[Special Advertising Feature] Sophisticated in residential developments and having seven projects in Pattaya, Global Top Group, one of the best developers, has been growing another residential seed, City Garden Olympus. With privately humongous land plot, the development has six buildings, endowed with Mediterranean charm. The uniqueness is the man-made limpid ocean, right just in front of the building, in which you can put your feet into. Besides, the location itself entices many eyes from those seeking the tranquil place to either live or invest.
What are other features that set this Greek-like residences apart from competitors? This project review has an answer, given textual and visual exploration. Also the article provides you with what economic scenario is driving this beach city so hot.
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Project Name: City Garden Olympus
Developer: Global Top Group Co., Ltd.
Address: South Pattaya, Bang Lamung, Chon Buri
Website: https://globaltopgroup.com/
Call: +66 (0) 907 417 417
Project Area: 8 rais 71 sq.w.
Project Type: low-rise condominium, six buildings, 1,060 units
Target market: Foreigners and Thais looking for a place to be their retirement plan, long term investors interested in Pattaya property
Construction Progress: EIA approved, expected completion: 4Q 2018
Parking: underground parking
Facilities: 5 Swimming Pools (longest 320 m), Jacuzzi, Steam Room, Sauna Room, Yoga Room, Sky Gym, Jogging Track, Children’s Play Area, Butterfly/Cactus Garden, Over 700 sq.m of commercial space
Security System: 24 hour Security, Keycard Security System, CCTV Cameras, Fire Escape Stairway, Fire Alarm, Smoke Detector, Water Sprinkler
Terms of Payment:
Booking + Contract Payment: 150,000 baht
Down Payment: 15-20% of the purchase price
Sinking Fund: 600 baht x sq.m. (pay one time on transfer date)
Maintenance Fees: 40 baht x sq.m. (a sum of 12 months on transfer date)
Average Price/Sq.m.: 66,000
Theme Behind
City Garden Olympus, considered the best in Pattaya, is thematically inspired by ancient-Greek design; it is the place where residents will feel the classics of the architecture. It has six buildings that appear a replica of each other. Every unit touts its classical façade. The highlight is the artificial lagoon, streaming throughout, and situated in the middle of the project. This man-made lake is so limpid that you may feel your dip as in a genuine one. The entire project comprises six buildings, privately appointed in a proper distance so that each will not be spatially contested.
Model
Six buildings symmetrically placed
Dotted gardens throughout the project
Gigantic crystal-clear artificial lake; the man-made lagoon is in oval shape; a swimming pool at the corner of each building.
They are all decorated by trees and gardens.
Master Plan
Each building is named after the eminent cities in Europe.
Facilities
-Swimming pool
The number of swimming pools is relative to the number of buildings; five pools are situated throughout the site including impressively spacious 1,000 sq.m. free-form pool.
The man-made lake is a circumference passing buildings in the middle.
–Jogging track
The track, ranging 600 meter, is a boundary line of gardens.The ambience of the gardens helps both serious and casual runners inhale better clean and cool air while having their workout time.
–Sauna and steam rooms
Two sauna and steam rooms are endowed with Turkish style, privately situated on the grounds. By therapeutically sweating out, residents will find a body relief coming with the serene environment.
-Sky Gyms
A sky gym is provided on the rooftop of each building so that residents can enjoy working out in a more private ambience and sightseeing the city views on here.
-Jacuzzis
Two huge Jacuzzis give you a therapeutic body-dip making you feel both physically and mentally relaxed; one is placed at the North of the project site, the other at the South.
-Yoga rooms
The calm of the mind comes with having meditation; a yoga room is separately provided on the roof top of each building where aspire for silence can be responded.
-Internal services
In a lazy day, say, you just want to find a seclusion in the property. Services are provided such as massage and spa, cafes and restaurants for culinary pleasure, children’s area with staff taking care of yours.
