Sunday, July 15, 2012

Party at St Mary's

I've written and posted quite too much about St Mary's and wasn't planning to post anymore until I have my keys and wardrobes done. However, since so many people have asked me how the party went, I'll just post one more...



This party was held to celebrate the official completion of the project. There was a speech, pretty girls, food, wine and tour of the grounds. This was the 1st time the general public had an opportunity to view the much touted central park facilities. To be honest, I was rather disappointed but perhaps I set my expectations too high. Although the landscaping and facilities were done up quite nicely but they were very mediocre to say the least. Much was centred around the swimming pool and the jacuzzi pods but apart from these, there were little else.








There is no sauna!

And the gym turned out to be rather small and it is now located where we did not expect it to be.




And where we expect the gym to be, it turned out to be an empty room with mirrors...


Certainly, everybody's expectations were set quite high. Upon walking into the reception, 2 of my ex-girlfriends were waiting there...


But sadly for those who expected a lucky draw to win these babies, it turned out they were free gifts to buyers of the RM10million super-penthouses.


E&O has also brought in their new celebrity chef to serve us western dim sum.... tuna with pickle and half a quail egg, a spoonful of pasta, soup in a glass and a bite of chocolate cake. But the wine and champagne were really wonderful.

But I hardly met many buyers there. Many of those who turned up are real estate agents and already I am inundated by sms and calls from agents who somehow found the buyers list from someone. I've also learnt that there are very few buyers who actually plan to stay here. Mostly over 90% bought for investment purposes. In fact, there was one aunty who bought 4 units!!



So, apart from the pool and the pods, other facilities are just the standard children's room, playground, lounge and really, that's about it...







...and yes, it does seem like medium cost. The lobby or waiting lounge is outdoors...


Somehow, the marketing point that St Mary models after New York's Manhattan style seems to be rather far fetched considering it would be too cold to wait outdoors in New York during the winter. The lift lobby is protected by an intercomm system so you would cal your friend and if he doesn't let you in, you'll have to wait outside....




Nevertheless, it was easy to sit back relax and enjoy the views until nightfall and it was time to go have dinner...




Said good-bye to my ex...


and collected my personalized framed photo before going home...


10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Sin Leong,

What do you intend to do with your St Mary property? Are you holding for further capital gain or rental?

sinleong said...

own stay... then decide later

Anonymous said...

Come on sin Leong .. U can't expect a condo to have country homes facilities. And I bet u won't be using this facilities like jacuzzi or swimming pool as imagine clad in a towel and everyone witnessing .. Worse if some party folks throw their beer bottles or trash out of their condo .
Nowadays developer purpose is to make money - they not going to care . They no longer build homes for family - u look at the children corner, nursery or whatever they call it it's more like for pets or small animals haha easily they can hurt themselves ..

Anonymous said...

What is the price u pay for this condo and what's the sub sale price ?

sinleong said...

it appears like u can still get developer units at a lower price than sub-sale. up to 15% discount has been known to be offered!

Anonymous said...

Buy a penthouse and the lamborghini is yours
It's in the today star newspaper

Anonymous said...

Lets face it
Unlike other develop country
Ours is not there yet
We can't reach our vision 2020 with this type of government
There is in fact an overhang in property in KLcc but then nobody have start throwing their property cheap yet unless there is a crisis

Anonymous said...

We live under the assumption that Malaysia will develop itself into a develop country like hong kong Japan or Korea hence it will justify the price now which factor in the future price
Every developer in kl wants a piece of the pie
Whether its building smaller units or expensive condos
No way to justify the price now as most Malaysian income is below the requirement

Anonymous said...

I saw a lot of advertisement for St Mary subsale. Seems like the price had fallen a lot and some of them is at 900psf.

Anonymous said...

it's simplistic to assume that prices have fallen across the board. certainly some units would not command a strong premium because they have lousy views, such as that of an office. prices can also fall because some purchasers don't have the financial stamina to hold on to the properties they bought. and i distrust some ads because when you call them up, the unit has already been sold but they will offer you something just a little more expensive.