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Desa Mas

Desa Mas stands out in Gurney Drive for location and space: a 1992 condo scoring 6.1 overall. What to check before you sign.

Gurney Drive, Penang

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Older and denser than most in Gurney Drive; living here is middling: reports mention noise and complaints about the management. About 4 min by car to St Christopher's International Primary School.

  • Completed1992
  • TenureFreehold
  • Units80
  • SizesApproximately 1050 sf
  • Towers1
  • DensityAbout 56 units per acre, from 80 units across 1.4 acres.

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Scores

Sentiment6.4Fair
  • Resident sentiment
  • Public ratings
  • Google3.6 from 13 reviews
Location8.9Very good
  • Schools
  • Malls
  • Address
Environment3.6Poor
  • Traffic noise

    Noise is reported.

  • Green space
  • Air quality

    A green, clean-air setting.

    • The location offers splendid views of the surrounding landscaped environment and lush greenery.
  • Construction
  • View
    • No mapped green space within about 800 m
Facilities5.1Poor
  • Facilities provided

    Facilities include pool, gym, tennis, squash, playground, barbecue deck and jogging track.

  • Condition
  • Management

    Management draws criticism.

Space7.0Good

80 homes to a tower.

Getting around

Drive times are off-peak.

Shopping
Plaza Gurney2 min drive
Gurney Paragon Mall3 min drive
1-Stop Midlands Park Centre3 min drive
Daily needs
Bandar Baru630 m walk
A clinic450 m walk
iTCM Healthcare Centre3 min drive
LaundryBar560 m walk
Green space
Taman Kejiranan Medan Maktab500 m walk
Schools
St Christopher's International Primary School4 min drive
Rail
Butterworth24 min drive
KL Sentral248 min drive

Facilities

Pools
Fitness and sport
Social and entertainment
Families
Gardens and outdoors
Security and parking

What Gurney Drive is like

Gurney Drive is the seafront strip of George Town's north-east coast, between Persiaran Gurney on the sea side and Jalan Kelawai inland. The road was laid on the shore in the 1930s and took its present name in 1952, hawkers have traded along it since the early 1970s, and today its towers, two shopping centres and a few temples stand within a few hundred metres of the water.

The waterfront is changing. Gurney Bay, a reclaimed park beside the road, opened its first 11.2 hectares in February 2024 with a promenade, playground and skate park, and a second phase of about 30 hectares is still being built. The hawker centre is due to move there in early 2027, with space planned for 127 hawker stalls. Roadside parking near Gurney Plaza was cut back in 2026 and a multi-storey car park is planned, because parked cars leave a single moving lane at peak times.

Getting around still means the road. The Mutiara Line LRT is planned across the island, with completion targeted for December 2031, but no station has been named at Gurney Drive.

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