Kingfisher Putatan is a completed condominium in Putatan, Sabah, about twelve kilometres south of Kota Kinabalu city centre, developed by Hap Seng Land. Phase 2B holds 408 units across three blocks — Block B at 15 storeys, Blocks C and D at 18 — on a 12-acre site that also carries the earlier phase.

The Occupation Certificate was issued by Majlis Daerah Putatan on 25 November 2020, so this is a building you walk through rather than a plan you read. Units are handed over as bare shell finished in tiles, with a dry and wet kitchen, and the block was built with a seismic interlocking structural design — a deliberate choice in a state that felt the 2015 Ranau earthquake.

Two layouts only, both three-bedroom: Type A corner at 1,065 sq ft and Type B intermediate at 1,009 sq ft. Every unit gets two allocated car park bays in an elevated deck, a 73.1 sq ft balcony, and a 3,325 mm floor-to-floor height that is taller than the 3,200 mm most Malaysian condominiums are built to. Eight units share each floor and three lifts serve them.

Facilities are the full recreational set rather than a token deck — adult and wading pools, a gymnasium with shower and changing rooms, a multipurpose hall, a function room, a children's playground and landscaped gardens, behind three tiers of security. The estate is managed by WTW Property Services (Sabah).

Project Information

Unit Types & Built-up

Only two layouts, and they differ by 56 sq ft. The real choice is position, not size: Type A is the corner unit with windows on two sides, Type B the intermediate. Both are 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a dry and wet kitchen and two car park bays, and both carry the same 168.5 sq ft living area and 73.1 sq ft balcony. Type A puts the extra area into the master bedroom, which grows from 161.0 to 186.7 sq ft. Type B keeps three usably-sized bedrooms instead. Eight units share each floor, served by three lifts.

Why Choose Kingfisher Putatan Kota Kinabalu?

• It is finished, and you can see exactly what you are buying. The Occupation Certificate was issued in November 2020. There is no VP date to chase, no construction risk, and no gap between the render and the room — you walk the actual unit, ride the actual lift and look at the actual view before deciding.
• Two car park bays per unit. Most condominiums in this size bracket give one, sometimes one and a half. Two bays in an elevated deck is a genuine, permanent advantage in a household with two working adults, and it is the thing owners here mention first.
• The height inside the unit. 3,325 mm floor to floor, against the 3,200 mm that is standard. It is only 125 mm on paper, but it is the difference between a room that feels boxed and one that does not, and it cannot be retrofitted.
• Built for where it stands. Seismic interlocking structural design is not marketing filler in Sabah — the 2015 Ranau earthquake changed how buyers here read a structural spec. Combined with a proper 12-acre site and full recreational facilities, this is the only condominium in Putatan offering that package.
• Ten minutes to the airport. If work or family means flying regularly, the address does something for you every week that a city-centre address does not.

Location & Connectivity

Kingfisher Putatan sits on Jalan Ketiau in Putatan, the district immediately south of Kota Kinabalu and the one most of the city's outward growth has gone into. The address is outside the city grid but not away from it: 12 km to the city centre, 7 km to Kota Kinabalu International Airport, and both reached on the same road rather than through town. For anyone who flies often, being ten minutes from the terminal is the strongest single argument this location makes.

The immediate surroundings are ordinary in the useful sense. The Putatan tamu runs daily about five minutes away, Servay Hypermarket and One Place Mall cover the weekly shop, SMK Tansau and a cluster of primary schools sit within the same few kilometres, and Klinik Kesihatan Putatan is 4.5 km out with Rafflesia Medical Centre further along Jalan Lintas. Jalan Lintas and Jalan Kepayan connect the address to Tanjung Aru, Penampang, Kinarut and the airport's two terminals without going through the centre of Kota Kinabalu, which matters more here than raw distance does.

• Kota Kinabalu city centre — 12 km, about 15 minutes by car
• Kota Kinabalu International Airport — 7 km, about 10 minutes
• Putatan tamu — about 5 minutes — the local open market, held daily
• One Place Mall — the nearest full mall, on Jalan Lintas at Sepanggar junction
• Servay Hypermarket — everyday grocery run
• SMK Tansau — nearest secondary school
• Klinik Kesihatan Putatan — 4.5 km
• Rafflesia Medical Centre — private hospital on the Jalan Lintas corridor
• Tanjung Aru railway station — 4.9 km — the Sabah State Railway line south to Beaufort and Tenom
• Sutera Harbour Resort and Tanjung Aru beach — the waterfront end of the same corridor

Type A

3 Bedroom + 2 Bathroom (Corner. 1,065.2 sq ft. Master 186.7 sq ft, second 117.3 sq ft, living 168.5 sq ft, dining 104.6 sq ft, balcony 73.1 sq ft)

±1,065 sq ft

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Type B

3 Bedroom + 2 Bathroom (Intermediate. 1,009.6 sq ft. Master 161.0 sq ft, second 117.2 sq ft, third 92.1 sq ft, living 168.5 sq ft, dining 104.6 sq ft, balcony 73.1 sq ft)

±1,009 sq ft

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