What sets it apart
Cempaka Seri is a strata townhouse in Kota Seriemas built into sloping ground, so the rows step with the terrain and green strips separate them. It avoids the usual townhouse complaints of a narrow entrance, awkward structure and dark corners.
The upper unit Sean visits has about 1,800 sq ft: a ground-level store room for heavy things, a 4-ft-wide staircase, a double-height living room about six metres high and two windows in almost every room. It was selling for around RM380,000.
Where it is
Kota Seriemas is a 2,400-acre township started in 2000, beside Nilai and close to KLIA and Putrajaya, linked by LEKAS and the North-South Expressway. Inside are tree-lined roads, cycle paths, a lake park, a golf club and a university college; the back way in, past Kampung Salak Tinggi, is far more rural.
Rent and returns
The developer's team told Sean the lower units rent for about RM1,500 a month, which surprised him at this price. He still sees Cempaka Seri mainly as a home to live in: quiet, and best suited to families working around KLIA or Nilai.
Double height in a townhouse
Townhouses usually feel narrow, but the upper unit's living room is a double-height space about 3.5 m wide and 6 m tall that fills with daylight. Sean's favourite touch is the slit windows in the bedrooms, and every room gets two windows.
3 on 3
The three things Sean likes and the three he doesn't, from his own list at the end of the episode.
- 1Space and build quality: no narrow entrance, no awkward structure and no dark corners, with the store room downstairs, the double-height living room and slit windows in the bedrooms as highlights.
- 2Open space in balance with buildings: green areas between rows and an organic layout that works with the changes in level.
- 3The price: about RM380,000 for some 1,800 sq ft near Nilai, KLIA and several colleges, with lower units renting for about RM1,500 according to the developer's team.
- 1The pandemic hit its core buyers, many of whom work in aviation.
- 2Arriving through the rural roads around Kampung Salak Tinggi makes it feel undeveloped; the highway approach doesn't.
- 3It is purely an own-stay location: very quiet, with little commercial activity, so it suits families working nearby, not people commuting to KL.
A well-designed, affordable family home if you work around KLIA or Nilai; hard to justify for a daily commute to KL.
Editorial Note: This summary is distilled from Sean Tan's public video breakdown and verified episode documentation. All property specifications and opinions reflect the recording date and should be verified for present-day listings.
PROPERTY REVIEW #150 | CEMPAKA SERI, KOTA SERIEMAS
Sources & Verification Data
Based on Sean's full English captions for this March 2021 episode. The 3 on 3 follows the three things he likes and the three concerns he names, in his order, at the end of the video. The developer's team showed Sean around.
