Taman Eko Walit, Kampung Acheh, Manjung Perak !!!

Disclaimer: Before you read this article please take note that this article are just my observations and there is nothing wrong with the project. I have no intention of talking bad about the project and I am sure this kind of project should be encouraged so that more people can owned a BH. A BH that is approved by the Local Council.


I heard so much about this special project and just could not resist the temptation to drop by.

After finishing those BHs visit in Setiawan, Mr.D asked me, what else do I want to do?

I opted for Manjung Taman Eko Burung Walit.

The complex was beside a factory and a Tenaga Nasional Transformer yard.

Those pictures shown on the billboard just opposite the main road was not exactly accurate. They shows that the complex is located in an area covered with forest while the real truth they were not.

Well the moment we arrived, Mr.D parked his 4wheel drive, I drop down and started to click my camera.

There were many fascinating things to comment but overall I feel quite strange that the only thing familiar was that the building have a large pond area on the top most floor.

But there were not Lubang Antara Lantai(LAL), no data room, no steel doors, no entrance hole for the birds, no water pipes for the humidifier, no special electrical wiring for those equipment and so forth. They look exactly like a new factory lot or shop house complete with toilets, sign board (Keluar), normal windows and so forth.

I believed the developer built as per local council requirements and later try to get the Certificate of Occupancy (O.C). Once in hand will hack those walls and start to install all those LAL, pipings and electrical works.

Hmm.... if that is the case the owner will need to fork out nothing less the Rm80,000just to redo the building. If you add those swiftlet's nesting planks, tweeters, amplifiers, additional walls and so on the additional price might be as high as RM 180,000.

Also strange was that all the units were said to have been sold out and all those owners are outsiders (shared information from Mr.D). Just imagine Setiawan have a total of 4,000 BHs and not one of these owners care to buy one unit for themself.

Hmm.... very strange and I wonder why the locals opted not to participate in such a massive and well advertised project.

One more observation made is the front top view of the building. The contractor have this triangular shape arches that simply are not suitable for birds roving. They hinder the flying path and I am not sure how come they opt for such a shape.

I might be totally wrong but looking at various features the building was designed there are lots of things that could have been better.

The good thing about this project is that the location is away from residential areas and this will give little disturbances thus easier for the local council to approve it.

I would say that the developer have a good intention but he should have put more effort in reducing the cost to reconstruct to become a proper BH. Maybe this is his first mega BH project and there are lots of things to learn from the 1st.

I support the whole idea of locating BHs far away from residential and commercial area but one must be sure that there are Birds to share among so many BHs.

A VERY BEAUTIFUL DRAWINGS WITH LOTS OF FOREST AT THE BACK.



ANOTHER OF THOSE ADVERTISEMENT PICTURES.



BACK VIEW



FRONT VIEW (LOOK AT THE SHARP TRIANGULAR SHAPE ROOF?



GROUND FLOOR VIEW



ONE MORE VIEW OF THE GROUND FLOOR.



FIRST FLOOR WITH NO LAL?



THE POND AREA ON THE TOP FLOOR, THE ONLY FEATURES THAT LOOKS LIKE A BH?



EXIT DOOR ON THE TOP FLOOR, NOT LAL?



MAIN DOOR MADE OF WOOD NOT NORMAL STEEL DOORS?



TWO TOILETS UPSTAIRS AND DOWNSTAIRS FOR WHOM?



WASH HAND AREA FOR THE BIRDS?



A "KELUAR" SIGN FOR THE BIRDS?



JUST ACROSS THE FENCE IS AN UNSUCCESSFUL BIRDHOUSE.