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Luxury Villas and Property for Sale in Koh Samui & Thailand

The Best Neighborhoods to Buy Property in Koh Samui (Part 3)

January 4, 2022
The Best Neighborhoods to Buy Property in Koh Samui (Part 3)

Welcome to the third and final article in our series about the best neighborhoods to buy property in Koh Samui. We’ve covered many untouched and undeveloped Koh Samui neighborhoods ripe for development and future dividends in part 1 and part 2 of this series.

We will now cover a new set of Koh Samui neighborhoods to buy villas from, which you can turn into your future residence, rental property, commercial resort, or time share property. If you wish to know what separates these neighborhoods from the rest, keep on reading.

Here are our final six list of the best neighborhoods to invest in currently in Koh Samui for your future residence, commercial establishment, or property development.

15) Ban Tai

The best real estate investments don't come from already established ones where you have to pay a premium to live there. It's instead from unknown prime real estate neighborhoods like Ban Tai that remain unknown to the public.

Ban Tai has a feeling of lackadaisical mischief and merriment to it. It's the "Hakuna Matata" of Koh Samui neighborhoods where you can relax and unwind.

Also known as Baan Tai, it's a hidden gem of a beach filled with fine, light creamy sand on the shore that spreads palm tree shades throughout like Mother Nature's natural palette mix of blue seas and creamy sands turning into verdant green forests.

Meanwhile, the transparent waters on the shores of Ban Tai then turn into shades of jade and turquoise across the infinite horizon. Is there a catch to this seemingly ideal beach?

Yes. Watch out for the wide strip of underwater seaweed that darkens the waters a few meters from the seashore. Aside from that? It's practically nearly perfect in every way.

A high-level beach should be complemented in kind by a stylish boutique beachfront hotel for Sale in Ban Tai.

Ban Tai luxury villa for sale:

Stylish Boutique Beachfront Hotel for Sale in Ban Tai

What does this fully built hotel bring to the table? It's a 14-bed beachfront hotel with a stunning ocean view from each and every bedroom. Many would want to stay here while in Ban Tai or in any neighboring Koh Samui villages.

There's also covered car parking for guests and private uncovered parking for the rest of the visitors. It covers all its bases in more ways than one.

What's more, it enjoys spacious private pool suites, direct beachfront access to Ban Tai beach, landscaped lawns, a laundry room, maid quarters, free Wi-Fi, and a communal garden, and a communal swimming pool where you can enjoy some stress relief.

In the COVID-19 context, you can really practice social distancing care of a private beach hotel in secluded Ban Tai.

It also has its own Bar & Restaurant you can rent out to interested parties or own for yourself to entertain your patrons on top of sun loungers and an office/reception area to greet your hotel guests.

Every inch of the hotel exudes professionalism and commercial potential, and it could all be yours at an affordable price instead of having to build a new hotel from the ground up.

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16) Big Buddha

Aside from its silly name to many a foreign investor's ear, what does Big Buddha have as its claim to fame as a Koh Samui neighborhood?

This neighborhood in Koh Samui's northeastern area, located in Ko Phan—a small offshore island—is home to Wat Phra Yai, known to tourists as the Big Buddha Temple. The temple is only part of the beachfront area there.

It's specifically home to a giant, 12-meter high gold-painted Buddha statue. It's so much more well-known for the Big Buddha Temple and statue that the shorthand name for it has become Big Buddha.

The beaches there offer seclusion worthy of a rehab tourism treatment center for any tourist (that is, most tourists) sick of having to go through throngs of crowds or a sea of humanity in more public beaches.

The Caribbean and Acapulco should watch out for this immaculate beachfront neighborhood when it makes itself known to tourists everywhere in the future! It's prime real estate for the taking, with a gorgeous villa to match!

Big Buddha luxury villa for sale:

Luxury 3 Bedroom Sea View Apartment in Big Buddha

This property is in an idyllic hillside location of Big Buddha close to beaches, shops & restaurants.

Admittedly more of a commercial rental than a home for you to live in, it's still worth a look when all is said and done due to its reduced price. You're assured of excellent rental returns when push comes to shove!

You know as a potential landlord, you'll surely get takers for your 4-bedroom villa since it's near one of Thailand's key attractions that exemplify what Thailand is all about—the Big Buddha!

On top of being a beachfront property, it's also home to Thailand's equivalent of New York's Statue of Liberty or Rio De Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer.

