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KLANG (Oct 6): Property developer Mitraland Group Sdn Bhd is set to launch its first smart homes — the 31-storey Andaman Residences serviced apartment — in its mixed-use development Gravit8 in Klang around mid-November.

Sitting on 15 acres of land, Gravit8 has a GDV of RM1.3 billion and has components including an 8-acre man-made lake park — which is set to be completed by the end of next year — as well as serviced apartments, shopping mall, retail shops, offices and hotel.

Andaman Residences will come up on 7.88 acres of freehold land with a total of 327 units that range from 717 sq ft to 1,128 sq ft and are priced from RM398,000.

The serviced apartment has a GDV of RM180 million and is set to be completed in 4Q21. Buyers will also be given free kitchen cabinets and air-conditioners in the unit.

Mitraland group general manager Tan Chee Hoaw told EdgeProp.my that Andaman Residences will be the first project in Klang to implement the smart home technology, where residents will be able to control the main door, lighting and air-conditioning with an application on their smartphones.

“For example, if you have guests coming to visit you and you are not home yet, you can unlock the door using the smartphone application. You can also switch on the air-conditioner in your home if you are on the way home with guests dropping by. There is also a CCTV in the living room area for you to monitor the elderly and pets. Some of us love to read on our beds before we go to sleep, and we can now switch off the lights via the application without having to get up from our beds,” said Tan.

The units will also come with an Echo Dot voice-controlled device which can be used to play music, turn the lights and TV on and off, and even draw the curtains with a simple voice command.

“There is also a ‘home’ or ‘away’ mode whereby the lights, curtains and other devices will all be on or off when you set the command through the voice-automated device. Residents can also book, say, a multipurpose court within the development or pay their building maintenance fees through their phones,” Tan explained.

Facilities in the development include a children’s playground, yoga deck, gym, swimming pool and multipurpose court. The maintenance fee for Andaman Residences is RM0.25 psf excluding sinking fund.

Tan also stressed that they have decided to price the development in line with what is broadly considered as affordable, with 80% of units priced below RM550,000.

“Most of our interested buyers comprise families and first-time homeowners who like the concept of an integrated development. There is a large population in this area that consists of about over a million people and we see demand from the younger generation looking for this type of integrated development,” Tan elaborated.

The development is next to the Shah Alam Expressway, West Coast Expressway and the East Coast Railway Line, and is 900m away from the Johan Setia LRT (Light Rail Transit) station that will enable passengers to travel all the way to 1 Utama Shopping Centre when it begins operations, which is scheduled in 2020.

Other amenities surrounding the development include hypermarkets AEON, Giant and Tesco; healthcare facilities such as Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Manipal Hospital and Pantai Hospital; and Sekolah Menengah Hin Hua, SJK(C) Hin Hua and SJK(C) Wu Teck.

The first two towers of serviced apartments in Gravit8 called Nordica Residences and Adria Residences were launched in 2015, and are to date 100% and 80% sold, respectively. The two towers are expected to be completed in 2020.

This story first appeared in EdgeProp.my pullout on Oct 6, 2017. Download EdgeProp.my pullout here for free.

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