1 Tanjong Review 2026 — Tanjung Bungah's 4,760 sqft Twin Towers

For the full picture of the neighbourhood, from prices to schools to the rules for foreign buyers, see my Tanjung Bungah 2026 buyer's guide. This post looks at one building in detail.

4,760 square feet. Before the towers, before the developer, before the views, that is the number to sit with at 1 Tanjong — because a standard unit here is the size of a decent landed house, and it reshapes every other figure in the review. The RM3,600,000 entry stops looking steep when you divide it by the floor area; the RM847–1,049 psf band reads as ordinary for the Tanjung Bungah coast; and the buyer profile narrows sharply to people who want that much room on a high floor.

Key takeaways:

• About 4,760 sqft per standard unit — large-format, house-scale living in a tower, and the reason the psf looks calmer than the price.
• Two 41-storey freehold towers, 147 units in total, developed by Lone Pine Group and completed in 2015.
• From RM3,600,000 at RM847–1,049 psf — the spread tracks floor, view direction and renovation state, so price the stack, not the building.
• 270-degree outlooks are the product — the choice is between grades of panorama, not between a view and no view.
• Mira Residence is the lower-entry Tanjung Bungah alternative if the price here is the sticking point.

Why 4,760 sqft Changes the Entire Conversation

Most Penang condo reviews argue about psf because the unit sizes are interchangeable. At 1 Tanjong they are not. When a standard layout runs to roughly 4,760 sqft, a RM3.6M ticket works out near the bottom of the psf band, and what you are actually buying is floor area that the island's newer compact towers simply do not offer. A family used to a bungalow or a large semi-D can move here without giving up rooms; a couple downsizing from landed property will find the opposite problem — more space than they know what to do with.

That size also governs the running costs: where maintenance is charged by floor area, a 4,760 sqft unit carries a proportionally larger monthly bill than a compact one. Ask for the current rate and multiply it out before you commit.

Two 41-Storey Towers, 147 Homes

Lone Pine Group built 1 Tanjong as a pair of 41-storey towers with 147 units between them, which works out to very few homes per floor for buildings of that height. It is landmark scale on the outside and low density on the inside — enough owners to fund proper facilities and active management, few enough that the lobby never feels like a hotel. One housekeeping note: you will see 147 quoted for the unit count in some project data, including our own project page, against 152 in the developer's materials; the difference is immaterial to how the building lives, but confirm the figure with management if it matters to your analysis.

Lone Pine Group's name carries weight on this stretch of coast, and it is part of why 1 Tanjong has held its standing a decade after completion.

Reading the RM847–1,049 Spread Stack by Stack

A psf gap of roughly two hundred ringgit inside one building is wide, and it is telling you something specific: the units are not equivalent. Floor height, which direction the 270-degree outlook faces, whether the unit is original or fully refurbished — each moves the price, and in a building that turns over slowly you cannot simply average the listings and call it a market rate. The right method is to find the most recent comparable transaction in the same stack and at a similar height, then adjust for condition. Anchor to a headline psf and you will either overpay for a low-floor original unit or talk yourself out of a fairly priced high-floor one.

A Decade In: What 2015 Completion Means Now

Completed in 2015, 1 Tanjong is past the new-build phase but nowhere near the age where major capital works dominate the conversation. You get the benefit of a building that has settled — a known management track record, established maintenance patterns, and nearly ten years of resale evidence to price against — without the heavy refurbishment budgets that come with the island's 1980s and 1990s stock. For a purchase at this price, that middle ground is a comfortable place to be.

The Tanjung Bungah Alternatives, Honestly

1 Tanjong shares the north-island coast with Skyhome, Mira Residence and Alila 2, and the comparison that matters most is on price. If RM3.6M is more than you want to commit, Mira Residence offers a noticeably lower entry in the same broad Tanjung Bungah area, at the cost of smaller units and a less prominent address. If 4,760 sqft is more space than you need, the same logic applies — you are paying for floor area, and a smaller unit elsewhere will cost less in total even at a higher psf. The Tanjung Bungah area guide sets out the schools, hospitals and wider property mix along the coast if you are still narrowing down the pocket.

For foreign buyers, a RM3,600,000 entry sits far above the RM1,000,000 island threshold, and the 3% state levy (about RM108,000 at entry) is the main extra line in the cost breakdown. Listings, floor plans and the current spec are on the 1 Tanjong project page.

What it rents for

Asking rents at 1 Tanjong in the listings I tracked in September–October 2026 ran from about RM8,200 to RM10,000 a month for homes of about 4,760 sq ft. Furnishing, floor and view move the number a lot, so treat this as a range to test against the specific unit, not a promise.

Who This Is Really For

This is an own-stay, long-hold purchase for a family or a couple who want house-scale space with a panoramic sea outlook and are content to do careful unit-level diligence rather than take a headline number on trust. It is not the cheapest way into Tanjung Bungah and it was never meant to be. If the size and the price fit, the building delivers exactly what it promises; if either one stretches you, there are better-fitting options a short drive along the coast.

Sources: Spec + pricing checked against developer records and current portal listings. Regulatory figures per Malaysian federal and Penang state policy. Confirm final numbers with your conveyancing lawyer. Asking rents from listings I track (September–October 2026).