Barelly a year living in Kuala Lumpur (or Petaling Jaya if your’e the politically correct type) and I’m moving. I’ll be leaving Kelana Puteri and moving in to Kelana D’Putra which is technically right opposite Puteri. It’s a pity, I’ve just gotten use to the large amount of foreginers scattering around the area, the bad service at the diner downstairs, the under stocked grocery shop with the weird chinese lady and her english speaking Indonesian maid, the ex-convict looking Nepalese security guards and the psychotic next door neighbour who shouts at the top of her lungs at every stroke of midnight.
We’re moving because of a bad bed bug problem, a really bad one at that. The canniving owner rented the apartment to us without informing us that the place was a breeding ground for an insect that I believed was as extinct as the T-Rex. We had been putting up with the little bastards for months until everything got out of hand when it started affecting our sleep, I woke up one night and found close to about 100 over of these little creatures swarming below the sheet of my bedsheet, it felt like a scene from a low-budget horror movie – suffice to say I threw my newly bought less then a year old RM300 mattress away the next day. The land lord refused to pay for pest control, and we told her in polite terms that she could keep her bed bug infested farm to herself – we we’re moving out.
There’s a lot of pain involved from moving to a new place, and i’m not just talking about the backpain from carrying the heavy furniture. Here-in comes the benefit of having a six member family, we managed to get everything set up within a week, from the electricity, household items, furniture and plumbing. Special thanks goes out to my parents who took time off to come up and help us set up everything – we couldnt have done it without you!
They say that somethings in life happens for the better, and I couldnt agree more in the case of our new apartment. It’s beautiful and i’m in love with it, from the hall, the dining and right through to the bathrooms – the place is so much more better than bed bug villa. Our neighbours seem very quiet too, which is a welcome from the noise prone units at Kelana Puteri. Now it’s just a matter of calling the new apartment – our new home.
Born and breed in the city of Johor Bahru and currently living in Kuala Lumpur, Raveen Dev is a 25 year old Malaysian and co-founder on the infamous and highly secretive “Teh-Tarik Stories” (which would explain why you’ve never heard of them prior to this).
I was actually thinking of buying a unit in Kelana Puteri in a few months time and googled it up (where I found this website). I am totally shocked about this. Is the bed bug problem only in the unit you rented? Also if it is not too much, would be grateful if you can tell me which unit it is so that I can stay far away from it. Doubt any Real Estate agent would mention this if I don’t ask about it.
I am also quite concerned about the contruction of Paradigm just next to Puteri. Is it very noisy? Thanks.
My best advice? – don’t get the unit at Kelana Puteri. There’s ton’s of really good property deals out there and Kelana Puteri isn’t one of them.
From what i’ve gathered from my neighbours, they don’t seem to have a bed bug problem in their apartment, but if I we’re you, i’ll stay away from unit 10-08 on Block E.
The development at Paradigm does tend to cause a lot of noise and dust, and the back roads seem to always be in a pot hole driven state and sandy most of the time thanks to the construction trucks and equipment.
If you’re a regular 9-5pm worker, noise from the construction probably wont be a bother to you as they finish by evening, but the amount of foreigners in Puteri is really disturbing and the management seem’s to take minimal steps in combating crimes around the unit.