The short answer: a Singaporean can buy any unit at Bodaiju Residences, from RM299,000, with no foreign-buyer restriction and no minimum purchase price, because the project sits inside Medini’s incentive zone. The site is 9 km from the Tuas Second Link checkpoint.

Why Medini is the exception

Across most of Johor, a foreign buyer faces a RM1 million minimum purchase price. Medini is the carve-out: the zone was established with incentives to draw international investment into Iskandar Malaysia’s designated central business district, backed by Khazanah Nasional and Japan’s Mitsui & Co. The result is that the RM299,000 Type A at Bodaiju is open to a Singapore passport on the same terms as a Malaysian one. No other price band this low in Iskandar is legally reachable for a foreigner.

The distance, measured honestly

Bodaiju is 9 km from the Second Link checkpoint by the developer’s own measurement. That is the defensible figure, not the optimistic one. In practice: clear the Tuas checkpoint, take the Second Link Expressway, exit at Medini, and the towers stand on Jalan Medini Sentral 5 with a bus stop 100 metres from the door. Gleneagles Medini, EduCity and Legoland sit between you and the checkpoint.

What the money looks like

  • Price: Tower A from RM299,000 to RM659,000, across four layouts from 463 to 1,012 sq ft.
  • Financing: Bank Islam, Bank Muamalat and RHB approved as at January 2026. Singapore-income borrowers should pre-check margin and documentation with the panel banks; we arrange this before viewings on request.
  • Holding costs: maintenance is estimated at RM0.32 per sq ft monthly plus a 10% sinking fund. On the 463 sq ft Type A that is roughly RM163 a month, at current rates a fraction of a Singapore condo’s monthly maintenance.
  • Parking: every unit carries at least one bay; 1,446 bays serve 802 homes.

We do not publish yield projections or appreciation forecasts, at Bodaiju or anywhere. Any agent who guarantees you a number is guessing with your money.

The developer, in one paragraph

Bodaiju is built by a Japanese group, not a distressed one. Creed Group, Tokyo, established 1996, delivered Bodaiju Residences Phnom Penh (928 homes) in January 2020 and has held its Medini position since 2013, with the ION commercial precinct completed in the same zone. Construction is by MGB Berhad, a Bursa-listed contractor under LBS Bina Group. It has no connection to Country Garden or Forest City.

Seeing it from Singapore

A viewing is a half-day round trip: out through Tuas after breakfast, gallery and site by mid-morning, back before the evening jam. Book a private viewing and we will hold the latest price list and the floor plans you shortlist.