Ara Bloc

From RM471,000 up to RM1,242,920 — the entry price buys the 767 sq ft Type A, and the top of the range is the 1,238 sq ft Type C on a good floor. There is also a RM270,000 SAMM price and a 10% bumiputera discount subject to quota. Treat all of it as indicative — WhatsApp me and I will send the live price list for the exact type, block and floor you want, with that week's rebate and package.

Freehold, and the brochure's statutory block states it plainly, along with no encumbrances and no restriction in interest. In Ara Damansara that is worth saying out loud: plenty of the stock around it is leasehold, and freehold removes the state consent step on every future sale as well as the lease-expiry question a buyer ten years from now will ask you.

Two bays with every type — including the 767 sq ft Type A, which is the part most people do not expect. At this price a second bay is usually an upsell on the larger units only, so if you are weighing Ara Bloc against something nearer the LRT, put two bays on the scale. Level 1 also has a dedicated EV car park block for residents, separate from the covered retail parking, and the resident entrance and drop-off are kept apart from the retail one.

RM0.38 per square foot a month, and that rate excludes the sinking fund — so budget for the sinking fund on top rather than assuming it is inside. At RM0.38 that is roughly RM291 a month on the 767 sq ft Type A, about RM365 on the 961 sq ft Type B and about RM470 on the 1,238 sq ft Type C, before the sinking fund and before utilities. For a development with a pool, a futsal and tennis court, a gym and twenty-seven facilities to run, RM0.38 is on the low side — ask me what the sinking fund contribution is set at before you sign, because that is where the real number lands.

Commercial title, sold under the Housing Development Act — the two sit together, and buyers often assume they cannot. Commercial title decides your bills: electricity, water, assessment and quit rent are charged at commercial rather than residential rates, which is the more expensive side, and it is the thing to budget for. Being sold under the HDA decides your protection: the developer must hold a housing developer's licence, the sale uses the statutory sale and purchase agreement rather than one the developer writes itself, part of your money is held by a stakeholder, there is a defect liability period after handover, and there is compensation if the keys are late. The licence and permit numbers are printed on the brochure's back page — ask me to point them out on the sale documents before you pay a booking fee.

Three plans. Type A is 767 sq ft with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Type B is 961 sq ft with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Type C is 1,238 sq ft with three bedrooms, a study or utility area, and two bathrooms. All three get a balcony off the living room, a yard behind the kitchen and an AC ledge of 10 to 11 sq ft on top of the main parcel. The typical floor plate the brochure draws runs Level 14 to Level 22 across Blocks A, B, C1 and C2.

No, and I will not list it as one. The developer writes it as 3+1: three bedrooms and a study or utility area off the dining. That study is a genuinely useful room — it is what makes 1,238 sq ft work for a family that needs a desk or a helper's room — but it is not a fourth bedroom, and counting it as one is how buyers end up comparing this against true four-bedroom stock that costs more for a reason. I count true bedrooms only, here and everywhere else on this site.

1.4 km to Ara Damansara station on the Kelana Jaya line — walkable in the cool of the morning, a drive or a short ride most other times, which is part of why the two car park bays matter here. Lembah Subang is 2.6 km, Glenmarie 4.4 km and Kelana Jaya 5.1 km; carry on down the line and Subang Jaya station is the interchange to the KTM. This is not a transit-on-your-doorstep project, and I would rather say so than let a map imply otherwise.

Twenty-seven, on two levels. Level 6 has a futsal and tennis court with an outdoor gym beside it. Level 9 carries the rest: the swimming pool with an aqua lounge, pool cabana and jacuzzi, a kid's wading pool, a second outdoor gym, an open lawn and open lounge, a multi-generation play area, a reflexology path, a yoga deck, a reading lounge, a lounge, a games room, co-working space and a co-working garden, a function room, a sauna and changing rooms, a BBQ area, a surau, a multipurpose hall, a herbs garden and a wellness lounge set out as an elderly-friendly area. A mezzanine above it holds the gym room and a dance room.

A double-frontage retail avenue on Level 1, directly under the blocks: an anchor tenant, fourteen shop lots, a covered plaza between the two rows and its own covered parking, with a drop-off lobby at each end. The renders show the sort of thing the developer is pitching for — a grocer, cafes, food and beverage — but no tenant is committed in the brochure, so treat the signage in those pictures as decoration rather than a list. For an owner-occupier this is the part that changes daily life; for an investor it is also the part to ask hard questions about, because empty shop lots under a block are worse than no shop lots at all. Ask me what has actually been leased before you price it in.

Sime Darby Property (Ara Damansara) Sdn. Bhd. Sime Darby Property is the master developer of Ara Damansara itself, and of Oasis Square and Oasis Corporate Park 200 m up the road — so the surroundings here were built by the same company, which is a different proposition from a single plot bought into an established area. Its developer's licence number and advertising and sales permit number are both printed on the brochure's back page and carried in this page's fine print.

April 2031 is the expected completion date in the statutory block — about four and a half years out, which is normal for a development of this size. Because it is sold under the Housing Development Act, that completion period and the compensation due if the developer is late are written into the statutory sale agreement rather than left to goodwill. Ask me to walk you through that clause when you read the documents.

Selangor applies a minimum purchase price to foreign buyers that sits above the entry price here, so a foreign purchase depends on the unit and on the state's threshold at the time you buy rather than being automatic. Freehold land removes the state-consent step that a leasehold transfer needs, which helps. Tell me which passport you hold and which type you are looking at, and I will get the position confirmed in writing before you pay anything.