Swiftlet Eco-Park Return Of Investments !!!

"Harry, in any Swiftlet Ecopark, there will be lots of BHs with different orientations, sizes and of course different consultants who will have 1001 design methods, how do the developer ensure that every owner will have a successful unit?"

The above question was buzzing in my head and I think it is not easy for any developer to give a blanket guarantee that every unit that they built will be preferred by those wild birds.

The success rate of any new unit will be greatly dependent on the followings:

1) The location of the individual unit. If the unit is directly below the flying path then it have a higher chances of being a successful unit.

2) The buyer with more knowledge in swiftlet farming will stand a much better chance in drawing those birds into his unit. Normally an experience BH owner have lots of those secret weapons in making their BH superior then the rest.

3) The internal design of the BH complete with proper humidity and temperature controls that will be a preferred unit in the whole complex.

4) The sound system and the type of sound that suit the area where the park is located.

5) Those special installations, such as food and sexy sound, that makes your BH different then the rest will provide you with lots of plus points as compared to the rest.

By looking at the above, your chances will be higher if you have a deep knowledge on how to make your BH superior then the rest.

If you have little know how you will be at the back of the pack and the only way is to wait for the rest to fill up their BHs while you wait for the time when their BHs are full and you harvests those spill overs in the later part of the project.

This again shall be dependent on how well you do up the internals of your building.

In Perak, one of the Eco Park adopted a system where three different "Consultants" were engaged to renovate those buildings after obtaining the "COF/CCCC" certificate. The cost were said to be the main different.

This technique of getting many "Consultants" to renovate the whole park will let to a serious competition among every unit owners.

I am not surprised that the whole place will be blaring with many sounds and the sound decibels will break any window glass of your vehicle if you happened to pass by.

I think the best method is to adopt a system where carried out in Tangkak Johore where only one "Consultant" was engaged and he has the right to ensure that every BH will have adequate nests within a specific period of time.

His design will be standardised and no one will be ignored.

He also have the right to systematically play those bird call sound on the pre chosen birdhouse under his wing. What he will do is to ensure that those birds are well distributed among all the owners.

In this way every buyer will be looked after equally.

Not many have this idea in mind and but I think the concept is much better and the risks of having empty house is minimum.

As a developer, every individual buyer must be given equal opportunity in the industry. If his project can ensure this equal opportunities I am sure all his future projects will be a successful one.


Note: This article is just my personal opinions and I have no bad intention of damaging any Eco Park Developers or "Consultants" or Buyers. They are just my comments and there is no 100% truth in it. My ideas might be radical but to me bird house owners are the victim if the Developer/Consultant cannot deliver what they promised.

Visit To Kuala Krai EcoPark !!!

The Kuala Krai EcoPark seem to be fast moving and I can see that the construction works are moving smoothly.

While in Kelantan with the Cambodian Brothers, I took them there to have a good look at the construction progress.

All the three rows were under heavy constructions with at least 15 Indonesian workers busy with various activities.

The last time I visited only the footing were in place. Now they are moving to the second and the third floor.

The person in charged told me that the 61 units BH shop lots are left with only three more plus those allocated to Bumiputras.

I wish I have the money to own one however I might be too late by then.

Sincerely once the unit are up I will be visiting them regularly and how I hope one of the owners will let me his advisor for the installation of BH equipments.

Let me show U some of the photos taken:

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.