It comes with immaculate quality finishes as a brand new apartment, 200 meters distance from the beach, fully furnished accommodations, and a contemporary chic design and décor that contrasts and complements your all-natural surroundings.

It's built to last and it offers 180-degree sea views from end to end of your compound worthy of a postcard or nature documentary poster. The fitted kitchen, meanwhile, has a modernist western design full of brand name appliances.

What better way to indulge in island life than to invest in an area wherein a world-famous tourist attraction literally lies?

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17) Hua Thanon

What about Hua Thanon? What's its deal? It's both a beach and a housing development kind of neighborhood.

The northern part of Hua Thanon beach has a small bay full of smoothened water stones on the shore. It has light reddish coarse sand and anchored pleasure boats by the shore along with motor boats and yachts that indulge in Thai water sports.

The south of the beach reaches out to the wide expanse of the sea. From there, its grainy reddish sand gets replaced with smooth grey and white fine sand instead.

It's at this serene beachfront and seaside neighborhood where you can avail of the beachside Koh Samui villa. It's located within a resort and is a 3-bedroom and 4-bathroom property.

Just on the south of Samui is a secure gated development you can depend on to safeguard yourself and your neighbors in case you wish to settle there.

Hua Thanon luxury villa for sale:

Charming 3 Bed Beachside Pool Villa in Hua Thanon

As a rental, this luxury villa in Hua Thanon assures you of excellent rental returns as with any beachfront villa with the clearest of waters and the bluest of skies along endless untouched nature.

Aside from its infinite tourism potential, the place also went through a successful in-house rental program and enjoys full property management. The villa also comes with 24-hour security, air conditioning, and well-manicured landscaped gardens.

This property can be a rental type of investment or something you can own to live in for the rest of your days in beautiful Thailand.

On top of that, the villa ensures seclusion by being hidden among lush tropical gardens that you can frolic into if you're not enjoying a dip in its stunning private swimming pool. Pools you don't have to share with the public offer amazing pristine cleanness.

You can also laze in the sun care of ample sun loungers surrounding the pool. Leave your worries behind in this apartment that makes everyday feel like an endless summer vacation.

It also comes with heartbreaking sunsets, joyous sunrises, and a tropical temperature that people who are used to four seasons will probably adore. Nobody enjoys the bitterest winters or the endless leaf raking of autumn.

Long story short, if you wish for a 3-bedroom villa with its own swimming pool, manicured lawns, and a beachfront view of a white sandy beach, then this is the deal for you.

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18) Ban Makham

To an English speaker, Ban Makham sounds like a comic book sound effect instead of a Koh Samui neighborhood. As far as Samui island realty is concerned, it's prime real estate indeed.

It's another destination property you can live in, make resorts or hotels for yourself, or use as a vacation home after retirement. Its real estate value is just as impactful as its sound effect name.

It has a beach that's renowned for its picturesque sunsets, its invigorating sunrises, its mild tropical climate, and the cleanest, most pristine beaches of infinite blue washing over soft white powdered sandbars.

Ban Makham luxury villa for sale:

Panoramic 4 Bedroom Sea View Villas in Ban Makham

This property for sale in Koh Samui is nestled in the heart of the idyllic Ban Makham hillside, surrounded by lush green coconut groves. It has a land size of 2,176 square meters and a building size of 545 square meters.

The villa has 4 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms. The 0.5 bathroom or half-bathroom, for those who don't know, is a powder room type of bathroom that comes with a toilet and sink but no shower and/or bathtub.

It also comes with an open-plan living space, high-vaulted ceiling in the living room, and a fully fitted kitchen with breakfast bar included (like the ones you'd see on resorts or in Hollywood TV sitcoms).

It also boasts 180 degrees of panoramic seaside views that look practically golden during sunset, as though everything got touched by King Midas himself.

It's part of this list of quality Koh Samui neighborhoods mostly because it's located on a hillside that ensures your complete privacy when push comes to shove. You can also indulge in private swimming in its own infinity-edge swimming pool.

It's the pool that stretches over the horizon like the sea. Even the large private terrace area will make you feel calm and relax since it's big enough for you to stroll around.

This would-be vacation home comes complete with sun beds and sun loungers galore as well as an open-plan living/dining area that keeps you close to nature. It also has a maid quarters found at the back of the house.

The infinity pool even got a floor plan for good measure as well as a high-vaulted ceiling in your living room so claustrophobia will never be a problem.