Interior Design
All units are fully-fitted and come thematically with white-and-brown tone that looks visually clean and simply luxurious, meanwhile, lives up the living space. Built-in kitchen and bathroom feature European style.
Luxury lifestyle that you can savor at City Garden Olympus
Units Walk-through
One-bedroom type (24 sq.m.)
This room type consists of one bedroom, living and kitchen zone, bathroom, and a private balcony.
The first part exposed is the living room combined with kitchen zone, given a 2.6 -meter ceiling height, totally sizing 3 x 3 meters. Also you can have a dining space for 2-3 persons (furniture excluded).
Bedroom
A view seen from the bedroom; when you close the door, more privacy kicks in.
Here we have a bed going down, when you need a space, just press it in.
Or if you want privacy, just close it, here we go, a separate living and bedroom. The door is made of quality laminate as well.
Fully-opened, the unit looks more spacious.
Fully viewed (living zone and kitchen)
Bathroom
The faucet and basin (Hang). The faucet is quite lifted so that you don’t need to bend much. The counter is topped and coated with synthetic pebble. The mirror is also given, the same size as in the showroom.
A flush is installed, given the brand Bath Line (white color). It is floored with rough ceramic tiles (30 x 30 c.m.). Also a bathing zone is given, separated from the personal business zone by safety glass. A client will get a rain shower as well (Hafele).
Built-in kitchen is provided, made of quality laminate. The floor given is made of covered and polished ceramic, each tile sizes 60 x 60 c.m.
Fully viewed (living zone and kitchen)
viewed from the kitchen
Two-bedroom Type (32 sq.m.)
This type consists of two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchenette, living zone, dining zone and two private balconies (sizing 1.5 meters). The layout is different from the room earlier; it is panned, given a more widened sight.
Due to a larger size, this area can serve three different functions: living dining and cooking.
Right next to the living room, it is the #1 bedroom.
#1 bedroom, the bedroom size is approximately 2 x 2 meters, enough for the queen-size bed placement. The headboard is just a decor, the real will be simply the white wall.
The in-room bathroom. The flush is installed, given Bath Line brand. Also a shower zone is separated by a safety glass, bordering between a dry and wet zone. The built-in counter under the basin is given. All sanitary stuff come in a white tone. The bathroom is floored with 30 x 30 cm. ceramic tiles.
The basin is Nahm-branded; the faucet is Globo with a contemporary design.
The kitchenette is placed on the left, and it is completely built-in with quality laminate as well. In front of the #1 bedroom, there is an area for having a reading; the area comes with a protruding desk and overhead shelf.
An integrated sink is installed, given Globo brand. The counter is topped and coated with synthetic pebble. Moreover, the left most is the built-in space for placing a washing machine (The machine is excluded).
Next to the dining zone, there are a bedroom and bathroom.
There are two private balconies (each sizes 1.5 meters) at each zone, coming with antique-design terrace.
The other bedroom is placed on the left. It has the same size as the #1 bedroom; however, there is no in-room bathroom.
A built-in shelf and closet are given, the material made of quality laminate.
The other bathroom is near the kitchenette. Also, a flush is Bath Line branded; a basin uses Nahm brand; a faucet uses Globo brand. A shower zone is separated by the glass. Built-in shelf under the basin is also given.
Pattaya
With a yearly remarkable increase in tourists arriving Thailand, Pattaya plays more role in driving those traffic. The influx of tourists tends to be higher and this crucial factor seems to attract eyes from property sector both retail and residential. The reasons that make Pattaya astonishingly popular among foreign and domestic tourists are that it is the place dubbed never-sleep because of its exotic nightlife, that it bundles on-ground and under-water activities together and that it senses the demand for shopping. All mentioned factors are a significant driver for the city’s growth and enticement.
