Desa Seri Aman @ Batu Maung, Penang

Published listings describe a low-density scheme of 25 three-storey terraced houses, made up of intermediate and corner houses. A listing directory gives the same total.

There is no developer brochure or register record to confirm the count, so treat 25 as a listed figure. I will confirm it against the site plan in the sale documents.

Listings describe it as freehold with individual titles, and that is consistent across the listings I read.

A listing is not a title document. Your solicitor’s land search at signing will show the tenure, the title type and any restriction or charge; I will ask the vendor for the title details beforehand.

Listed intermediate houses: a 22 ft × 72 ft lot (about 1,582–1,584 sq ft of land), 3,542 sq ft of built-up over three storeys, five bedrooms. Most listings show four bathrooms and one shows five.

Listed corner houses: about 2,800–2,820 sq ft of land and 3,900–3,944 sq ft of built-up, five bedrooms and four bathrooms. Listings also mention a balcony and a ground-floor ceiling of 12.5 ft. No developer drawings are public; I can request them.

Penang Island’s minimum for a non-citizen buying landed property is RM3,000,000, tested against the price on the sale and purchase agreement, and state consent is required. There is no public permit band for this scheme to test against that floor, so eligibility is decided house by house at the agreement price.

If you do qualify, a 3% state levy applies on approval, the house cannot be resold for three years, and non-citizens pay a flat 8% stamp duty on residential property. Tell me your nationality and I will check the specific house for you.

Listings describe the houses as brand-new and completed with a certificate of completion and compliance. One listing gives 2026 as the completion year and a listing directory gives 2024; current satellite imagery shows the rows built.

Because it is a finished scheme, the timetable depends on your loan, the legal work and any renovation rather than on construction. Ask for a copy of the CCC before you pay anything.

An intermediate house gives you the listed 3,542 sq ft on a 22 ft frontage, with neighbours on both sides. A corner house is listed with roughly 1,200 sq ft more land and a few hundred sq ft more built-up, plus windows on a third side.

Walk the row before deciding: check which houses face the older flats, where the afternoon sun falls, and how cars turn at the end of the road. I can send you the houses still available and their positions on the site plan.

I do not publish prices from listings, and there is no government permit band for this scheme because it is not on the public register. Message me and I will send the vendor’s current price list for the houses still available.

Listings do not mention a guardhouse, shared facilities or any monthly charge. Ask the vendor in writing whether any residents’ association or security fee applies; I will include the answer when I reply.

They are different products in the same half of the island. Ramah Pavilion is a completed condominium of 1,029 units by M Summit Group in Teluk Kumbar: strata title, shared facilities and a management corporation. Desa Seri Aman is 25 landed houses with individual titles and no shared facilities listed.

Choose the condominium if you want facilities and a lock-and-leave home; choose the terrace if you want land, three floors and room for a large family. I can put both on one page for you.

For daily life: SK Batu Maung is 312 m away in a straight line, SMK Batu Maung 650 m, Southbay Plaza 1.1 km, the airport terminal 1.6 km, Pantai Hospital Penang 4.4 km and Queensbay Mall 6.4 km.

For renting: demand in this corner comes from people working at the airport and in the Bayan Lepas industrial zone, and a five-bedroom house suits a large family or a company tenancy more than a single tenant. I do not quote rental figures; ask me for recent evidence from this street.