Sepang Gold Coast

A friend of mine is interested in taking up one of the villas in Sepang Gold Coast and a bunch of us went on a 50 minute journey to take a first hand look at some of the show units there. Sepang Gold Coast is a stretch of 22km of sandy beach, under development to be an international tourism destination and its Golden Palm Tree Villas are currently 90% sold (completion by end 2009) whilst the Sea Tropics Village (low-rise villas, with built up ranging from studio 500 sq. ft till penthouse 2,050 sq. ft which includes a private swimming pool and an open lanai) will be launched in April 2009. A massive club and retail shops are also in the pipeline.

It has been selling well locally and also overseas as the management has included free handling & processing fees for Malaysia My Second Home programme (MM2H) for foreigners who are interested to take up the villas in Sepang Gold Coast. It is sold with an option to lease back to the developers where owners get a guaranteed return of 8% per annum for the first two years and a projected return of 7%-12% for subsequent years. This villa resort will be managed by Swiss-Belhotel International and owners who lease out their units are given 14 days of free stay at the resort per year.

A personal friend of ours (from the senior management team) arranged for a guided tour of the area. So, off we went on a buggy ride, right into the show units which were located about 1km away from the reception/club area.

These are the Travelers Palm Villa, studio unit 520 sq. ft

Ivory Palm Villa - 1,192 sq ft (with three rooms)

Another room in the Ivory Palm Villa - note the Balinese style Alang-alang thatched roof!

One of the rooms from Canary Palm Villa (816 sq. ft - two rooms)

The other room in Canary Palm Villa with a deck that looks out to the sea.

All the villas span out into the sea in a palm tree shape (an icon for Sepang Gold Coast), hence named Golden Palm Tree Water Villas.

Great view from the beach, looking out to the villas on the horizon.

Well, after viewing the show units, it was time for dinner. There are two restaurants there at the moment, SGC Steamboat Restaurant and SGC Sunset Beach Restaurant. SGC Steamboat Restaurant not only serves steamboat but also local favourites like Satay and Ikan Bakar (grilled fish).

SGC Sunset Beach Restaurant leans toward Italian cuisine and has an additional pull factor - a deck on the beach where one can wine and dine. There are tables for families and also for two (a romantic time guaranteed unless it rains, ruining dinner plans, haha...)

I walked around the deck and took this shot - I like this shot of the sky's reflection off the glass top table :o)

For us, our long table was nicely set and we started off with a glass of dragon fruit juice each (Great stuff! Highly recommended)

By the time dinner started, it was already quite dark and I abandoned the idea of taking food pics (much to the "delight" of my non food blogger friends - err...actually not even bloggers for the matter!). We loved the Calamari Fritos (RM13/USD3.50)) - deep fried squid, the Al Olio Spaghetti (RM22/USD6) with sauteed mushroom in olive oil. The Lemon Sole Fish (RM48/USD13), pan fried and served with sofrito rice, asparagus and green basil sauce, was also a winner.

Well, for those readers of mine (locally or overseas) who are genuinely interested to find out more about this place and keen on the villas - write me at emailwmw(at)gmail(dot)come and I can arrange for a personal tour or my friend to tend to your queries personally.

It was a great outing for us, with a lasting memory of that sunset and those villas on the horizon. If I could, I would want to come home to this everyday, won't you? ;o)

Click HERE for Sepang Gold Coast website.

Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jet plane, far away (I will)
And breakaway
- part lyrics from Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson