Retirement Village: Green Acres in Ipoh

Last week I took a trip to Ipoh to check out a retirement village that I've been meaning to look at.

I contacted the office and they gave me the directions to the place. It's not too hard to find, actually on the main road.

The exact GPS coordinate is 4.679432, 101.080175

Phase one is still under construction and should be ready by July this year.

Comes with fully equipped kitchen.

The bathroom is pretty nice with a bench for sitting and grab bar.

You get a nice backyard as well.

The bedroom has got a lot of closet space.

I didn't take pictures of the living room. They come with 2 units of aircon for the one-bedroom unit.

In the hallway, a big closet hides your washing machine and laundry section. It's a nice touch because you can hide it when you're not using it.

They plan to have total of 4 phases. But not a lot of units. I guess they are not sure how well received this concept is going to be.

The deal is that you lease the unit and not buy it. Therefore you don't own it.

And IT'S ALL CASH. No bank loans. So if you're a poor bastard, you need not ask. And Ketuanan Melayu can fuck off because there's no Bumi discount.

They are quite clever. Because they own the properties and lease them out (not selling), they are not subjected to your NEP bullshit and Melayu quota.

So the WHOLE place can be 100% non-Bumi. How sweet is that??

The entry price is RM300,000 for a one bedroom unit. (700+ sf).

You can live there until you die and then they will return the RM300,000 minus some "deductions" to your estate.

Of course, they have the club house, F&B, blah blah blah... similar to condo facilities but geared towards the needs of senior citizens.

The unit also has emergency buttons so that if you fall down and break you hip, they will come and rescue you.

After visiting this place, we drove towards Ipoh town, and along the way within 8 minutes drive there's a Tesco. To Ipoh town is 20 mins drive.

Nearby the development there are lots of shops and restaurants, so not to worry.

Anyway, it's a nice set-up but but not really for me because Ipoh is so fucking boring...

Before we went back to KL, I needed to give the finger to somebody...

Fuck YOU!!