Anderson Residences @ Ipoh

No, and there are two separate reasons, either of which would be enough on its own.

First, tenure. Perak is recorded as barring non-citizens and foreign companies from acquiring, owning, holding or inheriting freehold property, a position taking effect from September 2023. Anderson Residences is freehold. Every unit in it is therefore outside what a non-citizen may hold in this state.

Second, price. For residential strata bought direct from a developer in Zone 1, which is Ipoh, the state's foreign-buyer band starts at RM500,000. The highest number on this project's published block schedule is RM402,400. Sub-sale strata purchases by foreigners in Perak are recorded as not permitted at all.

Note that “foreign interest” includes Malaysian permanent residents. If you hold PR rather than citizenship, both restrictions apply to you.

These figures come from the Bar Council Conveyancing Practice Committee's own state-by-state table. Perak's rules are unusual enough that I would not act on them from any website, including this one — get written confirmation from the Perak Land and Mines Office through a Perak conveyancing solicitor.

I do not know, and I am not going to speculate about the reason. What I can tell you is what I observed. On 12 August 2026, andersonresidences.com, anderson2ipoh.com, theanderson.my and andersonreresidenceipoh.com all returned browser error pages in a live session, while an unrelated developer site loaded normally in the same session. So this is not a slow page or a rendering problem at my end. On 8 October 2026 none of them would load for me either.

The practical effect is that you cannot get a brochure or a price list from the developer online. The advertisement it filed with the housing ministry is public, though, and it carries the floor plans, the facilities plan, the block-by-block unit counts and the statutory particulars I use on this page.

This does not mean the project has stopped: the government register puts it at 39.46–42.04% built with status Lancar (read 7 October 2026), and the filed advertisement gives a sales gallery open daily, 10am to 6pm.

It does mean you should insist on paper. Ask for the current advertising and sale permit, the price schedule for all four blocks, and the stamped floor plans, and do not accept a screenshot.

No, and this is the single most common error in public records on this project.

The Anderson @ Ipoh is Phase 1: 1,030 units, 18 storeys, at 2 Jalan Yeoh Khuan Joo, Taman Fair Baharu, 31400 Ipoh, completed around March 2023. Anderson Residences is Phase 2: 1,290 units, four blocks, on Lebuh Cator, still under construction.

Listing sites quote both 7.25 acres and 9.05 acres for this project; the filed advertisement prints no land area, so ask for the title. Some agent and directory pages describing “The Anderson” are describing the completed Phase 1 entirely.

If you are shown a completed building or a photograph of finished units, check which phase you are being shown. They are two different products at two different stages.

All four are in the advertisement the developer filed with the housing ministry and on the government register: Block A, 295 units, 22 storeys, permitted at RM294,300 to RM402,400; Block B, 334 units, RM236,000 to RM317,800; Block C, 334 units, RM225,300 to RM307,100; Block D, 327 units, RM225,300 to RM306,600 (Blocks B, C and D have 24 storeys each). That totals 1,290 units.

These are the permitted SPA price ranges per block, not today's selling prices. The permit is valid to 25 April 2027 (register, read 7 October 2026); the current price list is a document to ask for by name.

Yes, and more directly than for most projects I write about, so I will give you the numbers rather than a general warning.

NAPIC recorded Perak's residential overhang at 4,063 units in Q1 2026 — the highest of any state in Malaysia. In 2025 Perak held 3,943 unsold completed units, 12.9% of the national 30,471. Kinta district, where Ipoh sits, held 1,035 of those, 26.2% of the state's total, and Kinta's unsold stock is mainly condominiums and apartments. Kinta also holds more than 60% of Perak's condominium and apartment stock.

The RM200,001 to RM300,000 band accounts for the bulk of Perak's unsold units. Blocks B, C and D — 995 of the 1,290 units — are permitted at RM225,300 to RM317,800, mostly inside that band.

Valuers attribute the Ipoh problem to a local preference for landed homes over high-rise. That is a structural demand issue, not a pricing one.

The counterweight is the address. A hospital and a school about 1 km away generate real, non-speculative rental demand. But 1,290 units is a very large number for Ipoh, and on resale your main competition will be the other owners in your own building.

They are both in Ipoh and they are close to opposites, so the decision is usually clear once you see them side by side.

Location: Anderson is off Lebuh Cator, about 1 km by road from the general hospital. Raffles 188 is on Jalan Kelab Golf in the Tiger Lane area, near the Royal Perak Golf Club and the Perak Turf Club.

Tenure: Anderson is freehold. Raffles 188 is 99-year leasehold, expiring 14 February 2117 according to its statutory particulars. For a Malaysian buyer that is the biggest single difference between them.

Density: Anderson is 1,290 units across four blocks. Raffles 188 is 188 units in one block. If you dislike sharing lifts, that is your answer.

Price and size: Anderson runs RM225,300 to RM402,400 for 516 to 884 sq ft. Raffles 188's published sizes are 712, 714 and 888 sq ft, at a materially higher price per foot.

Maintenance: Anderson is reported at RM0.242 per square foot including sinking fund; Raffles 188 at RM0.30 excluding it. Both are unverified, but the direction of the gap is worth checking.

In short: Anderson for a first home or a hospital-tenanted rental at the lowest entry price; Raffles 188 for low density and a quieter address, if the leasehold does not trouble you.

The developer has published no maintenance fee that I can reach; the car park figure is in its filed advertisement. Aggregator and listing sources quote RM0.242 per square foot inclusive of sinking fund, with one source rounding it to RM0.24. Phase 1 was marketed at RM0.22.

On a 668 sq ft Type B, RM0.242 is about RM162 a month — but a very low maintenance rate on a 1,290-unit building with a pool, a half-size futsal court and a function hall is worth stress-testing. Underfunded sinking funds are how buildings decline.

The statutory particulars on the filed advertisement print “Bilangan Parkir: 1” (number of car parks: 1). Ask for the allocation clause in the sale and purchase agreement, and ask specifically whether the bay is an accessory parcel tied to your title.

Vacant possession is due 28 May 2027 under the SPA, and the government register carries an extended date of 28 May 2028 (read 7 October 2026). The advertisement the developer filed with the housing ministry prints an expected completion of April 2028, and listing sites say Q1 2028.

The register puts construction at 39.46–42.04%, from the developer’s own returns, with status Lancar. Ask for the latest architect’s progress certificate and the extension-of-time approval, and check which delivery date applies to the SPA you sign.

If you are considering this project, the single most useful thing you can do is drive to Lebuh Cator and look at the structure. Count the floors: Block A is planned at 22 storeys and the other three at 24.

The definitive land area, because 7.25 acres and 9.05 acres are both in circulation and the filed advertisement prints neither. The definitive postcode, because 30450 and 31400 both appear. Prices by layout, because the register and the filed advertisement give ranges by block only.

On images: the four developer images in the gallery come from an archived copy of the developer’s own site. The advertisement the developer filed with the housing ministry also carries the floor plans and the facilities plan; ask me for them.

I would rather show you an honest gap than a figure I cannot stand behind.