The Weld, Tawau

The Weld is a 100-acre township on Jalan Sin Onn in Tawau, Sabah, by Rangkaian Jasa Sdn. Bhd.; Phase 1C and 1E1 is its newest residential release of 50 terrace and 38 semi-detached houses.

The developer’s map shows the site between Jalan Kuhara and Jalan Sin Onn, with Sin Onn Market, SJK(C) Hing Hwa, Charis International School and Sabah Chinese High School nearby. The brochure gives the GPS point 4.266573, 117.903484 and says the town centre is three minutes’ drive away; the local directory eTawau labels the site ‘Tawau 6Km’.

The homes are in the residential part, Weld West Residence; the shops are in Weld East. The developer’s logo also carries the Chinese name 威德城.

Rangkaian Jasa Sdn. Bhd., registration number 199901023705 (498605-M), named on the developer’s brochure and on the official website theweldtawau.com.my.

The website presents the project as a venture of Yuwang Group and Prosper Group, two plantation-based groups. Yuwang Group’s own website lists The Weld Tawau among its property projects, with Semanja in Kajang and the completed Sutera Residence near Cheras.

I found no newspaper coverage of the Tawau project and no developer’s licence number in the material, so ask for the licence and permit numbers in writing.

Leasehold. The developer fact sheet gives the tenure as leasehold of 999 years, and the brochure describes the houses as landed property with individual titles.

The brochure itself prints only the word ‘Leasehold’, and neither document gives a title number or the date the lease runs from. Have your lawyer confirm the tenure, the land conditions and any charge on the land from a title search.

Three: the two-storey terrace house of 2,563 sq ft (2,660 sq ft on end and corner lots), the semi-detached Type A of 3,395 sq ft and the semi-detached Type B of 3,971 sq ft, per the developer’s brochure.

There are 50 terraces on lots from 22 ft × 77.5 ft, 26 Type A houses on lots from 35 ft × 85 ft and 12 Type B houses on lots from 44 ft × 85 ft. Corner lots are larger and are described only as ‘from’ a size, so ask for the land area of the exact lot.

The brochure lists every type as ‘4 + 1 rooms’: the terrace has four bathrooms and both semi-detached types have five.

On the drawings that is three bedrooms upstairs, each with its own bathroom, around a family area; and downstairs a guest room, a bathroom, a utility room and a store, with living, dining, a dry kitchen and a wet kitchen. The semi-detached houses add a fifth bathroom by the wet kitchen and a balcony off the master bedroom.

I have not found a price for Phase 1C and 1E1 published on the developer’s website or in the press, so I do not print one here.

Agents advertise asking prices for resale houses in the earlier phase on public portals, but those are agents’ figures for different, completed houses. Ask me for the current price list and I will send it with the land area of each available lot.

The developer gives 36 months from the sale and purchase agreement. The phase was launched in October 2025, per the developer.

No construction progress figure has been published. Ask for the latest architect’s certificate of progress and rely on the delivery date written into your own agreement.

The brochure shows a gated community with a lake and a two-storey residents’ clubhouse: swimming pool, children’s wading pool, gym, yoga room, games room, reading room, a multipurpose hall with a badminton court, a BBQ deck and suraus.

Outdoors it lists jogging and cycling pathways, a multipurpose court, an outdoor gym, a lakeside playground, a treehouse, a maze garden and a community garden, with perimeter fencing, a single entry and exit and 24-hour guard patrols. The brochure does not say which of these are already open.

The developer fact sheet lists a management fee and sinking fund of RM160 per unit for a terrace house, RM240 for a semi-detached Type A and RM300 for a Type B. The period is not printed — it is normally monthly — so confirm it.

The developer’s material I have seen contains no finishes schedule, so the structure, roof, floor and wall finishes, doors, windows, sanitary ware and the number of electrical points are not published.

What it does state: two storeys; ceilings of 12 ft on the ground floor and 11 ft on the first floor; a dry kitchen linked to a wet kitchen; an en-suite bathroom for each upstairs bedroom; air-conditioner ledges; and a car porch. The developer fact sheet describes the houses as bare units, meaning without furnishings, and says there is no show unit.

Ask for the full specification schedule — it is attached to the sale and purchase agreement, and that version is the one that binds.

The houses are larger. Per the developer’s comparison, the new terrace is 2,563 sq ft against 2,421 sq ft, and the new semi-detached Type A is 3,395 sq ft against 3,282 sq ft; Type B, at 3,971 sq ft, is new.

The earlier Phase 1B and 1D was 95 houses launched in March 2019 with a 24-month build; this phase is 88 houses with 36 months. The facades have been redesigned, while the room schedule and ceiling heights are the same.

It has to be checked lot by lot. Sabah sets its own minimum price for non-citizens — RM1,000,000 in the Bar Council’s state table, with a lower strata figure also circulating — and runs its own consent process.

The brochure also states a Bumiputera quota of 30%. Get written confirmation from the Sabah Lands and Surveys Department through a Sabah conveyancing solicitor before paying anything, and budget for the flat 8% stamp duty on residential purchases by non-citizens since 1 January 2026.

A public price list; the developer’s licence and advertising permit numbers; the title number, lease dates and any charge on the land; a finishes schedule; room dimensions; a lot-by-lot schedule of land areas; a site plan outlining Phase 1C and 1E1; construction progress; and which clubhouse and park facilities are already open.

Every one of these can be answered in writing. Ask for them before you pay a booking fee.