Pattaya is divided into three major parts, North, Central and South with a 35-kilometre bay appearing along. The North is the location where luxury-prone condominiums are bundled definitely due to its peace and private ambience; the market starts to get contested here sending prices to soar – some considered overpriced. The Central gives a more sensual exposure for folks seeking entertainments coming with so-many-choice nightlife places, say, the bustle and hustle of Pattaya. The South indicates the land plots that come mostly with the green code limiting the number of inhabitable places. But with the traffic of people from many nations flowing into the South, the municipality allows more lands to be developable to serve the increasing demand for a property.
Potential Infrastructures and Attractions
High-speed Rail Train*
This key mega project will play a very important role in helping folks commute from Bangkok to Pattaya in way more reduced time-spent. The starting point is Makkasan Station, the expected extension from Airport Rail Link (Red Line). The line, according to the Mother Scheme, will pass districts in Chon Buri, where Pattaya is located.
Moreover, after the finish of the mentioned Red Line, there will be the extended light rail way entering Pattaya Beach Road; the route will be like a loop.
*It can take years to wind through the process in finding bidders for further construction.
Elevated Way
Pattaya is bracing for things coming, ranging from infrastructure to gigantic mall. The first is the elevated way that connects Pattaya to another province, Rayong. The end of this elevated way is located close to the International Airport, U-Tapao. Throughout this highway, there are ramps to go down to different parts of Pattaya and also these ramps will help traffic flow better especially in a hustling moment.
The elevated way connecting Pattaya to Rayong in minimized time.
And the talk-of-the-town retail project that will be magnetizing more people to Pattaya is Terminal 21 Pattaya that will be located in North Pattaya, the second following its counterpart in Asoke, Bangkok, which was initially planned to operate in Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Another glimpse worth looking into is the establishment of King Power Pattaya Complex (now operational), the coming of the duty-free retail mall flashes a signal that there will be many rooms for Pattaya to grow more both physically and financially. A drive critical to this growth is inevitably more spending from Chinese tourists.
South Pattaya
Many big developers have shown their keen interest in establishing vacation home-like residences in North Pattaya, Wongamat in particular, in recent years, resulting in a surge in land prices and this leads to higher cost for a development. The absorption rate was quite good until many Russians, the major number of tourists arriving Pattaya, started to hold on their travel mainly due to a heavy decline in ruble. However, the shift goes to South Pattaya where land prices are not so high and condominiums are not overly contested, meanwhile, the location has an easy access to the beach.
This part of Pattaya can be considered the connecting point between Pattaya Beach Road with entertainments astounding tourists and Sukhumvit Road, an access to Bangkok. Despite the slowing number of Russian tourists, we can see that the demographic has shifted to Chinese people with their financial status increasing. They are looking for a vacation place to either live in or rent, maybe in a month or months term. The demand side starts to be looming, still, the supply side is rarely provided, especially condominiums that offer diverse and great facilities. The prices of condominiums in South Pattaya are yet overpriced and still reasonable for residents or long-term investors to acquire.
The South, where City Garden Olympus located, is geographically considered a conduit between Pattaya Beach Road, a buzzing beehive of the city, and Sukhumvit Road, the way back to Bangkok.
Route to City Garden Olympus
We set the route from Bangkok to City Garden Olympus starting from Chalerm Maha Nakorn Toll Way following the post “Bangna.”
On Chalerm Maha Nakorn toll way, choose the route Bangna.
Drive until you see the post saying the left goes to Ram Intra Chon Buri
Then slightly turn right heading for the Motor Way.
Here you are on the track for Motor Way.
After you come down from the Motor Way, look for the post Pattaya – Rayong.
Then, we suggest you to turn left to use Bypass Road in order to avoid high traffic volume on Sukhumvit Road.
Go straight, and follow the post Bang Lamung.
#1 Turn left at the intersection heading to Pattaya City. #2 Turn right to go to South Pattaya. #3 Turn left at a small venue, then drive approximately one kilometer, the City Garden Olympus’ sales gallery will be on your right.
Showroom
The showroom is endowed with Athen-like design.
And it looks even greater at the night.
The showroom gives a sense of luxury.
