there is no offend in talking as long as no name calling. in fact, i know SEC is not cheap especially for tebrau, true. but there was no new launch in BI, and if i waited, it would be 1.1m cluster. My budget was only 500k so in fact i couldn't find any house to buy unless it is 2nd hand. If BI 2nd hand, belezza / arte already sub sale 550k RM at the time, and i have to put in +30k RM for stamping/ loan/ legal fee, and since i was no rush, i prefer new house with better landscaping moreover with DIBS is easy to just put 5k RM cheaque. But SEC is for sure cheaper than HH. Even gateway is 10 year old house already 700k ++ and house land is smaller (20x70). fyi i paid 658k for mercury. so compare to BI subsale, i pay less than 100k rm more for new house, better design house, better landscaping and environment, double gated securiy. to me, it's ok. the other place that i could find new house is austin residence and sri austin, had a tough few days to decide between these few area.
in fact on the west side, i only saw SEG (too far away for me, no shop nearby) and BI subsale.
if talk about location, adda height is more expensive to me and also i have small family, no point to buy a big house. maybe this was a regret now i saw some forummer buy big semi dee for so cheap. there are also other reason i did not pursue Adda height for personal reason.
as for your example jupiter intermediate in jun (launch is on june, mid year , not early year) i believe price is 750+ K?, those 798k is mercury corner lot.
as for maintenance the hope is after 10 year the taman still look good as everyone hopefully forced to pay the maintenance. as you know, many taman have a lot of people who don't pay maintenance. sec is strata title, so owners a legally bound from pouint of purchase to pay their fees. if sec still look good after 10 year i will be quite happy provided i haven't sell.
also i look at the surrounding area, especially who is staying nearby. SEC is next to SI, many people already stay there, lots of chinese food around. I feel no difference from many normal m'sia taman. in fact important to me is a lot of chinese food nearby, not sure if you understand my meaning. i like my roast pork rice & 4RM wanton noodle. in fact, many taman in KL a lot of people say no good, location far etc (i was guilty of it many times), after 10 years, i see with my own eyes it was not bad actually.
if one were to really talk about location & neighbourhood, my frank opinion is most of jb is not on par with KL PJ, bangsar, damansara area anyway (where the house is >1M for 30 year old house). the housing scene is not so vibrant, not much activity and so on. so mainly JB is plus point only because it's close to singapore.
also i am close to 50 already. so i think for me i can think of what happen in coming 10 year (ie retirement). As for guarantee, who can guarantee tomorrow i won't die. it has no bearing on what house i buy today, don't you think? no matter how one plan, sure can have cockup, esp in malaysia. yeah i may sell in 3 year, who know. but i can only take action today on the facts i know now.
