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There are two types of bungalows available in Villa Heights Phase 1B ─ Type C and Type D. Both boast built-ups of 5,414 sq ft with a general width and length of 80ft by 80ft. Only the design of the façade is different. One has its balconies facing front and back while the other has its balconies facing the back.
Villa Heights, alongside completed Villa Avenue ─ the exclusive landed property enclave along the elevated terrain of Jalan Equine 9, Taman Equine, Seri Kembangan, has reached its second phase of development.
Villa Heights the bungalow development, has seen the completion and selling out of Phase A1 consisting of Double Storey Link Bungalows and Double Storey Bungalows Type A and Type B.
Now, Villa Heights Phase 1B will continue the development along its planned stages in the adjacent parcel of the same area ─ inside the private enclaves along Jalan Equine 9.
The luxury of space is not only confined to the comforts of the 6-bedroom bungalow but also to the exterior places such as the outdoors that stretch as far as the eye can see.
Villa Heights Phase 1B will only comprise 36 very limited edition bungalows of Type C and D designs. Typically, the land area of Types C and D will be square with measurements of 80ft by 80ft (with variations in between of course) and built-ups of 5,414 sq ft (for both types). The main difference between Types C and D would be that Type C will feature its balconies facing front and back while Type D will feature its two balconies facing the back.
This project was launched in 2015 and is now 70% completed. The estimated completion date has been set for September 2016 but that may be only an estimation. Selling price for the bungalows begin at RM3.6 million.
About the Developer
The developer for Villa Heights is Taman Equine (M) Sdn Bhd a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Oriental Berhad (GOB), formerly known as Equine Capital Berhad or ECB.
Now ECB has a long standing history which goes back to 1994 when the company purchased 550 acres of freehold land in Seri Kembangan and developed it into the satellite township of Equine Park. Yes, ECB, now GOB, were the people behind the existence of Equine Park and there is a reason why the township has a reference to horses but that will be revealed later in this article. Thus, one will see that much of the foundation and character of Equine Park bear the stamp of its builders.
The series of commercial and residential developments built after Equine Park such as Pusat Bandar Putra Permai, Putra Permai and so on going back over two decades, have today come full circle back to their latest projects in their pioneer flagship township of Equine Park. These projects include their recently-completed commercial lots called Equine Boulevard and EQuator as well as their current and new residential launches such as Galleria II (highrise), Springville (highrise), and Villa Heights Phase 1B (bungalows). Note that there will be Villa Heights Phase 2 but that will be in time to come.
You will be taken to visit all three residential developments in a video in the Location section below.
Project Name: Villa Heights Phase 1B, Taman Equine
Name of Road: Jalan Equine 9, Taman Equine, 43300, Seri Kembangan, Selangor
Developer: Taman Equine (M) Sdn Bhd a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Oriental Berhad ─ (formerly known as Equine Capital Berhad)
Developer’s Address: Global Oriental Berhad, No 1, Jalan Putra Permai 1A, Taman Equine, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor Darul Ehsan
Tel: 03-8941-7878 Email: gob@gob.com.my
Website: http://www.gob.com.my
Tel: (603) 8945 7878
Fax: (603) 8953 0878
Email: sales@gob.com.my
Sales Gallery: GOB Sales Gallery, 5-1 Jalan Equine 10, Taman Equine, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor
Tel: 03-8945-7878 Email: sales@gob.com.my
Property Type: Bungalows
Land Title: Residential ─ Individual
Tenure: Leasehold
No of Units: 36
No of Storeys: 2
Available Unit Types and Built Up:
- Type C: 3+2R + 6+1B + Yard + 2 Balconies (1 back 1 front)| Built Up: 5,414sq ft| Land Area: 80’(W) x 80’ (L)
- Type D: 3+2R + 6+1B + Yard + 2 Balconies (face back)| Built Up: 5,414sq ft| Land Area: 80’(W) x 80’ (L)
No of Cars that can Park in the Porch: 3
Price per sq ft: RM500++
Facilities: Gated with Fencing and Guards and Clubhouse
Monthly Fees: RM350 for Clubhouse and Security
Price of Units: From RM3.6m
Expected Date of Completion: September 2016
Project Details
The spacious interior.
Villa Heights Phase 1B features double storey bungalows located in the adjacent parcel next to the completed and sold out Phase 1A bungalow lots. (Phase 1A had around 99 bungalows in different styles and layouts).
Phase 1B features only 36 bungalows, 14 are Type C, while 22 are Type D. Both are more or less the same in terms of built-up (5,414 sq ft) and land area but there are distinguishing design factors.
