Machang Bubuk Signatures @ Bukit Mertajam, Penang

One listing gives a total of 47 lots. Another shows 20 units for the Type A1 semi-detached factory. Both are listing figures, not figures from a developer brochure.

The split between semi-detached and detached lots is not published, and no site plan is in public view. I will ask for the lot schedule and send it to you.

Every listing I found describes it as freehold, and two of them describe the lots as non-Bumiputera lots.

A listing is not a title. Your solicitor’s search will confirm the tenure, the category of land use and any restriction in interest before you sign.

Listings give built-up areas of about 3,800 to 8,070 sq ft on land of about 9,100 to 23,200 sq ft. The one type with its own figures is the Type A1 semi-detached factory: 5,516 sq ft built-up, printed as 50 ft × 80 ft, on 11,400 to 16,350 sq ft of land.

The listed specification is a ceiling of up to 10.6 m, a three-phase supply of 150 to 200 amp and a production-floor loading of 1.0 to 2.0 tonnes per square metre. Ask me for the rating of the lot you are considering, because the ranges do not say which lot gets which.

This is industrial property, and the rules are not the same as for homes. A purchase by a foreign individual or a foreign-controlled company needs state consent, and the conditions depend on how the buying company is structured and what it will do on the land.

I do not apply the residential thresholds or the residential stamp duty rules here. Tell me the shareholding of your company and your intended use, and I will confirm the position with the developer and a solicitor before you go further.

One listing gives a target of the fourth quarter of 2028 and another simply 2028. An aerial photograph published with a listing shows the site cleared and levelled; I have seen nothing published about building work.

Factories have no public progress record the way housing projects do. The delivery date that binds the developer is the one in the sale and purchase agreement, together with the damages for late delivery. I will get both in writing.

Start with what goes inside. For racking, ask for the ceiling height and floor loading of the exact lot, because listings give ranges. For machinery, ask whether the lot comes with 150 or 200 amp.

Then look at the land. A semi-detached unit shares one wall and keeps three open sides; a detached unit is open on all four and usually sits on more land, which matters if lorries have to turn or goods are stacked outside. Type A1 is the only type whose figures are published, so the others need the lot schedule.

There is no public price information I will quote. An industrial scheme is not on the housing register, so there is no government permit band, and I do not repeat asking figures from property portals.

Nothing is published about maintenance or security charges, or about whether the scheme will be gated. Message me and I will send the current price list, the available lots and the charges in writing.

They are different in scale. Northern TechValley, 9.2 km to the north in a straight line, is a large industrial park of detached factories on plots of an acre or more beside the Butterworth-Kulim Expressway. Machang Bubuk Signatures is listed as 47 smaller lots with buildings of about 3,800 to 8,070 sq ft.

If you need a few thousand square feet for storage, packing or light production, this is the size to look at. If you need acres and your own plant design, read the other page. The other difference is information: that park has a developer website, and this scheme does not yet.

For staff: SK Bukit Teh is 0.2 km from the pin, SJK(C) Kay Sin 1.4 km and AEON Mall Bukit Mertajam 3.2 km, all straight-line. The housing estates of Machang Bubok start about 0.7 km away, which is the distance to d’Courtyards.

For renting: I do not quote rental figures. Whether a tenant’s activity is allowed depends on the approved industrial category of the lot and on any conditions the developer sets, so ask me before you buy with a tenant in mind.