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Ara Damansara - Rent or buy?

Gaza — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 01:41:27 +0800

Hi, looking for some advise/feedback on property in ara damansara area.

Why are ara damansara terrace houses relatively expensive? I was looking at brickz and the transacted price was around RM1.3m for roughly 1.8k sq ft built up (around RM750 psf) compared to places SS2 (RM600psf), SS3 (RM500psf), DU/DJ (RM650-700psf) like for similar freehold intermediate terrace houses? Is it because of the proximity to subang airport, connectivity to federal/NKVE/LDP/DASH, more proper G&G concept, etc? The houses I feel are newer than the rest but I think would still require some renovation for the new owner as it is probably 20 years old?

Am looking to move to the area because my child started school somewhere in ara damansara/subang airport roundabout – currently takes around 30-40 mins one way to/from our current place in section 14 PJ (renovated single storey terrace) so roughly 2-2.5 hrs commuting daily. At first thought of moving to kelana jaya side (halfway between the school and our current place) but still will face jam at the airport road near ara Damansara or the tunnel road leading to LDP and maybe only end up saving 10 mins 1 way, so if move might as well move to ara damansara to cut out most of the jam right? Is there any practical alternative besides ara damansara? Thought Elmina looks nice but I fear the traffic heading to ara damansara will be bad as well. Feels like Kota Damansara/BU also will be similar traffic with Kelana Jaya.

Currently thinking it makes more sense to rent a condo in ara damansara for around RM3k rather than buy a subsale terrace and service the mortgage at RM6k? This is before even thinking about the cash required for basic renovations. Is it generally a renters’ market with quite a lot of condos in the area? So far my budget can get around 1.3k-1.5k sq ft for Maisson, Verde, Urbana – based on what I searched on the forum here these sound generally better compared to some that are located closer to the LRT stations? Any particular ones I should be looking at or avoiding?

Do i have a termite problem?

Gaza — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:53:58 +0800

Finished renovation around 2-3 months ago including installing wall mirror above wood skirting. End november when was doing post renovation cleaning i saw what looks like saw dust at the floor beneath the mirror that wasnt there before. Cleaned it up and after 1 week when i was going to move in i saw more dust again but was darker colour. The dust affected a smaller area than previously. I asked my contractor and he said might be either termites or the dust from the plywood used to install the mirror falling off. He said he used treated wood for the skirting but not sure if the mirror carpenter used treated plywood or not. When i knock on the mirror no dust falls out.

Since then nothing come out until last weekend (3 weeks from previous dust and 4 weeks from first time saw dust) i saw got dust again. Knock on the mirror and got more dust come out. Worried in case the plywood attacked by termites which may cause the mirror to drop and possibly hurt someone, but i havent actually seen any termites. Appreciate if the sifu here can help advise. Thanks.

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Buying iPhone - Telco vs Apple Stores

Gaza — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 00:02:38 +0800

What's the difference between buying an iPhone from the telco (Maxis, DiGi, Celcom) with a plan vs buying it from Apple affiliated stores? Besides the telco subsidized prices of course.

Warranty and other stuff the same or different? Trying to think of what are the benefits of locking in a contract plan (besides the subsidized price). Thanks.

cant connect to the internet?

Gaza — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:20:40 +0800

Broadband provider
ISP/package: streamyx 384
Location: pj
Have you called your ISP's helpline?: yes

Personal equipment
Modem: prolink huricane adsl2+ w/ wireless router
Router:
Firewall used: zone alarm

Problem details
First occurence of problem:
Problem frequency: continuity..
Problem description: ok it's like this..

a couple of weeks ago, lightning struck my house and i lost my pc, modem,router, tv, astro.. etc. so i brought my pc to the shop and the guy said change psu then can on pc. so my pc works after that. then i call streamyx and they say they will check for me. some days later a techie comes to my place and says my modem and router kena lightning. so i just bought a new modem+wireless router 2 in 1. but when i plug in through my pc it doesnt work, yet when i use it through my laptop (wireless and wired) it works flawlessly.

im guessing that it could be my network card, since there are no lights at the back. but i dont know if there were ever lights before.. is there a way to see if my network card is working or not? the device manager says its funtioning properly. but when i run ipconfig at cmd it doesnt show my ip address.. im stumped.. any helpwill be appreciated, thanks!