Taman U-Thant

Taman U-Thant is an affluent and prestigious district that nestled along Ampang Hilir, Kuala Lumpur. It is well-known as an embassy row enclave and also being the city's prime business, financial and entertainment region. Due to this, it becomes the sanctuary where most of the diplomats, ambassadors and wealthy local families have their best home. Embassies that situated within Taman U-Thant include Ireland Embassy, Ghana Embassy, Iran Embassy and Cambodian Embassy. On the other hand, it neighbors with numbers of low-rise apartments namely Eden Villa, U-Thant Residence, Desa Angkasa, Ampang 971, Tara, Gallery U-Thant and Raintree Residence, and Villa Bolton. Apart from that, most of the houses here are found luxurious bungalows with their individual’s large garden. Taman U-Thant is strategically and conveniently located nearby Kuala Lumpur City Center. Public amenities can be easily accessible within the stone throw away from Taman U-Thant. There are hotels, shopping malls, food courts, cafes, hawker food, education institutes, parks, health care centers, a light rail transit station (LRT),banks, recreation clubs and even places of interest just mere minutes drive away. Taman U-Thant can be easily accessible from Jalan Tun Razak via Jalan Ampang and Jalan Ampang Hilir. Besides, it is also reachable from Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR 2) via Jalan Ampang or via Desa Pandan. By accessing these roads, we can then access to other highways like Smart Highway, AKLEH Highway and KL-Putrajaya Highway.

Property Details

Name: Taman U-Thant

Address: Ampang Hilir, 55000 Kuala Lumpur

Type: Bungalow, Condominium

Tenure: Freehold

Subsale Price

Bungalow: Approximately RM8,330,000

Condominium: Approximately RM4,300,000

Facilities

Hotels

Shopping malls

Food courts

Cafes

Hawker food

Education institutes

Parks

Health care centers

Light rail transit station (LRT)

Banks

Recreation club

Places of interest

Market Trends

Analysis

Taman U-Thant is an eastern part of the city founded in 1960s. It was named after the former UN General Secretary from 1961 until 1971, U-Thant. In the early years, Taman U-Thant was established for foreign embassies and high commissions only. Hence, the current density allowable in the residential is between 100 and 150 persons per acre and strictly for low-rise residential development only. Lately, the landscape of Taman U-Thant has been changing by the development of several boutiques here. This development offers more opportunities to the property investors for having investment at this valuable real estate.The hotels or service apartments at the vicinity are SuCasa, MiCasa, Crown Princes, Nikko Hotel, Flamingo Hotel, Corus Hotel, De Palma Hotel and Dorset Regency Hotel. Since there are hotels here, of course there will be some places of interest found here, such as Yayasan Seni Art Gallery, Cultural Craft Complex, Times Square Theme Park, Market Square, Shophouses along Jalan Hang Kasturi, National Historical Muzium and Tunku Abdul Rahman Memorial.Also, there are shopping malls and shop houses nearby Taman U-Thant to offer convenience for the residents. There are American Accents Home, Great Eastern Mall, Hock Choon, AMP Walk, Fella Design U- Thant, Wet Market Datok Keramat, Yow Chuan, Ampang Mini Market and so on. Besides shopping during weekend, residents also can have a recreation weekend by joining membership for some clubs offered here namely Raintree Club, Selangor Polo, Equestrian Club and Royal Selangor Golf Club.Apart from that, one can find variety of food within Taman U-Thant, since it gathers most of the tourists and foreigners here. There are well known western restaurants like Roadhouse Grill and Victoria Station; Indian restaurants like Bangles Rest and Bombay Palace; Japanese restaurant like Tsuruya Japanese; Malay restaurants like Kari Ikan Kampung Pandan, Stalls Risda and Suzi's Corner. Taman U-Thant is also surrounded by international schools, government schools and institutes. There are 2 famous international schools in this area which are Sayfol International School and Fairview International School. Several of government schools are also found here such as SJK Desa Pandan, SMK Sri Ampang, SMK (P) Puteri Ampang, SJK (C) Chung Hwa, Goethe Institute, SJK Datok Keramat and so forth.The nearby Medical centers found here are Hospital Pakar Ampang Puteri and Gleneagles Intan Medical Center. Besides, the nearest transit rail station is Ampang Park LRT Station. Hence, Taman U-Thant is really a convenient place to stay and a good choice for investment.