Our new condo at Armanee

Yep, you guessed it, we got the keys :-) FINALLY!!!

Actually, we got the letter from the developer on 22nd Feb (right after CNY), and we went in on 26th Feb (Monday) to make all the final payments. They then tried to make an appointment with us for the FOLLOWING week to pick up the keys... and Husband stood his ground and forced them to handover the keys immediately... so we were the first owners of Block B of Armanee Damansara Damai to get our keys.

Went straight there, and went up to our unit, and were TOTALLY blown away by the incredible view from our balcony. Let me say that the balcony is GORGEOUS, and the view, almost 270deg, is FANTASTIC. We can even see the KLCC Twin Towers in the distance!

Quality wise, to put it very simply, it is much better than the quality of the first two blocks (A & C). There is nothing in there that you would not replace in a renovation anyway, and everything else is minor stuff that Husband says he can do so easily. The only "major" defect, in that sense, is woodworm in one of the wooden strips that runs along the bottom of the wall in one of the bedrooms - and if you are planning on replacing it anyway, then even that is not an issue.

The area around there is pretty well developed - lots of shophouses with eating places, clinics, car workshops, small offices, service centres, mosque, super market, etc, etc, etc. The road works are slated to complete within the next few months (right now, I would say about 70% complete). There is a short 3km stretch left to finish. Though I must say that the traffic, despite the roadworks and jam, is still better than it used to be 3 years ago!

We have put it on the market, but are not quite decided if we do want to sell or not - we'll see how it goes. In fact we will be putting our Mont'Kiara Pines condo unit up for sale too. Anyone interested?

Other than that, I am happy to say that I have been steadily improving, healthwise. Work is getting more interesting and challenging. Husband and I are planning on moving to our house in PJ, see how it is living with my parents - mostly because we realised we just dont see enough of them or my sis and her family, or even my brother and his family... so by moving to PJ we hope to spend more time with all of them... and by end of the year, when our new condo unit in Mont'Kiara is ready, we can decide if we want to move again or not. See how lah!

Right now we are sorting out moving our stuff back from Sinjapoh to PJ, and from Mont'Kiara to PJ; working with the agent to see if we can sell Armanee and Pines; trying to sort out our financial life to simplify it as much as possible - target is for me to retire too :-)

Had some friends over for dinner last Friday - Husband did his specialty roast leg of lamb, and was told by our guests that it was "To die for". That, followed by steamed syrup pudding with custard for dessert kinda soothed the soul.

Saturday Husband and I, together with my sis and her husband, went to Damansara Village Steamboat to meet up with friends for dinner. 4 of us, LOTS of food, EXCELLENT FRESH sea-food and noodles and quail egg and loads of big bottles of beer, fried dumplings, chicken and beef satay, and the list goes on. I have to say the quality of the food was absolutely excellent - and bearing in mind that I am not normally a steamboat fan - we thoroughly enjoyed the dinner and the company. Met at 7.30pm and we kept talking and eating and talking and eating and never noticed the passing of time. Finally broke up our meet and eat session close to midnight. It was a really good good evening. For the 8 of us, the entire bill worked out to only RM50 per head! Excellent value for money.

If you are interested in trying it out:
- Damansara Village Steamboat, No. 1067 Jln Jenjarum, Kg Sg Kayu Ara, Off Jln SS23/10, 47400 PJ.
- Tel: +603-78031832.
- Business hours is 5.30pm to midnight every day.

Well, that's it for now. Wish us luck for our move back to PJ, and for selling our condos. Of course, if you know anyone interested in acquiring a condo in either Mont'Kiara or Damansara Damai, do let me know.

Have a fantastic March.