Before you trust our renders, look at what we already finished.

Sasipimon Villa — seven years of evidence.

834 m² of interior over four floors, standing in Chaweng Noi since 2019. Five en-suite bedrooms and a child room, three living rooms, two kitchens, a 16 × 6 m pool. Seven years of guests and an Airbnb Luxe listing — the evidence behind everything we sell off-plan.

Completed

2019

Bedrooms

6

Still operating

Sixteen areas. We write about all of them.

Including the ones we have nothing to sell in. If an area is wrong for you, we would rather you found out here than after a deposit.

The seven questions that come first.

Can a foreigner own a villa on Koh Samui?

Not the land itself, in almost every case. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either mistaken or selling you a nominee structure, which is illegal and has been enforced against. What does work is leasehold, superficies, usufruct, or a properly constituted company — and they differ in cost, in security, and in what happens to your family. Which one suits you depends on whether you will live in it, rent it out, or leave it to your children. How ownership actually works →

What does an off-plan villa on Koh Samui cost?

Ours run from ฿25M to ฿62M. That spread is not a discount — it is a different thing being sold. The same house at Villa Prestige is quoted three ways: ฿25M for the house alone, ฿28M with the plot, and ฿32M turnkey with the furniture specified. When you compare two developers, the first thing to establish is which of the three each one is quoting, or you are comparing a number to a different number. The three tiers, in full →

How do I know the developer will actually finish?

You look at what they already finished. Ours has been standing in Chaweng Noi since 2019 — six bedrooms, 834 m², still operating today, Airbnb Luxe. Ask any developer for an address you can go and stand in front of, the company registration, and who owns the land today. If all three answers are renders, that is your answer. Seven questions worth asking →

What can I actually earn renting it out?

Gross yield is the figure agencies quote and it is close to meaningless on its own. Management, cleaning, platform commission, utilities, maintenance and the empty weeks all come out before you see anything. We published what those costs actually are on Samui and what is left at the end, rather than a headline percentage. What owners really earn, gross and net →

Is it legal to rent my villa on Airbnb in Thailand?

There is a real gap between what is common on the island and what is lawful, and the fines are real. It is worth understanding before you buy on the assumption of rental income, because the rules turn on the length of the stay and on what licence the property holds. What is legal, and what gets fined →

What does it cost to run a villa here each year?

Pool and garden upkeep, electricity in a hot climate, insurance, management if you are not on the island, and the annual taxes. It is the number buyers underestimate most often, so we wrote down the real figures for a family living here for a year rather than summarising them into something reassuring. A year on Koh Samui, costed →

Where on the island should I buy?

It depends far more on how you will use the villa than on which beach photographs best. Maenam is quiet and family-led, Bophut has the restaurants and the walk-out evenings, Chaweng is busy the year round. We write about all sixteen areas, including the ones we have nothing to sell in — if an area is wrong for you, we would rather you found out here than after a deposit. Choosing by how you will live →