Okay, back from being a tour guide. It was a rushed day but an enjoyable one, nonetheless.
Brought them to HH, NI and taman laguna. It was totally an eye opener to them about the space and quality of houses in JB and how advanced the town has become. The last time they stepped into JB was about a good 8 to 9 years ago, and that was only a quick stopover at city square. They were impressed on all these hidden and high class tamans outside city center, which they had never ever imagined they existed.
Taman laguna
A quick update. Found out that several building specs were actually upgraded, as compared to what was shown in the brochure I shared earlier. Don't know how I missed out these details, maybe i was overwhelmed with info. Examples of the upgrades are:
1) the a/c points have been increased to all bedrooms, instead of the original 1 point
2) the heater points will be available in all bathrooms, instead of the original 1 point. (bro wuqi, FYI, all a/c and heater points come with the switch with red light, just like what u have pointed out earlier)
3) the wall tiles for bathroom and kitchen will be up to ceiling height, instead of the original 7' height
4) additional tile skirting throughout the house
5) a few more minor ones - cant remember all
They have actually released the last few rows of houses for this phase 3 and the price has increased to a minimum of $638k. Still quite a number of visitors today. Like bro funds transfer has pointed out, the foreign quota is full. But there will be a last phase 4 to be launched maybe around mid-year. It will comprise terrace houses of 28 x 90 (built-up about 3200 sq ft), and semi-d (built-up over 4000 sq ft). There will be a lot more foreign quota for this last phase and the registration list (especially by singaporean) is substantially long already ... The whole taman will be fully developed after this phase 4, and there will be no land left by nusa utama. I asked if they will develop any other part of JB. They said no and most likely they will concentrate in selangor again, where their firm was initially set up.
Btw, my cousin and her husband have already hinted to me that they will be a regular guest at my house (and that haven't included the 2 kids they have!).... I just smiled and said ok, and told them when it's time for house warming, they can send the furnitures to furnish a room, and they can stay comfortably on the furnitures they have chosen :p ... Planting seeds ahead, see if they will sponsor :p heheheheh
They also had a wonderful time at jusco indah. They bought tons and tons of shoppings and I was being blamed for their overspending! haha .... They chalked up a total bill of about RM1200, just on shopping. I never got their indication if they will venture into JB houses just yet, but they vouched that they will be back for more shopping, and they found it extremely easy to get to indah from 2nd link. To sweeten it all, I kept bragging about jusco tebrau and they are dieing to go there, and asked if I would bring them there next week. Told them Will play it by ear and arrange again
All in all, it was a good day and everyone was happy
i'm really glad that it turned out well and they enjoyed the experience. Hopefully thru the words of their mouths, it will break the barriers of my old folks sooner!
Exhausted now. Time to shower and hit the bed. god bless you all. Good night.