The Surroundings
There is a convenience store, 7-Eleven, nearby (200 meters from the project). In the future, there will be two private connecting roads: one connects to another development by Global Top Group, City Garden Tower, a high-rise condominium, the other connects City Garden Olympus to South Pattaya Road.
Amenities Nearby
Aksorn International School is located approx. 300 meters from the City Garden Olympus.
Central Festival
Friendship (a big super market)
Jom Tien Beach
Mike Shopping Mall
Royal Garden
Tesco Lotus
Tuk.com IT center
Lifestyle Places
The Sky Gallery
It is a cliff-located restaurant, South Pattaya, in which you can see the blue sea view down from here. The place has big trees which rarely can people hold themselves to not take a picture with; also, the trees come with white squirrels chasing each other, a very enjoyable scene while having your moment here.
Khao Phra Tamnak
Khao Phra Tamnak is a famous Pattaya view point, you almost see the whole Pattaya from the top of this mountain. There is a religious statue where people come to show their respect and make a wish. Nearby, there is a coffee shop engulfed in the jungle-like environment ready to calm your thirst.
Walking Street
It can be said that this avenue never sleeps. In the night, people will come here to walk down the street like a slow stream to enjoy inexpressible things.
The game-changing scenario in Pattaya market is China’s capital control restricting the amount of money outflowing from the mainland. Chinese people, many having managed to accrue their wealth, are seeking property investments in overseas. However, the spillover effect of the imposed capital control has seemed to drive overseas home prices to ridiculously expensive levels. However, the difference now is that those traditional hotspots (i.e. San Francisco, Hong Kong, London) are starting to lose their appeal specifically due to soaring prices and new measures to prevent an influx of overseas money. Also, China’s domestic home prices in tier-1 cities, Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, are so high that the government has to clamp down – this makes it harder for Chinese to buy a property in such cities.
Now they are targeting the lower-priced market in Thailand, and Pattaya tends to receive high degree of their attention. Over the past few years, through an offer from Kingdom Property Co., Chinese investors have snapped up 20 percent of the luxury condos in Pattaya. Interestingly, some properties offer Gulf of Thailand views for as little as $120,000 (approximately four million baht). According to Juwai.com, a Chinese search engine for offshore real estate, the queries on Thailand’s property are surging a 72 percent annual rate, helping it surpass Britain as one of the top five most-targeted destinations worldwide earlier this year. Moreover, they are especially looking for a property in a beach city, mainly in Pattaya, as their retirement plan. And Pattaya property prices seem to be a very cool bargain for them; they even will buy more before the yuan further weakens (the weakening of renminbi will give less purchasing power to buy things overseas).
Not only do they buy for a vacation home, but also they invest in property in a long term by renting it out. The occupancy in Pattaya (both hotels and condos) is still relatively high and the rent will be even cheaper if a tenant shows their interest of long-term stay. The deep down venture into the project site and Global Top Group’s head office, we saw many Chinese customers showing their interest to have a property in Pattaya.
City Garden Olympus is such a good residential project to be, say, your second vacation home. If you already have your dwelling in Bangkok, you can fetch between two places in weekends to savor a fresher environment. With its design and theme behind, you will feel like living in a Greek-like residence. Its uniqueness is beautifully equipped with a giant crystal-clear lake, just right in front of the building.
The interior is simply made in a white-and-brown tone, given a clean and little luxurious looking. All units come fully-fitted, covering all necessities. And the one-bedroom type features a difference, a sliding door, which can put the merge into the bedroom and living room. If you pay a little more extra for the one-bedroom unit, you will have an adjustable bed, which is easily kept by pulling down and pressing in.
The location of the project is in South Pattaya; still, it has an easy access to Sukhumvit Road, making your way back to Bangkok. Pattaya Beach Road, overlooking the sea, is located just 1.5 kilometers away, a little walk while seeing things around in this beach city. To conclude, either for living in or investment, City Garden Olympus is the one worth your considering, coming with the relatively low prices compared with those in Wongamat.
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