Design, Layout and Floor Plan
Both are 80’ by 80’ width and length and are “squarish” in nature with two balconies, only Type D has both its balconies facing the back. Take a look at how this pans out.
*Type D
Type D. What the design looks like with the balconies facing the expansive lawn.
Type D Floor Plan with Balcony facing the back lawn. This design offers more family privacy and interaction with the green spaces outdoors.
*Type C
Type C. This design sports a more “traditional” placement of the balconies. One is facing the front while the other faces the back.
This is what Type C looks like on paper.
Here is a look at the interior spaces.
Either way, both designs focus on their “USP” which is providing residents with enviable spatial dimensions ─ lots of healthy spaces, both in the interior as well as the exterior.
With seven huge rooms and as many as 6+1 bathrooms inside, and greenery both within the compound and outside, plus a huge community linear garden for all, plus an extensive clubhouse with pools and playgrounds and jogging paths ─ there’s simply no argument to that.
This is the cosy clubhouse of Villa Heights. It is an avenue for residents to have wholesome fun and to stay fit and healthy. The Villa Heights Clubhouse comes complete with BBQ decks, swimming pool, gymnasium, a children’s playground, lounge and reading room. Outside are more landscaped areas with jogging tracks and all. The fee is only RM350 a month and it includes your security fees as well.
Site Plan
This is where your units are located
Specifications
Here are the materials and fittings going into the units. Do note the quality flooring, doors and wall tiling.
Location
Within this private enclave, only 36 exclusive bungalows abound, co-existing harmoniously with enchanting greenery. The Villa Heights Clubhouse can be seen in this picture.
Villa Heights, Taman Equine is located inside the private pockets of green along Jalan Equine 9, Taman Equine, Seri Kembangan. It is an exclusive residential address reserved only for the elite few. Hence, the units too, come in very limited numbers. In the Villa Heights Phase 1B development, there are only 36 of these super wide frontage bungalows of 80ft by 80ft.
Straddling Jalan Equine 9, Villa Heights sits on one side of the road while Villa Avenue (mostly Semi-Ds) is on the other, as seen on this google satellite map.
The neighbourhood within which Villa Heights is tucked is connected to the business centres of Taman Equine via Jalan Equine 9, and although Jalan Equine 9 seems like a long road (when seen through the video below), when measured on the google maps, it is really only 1km or 3 minutes away by car to the nearest commercial areas like EQuator (the brand new GOB-built shop offices) and the older and more established GOB shoplots housing businesses such as KK Mart, KK Hotel, dentists, clinics, music schools, pet shops and vets, printing shops, clothes and luggage boutiques, organic stores, Japanese ice-cream outlets, car accessory shops, and so on. The list is quite endless.
Being located in an established neighbourhood means your day-to-day needs can be acquired without much ado.
Villa Heights’ Convenience
Therefore Villa Heights is really only a short distance away from the “action”. And when one speaks of action, the first thing that comes to mind is places where there is lots of food to eat!
For that kind of “action”, check out the older blocks of shoplots mentioned above as this is where they house many of the busiest and most colourful non-stop coffeeshops this side of Seri Kembangan. Restoran Tar Chong, which runs across several shoplots to the end of the block, is known for their hundreds of hawker fare served a hundred different ways.
Restoran Y2, also a “merger” of several shoplots which run to the other end of the block, serve a similar array of local food too. These two coffeeshops, being the “life and soul” of streetwise F&B, have become quite the identity of Taman Equine. Their sea of stalls spill into the streets and light up the night as they stay open till the wee hours cooking up their storm 24/7. You’ll never go hungry if you live in Taman Equine, even if you happen to live in the retreat of Villa Heights.
Bustling Equine Park eat-street lighting up the night sky. The stalls operate from early morning till late at night.
Opposite these rows of “food-laden” shops is AEON Jusco. This puts Villa Heights only 1.2km or 3 minutes from this complex.
Villa Heights is also only 1.5km or 5 minutes to Equine Boulevard (the banking square of Taman Equine as you will see later), 1.8km or 4 minutes to Alice Smith International School and 1.7km or 4 minutes from Jalan Putra Permai ─ the artery that leads to the SKVE and LDP ─ along which you will find Zeva, Plaza Rakyat, Putra Walk, Pasar Borong Selangor, Giant Hypermart and the Atmosphere.
Go inside Bandar Putra Permai via The Atmosphere a few hundred metres and you will find Farm In The City, a petting zoo. Lots of children and their parents or teachers (through school excursions) go there to mingle with, and learn about, nature and animals.
A Closer Look at GOB’s EQuator and Equine Boulevard
GOB Show Gallery in EQuator, the new commercial block, on Jalan Equine 10, off Jalan Equine
Global Oriental Berhad or GOB, the developer has its Show Gallery located in EQuator. These are 2 to 5-storey shop offices on Jalan Equine. A mere 550m away from EQuator lies Equine Boulevard.
EQuator is the relatively-new completed blocks of shopoffices in Taman Equine.
Equine Boulevard banking street. Clockwise from left: Maybank, CIMB, Public Bank, the mix of shops and Hong Leong Bank. Hong Leong Bank was the first to open here in Boulevard when the shoplots were completed in 2013.
It stands to reason why Equine Boulevard is quickly becoming known as Banking Street. Since their completion in 2013, these blocks of 3- and 4-storey shoplots have secured the tenancy of at least four major banks. They are: Maybank, Hong Leong, CIMB and Public Bank. More will probably follow but it is likely the new banks may take up EQuator since there are still unoccupied units at this more recently-completed business square.
In short, Taman Equine is a very successful, very matured and very self-contained township.
Equine Park or Taman Equine ─ From Yesterday till Today and How Horses got Involved
Taman Equine, marked out in pink. Source: Google Maps
Looking through the lens of history, there used to be horses, stables and equestrian activities in Equine Park or Taman Equine. On any good weekend, riders on their trusty mounts would be seen clip-clopping along the lonely, heavily-wooded roads around Wisma Penyayang and the Alice Smith School. This was back in the day when there were more trees than people and when even AEON Jusco hadn’t even arrived. (AEON Jusco opened its doors in 2006).
Equine Park was named Equine Park because coincidentally, or maybe not coincidentally, the riding academy and stables called Akademi Ekuestrian DiRaja, was established in the area soon after Global Oriental or Equine Capital Berhad (ECB) as the Group was known then, acquired 550 acres of leasehold Seri Kembangan land in 1994. The plan was to develop the parcel into Equine Park. Thus, the master plan may have included equestrian sports from the very beginning.
Then, in 1996, a parcel of land next to the designated plot for the stables was sold for the construction of the Alice Smith International School. That was how Alice Smith came to be in Equine Park. In the years that followed, the eminence of the school became the “landmark” for this area, particularly for the newer developments wanting to put themselves on the map.
Once upon a time: The Akademi Ekuestrian DiRaja Selangor was at the exact spot where GOB Sales Gallery and their latest shoplots EQuator are situated today.
But the main landmark was of course, the horses. According to an ECB 2003 annual report, in September 1997, a year after the launch of Taman Equine’s maiden project of Bungalow lots, Akademi Ekuestrian DiRaja Selangor, Malaysia’s first full-fledged equestrian academy, was conferred Royal Status by the Sultan of Selangor, Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj. In January 1999, the riding academy officially opened its doors, offering a comprehensive range of riding courses for individuals and groups. It was a historic moment.
Left: In June 2002, the First Annual Gymkhana Games was held at Akademi Ekuestrian DiRaja Selangor, Equine Park. Right: ECB’s Prospectus was launched at the Equine Home Gallery in September 2003.
Back in its day, ECB’s Equine Home Gallery was considered the largest and most modern property showroom. That gallery has now been taken down and in its place is where Galleria, (another GOB project) stands today.
In between these years and after ─ such as the launch of the Putra Permai controlled cost apartments in 1998, and the acquiring of 239 acres of land for the development of Pusat Bandar Putra Permai in 1999 ─ Taman Equine grew from strength to strength and has not looked back since.
The riding academy is now gone of course, presumably relocated to Putrajaya and in its place ─ in the exact spot actually ─ is GOB’s Show Gallery in the developer’s own square of shoplots called EQuater on Jalan Equine 10, off Jalan Equine. (Have a look at the map above).
Time changes everything as they say but some things stay imprinted, such as character. In the case of Taman Equine, the fabric of its character lies in the interweaving of the old and the new in an eclectic mix of laid-back countrified charm, full of traditionalism and culture but awakening to the call of urbanity. Equine Park spans over 800 acres today. It is burgeoning, niche in many ways and quite like no other, at least in this part of Puchong South.
Why not Take a Drive around Equine Park Yourself, in a Video?
Yes, why not? Click on the video below for quick tour. You will get to see three of GOB’s latest developments ─ Galleria, Springville and Villa Heights, plus a few other new commercial squares such as GOB’s EQuator, Equine Boulevard and other long-established landmarks such as Alice Smith, AEON Jusco, and McDonald’s.
Villa Heights ─ Inside a Networked and Amenitised Township
Highways around Equine Park as can be seen in the map are: LDP, SKVE, MEX, PLUS, BESRAYA, Proposed SKIP and Proposed KIDEX.
Here are the distances measured and mapped out.
The nearest international schools to Taman Equine. Left: Alice Smith International School, Taman Equine and Right: Rafflesia International School in 16 Sierra, 5km away. (Pix from Google Satellite Map)
International Schools and Universities (within 15 minutes from Taman Equine)
- Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
- Multimedia University (MMU)
- LimKokWing University of Creative Technology
- John Hopkins University
- Segi College University
- Alice Smith International School (nearest of all)
- Rafflesia International and Private Schools (in 16 Sierra)
- ELC International School Cyberjaya
- Tanarata International School Kajang
- Australia International School
- Taylor’s International School, Puchong
The nearest shopping complexes. Left: AEON Jusco, Taman Equine. Centre: The Atmosphere, Seri Kembangan. Right: Giant Hypermart, Seri Kembangan. (Pix from Google Satellite Map)
Grocery Shopping and Shopping Malls (within 15 minutes of Taman Equine)
- Aeon Jusco
- Giant Hypermart Seri Kembangan
- The Atmosphere, Seri Kembangan
- Pasar Borong Selangor
- Putra Walk
- IOI Mall Puchong
- IOI Resort City Putrajaya
- Sierra Zentro (16 Sierra)
- (upcoming) Bukit Jalil City (Bukit Jalil)
- (upcoming) The Link 2 (Bukit Jalil)
Analysis
This picture shows GOB’s track record: Completed Projects and On-going Projects.
About the Developer
“Global Oriental Berhad (formerly known as Equine Capital Berhad) was listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on 28 October 2003. The GOB Group’s core competency is in property development. Its niche in township development since 1992 is best exemplified by its three flagship projects, namely Taman Equine, Putra Permai and Pusat Bandar Putra Permai. These projects span over 800 acres of leasehold land located at Seri Kembangan in the state of Selangor.”
Excerpted from http://www.gob.com.my/
For more of GOB’s Story and the building of Taman Equine, scroll up to Location.
Registration is now open for Villa Heights Phase 1B
The Figures
The comparative figures below are between another nearby landed property development in Taman Equine: Sunway Eastwood Premium Collection 3 and 2-storey semi-Ds. To read more on Sunway Eastwood, please click on the link provided.
| Name | Tenure | Unit Size | No of Units | Average Price PSF | Approx Start Price per Unit |
| Villa Heights Phase 1B, Equine Park | L hold | 5,414sq ft | 36 | RM500++ | From RM3.6m |
| Sunway Eastwood Premium Collection 3-Storey Semi-D, Equine Park Completed Q12016 | L hold | 4,132sq ft | 504 | RM550 | From RM2.5m |
| Sunway Eastwood Premium Collection 3-Storey Semi-D, Equine Park Completed Q12016 | L hold | 3,193sq ft | 11 | RM550 | From RM1.8m |
Summary
The three on-going, new launch and completed GOB projects in Taman Equine.
“I’m not a girl…not yet a woman”. So sang Britney Spears.
Strange reference to draw parallels from you might say but Equine Park is a little like that. No longer a backwater for sure but not yet a full-blown city with crammed streets and clogged traffic, Equine Park strikes a nice balance between rustic quietude and urban vibrancy. That’s the allure of the place.
So it gets a little jammed along Jalan Putra Permai linking to the SKVE and the LDP during rush hour but isn’t that the norm with any other area with encroaching population? Besides, there are options of other highways to make a quick detour if the need arises.
The average price per sq ft of Equine Park ─ infact of Seri Kembangan as a whole ─ has risen over the years but this is a direct reflection of the rising value of real estate all over Malaysia. The good news is, Equine Park’s prices are still hovering between RM550 and RM650 per sq ft ─ give or take a few ringgit ─ and GOB developments seem still to be priced at the reasonable end of the scale.
Galleria, Springville and Villa Heights are very different projects in the same area, but packaged distinctively for different budgets and separate segments of the demographic ─ whether single, hip and happening; married and starting a family; or older, established and/or retired.
For all the amenities that this demographic will need ─ whether it is schools, universities, childcare, enrichment classes, hospitals, F&B, leisure, sports and entertainment, business opportunities and even job opportunities ─ Taman Equine has them all, laid out for easy accessing within the township itself or through highways, and all without having to miss a beat or get discordant with life as you know it.
So at the end of the day, if the lilt of Taman Equine resonates with you, give GOB developments a thought on whether you could or should make a home here. After all, they were the ones who built Equine Park and they have done a good job thus far.
