This article is to help those who plan to live longer term in Puchong, with a sneak peak of the cost of living here in Puchong.

I dare say we are one of the lowest budget place to live.

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1. Who lives here?

People who works in KL, AND that they own a car or a bike. Almost impossible to transit without your own transport.

2. House Rental

Rental rates in Puchong vary based on the type of property and its location. For residential options:

• Condos and Apartments: Units like Koi Prima, Koi Tropika, and Skylake Residences offer rentals between RM1,000 and RM2,800, depending on size and furnishing. For instance, three-bedroom units in these developments range from RM1,200 to RM2,200.
• Landed Properties: Terrace houses typically start from RM1,800, higher-end options like semi-Ds starting from RM3,000 or more, especially in gated communities or near amenities.

This is really heart breaking for Puchong house owner, but great advantage for tenant.

Electric bills average monthly RM80 per pax, average using 2 hours aircond per night. double or triple the price if you use aircond 8 hours a day, other utility is cheaper. Water and sewerage would cost less than RM20 per month.

If you’re looking for something specific, let me know, and I can guide you further!

3. Distance from Puchong to KL

Puchong has MRT to KL, but the ride you should expect from 50 minutes.

If you want to drive and reach KL at office hour, the best is you leave home before 7am. Congestion gets really bad from 7:30am

4. Sunway Pyramid, USJ, Subang, Kota Kemuning, Putrajaya, Petaling Jaya.

These are the places that surround Puchong.

• East, Seri Kembangan
• south, Putrajaya and cyberjaya
• west, Subang Jaya and Kota kemuning
• north, Petaling Jaya, SS2, damansara .

Kesas highway and LDP connects these places quite well from Puchong. Kesas is the paid toll, so it is less congested.

Klang and shah alam considered not as convenient.

5. IOI mall (not IOI city mall), Sunway Pyramid, Pavilion Bukit Jalil

These are the malls we frequented. IOI mall Is the closest, it was well known for the flash flood in 2024.

Sunway Pyramid is very close, but we need to cross a RM2.20 toll.

Pavilion Bukit Jalil, I personally avoid this mall cz it never has parking.

6. Tolls

This is an important part when budgeting your cost of living in Puchong.

If you live in Puchong and don’t work within Puchong, toll fare is something you cannot avoid. With the lower house rental here, you’ll have to account for the RM5 daily tolls (back n forth). East south north west, there will sure be one toll you have to cross.

7. Milk tea and Starbucks

F&B in Puchong you can generally see, local Chinese food, China Chinese food, western, japanese, Korean, Vietnamese,

It’s harder to expect French, authentic Italian, Middle Eastern, and Spanish restaurant.

We have the milk tea street that house Chagee, Naixue, Mixue, Tealive, you name it. Just don’t double park or illegal park here. The officer tows you car faster than your milk tea shop brewing your milk tea.

8. Cafes

We have about 20-30 gourmet cafes. The average opening hour is 8am and 9am.

9. There’s no beach here

I like beach, thought I’ll mention this.

10. But there’s quite a few hills and mountains here

11. Sub-urb of Puchong

Puchong south, Bukit Puchong, Puchong permai, Putra Perdana. These places will get you a minimum 2 hours traffic per day. They are nice choices if you work from home and live in these neighbourhoods.

12. Public transport

You’ll still need to own a car or a bike if you want to take MRT.