there is this thing with cheras at Bandar Tun Hussein Onn area and the surrounding...facing Balakong side...i live nearby and work around this area....The location is always busy yet very calm.....very nice environment .....nearby u got jusco, econsave,carrefour,giant,my mydin and mines shopping mall (there is also tesco about 15 minute away )....u have all sort of banks around here even citibank has a branch here....pump station is everywhere, near to industrial area, traffic is really good...lots of restaurants, halal and lots and lots of Chinese food as well, good highway, easy access to anywhere......also i think within 10 minute drive proximity you can find about 5 or 6 pasar malam, or perhaps more....you can also find numbers of mosque, one big tample for chinese, a few indian tample...(but not sure about church though)....we have very strong chinese and malay community here, some indian but not that much (Depenidng on area) but all live in harmony....i can say that living here....
but the price of properties around high has gone up ...way too high....and for some reason or another, not all business here doing well...too many scattered shop lots new and old....the new one found it hard to compete with the already established one....rent in jusco was way too high ( i rented a lot a few years back before my business goes down and left my with pile of debt)....
All i am trying to say here would be ...it is a very good location, but the prime price you need to pay, translated into the high rent, which make small business tough....so , dont take that empty shop lots at the surrounding area as bad sign.....the price of the properties wont go down, a friend manage to make double from what he invested on a shop lot the day the shop lot completed.....and since more housing area coming up there be more people to spent on the shop lots....
also, living here, and if you are blessed like me who manage to find working place in this very same area, it is heaven ...i have everything and i can get anything here....and city center is just about 10 minute away, sunway if you know the way is about 15 minutes and traffic jam is a rare occasion for me, going in and going out.....and the neighborhood is always nice....
so if u want to go for housing....yes., i highly recommend that, if u want to buy shop lots, u have to be patience to wait for return of investment...if you are small trader with limited fund to rent a place here, think twice...the rent could kill you before you get your crowd coming......
i am not the expert in properties...but i know a thing or two....just my two cents