Good for you, mate. If you think you have made a good value investment, then cool.

The limestone hills and the surrounding vegeatation should, at least, remind you that there are nicer pieces of property available around the area. BUT then again, if you choose to live on a square foot of shared land, then share away. Oh and perhaps, the condo structure might perhaps remind you of the surrounding limestone outcrops in the area so that it’s splendour can rub off on your patch in the sky.

Chiao.

The problems of high rise building on the London clay basin and the Ipoh limestone are somewhat different.

Piling in a clay basin can create a firm foundation.

Limestone is frequently subject to sub-terranean water erosion. The extent of this can be seen in the Niah and Mulu cave systems.

Not so long ago, a developer of a low rise building near Tambun found the problems of building on limestone. Piling work found sub-terranean caverns. The developer lost men and machinery into those caverns.

The problems of building a high rise building will not be less than those encountered when building low rise developments.

The problem with subtopia is that once started, they tend to sprawl.

Either you are new to this country or are very naïve.

You really have no clue have you?

Millions have been generated by all sorts of projects in the past and Ipohites know where it all ends up……..Not in our schools, hospitals, roads or rural development.

Otherwise, all our tin money, and you should know that Perak was one of the richest if not THE richest state in Malaysia, would be awash with state of the art hospitals, schools and other infrastructure.

Tut, tut…..the Haven is no bold development. So, don’t let others pull the wool over your eyes.

It will benefit only a few people and line a few more ‘critical’ pockets. ANd it will crucify Ipoh.

Tell me, how many Ipohites have signed on for these condominiums, if it was within their price range?

ANd who is the workforce in the construction – not Ipohites – but mostly Indonesians.

ANd in the sixties I did a university degree in town planning and urban studies in UK and was attached to Westminster CIty Council.

Sorry to disappoint you Mikey, but there is a height restriction….maybe not in the City (the square mile0 but yes, in general. Otherwise, why is London and its environs not another New York with skyscrapers here and there and everywhere?

Construction in Malaysia has little to do with development and improving the lives of the people, but more to do with making profits, self-gain and knowing the right people to ‘facilitate’ matters.

Based on market needs, Ipoh cannot even justify a new condo in town let alone outside town. Based on these, I did not even bother to read their hyped-up ads.

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No doubt it your comment will do make some consideration but if we put into the balancing calculation, this project is great and brave. Great because it create an living choice for local nor investor. Brave because of go into a limitation market segmentation. The concern is how far the project can go and what will the buyer do after the purchase..

There has to be chnage in the mindset of the Ipohites that it is not necessary to have these towers to stir up the dour economy of Ipoh. What we could do with is more thought on preservation than anything in concrete and steel.

Concrete and steel structures can be found in a far suprior combination in Rome, NY and London. So Ipoh, please re-think – want to challenge these places, then stick to what history has already left in place and enhance it with natural structural building materials. Ipoh has an abundance of nature and please transfuse our developments with what nature has provided. Step away from attempting have buildings like in Shanghai, Manhattan, Hong Kong – let’s have our own “brand”.

“You’ll be close to nature and yet a shout away from city amenities. No other city in the world can offer such a package”, he stressed. Therefore, the project has been labelled as the “Pride of Ipoh, Envy of the Nation.” – yes with a hundred other families and 3 humungous towering blocks of concrete ! Some may love this – not for me ! I say Nay.