Property Malaysia

You know, just when you think the end of the road is near for Mont’Kiara condos, another one comes up to prove you wrong. We didn’t even think there were any more pieces of substantial land to be developed in this area, but they keep surprising us. This project by Mitraland isn’t exactly spanking new, but it is one of the latest in a long line of projects that started off by Sunrise more than 15 years ago.

Mont’Kiara is chockful of condos these days, not only by Sunrise but by any other developer who can get their hands on a reasonable plot of land that isn’t already occupied. Many developers (other than Sunrise) have started and completed their projects here, and in an almost unrecognizably different property climate here in Mont’Kiara, Mitraland is embarking on their project here, Kiara 9.

But of course they aren’t greenhorns. The developer cut their teeth as a contractor built from the ground up, and are also busy with their flagship development in Puchong Prima. So coming to Kiara 9, they’ve obviously incorporated some of the lessons learnt from their experience and by simply observing the moving trends here in Mont’Kiara.

Kiara 9 is located on Jalan Kiara 3 beside and existing village just opposite Kiara 1888. The three acres gives them a little more space to explore different segments of the buying market. There are 192 units of highrise condominiums and a two separate blocks consisting of 16 units of garden villas facing a “stream-lined linear garden that culminates in a breathtaking 11 meter high water feature” (wow, seriously, 11 metre is high, i gotta see this when its done). The plot of land for Kiara 9 is actually a long rectangular piece of land, with the condo at one end and the villas at the other.

In between the 2 blocks of villas is the aforementioned landscaped garden and waterfall. Flipping through their brochure, they seem to emphasize a bit on this part, with the stream with natural boulders, a 75-meter long linear garden and life-size deer sculptures. Why life sized deers? No eye deer.

But seriously.

There are two types of 3 storey garden villa, so named because all of them have a private garden at the rooftop. Nice for hosting dinner parties. These units are 4,450sq.ft. and have 4+1 rooms. The footprint of the unit is actually not very big, 24′ x 50′, while part of the ground floor is taken up by the car porch. They all built as link units, so there isn’t much open space allocated to you privately. At RM3.8million minimum, these units would probably seem attractive to those who want a landed home in Mont’Kiara, and are willing to pay for it. But for the price you get your very own private lift.

Moving on to the highrise tower units.

This is a 41 storey tower, with 8 units per floor. There are three basic unit types with size range of 1,661sq.ft., 2,201sq.ft. and 2,694sq.ft. The units are arranged in a ’semi-D’ type of layout, with each unit sharing only one party wall with another unit, giving it more window space and a little more privacy. All units have at least 3+1 rooms. Compared to the villas, these are a little bit more affordable, but only just slightly, at RM1.2million onwards. This works out to be around RM790psf., quite the average for this area. In addition to these units, there are four number of penthouses, which double up of the typical units at the very top of the tower. They range from 4000sq.ft. up to a max of 9,000 sq.ft. Let’s just not get into the price here, okay?

For facilities, there is Two-tiered swimming pool, water cascade & lap pool, cantilevered sky gymnasium & sky lounge, tennis court & squash court, par course, children’s playground & yoga deck, etc. We especially like the squash and tennis facilities, not many condos have space for them.

Other than the two projects in Mont’Kiara and Puchong Prima, the developer is also venturnig into a high end project in Singapore and a 300ha golf and country resort in Johannesburg, South Africa which includes 1,600 homes.