Sime Darby offers luxury with Royale Palms Villas

KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Property launched its high-end Royale Palms Villas in Putra Heights yesterday, its first property development project launch since it became a merged entity comprising Sime Darby Bhd, Kumpulan Guthrie and Golden Hope Plantations. Sime Darby Bhd’s new corporate logo was unveiled on Nov 28.

The 2- and 3-storey villas in a guarded development located on 7.5-acre freehold site have a gross development value of RM55 million. Priced from RM1,388,888 onwards, these villas have built-ups of between 4,170 sq ft and 4,900 sq ft. The 3-storey units are offered in two designs.

“The collection of Royale Palms Villas is our first roll-out of luxury homes as part of our new focus on the higher-end segment of the property market to meet the demands of the affluent, ‘lifestyle-seeking’ homebuyers,” said Datuk Tunku Putra Badlishah Tunku Annuar (pix), Sime Darby Property's executive vice-president of property development and strategic investments,
during the launch.



Standard features for the villas include a minimum of five ensuite bathrooms, solar hot water systems, air-conditioning units in all bedrooms, home alarm systems, automatic gates as well as lighting arrestors and surge protection systems.

According to Tunku Badlishah, the villas are spacious, have generous garden space, and feature large windows and doors to enhance natural light and ensure better ventilation. “The exclusivity of Royale Palms, with its many exceptional features, will appeal to buyers and investors who are seeking a better quality of life,” he said, adding that the project should be completed by end-2009.

Putra Heights is an integrated township development comprising residential and commercial properties, including the newly completed Putra Point town centre offering 324 units of 2- and 3-storey shop offices. The township sits on some 1,796 acres and is accessible via the Damansara Puchong (LDP) and the Elite highways.

For a limited time, Sime Darby is offering buyers a Bofi kitchen system worth up to RM80,000, which includes a fridge, microwave, oven, oven hood, hob and food waste disposer. It is also offering HSBC Home Smart, a home financing package with endfinancing of up to 80% of the property’s value at a base lending rate of 1.85% throughout the loan's tenure.

By theSun (by Yeong Ee-Wah)