Country Guides Country Guide: Malaysia

Date Published:

18/11/2009

Most foreigners will buy in either Kuala Lumpur (for investment) or Sepang (for investment/holiday home).

The Petronas Twin Towers are KL’s centrepiece and sparked Malaysia's construction boom, introducing the city as a regional hub of note. Districts such as Mont' Kiara and the Central Business District are sophisticated and sought-after property locations with the international affluent ex-pat community and Malaysian city executives seeking upmarket serviced residences close to international schools and attractive shopping plazas. As with many ‘modern’ communities in Asia they can be a bit soulless and interchangeable with any number of other similar communities. Foreigners buying into KL will buy at any one of several tower blocks where condominiums are the bedrock of the purchasing class.

Website www.experience-international.com is selling Tropical Cluster, located only 25 minutes away from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang. Said to overlook a stunning landscape, and the longest swimming pool in Malaysia, Koi ponds and the glorious coastline of Malaysia, villas are available in two and three bedroom styles. Prices start from £70,100.

Further along the Sepang Gold Coast and aping the worst of Dubai’s excesses the man-made (in the shape of) The Golden Palm Tree Resort stretches 1.2km into the sea, over which the homes are built on stilts. Prices for the high spec villas start from £147,709 with www.experience-international.com.