The answers we keep giving.
Not marketing copy. The questions that come up in every conversation about moving here and buying here, answered with real figures, named sources, and the parts most agents leave out.
Koh Samui tourism statistics: the 2025 dip that missed the island
Thailand recorded its sharpest fall in foreign arrivals since the pandemic in 2025. Koh Samui had its busiest year ever. Then 2026 reversed both — and the reason matters more to a buyer than either headline number.
Koh Samui villa rental yield: what owners really earn, gross and net
Gross yield is the number in the brochure. Net yield is the number in your bank account. Here is the full deduction stack — channel commission, management, running costs, Land and Building Tax and income tax — applied to one worked example.
The real cost to build a villa on Koh Samui, per square metre
Mid-range construction on Samui runs ฿25,000–฿40,000 per square metre and luxury ฿45,000–฿60,000-plus. But the rate matters far less than which square metres it is applied to. We publish the drawings and the price tiers from our own three villas to show why.
Samui airport is being rebuilt for three times the traffic. What that does to property.
Bangkok Airways is putting around ฿1.5 billion into the terminal it owns, lifting Samui's ceiling from roughly 2 million passengers a year towards 6 million. Here is the actual scope, the dates, and the part most agents leave out.
The Samui bridge: what has actually been approved, and what has not
Every few months someone tells a buyer the Samui bridge is coming. It is a real project at a real stage — and that stage is earlier than almost every article about it suggests.
International schools on Koh Samui: what they cost and whether there are places
For most families the school decision comes before the property decision, and it should. Here is what the island's international schools cost, what they teach, and the practical question nobody publishes.
How foreigners actually own villa property in Thailand, and what changed in 2026
A foreigner cannot own land in Thailand. Everything else you have been told is a workaround, and in 2026 one of the most common workarounds became considerably more dangerous.
Renting your villa on Airbnb in Thailand: what is legal, and what gets fined
If you plan to let your villa to holidaymakers, the rule that governs you is not a platform policy. It is the Hotel Act, and it treats a nightly booking as running a hotel.
Thailand's LTR visa or the Privilege Card: which one fits a family moving to Samui
Two long-stay routes dominate, and they are aimed at completely different people. One is cheap and demanding; the other is expensive and asks almost nothing.
Seven questions that separate a safe off-plan developer from a risky one
Buying off-plan means handing money to a company for a building that does not exist. Here is the checklist we would want a buyer to run on us.
Healthcare on Koh Samui: the hospitals, the costs and the gap you should plan for
For anyone over fifty, healthcare decides the move more often than property does. Samui's provision is better than most islands its size — with one structural limitation worth understanding.
What it actually costs a family to live on Koh Samui for a year
Most cost-of-living articles about Thailand quote a single person eating street food. Here is the version for a family with children, including the four costs people forget.
Maenam, Bophut or Chaweng: choosing where to buy by how you will actually live
The area decision matters more than the house. Here is how the main areas differ in practice — traffic, noise, access and who each one actually suits.
Getting to Koh Samui: every route, and which one is actually worth it
There are three practical ways onto the island and they differ by several hours and several thousand baht. If you own property here, the route also shapes who visits you.