Own a unit at Maxim Citilights (or buying one)? Underwrite the whole-unit let. One RM1,400 whole-unit listing on our own board has drawn 780 chat requests and 34 viewings since January 2020 — the biggest single-listing demand counter on our board — and the wider market asks RM1,300-1,800 for the 3-bed plate. Rooms are a real upside, but no in-building room rate exists yet and the management's written yes comes first. Short-stay measured zero here.
Three ways to run your unit
Go whole-unit if you want the proven money: the RM1,400 ask has cleared the market for 6.8 years straight. Pick a room split only if your plate already has 3 bedrooms and the management's letter is in your hand. Pass on short-stay until that same letter says otherwise — nothing measurable runs here today.
Pick a model card, tell the tool which unit you own, then put in your own numbers. The answer updates as you type, and the charts show the trade-offs.
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What can you earn?
Start from the one rent this building has never failed to clear: RM1,400 a month. That card went live in January 2020 and has stacked up 780 chat requests and 34 viewings — demand at that price point is settled.
The wider market agrees. Mudah carries a 60-card rental entity for this building — a top-5 "Popular Apartments in Sentul" entity in an area of 567 rental listings — and its 3-bed, 1,009 sq ft modal plate asks RM1,300-1,800, clustering at RM1,400-1,600. Smaller plates: 2-beds ask RM1,300-1,800 (a fully furnished 856 sq ft card sits at RM1,750) and a 500 sq ft studio-class card asks RM1,200.
Worked out: RM1,400 x 12 = RM16,800 divided by RM274,500 (the PropertyGuru asking sale floor; 53 units listed for sale) = 6.1% a year gross. At the RM1,400-1,600 mode the band is 6.1-7.0%; across the full measured ask band RM1,300-1,800 it is 5.7-7.9%. Those are asking figures over an asking price — your real yield is lower after vacancy and costs.
Rooms: no room market has been measured inside this building. The Sentul corridor on our own board asks RM700 (MiNest Residence, 79 chat requests) to RM1,150 (The Tamarind, 36 chat requests), so a 3-room split at those corridor asks grosses RM2,100-3,450 — clearly above the whole-unit band on paper, and exactly why the management's written position is the whole game. It is corridor arithmetic, not a measured Maxim rate.
Short-stay: zero building-named units surfaced on Airbnb when swept on 11 Oct 2026. The nearest corridor cards — RM1,160 and RM1,550 for 5 nights — are different buildings.
SPEEDHOME coliving is cat-friendly — cats welcome in our coliving rooms — and pet-friendly rooms earn about 15-20% more. The offer is SPEEDHOME policy; building rules can vary.
Why whole-unit wins here
Because the demand evidence is not a forecast, it is a record. 6.8 years live at RM1,400 with 780 chat requests is the strongest single demand artifact on our board, and it anchors the verdict: this price point rents, repeatedly.
The market shape points the same way: 53 resale asks against a 60-card rental entity makes this a renting building — treat selling as a bonus, not the plan. The estate itself: six 36-storey towers, 1,338 units, built 856-2,347 sq ft, a Meridian Maxim and Platinum Victory joint venture on Jalan Sentul, formerly Sentul Prime. Portals spell it Maxim Citylights; same estate.
And the opening is live: our board carries one dedicated card in a building whose rental entity runs 60 deep — a furnished, zero-deposit listing stands out exactly the way corridor demand counters say tenants shop. Honest gaps: no transacted price exists (the Brickz page is dead; summarizer figures parked), the monthly charge is unpublished — a RM0.25 psf launch claim circulates unverified — and the management's pet, rooms and short-stay position is not public.
5 checks before you buy
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Get the real land title document — not the agent's ad. The estate is leasehold and marketed as a service residence; the title's remaining term and category decide what you can legally do. Done: you hold the title copy.
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Get the management's rules in writing — short-stay, room rental, pets. One letter answers all three, and rooms in particular are gated on it. Done: you have the letter.
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Get the real running costs — the monthly charge is not published (the RM0.25 psf launch claim is unverified), so ask for the latest fee and sinking-fund statement. Done: a number on paper. See the real cost of self-managing a rental.
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Show your renovation plan to DBKL before you sign anything. DBKL is the council, and KL bans cutting new bedrooms into commercial-titled strata units — rooms happen in bedrooms that already exist, never in new walls. Done: the council tells you in writing.
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Until checks 1 and 2 are done, buy nothing you cannot undo. For Maxim Citilights: furniture yes, walls no — a reversible SPEEDRENO rental fit-out converts the unit back to normal in a day.
FAQ
Can you rent rooms at Maxim Citilights?
Only in bedrooms that already exist, and only with the management's written yes — no in-building room rate has been measured. Corridor rooms ask RM700-1,150 on our own board, so a 3-room split grosses RM2,100-3,450 on those asks. See the room rental and co-living guide.
What yield does Maxim Citilights give?
About 6.1-7.0% a year gross at the RM1,400-1,600 rent mode over the RM274,500 asking sale floor — worked: RM1,400 x 12 = RM16,800 = 6.1%. Asking figures, vacancy and costs excluded; your real yield is lower.
Is short-stay allowed at Maxim Citilights?
Nothing measurable runs here — zero building-named units surfaced on Airbnb. What governs is the management's written rules, and Malaysia's top court confirmed a management can ban short-stay outright (Verve Suites ruling). Get the letter before you spend a ringgit on guest kit.
Are pets allowed at Maxim Citilights?
The building's rules are not public. SPEEDHOME coliving is cat-friendly — cats welcome in our coliving rooms — and pet-friendly rooms earn about 15-20% more. The offer is SPEEDHOME policy; building rules can vary.
What running it looks like
Setup is the two documents — the title copy and the management's letter. The work is one tenant whole-unit: one listing, a handful of viewings, a stamped tenancy agreement, then rent day. A room split triples the cycle — viewings, house rules, small repairs — which is why it waits on the letter. SPEEDHOME runs the listing, the viewings and the zero-deposit screening; you approve the tenant before the agreement is signed. The Sentul Point owner guide covers the estate next door; the Sentul landlord guide covers the renting side.
Ready? List your unit with SPEEDHOME — zero deposit, we run the viewings, you approve the tenant.
All figures are asking prices read on 11 Oct 2026 (SPEEDHOME's own board first; Mudah, PropertyGuru and Airbnb as dated market context). Running costs are not published. More: the landlord investment decision guide.