Haven of holiday homes

By Sharen Kaur
Published in NST on April 22 2010

THE Haven, a high-end lakeside gated residential development in Ipoh, Perak, is attracting investors from Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore who are looking for holiday homes in Malaysia.

The RM250 million project is developed by Ipoh-based Superboom Projects Sdn Bhd, and features three 26-storey blocks of luxury condominiums.

Chief executive officer Peter Chan said The Haven is unique as it has natural settings with picturestique backdrop.

Each block has 165 units overlooking a 1.6ha private natural lake with running water, a 14-storey high monolithic limestone rock formation, and the existing 280 million-year-old limestone hills.

The units are available in 12 configurations - panoramic corner, lakeview, central lakeview, two- and three-bedroom bungalows in the sky, duplex and penthouses and garden units.

Chan said The Haven is aimed to be among the first developments to embark on all feasible avenues of harvesting nature's renewable, sustainable resources such as wind, water, bio-gas and pro-active mechanical resources to power and maintain common areas.

He said the condominiums will be the highest and the most expensive development in Perak, setting a benchmark of modern living.

Chan added that almost half of the first block has been sold since the unveiling of the project in Tambun, Ipoh, about one month ago.

"Majority of the buyers are up-graders from within Ipoh. The project has met our expectations in terms of sales. We believe the remaining units will be snapped within the next few months.

"We are now getting the attention from foreign property seekers and will open for sale the second block by the end of this year. We are bullish on the market," Chan told Business Times in an interview.

The regular units range from 958 sq ft to 2,840 sq ft, while the penthouses range between 3,743 sq ft and 4,345 sq ft. The units are priced from RM250,000 to RM1.4 million each.

"We spent three years designing this project. Our philosophy is to deliver attractively designed and finished homes to purchasers. Much attention is given to details so no renovation is necessary when the owners move in," said Superboom co-principle David Yam.

Yam said the five-level security from the entrance of the driveway leading up to the entrance of each floor, in addition to a fenced-up parameter and regular patrols was another selling point of the project.

Superboom will be introducing The Haven to home buyers in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow on a special invitation basis.

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