Gurney Villa
Gurney Villa stands out in Gurney Drive for location and space: a 1996 condo scoring 5.5 overall. What to check before you sign.
A denser building with more compact homes than most in Gurney Drive; living here has real drawbacks: reports mention noise and limited views. About 5 min by car to St Christopher's International Primary School.
- Completed1996
- TenureFreehold
- Units68
- Sizes1,120 - 2,310 sq ft
- Towers1
- DensityAbout 56 units per acre, from 68 units across 1.2 acres.
Photo: R Koh
Scores
- Public ratings
- Google3.3 from 4 reviews
- Schools
- Malls
- Access
- Address
- Traffic noise
- Within 200 m of Jalan Kelawai. Traffic noise is likely, most of all on road-facing and lower floors.
- Green space
- View
Views are limited.
- No mapped green space within about 800 m
- Air quality
A green, clean-air setting.
- Construction
- Facilities provided
Facilities include pool, children's pool, gym and tennis.
- Condition
- Management
- Maintenance fee is RM0.16 per sq ft, with a management office and 24-hour security.
Mid-sized homes, and only 68 homes to a tower.
Getting around
Drive times are off-peak.
Facilities
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.
