The verdict
4.4/ 511 Brook Residences is SP Setia's gated enclave of 11 freehold three-storey bungalows on Jalan Brook, off Jesselton Road, marketed from about RM5.8M at its 2011 launch, with built-ups of roughly 4,400 to 7,000 sq ft.
- Price
- from RM5.80M
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Completion
- 2013
Zac’s own rating, not user reviews.
Zac’s own rating, not an average of user reviews. It reflects one licensed agent’s assessment of this project against others he tracks in Penang.
Eleven houses, ever. 11 Brook Residences is SP Setia's gated enclave of freehold three-storey bungalows on Jalan Brook, a quiet road off Jesselton Road. That number governs everything about it: how private it is, how rarely one comes up for sale, and why there's no meaningful "current price" to quote.
Key takeaways:
- 11 freehold three-storey bungalows by SP Setia on about 2 acres, gated and guarded, off Jesselton Road; completed in 2013.
- Marketed from about RM5.8M at its 2011 launch; built-ups of roughly 4,400–7,000 sq ft.
- No current listings: a home here sells privately, so value is set by recent landed sales nearby.
- Scarcity cuts both ways: hard to buy into, and slow to sell.
What you get
A private street, effectively. The enclave is gated and guarded with a shared pool, and each bungalow has three storeys and roughly 4,400 to 7,000 sq ft of built-up space, so you're buying a large family home rather than an apartment with landed pretensions. Jesselton Road is one of the island's longest-established prestige addresses, minutes from the city, the hospitals and Gurney.
With only 11 households, shared costs fall on very few owners. Ask for the management accounts and the sinking-fund balance before you offer; on an enclave this small, there's nowhere for a shortfall to hide.
The price question, answered honestly
The published figure, from about RM5.8M, is a launch-era number from 2011. It isn't today's level. With 11 homes and long gaps between sales, there's no live asking range to compare against. What a bungalow here changes hands for is negotiated privately, and the right benchmark is recent landed transactions in Jesselton and Pulau Tikus, not a portal listing.
If you're seriously looking, the useful question isn't "what's the price?" but "who might sell, and what have comparable homes nearby actually sold for?" That's a conversation, not a listing page.
Scarcity cuts both ways
Your home is close to irreplaceable in the local market, which supports value over a long hold. It also means you may wait a long time for one to come up, and when you sell, you're waiting for the small number of buyers who want exactly this. If your horizon is ten years, that trade works in your favour; if you might need cash within three, choose something with a deeper market.
Getting around
Measured from Jalan Brook at free-flow speeds: St Christopher's International Primary School about 0.8 km, Island Hospital about 1.5 km, Penang Adventist Hospital about 1.7 km, Gleneagles about 2.4 km, Gurney Plaza about 2.5 km and Komtar about 4.3 km. Few landed addresses on the island are this close to the city's schools, hospitals and malls.
For foreign buyers
Ordinary foreign buyers need RM3M or more for a landed home on Penang Island, which these bungalows clear. Budget the 3% state levy, the flat 8% foreign stamp duty and three to four months for state consent and note the Penang guideline bars foreign owners from reselling within three years. MM2H participants can buy residential property from RM500,000.
How it compares
Jesselton Courtyard is Berjaya's newer villa launch beside the Penang Turf Club, from about RM3.32M, if you'd rather buy new. Jesselton Villas sells bungalow lots where you build your own house. 11 Brook is the finished, established option.
Zac’s Take
Zac Ong
11 Brook Residences is for a family that wants a large, finished bungalow in one of Penang's most established addresses, with a gated street and only ten neighbours. There's no price list to negotiate against, so value it on recent landed sales nearby and read the management accounts. It's a ten-year home, not a trade.
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Ask about 11 Brook ResidencesCurrent details are on the 11 Brook Residences project page.
Sources: Developer, number of homes, location, launch price and gated status from Penang Property Talk's 2011 project page; storeys, built-up range, facilities and freehold tenure from StarProperty's building page. Completion year and land area from StarProperty. Distances measured on OpenStreetMap routing from Jalan Brook. Foreign-buyer rules from the Penang Land Office guideline (August 2024).