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Ampang andMont Kiara reported
having the largest condominium
sizes within Kuala Lumpur City
Centre while Damansara Utama
andMutiara Damansara comprised
the most spacious condominiums
in the Petaling Jaya area.
THE EFFECT ON
TERRACE HOUSES
In the case of terrace houses
(Figure 3), Bukit Jalil, Sungai Besi,
Glenmarie, Desa Park City and
Cyberjaya recorded the highest
median sizes. These are located in
areas surrounding cities offering
higher paying jobs. As one moves
farther out, away from the city,
there was no difference in the
median size of terrace houses,
compared to in the city.
Khow then wanted to find out if
the prices of property differed
between those in the city and in the
rurals. By doing a quick plot on the
psf (Figure 4), it was noticed that
prices did drop for terraces that
were out of the city. The
conclusion was that while
terrace
houses were cheaper as one
moved farther out of the city,
incomes did not substantiate for
the roomier properties
(income
in the city centre far outweighed
that in rural areas).
Hence, even though terrace
houses are cheaper in rural areas,
the people there cannot afford
larger properties (derived from the
map showing bigger sized terrace
houses located beside Petaling Jaya,
Kuala Lumpur City Centre and
Putrajaya where most of the high
sharing more interesting findings
and insights.
paying jobs are).
The gist of Khow’s research –
having provided the analysis by
building type and examining the
property size –
bungalows do get
bigger as wemove farther out
into the rural areas. As for
terrace houses and
condominiums, as wemove out
into the suburbs, the size does
get bigger but moving farther
out into the rural areas, the size
actually decreases.
Although the numbers and
mapping technology cannot be
taken as “fait accompli”, the data
provides reason to believe that
more people are seeking to move
out of the city and into suburbs and
rural areas. Follow part two of
Khow’s research next week
Sungai Buloh
Desa Parkcity
Mont Kiara
Bukit Tunku
Damansara
Petaling Jaya
Kuala Lumpur
Ulu Kelang
Ampang Jaya
Cheras
Kajang
Puchong
Gombak
Glenmarie
BukitJalil
SungaiBesi
Seri
Kembangan
SELANGOR
Shah Alam
Klang
PUTRAJAYA
Cyberjaya
Greater Klang Valley
terrace median psf
heat map
<63.6 sf
>1,116 sf
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Figure 4: Source – iPropertyIQ, Data
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