Lowyat.NET: Latest topics by chesterst

[WTS] Apple iPhone 18pro / 18promax 1TB 2TB

chesterst — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:12:46 +0800

I’m offering RM 1000 nett rebate from store retail price for any Apple iPhone 18 pro / 18 pro max 1TB or 2TB (preferred location Machines / Switch within KL or Selangor). No Apple Store TRX.

This is how it works:

You check the availability of the phone model you want to make sure it won’t be a wasted journey for both of us

I’ll come by, pay the phone on my card and you will pay me via Instant Transfer there at the shop itself for the total - RM 300 less and you take home the phone straight away. Easy!

Only for today Saturday 26th Sep I am offering 5 slots.

PM your WhatsApp number if interested, will respond immediately.

Recommendation Needed for Top Property Investments

chesterst — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 09:05:34 +0800

Hello sifus!

Seeking tips from property experts.

We have fully repaid our housing loans and seeking to buy new properties to make some quick profits in a span of 2-3 years time from now.

We are able to qualify for 90% loan for up to four properties and have a total budget of RM 4M.

So can be either four properties of RM 1M each OR two properties of RM 2M each preferably in Klang Valley new projects with zero entry costs (no downpayment). If have cash back upon completion, better still!

Looking for properties with fastest capital appreciation / high rental yields upon completion which enables us to either flip upon VP or have rental returns that cover our monthly instalments (if we maximize to 4M, the total will be RM 20k per month in terms of monthly repayment).

We looked at The Reya in KL East / The Ashwood U Thant / Linari Kwasa Damansara.

Ideally a project under construction or very preliminary stage and expected to complete in 2028 so our monthly commitment would grow gradually during the construction phase.

We welcome suggestions (residential) be it either condo or landed in prime areas. Recently saw Bobby Ang of Aurizn fame's video on SJCC East One and thought the rental in the area is not too bad either.

We are predominantly KL folks having been raised in the prime KL neighbourhoods (think Bangsar / Damansara Heights / Ampang Hilir) so we may not be as savvy in terms of greater KL area growth potential.

Thank you in advance, really appreciate your input!

PS. We're Bumis so we may consider malay reserved projects if they are extraordinarily promising but will try to avoid as may pose problems when wanting to flip later on.

Wedding Car Hire

chesterst — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:07:00 +0800

Hi all, I'm shopping for a full size continental sedan / suv (think S class / 7 series / GLE / Cayenne / X5) and I'd like the car to be productive while I'm not using it ie. making it available for chauffeur hire for weddings or just on demand car hire like Moovby or Trevo. I have other smaller cars for my daily drives.

Question:

Is there a particular colour to avoid if I want this to be favourable for Chinese as their wedding car? Should I avoid black exterior as that's considered a taboo? There are choices of black, white and grey for the model I'm looking at.

As for interior, I am thinking of going either all black or red and black two tone.

Thoughts anyone?

CCRIS Evaluation

chesterst — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:44:04 +0800

Hello everyone,

Hope someone can help me with this:
In the perspective of a bank's credit processing officer on the assumption that payment is always prompt and excellent, is it worse to have several credit cards from different banks or is it worse to have several personal loan from different banks? As they are both clean an unsecured facility, which one has a more negative connotation let's say when planning to buy a house or car next?

New Best Premium Credit Card for Airmiles 2022

chesterst — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 23:56:01 +0800

Hi all, I'm sure most of the airmails junkies out there are aware of Maybank's drastic move to devalue their TP to airmiles conversion.

So bad that I think it doesn't make sense anymore to use the Maybankard 2 Premier cards.

Any suggestions which are the best for airmiles accumulation now?

Closed

chesterst — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 10:39:35 +0800

Closed

chesterst — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:55:19 +0800

Closed

chesterst — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:51:43 +0800

Closed

chesterst — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:43:20 +0800

Closed

chesterst — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:48:19 +0800

Closed

chesterst — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 17:29:49 +0800

Closed

chesterst — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 21:52:40 +0800

Hi all, I need help. I am currently using DECO M9 Plus mesh system for home. I live in a three storey home with built up area of about 5000sf. Not a really big house, but because it's three storey I am having a tough time with getting proper wifi signals even with my existing system. My main router is placed on the top floor and when I am on ground floor, the connection is horrible. At the moment the other two wifi receiver is placed on first and ground floors respectively.

According to my usual technical guy, that's the best he can do but I don't think so. Anyone can recommend a better Mesh System for home? Any technician you'd like to recommend? Thanks in advance.

Closed

chesterst — Tue, 05 May 2020 20:54:28 +0800

Closed

chesterst — Tue, 05 May 2020 18:45:19 +0800

Closed

chesterst — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 20:08:49 +0800

Closed

"Shelf life" of High End Condos In KL

chesterst — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 20:54:51 +0800

In my understanding, almost always, condominiums have "shelf life" attached to them no matter how luxurious or high end when it was new. In the beginning, everything is great - rentals with good yield, immaculate maintenance and of course steady capital appreciation. But after awhile (read 10 - 20 years), these things hit a plateau and worse may slowly dwindle. Condos like Sri Kenny, Desa Angkasa, Sri Penaga, Prima Damansara, Seri Duta, Kirana, Hampshire Park all had their heyday but are now slowly but surely fading off.

Do you think this happened because they don't have USP?

Take a more recent one for example - One Menerung. Like it or not when one puts it next to the shiny new Serai, one could really see its age. However, where Bangsar is concerned, many expats are known to choose OM over Serai because of its proximity to Bangsar Shopping Centre which means that's one of its USPs. Other than that, one may conclude OM feels more spread out compared to Serai (OM 8 acres vs Serai 6 acres).

Do you think 10 years from now, OM would still continue to hold its charm especially among expats or in time it will look too old by then and the lower density and newer Serai will then be leading the way forward? For its age, OM seem to age remarkably well and the property management company is doing a stellar job (easier to achieve as they have in excess of RM 10m of sinking and maintenance funds).

The Binjai On The Park for example, will have strong staying power because of its ultimate trump card (USP) of having uninterrupted views of both the Petronas Twin Towers and KLCC Park assured for good.

Closed

chesterst — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 10:23:32 +0800

Closed

chesterst — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:59:53 +0800

Closed

chesterst — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:06:55 +0800

Closed

chesterst — Sat, 18 May 2019 09:36:39 +0800

Closed