Lucentia vs SWNK HOUZE: Price, Size & Which to Pick

Quick answer: Lucentia Residences or SWNK HOUZE?

Choose Lucentia Residences if you want a building that is already completed (2021), with its own recorded sales to price against, about 100,000 sq ft of facilities over four levels and one car park per unit. Choose SWNK HOUZE if you want the lower price per square foot (from about RM 1,300), Hang Tuah LRT station about 40 m away and a smaller tower of 441 units, with completion expected in 2026.

Side by side (checked, updated October 2026)

Location: how they differ

Both towers are inside Bukit Bintang City Centre, about 0.2 km apart in a straight line, so they share LaLaport, the transit hub where the Hang Tuah monorail and LRT meet Merdeka MRT, and the BBCC entertainment hub. The difference is which end of the development you are on. SWNK HOUZE sits at the stations: Hang Tuah LRT is about 40 m away and the monorail about 100 m. Lucentia sits nearer the mall: LaLaport is about 110 m away, against about 160 m from SWNK HOUZE, and Berjaya Times Square is about 300 m.

Layouts compared size for size

The two share an architect and almost the same sizes up to two bedrooms. Neither review gives a price for each layout; ask for the current price lists.

Prices: Lucentia's developer price list runs from RM 782,000 to RM 2,178,000; SWNK HOUZE is RM 705,000 to RM 1,461,000. At Lucentia, four recorded sales of the 657 sq ft 1 + 1 size were RM 1.05 to 1.10 million. Level 3 at SWNK HOUZE has only 10 units in total.

Price per square foot and monthly cost

SWNK HOUZE's price list starts at about RM 1,300 per square foot, below Lucentia's developer figure of about RM 1,800 and below Lucentia's own recorded sales of about RM 1,600 to 1,790. One is a launch price for a building expected in 2026; the other is a finished building. The maintenance fee is the same at both, RM 0.60 psf; ask whether the sinking fund is included. Maintenance fee only:

Car parks: Lucentia gives one per unit, one to two for Type D and two for the dual-key units. At SWNK HOUZE the number per unit follows the sales chart rather than a fixed rule.

What nearby homes sell and rent for

Lucentia is the reference for both. From 2024 to 2026, six recorded sales at Lucentia of 560 to 872 sq ft were RM 1.00 to 1.45 million, about RM 1,600 to 1,790 psf. Six sales is a thin record. Outside BBCC, Dorsett Residences Bukit Bintang recorded RM 1.16 to 1.39 million for 657 to 829 sq ft, about RM 1,630 to 1,830 psf, and Tribeca RM 850,000 to 1.35 million for 510 to 657 sq ft, about RM 1,520 to 2,050 psf. There is no like-for-like for the studios or for SWNK HOUZE's 1,227 to 1,238 sq ft dual-key units.

Asking rents are what owners are listing for, not signed leases, so treat them as a ceiling.

My view: who should pick which

Same developer, same development, same fee and nearly the same floor plans, so this choice is simpler than most. Lucentia is the finished one: you can walk the building, the facilities are spread over four levels with a 50 m lap pool and a Level 35 infinity pool, every unit has a car park, and there is a resale record, thin as it is, to price against. SWNK HOUZE is the cheaper one per square foot and the one at the station, in a smaller tower of 441 units. What you give up is the facilities, which sit on one podium deck, a fixed car park rule, and certainty on timing, so ask for the latest handover status. Resale units at Lucentia come in whatever condition the owner left them; SWNK HOUZE is handed over partly furnished.

Pick Lucentia Residences if…

• you want to inspect a finished building before buying;
• you want recorded sales and asking rents in the same building to price against;
• you want a 50 m lap pool, a Level 35 infinity pool and facilities over four levels;
• you want one car park with the unit, or two with a dual key.

Pick SWNK HOUZE if…

• you want the lower price per square foot, from about RM 1,300;
• you want Hang Tuah LRT station about 40 m away;
• you prefer a smaller tower of 441 units;
• you want a dual-key three-bedroom with a garden area, on Level 3.

Read the full reviews

• Lucentia Residences review
• SWNK HOUZE review
• Project pages: Lucentia Residences and SWNK HOUZE

WhatsApp Shyan Yee (REN 46305, IQI Realty) at +60 17-279 8932 for price lists and viewings of both.