Camelia House

My sister in law invited us to her daughter's wedding held at this homestay. The bridegroom rent this venue for 3 days 2 nights in order to accommodate all the distant relatives and guests. The grand wedding dinner was also held at this house. I drove from Singapore. We departed from our house at Choa Chu Kang at about 6.45 am and reached our destination at 8.30 am. It was a smooth journey if not for the usual traffic jam at the Causeway. There was a delay as my Touch n Go card had expired and I had to borrow from someone to pay for the RM20 vehicle toll when entering Johor checkpoint. Camelia House is located within a residential landed private estate. Two sentry posts are erected at the two entries into the private estate. There are security guards at the at the sentry posts but there are no checks on incoming vehicles. There are 2 double storey units for Camelia House: no. 44 and no. 50. Both are bungalow units at Jalan Bukit Kempas 2. We stayed at unit no. 50 which I found it rather spacious with 6 rooms. There is no parking within the unit as the dinner tentage was already set up at the parking porch when we arrived. There is, however, ample parking space at an open courtyard just directly opposite the unit. I parked my vehicle at the yard and it was free. All the six rooms in the bungalow are air-conditioned. Free wifi is provided. There is a caretaker who came to take care of the cleanliness of the bungalow. At the main living hall, there is a karaoke set for guests to sing and we were happily searching our old popular songs of the 70s and 80s and engaged in sing along sessions with our relatives to past our times. We slept at the master bedroom (Room 4) at the second floor. There are two double deck bed and the 5 of us slept in this room. It is a bit hot sleeping on the upper deck so the rotating fan has to be switched on to let the cold air circulates. There is a bathroom within this room 4. Room 5 and 6 are also equipped with double decker bed and air-conditioner. I have no qualm on the bedroom. They are clean and well-kept. The bedsheet and pillow appeared to have been changed to clean ones. Bathroom facilities are also adequate. The air conditioning at the living hall is not very strong as only one water cooler unit was blowing cold to keep everyone in comfortably cold. The cooler at the karaoke side seem not functioning well and only a stand fan provides the cooling effect. The weather is hot and air conditioners should be installed at the living hall. The crystal lights at the living hall is controlled by timer and will only switched on at night. There are sofa sets in front of the karaoke set and outside the exterior areas. The venue is spacious for a wedding dinner to be held. There are adequate toilets on both floors of the Homestay. Overall, you cannot compare this homestay to a 4 or 5 star hotel. It has the basic amenities but it is not luxuriously renovated. To accommodate a big groups of relatives and friends, I think it is adequately good. There is no attraction in this part of Skudai but we had our breakfast at Restaurant 288 about a 5 min drive from the Homestay. You also can top up your petrol at a Shell Petrol Kiosk nearby the restaurant 288. I do enjoy my stay here eating the good buffet food provided during the wedding dinner.