Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Rise Of Puchong Watertown



Home buyers looking for waterfront property should check out the up-and-coming development of 68 units of townhouses in the gated community of Taman Tasik Prima in Puchong.


The townhouses are built as linked houses with two duplex units – one on top of the other – within each four-storey building.

Actually, the back of the building faces the disused mining pool spanning a surface area equivalent to 200 acres. With housing developments surrounding the pool, the huge expanse of water has been turned into a recreational site for water-sports such as boating and waterskiing.

A canal drains the pool of excess water.

Bolton Berhad is developing 145 acres of leasehold land fringing a major part of the “lake”. Thus, their latest homes for sale are touted as “waterfront townvilla” units. They are built on a four-acre strip.

The five-bedroom and 4-bathroom units will come with a 99-year lease commencing from the issue date of the individual titles.

According to a Bolton spokesman, this particular project offers a resort setting with a strategic lake front location. Apparently, 51 units of the waterfront townhouses have been sold to date.

“After we completed the show house recently, using the upper level duplex unit, we managed to sell all the 12 similar units within two weeks.

“The buyers could now see what their units would look like, especially with the view from the roof deck.”

The townvilla units come in six different lay-out designs with built-up space ranging from 2,100sq ft to 4,440sq ft. The upper level duplex units are bigger than the ground units.

The plot of land for each of the townvilla ranges from 26ft by 80ft to 26ft to 130ft. Each duplex unit costs between RM434,800 and RM883,600.

Besides the townvilla homes which will be completed by next December -- some 18 months ahead of schedule -- Bolton has developed more than 1,300 residential and commercial properties since 2002. They include terraced, super-link and semi-detached houses as well as bungalow, shop and office lots.

When fully completed, this “lake-view” housing estate, will have the usual jogging and cycling tracks, viewing decks and recreational spots along the water’s edge.

“Every precinct offers a gated and guarded community with central pockets of parkland,” adds the spokesman. “This township will also offer waterfront features like lakeside retail centre, a drive-through KFC outlet, service station, school, kindergarten and police station.

“There is also a privately-operated beach club here which offers water-sport facilities.”
Source: The Star, 10 September 2008

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