The Valley TTDI, Ampang
You KNOW times are changing when a company like Naza start using feng shui predominantly to market their new project. 
This recent project by a subsidiary of the Naza TTDI group is located in Taman Bukit Indah, and it boast of being a riverside development surrounded by green forested foothills on 3 sides. The project is actually on the other side of a hill from The Peak@Taman TAR. The foreston the hill slopes are part of the reserve that you can clearly see from some stretches of the MRR2 if you are driving from Ulu Kelang to Melawati.
They are preparing for a January 2009 launch, but are open for registrations now (so please check with them during launch for any detail change). Work on the project site has actually been going on for a few months now, and they are targeting to complete the homes at the end of 2009 or early 2010. This would mean that the purchasers would be handed over their homes after only a year of purchasers, as opposed to 2 full years for normal landed property. This arrangement definitely is a plus point for the developer, demonstrating their financial backing at the same time.
The site is actually in Taman Bukit Indah, but they are marketing the project under the Ampang locality. On the plot of about 35 acres, there are 66 link villas and 68 bungalows. The show units are not completed yet, but from what we can see, there are two types of bungalows available and one type of link villas. The link villas are basically very large semi-D units, and are quite similar in design to the bungalows but with 10′ less of width of the plot. All units are three storeys, and employ a very contemporary facade design with full height windows and pitched RC roofs.
We like the way the units are arranged in the development. All units are near the river, and have good view of the surrounding hills. With 4 units per acre, they have opted for low density, with units that come with larger plots. Not many development offer 45′ x 85′ for a basic semi-D unit. Link villas are sized at 5,336sq.ft while bungalows are marginally larger at 5,354sq.ft. Units come with up to 8 spacious rooms with an ensuite bathrooms a pool on the porch, and an internal courtyard with a pool (link villas), 2 to 3 timber decks facing the garden, and lots of space all around.
It will be interesting to see how the riverside treatment would look like upon completion. The whole concept of The Valley centers on the nature concept, with the greenery and flowing riverine. However, during construction, protection of the element is sometimes inadvertently compromised, so we hope that the finished product would look as it was before it started. But having said that, we can understand the angle of feng shui that the marketing folks have employed.
The indicative price is starting from RM2.4mil for link villas and starting from RM2.6mil for bungalows. The close pricing difference for the two main unit types reflects the similarity in the design, meaning that a link villa can be said to be ‘almost like a bungalow’. It can also mean one of two things - the link villa is priced on the high side, or that the bungalow is priced on the low side (although another common view would be BOTH are priced equally high, haha). But of course a project like The Valley isn’t for everyone. Heck it isn’t even for most Malaysians, to put it plainly. Especially in light of the expected economic conditions next year.
Naza TTDI has many projects, current and completed across the country, you can see the listing on their website.
Bottomline - do we like it? Of course. Would we buy it? Can’t answer, we don’t have more than two million ringgit to spare, but we love to contemporary architectural design.
| Project Name | The Valley TTDI |
| Location | Ampang |
| Description | Luxury semi-D and bungalows in a riverside development |
| Land type | Leasehold |
| Development size | 35 acres |
| Encumbrances | Nil |
| Price | link villas: from RM2.4million bungalows: RM2.6million |
| Lot size | link villas: 45′ x 85′ bungalows: 55′ x 85′ |
| Build-up size | link villas: 5,336sq.ft bungalows: 5,354sq.ft. |
| No of units | link villas: 66 bungalows: 68 Total: 134 |
| Launch Date | now available |
| Expected Completion | end 2010 |
| Developer | True Treasure Sdn. Bhd. (member of the Naza Group) |
| Contact | 03 – 5101 5600 |
| Website | www.ttdidev.com.my |
Crazy developer with crazy price! Govt should clamp down on this crazy developer.
Comment by Ichi — December 18, 2008 @ 8:44 pm
The rakyat are suffering and all this developer can think of is “ambil kesempatan”! Greedy developers like Naza are the ones to blame for Bkt Antarabangsa and Bkt Damansara landslides! Boycott the Naza group!
Comment by nik271 — December 19, 2008 @ 8:08 am
hehehe Admin, maybe it’s time for you to post something below 200k/unit so that people don’t get the wrong impression that in KL, all houses are priced >2mil.
Comment by 200k and below — December 19, 2008 @ 1:17 pm
I know the profit margin of developer is very high! Cheap labor (mostly indonesian worker), sub-standard material, lousy design………and very expensive. Usually we (purchasers) have to spend a lot of money to renovate a new house before can move in. Not that we are fussy but normally kitchen is always too small, layout is odd, car porch cannot park two cars…………….Those with a bit better quality demand a big premium……
Comment by Sean — December 30, 2008 @ 5:15 pm
Please lah, why all the houses priced 1 million upwards, please have mercy on us. Middle income also cannot tahan like this, what more with lower income, semua balik kampung lagi baik.
Comment by nora — May 27, 2009 @ 2:28 pm
i don’t see what everyone is going on about. these residences are extremely cheap considering the size of the property - over 5,000sqft, and is in a relatively premium area near the centre of KL. what’s everyone on about? i mean obviously only upper-middle and upper class families can afford this property - that’s nothing new.
Comment by nortel — June 18, 2009 @ 3:22 pm