Georgetown as a Place to Live

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Many thanks Breathless

James

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Costa, can the UN intervene at all?  After all, it is their designated heritage site isn't it?  Anything that us mere mortals can do to help, like rant around the internet.

You are absolutely right.  It's a "mission impossible" for UN to intervene!  It's just a dream that will never come true.

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Great.
Bus stopped regularly over the road taking you to Komtar and  from there almost anywhere
Restaurants in Mcalister and food street nearby
Sunshine supermarket onsite
Not many people living there at the moment, so quiet

If we were doing one of these apartments for ourselves we would do things a bit differently as far as finish was concerned and in these 2 bedroom 2 bathroom ones the bedrooms had strange (usless) alcoves and the bathrooms are small by western standards and as these sizes and alcoves are part of the concrete structure they cant be changed, but, they are relatively cheap.

Personally, I would look elsewhere but only based on layout of apartment internal walls as we found the location to be very convenient.

Thank you for the photos!

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After spending 6 weeks in Penang just last month in a condo, I am wondering whether I should buy a prewar terrace house in GT. Has more character and charm than staying in a condo. I like the idea of having an open well in the back portion of the house, with an open kitchen. If it is within walking distance to a bus stop, wet market, kopitiams, there is really no need for a car. I have found that some streets can be quiet even it is off a main road. Probably noise being sheltered from big trees and other buildings.

If I have that opportunity and can find a prewar house, I will probably buy one that is outside the heritage trail. Maybe off Burma Road, Anson Road or Macalister Road. Unfortunately, with PTS, most of the side streets off Dato Keramat Road have changed to commercial/residential - including Kajang Road - the street that I grew up! I went back to have a look, and it is not a street I would want to live in anymore.

So, maybe and just maybe one day I can find a prewar terrace house to buy, update and live in for retirement.