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19) Laem Yai

Laem Yai, like your boots, is a beach that's made for walking instead of swimming. You can swim in it, don't get us wrong. It's just that you can also stroll around without worrying about the coarse sand ruining your flip-flops, slippers, or crocs.

More to the point, it boasts of fine powdery soft sand with a healthy cream shade. It's like walking on baby powder but with none of the allergy-activating perfume added to it.

The Laem Yai beach sits at the western coast of the cape with the same name. It's also separated from the rest of the world by a gate of coconut trees that dominate the area.

This beach and/or neighborhood real estate development exudes the tranquility you'd expect out of a secluded land

Laem Yai luxury villa for sale:

Charming 3 Bed Tropical Beachfront Villa in Laem Yai

Become a part of this serene Koh Samui neighborhood by investing in a charming 3-bed tropical beachfront villa in Laem Yai. It features competitive pricing that you should take advantage of while property prices remain low because of the pandemic.

Get this 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom beachfront pool villa in Laem Yai. Why? Well, why not? It's a cool villa with a private pool and a practically private beach you can do romantic strolls at. What's not to love?

Your security is also ensured by the walled-in property with garden area, intruder alert (with mobile app), and CCTV security system (with mobile app and hard disk).

Right in front of you is the similarly scenic Laem Yai private beach. It keeps up with the theme of beach seclusion of this 3-part list. The villa itself also offers high-quality décor and furnishing that borders on commercial level.

To wit, it's characterized by things like the large Al Fresco outdoor dining area, stylish architectural design with an earthy brown, white, and blue theme that matches the similarly colored outdoors, 2-car private parking, and an infinity-edge pool.

There's also the maid quarters that can double as a storage room if you lack a maid, a fully fitted western kitchen, smart TVs in all the rooms, electric sun blinds with remote, and 200 MB fiber-optic Internet.

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20) Ban Kao

Last but not least (for this guide anyway) is Ban Kao. Bang Kao Beach is a panoramic area of Samui Island, sitting on the Southern coast between the mouth of the Ban Thale River and the Laem Sor Pagoda.

Ban Kao has its share of rentals and properties for sale because it's a luxury tropical beach that showcases the best locations and resources Koh Samui has to offer.

Unlike the more remote neighborhoods on this list and the last list that emphasize secluded beachfront areas ripe for future development, Ban Kao is a fully developed (if still quiet) area for residential or commercial property investment.

It's an area that emphasizes the values of serenity and harmony.

Ban Kao luxury villa for sale:

Tropical 3 Bed Beachside Villa for Sale in Ban Kao

This particular villa for sale in Ban Kao is nestled between the most lush tropical landscaped gardens. Furthermore, it is only a few minutes' drive from Lam Set and Tong Krut beaches on top of international and local restaurants. This means that you have multiple choices when it comes to beach and restaurant options.

The price for this tropical 3-bedroom, 3.5-batroom Koh Samui villa has been significantly reduced by nearly half of its original price. If you're going to invest in a Koh Samui villa then do so now and with this particular one.

It's a secure estate due to it being fully walled-in to deter any danger against robbers and ne'er-do-wells. You also have private parking, a sliding metal gate, and the added assurance that you're living in a gated community at a COVID "discount".

There's also its private landscaped garden included in the package that gives the property a sense of lushness, life, and vivacity. Its greenness complements the blue, white, and wooden décor.

Everything has been tastefully decorated and furnished throughout, so you won't have to build a charming pool villa from scratch when settling into Ban Kao in Koh Samui.

Additionally, it's a more comparatively compact property at 290 square meters in building size and 736 square meters in overall property size. It has the price it got exactly because it's on more developed land.

It comes with the requisite quality amenities and flourishes such as en-suite modern bathrooms (and a half-bathroom with toilet and sink), western fully fitted kitchen, tropical Asian open-plan design, sun-deck and sun-loungers, and a private pool.

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Conclusion

If you wish to live in any of the best Koh Samui neighborhoods, invest in a vacation rental, establish a business, or set up a timeshare, just buy a villa there today! It's a worthwhile investment now that property prices have come down.

Who doesn't want to live near a beach every single day that features jaw-dropping panoramas in the middle of Southeast Asian paradise? I doubt anyone would say no to that!

The effects of COVID-19 might persist but this too will pass. If you invest low now in order to get huge returns later, you should browse our website and invest in a Koh Samui home today!

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