Mandolin Residences @ Taman Desa Tebrau

No. Not a single unit. Johor sets a minimum purchase price of RM1,000,000 for a non-citizen buying strata property, and the most expensive unit on Plenitude’s approved advertising permit is RM888,000 — a Type D in Block B. Every other unit is cheaper.

The title also carries a Sekatan Kepentingan restriction: parcels on this land cannot be sold or transferred to a non-citizen or a foreign company without Johor state consent. Even if a unit somehow cleared RM1 million, you would still need that consent, plus the Johor foreign buyer levy of 3% of the price or RM30,000 whichever is higher (in force since 1 July 2025), and the flat 8% stamp duty that has applied to non-citizens buying residential property since 1 January 2026.

I would rather tell you this on the first screen than after you have paid a booking fee. If you are a Singaporean or other foreign buyer looking in this price band, message me and I will send you the projects that actually clear the threshold.

The developer’s approved advertisement, valid from 28 October 2025, prices every layout in both blocks. Block A runs RM450,000 (Type A, 528 sq ft) to RM858,000 (Type D, 1,017 sq ft). Block B runs RM469,000 to RM888,000. There is a 15% Bumiputera discount on top of that.

There is a published figure that does not match. The Star, on 16 July 2026, reported prices “starting from RM326,400”. That is RM123,600 below the lowest price on the developer’s own JPN-approved permit, and it is not what a 15% Bumiputera discount on RM450,000 produces either (that would be RM382,500). Both numbers came out of Plenitude, so one of them reflects something the permit does not — an early-bird package, a rebate structure, or a superseded price.

I am not going to guess which. Message me and I will get the current signed price list and the rebate schedule from the sales gallery and send you both, so you can see the gross price and the net price side by side.

712 units in this phase, split exactly in half: Block A has 356 and Block B has 356. The permit describes the development as a 37-storey serviced apartment scheme, Phase 2.

The type mix inside each block is identical — 60 studios, 176 Type B two-bedrooms, 30 Type C1, 60 Type C2 and 30 Type D. That means Type B alone is 352 of the 712 units, just under half the development. If you are buying for rental, you are competing with 351 other landlords holding the same 741 sq ft plan, and that is worth knowing before you sign.

Five layouts: Type A 528 sq ft studio with one bathroom; Type B 741 sq ft two-bedroom two-bathroom; Type C1 906 sq ft two-plus-one bedroom with a utility room and yard; Type C2 924 sq ft three-bedroom with a study area and balcony; Type D 1,017 sq ft three-bedroom with balcony and yard.

Plenitude’s brochure also describes selected units as dual-key. The published floor plans for A, B, C1, C2 and D do not show a dual-key split, so if a dual-key unit is what you want, ask the gallery to point to the specific stack and floor on the key plan before you book anything.

It depends on whether the money or the view matters more to you. Block B costs more than Block A on every layout: RM19,000 more on the studio, RM19,000 on Type B, RM29,000 on Type C1, RM17,000 on Type C2 and RM30,000 on Type D at the entry price of each type.

Both blocks have 37 storeys, the same unit mix, the same Level 6 podium and their own Level 30 Sky Garden. So you are paying purely for position — orientation, outlook and how far you sit from Jalan Harmonium. On a Type D that premium is about 3.5% of the price, which is roughly what a good facing is worth in a Tebrau resale market. On the studio it is 4.2%, which is harder to justify if you are buying to let.

Ask the gallery for the site orientation drawing and check which block faces the road. I will do that with you if you would rather not go alone.

About 10.8 kilometres in a straight line to Bangunan Sultan Iskandar and about 11.1 kilometres to the Bukit Chagar RTS terminus, measured from Plenitude’s own map pin. Plenitude states 14 kilometres to Johor Bahru city centre by road.

Neither number is a walk. Tebrau has no rail line, and the RTS Link — currently around 90% built, with civil works targeted for the end of 2026 and passenger service expected in early 2027 — will not change that. From here you drive or take a bus to Bukit Chagar, park, then cross. The Star reported in July 2026 that a proposed e-ART system may serve the Tebrau corridor, but no alignment or date has been published.

If a five-minute walk to a train is your requirement, buy in Bukit Chagar or JBCC and pay for it. If you want a mature township with an established school and hospital catchment, this is the trade you are making.

The facilities deck is on Level 6 and runs to roughly one acre. Plenitude’s own layout plan numbers 34 items: 19 outdoor (pool, wading pool, reflective pool, sunken lounge, cabana, sun loungers, outdoor gym, jogging track, futsal court, adventure zone, two viewing decks, herbs garden, pavilion view deck and so on) and 15 indoor (gym, indoor playground, multipurpose hall, three recreation rooms, reading room, lounge, game room, baby room, changing rooms, surau, management office).

Each tower then has a Sky Garden at Level 30 with a viewing deck, sky lounge, hanging sofa, recreational corner and reading corner. There is also a childcare centre at ground level, which is unusual at this price and genuinely useful if you have young children.

Plenitude has not published the maintenance fee. On a scheme with an acre of podium, two sky gardens, five floors of parking and a childcare centre, the sinking fund matters — ask for the fee before you sign, not after.

The approved permit gives a target completion of October 2029 — that is the developer’s own stated date, printed on JPN-approved material, which is a stronger commitment than a marketing slide.

The maintenance fee and sinking fund are not published anywhere I can find, and neither is the car park allocation per unit. I am not going to repeat the numbers being quoted on listing portals, because none of them cite a source.

I get the current price list, the payment schedule, the maintenance fee and the parking allocation direct from the sales gallery. Message me and I will send you what is actually accurate this week.

They are two freehold serviced apartment launches about 2.7 kilometres apart, both completing around 2029, both entirely below the RM1 million foreign-buyer floor. The differences that actually matter:

Mandolin — 712 units, two 37-storey blocks, 528 to 1,017 sq ft, full price list published on the approved permit (RM450,000–RM888,000), Level 30 Sky Gardens, childcare centre, one-acre podium. Daya 1 Residences — 852 units, two 35-storey towers on 4.55 acres, 590 to 954 sq ft, no complete price list published, and a low-density layout of 14 units per floor served by six lifts per tower.

In one line: Mandolin gives you a bigger top-end unit and a price list you can check today; Daya 1 gives you a lower entry price, fewer units per floor and more lifts. Message me and I will put the two side by side on the numbers that matter to your budget.