed by some new linkhouse developments that have come up in recent years.
The 24 units are arranged on two sides of single road, on a very narrow strip of land that looks like about 50m to us. There is a sole entrance and exit, and at the other end there is a small landscaped park. On first impression, the homes look small. This is derived mainly that the footprint is limited to an almost square plot of 45’ x 50’, which only about half of normal plot size for bungalows. Working with the zero lot boundary concept, each unit has 10’ garden space at one side of the house only, and at the back of the house. But the ground floor doesn’t occupy entire footprint, about half of it is used for the driveway, and a small patio to make the garden space larger.
This concept lends a strange effect on the front of the house – the wall of the house (i.e. the dining room) is very close to the road, separated by the drainage reserve and green area. Assuming that the road reserve here is 50’, the distance is still quite near, and that is also no fencing of any kind to act as a sound or safety barrier. But anyway.
For two and a half storey (we’re taking the ground floor to be half a storey), the build-up is 3,529sq.ft.(3,588sq.ft. for some units). This means a rather small living and dining at the ground floor. The first and second floor are almost similar, all in all there are 4 + 1 rooms. First floor has a family area, the second floor has a reading area with a large balcony.
We didn’t really fancy the façade design, with the heavy-handed use of the small glass window. But small footprint presents the biggest problem for us. For us, its not entirely comfortable living so close to the open road, gated homes or not. Working with this limitations, one has to ask whether a small square bungalow which looks more suited to Singapore or Hong Kong was the best development option here. The other concern we have is the ventilation of these units, with such close quarters build. Plus, the strip of bungalows is walled by two condominiums on two sides, blocking natural airflow.
Price starts from about RM650k to RM1.2million.
| Project Name | PT19 Residency |
| Location | Bandar Bukit Puchong |
| Description | 24 numbers of 3 storey bungalows |
| Land type | Leasehold |
| Development Size | 2.062ha |
| Land Encumbrances | Charged to EON Bank |
| Price | RM659,900 to RM1,200,000 |
| Unit size | 3,529 and 3,588sq.ft. |
| Unit size | 45’ x 50’ (2272sq.ft.) |
| No of units | 24 |
| Launch Date | now available |
| Expected Completion | Dec 2009 |
| Developer | Trinity Towers Sdn. Bhd. |
| Contact | 03 – 8060 8003 |
| Website | www.trinitytowers.com.my |
Property prices in KL, Selangor and Penang which command the highest premium in Malaysia are expected to fall sharply following Opposition wins in those states. Developers need to reduce property prices by 10-20% to attract house buyers. Otherwise very difficult to sell.
Comment by ichi — March 9, 2008 @ 8:56 pm
Sorry ,I do not think it will happen .
In fact ,some of us are very very happy that we have a Barisan alternative to depend on .THe BN has abused the citizen far too long .There have to be more good than bad . I believe that the price will not go down . Instead,it will go up as the building materials costs are up and up .
Comment by Viking — March 17, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
There is a saying: “The market is ahead of the real economy”. If you know the meaning of that phrase, you will agree with me prices of houses are poised to drop.
Comment by ichi — March 17, 2008 @ 9:46 pm
Unless there is recession, otherwise prices will hold unless there is a real supply > demand situation.
There are more and more dwelling moving to Klang Valley each day and they need homes. I believe there will be a slow down in new developments in the coming years, so for any new launches, the prices won’t drop.
Comment by linustw — April 1, 2008 @ 3:36 pm