MARC Residences @ Bukit Mertajam, Penang

110, in a single 26-storey block. Both figures come from the property details on Jayamas Property Group’s project page.

The developer does not publish how the 110 units are divided between the two layouts or how many sit on each floor. Its typical floor layout drawing shows the arrangement, and I can send it to you.

Yes — the developer’s project page states freehold tenure.

Because the units are described as serviced residences, also ask whether the title is for residential or commercial use. Tenure and land use are two separate things, and the second one affects electricity and water tariffs and the assessment rate. A title search by your solicitor settles both.

Two layouts: Type B at 1,120 sq ft (about 104 sqm) and Type A at 1,330 sq ft (about 124 sqm).

The developer’s text lists the sizes but not the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, so I do not state them here. Both drawings are shown above; count the rooms on the plan, and ask me for the car park allocation of the specific unit you are looking at.

Possibly, depending on the unit. On the Penang mainland a foreign individual may buy strata property priced at RM500,000 and above (RM1,000,000 for a foreign company), with state consent, a 3% state levy on approval and no resale for three years. Non-citizens also pay a flat 8% stamp duty on residential property.

There is no government price band for this building, so eligibility is decided unit by unit at the price in your sale agreement. Tell me which unit you are considering and I will check it against the floor before you pay anything.

The block is built and occupied. What is not published is the date: the developer’s website gives no completion or handover date and still files the project under on-going residential work.

I also found no record under this name on the public housing register on 2 October 2026, so there is no official progress return to quote. Ask me for the date of the certificate of completion and compliance and the strata title status of the unit you want.

Start with space: Type A at 1,330 sq ft has about 210 sq ft more than Type B at 1,120 sq ft. Put the two drawings side by side and see where that extra area goes — living room, a bigger kitchen or an additional room.

Then check the typical floor layout: where the lifts are and how many there are, which units face the town and which face the hill, and how far each door is from the lift lobby. In a 26-storey block, that matters every single morning.

I publish no price for MARC Residences. The only price information I ever print is the band on a government advertising permit, and no register record exists under this name to take one from. I will not repeat figures from property portals.

The developer has not published the monthly service charge or sinking fund either. Message me and I will send what is currently available, with the charges confirmed in writing by the management.

They are 571 m apart in a straight line. Casa Residence, filed on the housing register as Casa Residensi, is 115 units in an 18-storey building, certified complete on 6 May 2019. MARC Residences is 110 units in a taller 26-storey block with two layouts of 1,120 and 1,330 sq ft.

The difference is in the concept. Casa Residence is a conventional condominium with a register record you can read. MARC Residences is pitched as serviced residences with a hotel-style lobby and retail outlets downstairs. If paperwork you can verify online matters most, start with Casa; if you want the newer tower and the larger layouts, look here.

For daily life: SJK(C) Kim Sen is 1.0 km away in a straight line, Bukit Mertajam Hospital 1.2 km, SMJK Jit Sin 1.7 km, AEON Mall Bukit Mertajam 3.7 km and KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital 3.6 km. The KTM station, 2.3 km away, links to Butterworth and the rest of the west coast line.

For renting: tenants in the town centre are typically hospital and school staff, and people who commute by expressway through Juru, 3.9 km away. I do not quote rental figures. Because the building is designed as serviced residences, ask the management how many units are let on short stays and what the house rules say before you buy with tenants in mind.