RenRESIDENCE@ RESIDENSI RENAISANS BUKIT JALIL

On Jalan Jalil Impian 2 in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, on a 5.6-acre plot on the western edge of Bukit Jalil where it meets Bandar Kinrara. The nearest station is Alam Sutera on the LRT Sri Petaling line, about 650 metres away in a straight line and the only station on the brochure's map that sits on the same side of the Kesas Highway as the development. Tzu Chi International School is roughly 250 metres from the plot — close enough that the brochure sells the walk to it by name. Measured straight-line from the site, Pavilion Bukit Jalil is about 1.2 kilometres, Kinrara Golf Club 1.5, the 80-acre Bukit Jalil Recreational Park 1.7, the Bukit Jalil Golf & Country Resort 2.4, Columbia Asia Hospital Bukit Jalil 3.1, Technology Park Malaysia 3.2, Bukit Jalil National Stadium 3.4, Kingsgate International School 3.5 and IOI Mall Puchong 4.7. On the rail line, Muhibbah is about 1.3 kilometres, Awan Besar 1.7, Kinrara BK5 1.8 and Sri Petaling 3.2. The Shah Alam Expressway (KESAS), the KL–Seremban Expressway and the Sungai Besi Expressway are all named on the developer's own map, and the developer counts five major highways within reach.

From RM537,000, which is the floor of the developer's registered price schedule and buys into Tower B. That schedule runs RM537,000 to RM1,136,300 in Tower B and RM656,700 to RM1,262,800 in Tower A on the particulars printed on the back of the brochure; a later revision of those particulars publishes RM537,000 to RM1,033,000 for Tower B and RM597,000 to RM1,148,000 for Tower A. Either way RM537,000 is the entry price. The schedule is registered by tower rather than by layout, so the price of a specific unit depends on its type, its floor and which way it faces — the higher floors and the outward-facing homes on the splayed arms sit at the top of each band. A 5% Bumiputera discount applies. Budget for maintenance on top at RM0.35 per square foot a month, which is about RM322 for a Type A and RM588 for a Type D. Work from the current price list rather than from any advertised figure, mine included, and ask which floors and facings are still open before you fix on a number.

Leasehold — 98 years, expiring on 11 November 2117, so a little over ninety years still run on the lease at handover. What matters more here is the title: Ren Residence is sold on full residential title, registered as a pangsapuri, rather than the commercial title that most of the serviced residences going up in this corridor carry. That is worth real money over the years you hold it. Residential title means utilities and the local assessment stay on residential rates rather than commercial ones, which on a 1,000 sq ft home is typically a difference of a few hundred ringgit a month once you add electricity, water and quit rent together. It also tends to make resale simpler, because a residential-titled unit is financed and valued as a home rather than as a commercial asset. Ask for the title type in writing with your price list — it is the single fastest way to compare this development against its neighbours.

Six layouts, from 920 to 1,680 square feet, and not one of them is below three bedrooms. Type A is 920 sq ft (85.5 sq m) with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, measuring 11,530 by 8,400 mm. Type B1 is 1,050 sq ft (97.5 sq m) with 3+1 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms at 11,530 by 9,500 mm. Type B2 is 1,110 sq ft (103.1 sq m), also 3+1 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, at 13,110 by 9,500 mm. Type B3 is 1,120 sq ft (104.1 sq m) with 3+1 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms at 12,560 by 11,000 mm — the corner home, and the only plan here that turns a corner and takes glazing on two elevations. Type C is 1,270 sq ft (118.0 sq m) with 4+1 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms at 13,110 by 9,500 mm. Type D is 1,680 sq ft (156.1 sq m) with 4+1 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a separate family area and an angled wrapped balcony, at 20,425 by 9,500 mm. On the typical floor of either tower there are six Type B1, four Type A, two Type D, two Type B3, one Type B2 and one Type C.

Over an acre of them on the developer's own figure, and the brochure names twenty-one. On the recreation deck: a swimming pool with an infinity edge, a kid's pool, a jacuzzi, a children's playground, an outdoor lounge, a basketball court and a combined tennis and futsal court. For sport and wellness: a gymnasium with an indoor running track, a yoga room, a multipurpose hall marked out for badminton, squash courts, a steam room and a sauna room. For family and everyday life: a concierge in the ground-floor arrival hall, a co-working space, a games room, function rooms, a childcare room, a kindergarten, a laundry room and a shop. Security is three-tier, with face recognition access for residents and licence plate recognition at the vehicle entry — so a guest without a registered plate is stopped at the boundary rather than at your lift lobby.

1,260 homes in two towers, 630 in each, on 5.6 acres. Twin 45-storey towers, designed in the shape of the Chinese character 人 Rén — the character the development is named after, and the one that means people. Both towers share one floor plate and the brochure draws it twice, mirrored. There are sixteen homes to a floor, numbered 01, 02, 03, 3A, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 13A, 15 and 16, with no 04 and no 14. By the legend's own colours that is six Type B1, four Type A, two Type D, two Type B3, one Type B2 and one Type C. The 人 is a straight arm of six homes off a single corridor with two splayed arms of five running off it, and the lift core sits at the junction — five passenger lifts and one service lift to each floor. The shape is doing work rather than just spelling the name: splaying the arms puts more of each home on an outside wall for daylight and cross-ventilation, and it shortens the walk from the lift lobby to your door. Note that 630 does not divide evenly by sixteen, so the lower levels differ from the typical plate — ask for the stack plan for the floor you are looking at. Sixteen homes across roughly forty residential levels is where the 630 comes from, with the car park podium and the facility deck making up the rest of the 45.

RM0.35 per square foot a month, and the sinking fund is inside that rate rather than billed on top. That is worth pausing on, because plenty of Kuala Lumpur developments quote the two separately and buyers only discover the second one at handover. On the built-up it works out at roughly RM322 a month for a 920 sq ft Type A, RM368 for a 1,050 sq ft Type B1, RM389 for a Type B2, RM392 for a Type B3, RM445 for a 1,270 sq ft Type C and RM588 for a 1,680 sq ft Type D. For over an acre of facilities including two full-size courts, a gymnasium, squash courts and a pool deck, RM0.35 all-in is at the low end for this corridor. On parking, every unit comes with two car park bays and the 1,680 sq ft Type D comes with three. Two bays as standard is generous where the entry home is 920 square feet — most developments at this price give one, and charge for the second if they offer it at all.

October 2027 on the developer's registered particulars, which is the date that carries legal weight rather than any figure in the marketing. Construction is under way on Jalan Jalil Impian 2. When you sign, check two things in the sale and purchase agreement itself: the completion date written into it, and the liquidated damages clause, which sets what the developer owes you per day if handover runs late. Those two together are what you can actually act on if the programme slips. Message me for the current construction progress and for the handover schedule on the tower and floor you are looking at.

Gaya Kuasa Sdn Bhd, whose registered office is at 2-1, Kompleks Niaga Taman LTAT, No. 2, Jalan Bukit Jalil Indah 4, Taman LTAT, 57000 Kuala Lumpur — a Bukit Jalil address, a few minutes from the site itself. The development is delivered in association with Juta Asia, a Kuala Lumpur developer trading since 2002 whose earlier residential work includes Zehn Bukit Pantai in Bangsar and Sastra U-Thant off Jalan U-Thant. The towers are by GDP Architects, one of the larger Malaysian practices and the firm behind the 人 plan. Financing is charged to CIMB Bank Berhad, which is the bank that will issue your redemption statement and hold the charge until the individual title is transferred. The show gallery is open daily from 10am to 5pm, by appointment.