Arcadia

Arcadia stands out in Pulau Tikus for location and space: a 1989 condo scoring 5.0 overall. What to check before you sign.

Overall: Poor, 5.0 out of 10

Pulau Tikus, Penang

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Older and less dense than most in Pulau Tikus; living here has real drawbacks: reports mention noise. About 4 min by car to St Christopher's International Primary School.

  • Completed1989
  • TenureFreehold
  • Units30
  • Sizes904 to 950 sq ft
  • Towers1
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Scores

Sentiment7.5Good
  • Public ratings
  • Google5.0 from 12 reviews
Location8.0Very good
  • Schools
  • Malls
  • Access
  • Address
Environment2.0Poor
  • Traffic noise
    • Within 200 m of Jalan Kelawai. Traffic noise is likely, most of all on road-facing and lower floors.
  • Green space
  • Construction
  • View
    • No mapped green space within about 800 m
Facilities4.6Poor
  • Facilities provided
  • Management
    • Maintenance fee is listed at RM160 a month.
Space8.0Very good

Mid-sized homes, and only 30 homes to a tower.

Getting around

Drive times are off-peak.

Shopping
Plaza Gurney1 min drive
1-Stop Midlands Park Centre3 min drive
City Junction, Supermarket: Village Grocer3 min drive
Daily needs
Bandar Baru630 m walk
A clinic410 m walk
Penang Adventist Hospital3 min drive
LaundryBar530 m walk
Green space
Taman Kejiranan Medan Maktab330 m walk
Schools
St Christopher's International Primary School4 min drive
Rail
Butterworth24 min drive
KL Sentral249 min drive

Facilities

What Pulau Tikus is like

Pulau Tikus is a neighbourhood in the north-west of George Town, built along Burmah Road, whose junction with Cantonment Road is its commercial heart. Its history is layered: the Dhammikarama Burmese Temple is dated to 1803, Eurasian settlers arrived in 1811, and the Church of the Immaculate Conception stands in a building put up in 1899. The Eurasian enclave of Kampong Serani is reported to be in a land dispute after land held in trust was sold to a developer in 2014.

Today the neighbourhood holds Thai and Burmese temples, a convent school, an international primary school, consulates of China, Indonesia and Thailand, and Penang Adventist Hospital on Burmah Road, which had about 84,000 patients in 2014, 40% of them foreigners. Local listings name two hawker centres and the Midlands One Stop and Axis Complex shopping centres, and say Gurney Plaza technically belongs to Gurney Drive.

Getting around centres on the shophouse stretch of Jalan Burma. Penang Island City Council put safety railings along it in late 2025, and in May 2026 a shop owner said business had fallen about 40% since. Free Rapid Penang routes serve the neighbourhood, and more measures, such as signal coordination and loading management, are under consideration.

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