The Lighthauz Gelugor, Penang

On the Gelugor waterfront on Penang Island — PT. 224 (Tanah Tebusguna Plot A1-8), Seksyen 8, Bandar George Town, Daerah Timur Laut. The site looks southeast across the channel towards the Penang Bridge and the mainland, with Bukit Dumbar behind it and the George Town core to the north. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Queensbay and the Jelutong Expressway are all in the surrounding area.

Yes. The land is held freehold on 2.03 acres, which is worth stating plainly because a good deal of new stock on Penang Island is held on a shorter title. For a foreign buyer it matters at two points: financing, where banks read the title, and resale, where the pool of onward buyers is wider. It does not remove the need for state consent on the transfer — that applies whatever the tenure.

Two. The scheme has 1,378 bays including five OKU bays for 671 units, and the developer's own schedule allocates two single bays to every type — A, B and C alike. In a 57-storey tower that ratio is unusually generous, and it is often the detail that settles the decision for a two-car household. Parking occupies the basement and Levels 1 to 8.

Two sizes in three type families. Type A is 732 sq.ft. with two bedrooms and two bathrooms, 264 units, about 39% of the building. Types B and C are both 1,001 sq.ft. with three bedrooms and two bathrooms — 225 units of B and 182 of C — on the same footprint but positioned differently on the floor plate, so the outlook and the room order differ. Each type has balcony and non-balcony versions plus mirrored (M) and (a) variants on other stacks. Every drawing comes with a renovation plan beside the bare layout.

Yes. Penang sets the minimum purchase price for a foreign buyer of strata property on the island at RM1,000,000 — the same as Kuala Lumpur, half what Selangor asks. Landed property on the island is RM3,000,000 and does not apply here. Whether a particular unit clears that floor depends on its price at the time you buy, so send me your budget rather than assume. State consent is required and granted case by case, typically one to three months after the SPA. Foreign buyers pay a flat 8% stamp duty on transfer from January 2026.

They are split across three levels. Level 1 is the Coastal Arrival, Arrival Bay and Horizon Lobby. Level 9 is the green podium: Stargazing and Yoga Deck, Firelight Grillbar, Breeze Walk, Mindspace, Children Discovery Play, The Light Sculpture, Readery Deck, Breeze Lounge, Serenity Garden, Herbs Haven, Coastal Fit, Seaside Court, Lumina Hall and the Coastal Gym. Level 56 carries the Aquora Deck, the Astral Lagoon sky pool, the Stargaze Soak jacuzzi and the Mirage Bay wading pool. Level 57 has the Fun Hub and Horizon Lounge.

The developer states 60 months after the advertising permit is obtained. That is not a calendar date, and the distinction matters: the permit has not been issued, so the construction clock has not formally started. Any year you are quoted is an estimate until the permit exists. Five years from that point is a long horizon in any case — several years of progressive payments and a completion market nobody can forecast. The liquidated ascertained damages clause in the SPA is your protection if the date slips, and I go through it before anyone signs.

EXSIM Waterfront Sdn. Bhd., within the EXSIM group. I market four other EXSIM developments in the Klang Valley, so I can tell you what their buildings are like to own rather than only what the brochure says. The design architect is WDA Architects, the project architect BYG Architecture, and the landscape architect Landart Design, with Perunding YAA, GH Tag, Kuantibina and Aprilist Associates as consultants.

Yes — the developer publishes a 360-degree tour of the show unit. Message me and I will send you the link along with the current e-brochure and floor plan set. A virtual tour is useful for reading the proportions of a 732 or 1,001 sq.ft. plan, but it is a rendering of a fitted show unit, not of the unit you would receive; the SPA and its schedules are what govern what is actually delivered.

Pricing is released on application rather than published here, and it moves by height and by which way the stack faces. WhatsApp me and I will send the developer's current price list, tell you which types and aspects are still open, and set out the full cash requirement stage by stage — legal fees, stamp duty, the progressive payment schedule, and for a foreign buyer the 8% transfer rate and the state consent process.