Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Bukit Ceylon Today

In 2008, this blog started off with Bukit Ceylon, then we ventured everywhere including Australia, Thailand, the Klang Valley, Penang and today, we are back again in Bukit Ceylon. Let's take a look at how some of the "Mega Projects" here have turned out.

Unfortunately, compared with the KLCC area, Bukit Ceylon is lacking any iconic architecture with the likes of the Troika. In fact... it is rather dismal. The largest project to date here at Bukit Ceylon is Verticas Residensi below...


One can be forgiven to mistake the Verticas for an office complex. For a supposedly grand 5-star condominium, one of the blocks occupied by serviced apartment operator, Lanson Place, it is shocking that they passed off this hole in the wall (picture below) as their grand entrance.


Perhaps it is not as shocking as UMland's use of this cheap corrugated zinc roof over their front porch (picture below) for their flagship Suasana Ceylon just opposite the Verticas. UMland is embroiled in a tussle over common areas at their earlier project at Seri Bukit Ceylon perhaps says it all about their style...



Suasana Ceylon (above), which is built off the edge of a hill does not boast of any amazing design... rather plain and lame to say but nothing prepared us for this grey box with windows called SixCeylon (below).


By marketing and form, Bolton's SixCeylon promised an elegant and trendy design. The end result is looking to be a complete disaster. Perhaps the architect died and they cremated him with all his drawings before realizing they've forgotten to make copies...

The best design award, rather unexpectedly...goes to relatively unknown Laman Ceylon.


And it is the most unfortunate thing for SixCeylon to be sited right beside Laman Ceylon....



Before we forget, UOA has also made their claim in Bukit Ceylon. However, they cannot decide if they were building car parks or apartments...



6 comments:

john said...

For Suasana BK, I think they will remove the corrugated zinc roof when the project is completed.

john said...

and they will paint the buidling before VP. It will look stunning and elegant.

john said...

Suasana Bukit ceylon is the only new buildings that had seem capital appreciation so far in BK

sinleong said...

actually thats not quite true... even if you bought a pothole 3 years ago would have appreciated in value. such is the nature of the property market in KL. however, i'm not so sure if you buy anything today the value will appreciate in another 3 years time. the problem is the rental market is kinda saturated and not moving along with the property prices

Khai said...

It is funny how you describe these new buildings. Well I think it is quite normal these days that artist impression on brochure doesn't really translate into real product. So take all these nice facade thing with a pinch of salt.

RE said...

You before have been quite positive about sixceylon ?


By the way, can you recommend a good all in rental agent?

I mean one who can manage furnishing, manage the handover process , find tenants and manage the property, collect rent and do proper reporting? What would be the market price for that?

Thanks