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The main pool running between two of the blocks
Off-plan, under construction - Bangrak, Koh Samui

PALM 172

Studios and apartments in a 564-unit beachside condominium a short walk from Bangrak beach, freehold to foreign buyers, from 2,990,000 THB.

VillasStudio - 2 Bedrooms
TypeBeachside Condominium
CompletionFirst handovers from December 2026
Guide price from฿2,990,000
The Development

This is the first condominium in the portfolio and the first thing to understand is why it exists at all. A foreigner cannot own land in Thailand, and every villa on this site is therefore held through a lease or a company. A condominium unit is the one exception: the Condominium Act lets a foreign buyer hold the title in their own name, with a passport and nothing else, up to 49% of the floor area of the building. Koh Samui has had almost no new condominium stock for two decades because the environmental rules make it hard to get one approved, so a scheme like this one, which cleared its Environmental Impact Assessment and has its building permit, is not something that comes round often. What is being built is a low-rise resort rather than a tower: thirteen four-storey blocks arranged around a chain of swimming pools and planting, 564 units in total, on a plot a short walk back from Bangrak beach between the pier and Fisherman's Village. Most of the apartments are studios of roughly 28 to 35 m2 laid out like a good hotel room, with a fitted kitchenette, a washer, a bathroom and a balcony or terrace facing the water, a pool or the garden. Fifty-two of the 321 units on the current price list are still unsold, fifty-one studios and a single two-bedroom with a sea view, and every one of them is quoted two ways, as a leasehold and as a foreign freehold. The show unit is finished and can be viewed, and the structure was topped out and in blockwork when the developer's site photographs were taken in May. Two things to weigh before the prices. This is a rental product first: the plan is a hotel-style letting operation run by the developer's management company, and the scheme is designed around that rather than around full-time residence. And a condominium comes with monthly charges a villa does not, 80 THB per m2 per month plus a one-off sinking fund of 800 THB per m2.

  • Freehold title in a foreign buyer’s own name, which a villa on Koh Samui cannot give you
  • From 2,990,000 THB for a studio, the lowest entry price in the portfolio
  • A short walk from Bangrak beach, between the pier and Fisherman’s Village
  • Ten minutes from the airport, five from Fisherman’s Village and the Big Buddha
  • Thirteen low-rise blocks around a chain of pools, not a tower
  • Every unit quoted both as freehold and as leasehold, so you can price the difference
  • Delivered fitted and furnished, with a hotel-style letting programme run on site
  • The show unit is finished and can be viewed before you commit
Floor area & layouts

Four unit types.

Every unit is quoted twice, once as a leasehold and once as a foreign freehold, and the gap between the two is worth doing the arithmetic on: on the cheapest studios it is about 600,000 THB, on the sea-view units on the current list it disappears altogether. Freehold is the reason most foreign buyers look at a condominium in the first place, so ask which units still sit inside the building's 49% foreign quota before you choose. The prices below are the lowest currently available in each group, taken from the developer's price list of 25 August 2026, and they move with the block, the floor and the view. Availability changes week to week, so treat the counts as a snapshot and ask us for the live list.

Studio, pool or garden view

Studio
Size28.11 - 31.05 m2
Available43 units across blocks C, D, E, F, H and M
LayoutOpen-plan living and sleeping, fitted kitchenette, bathroom, balcony or terrace
Leasehold from2,990,000 THB
Freehold from3,600,000 THB
ViewPool, garden, or set back into the gardens
Guide price from฿2,990,000
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Studio, sea view

Studio
Size33.5 m2
Available2 units, block A, third floor
LayoutOpen-plan living and sleeping, fitted kitchenette, bathroom with a tub, sea-facing balcony
Leasehold6,030,000 THB
Freehold6,030,000 THB
ViewStraight out to sea
Guide price from฿6,030,000
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Two bedroom, sea view

2 BR
Size58.68 m2
Available1 unit, block B, ground floor
LayoutTwo bedrooms, living and dining, kitchen, private lift access to the unit
Leasehold9,095,400 THB
Freehold11,736,000 THB
ViewSea
Guide price from฿9,095,400
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Beachfront villa, on request

4 BR
Land plot800 m2
Built area461 m2, 223 m2 indoors and 238 m2 outdoors
Bedrooms4
FurnishingFully furnished
HandoverAbout 9 months from signing the sale agreement
NoteOne villa, quoted separately from the apartment price list
Guide price from฿80,000,000
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Guide prices are indicative only, subject to change and availability. Currency conversions are approximate.

Turnkey

What the price includes

The apartments are handed over fitted and furnished to the specification of the show unit, which is finished on site and can be walked through before you reserve. The figures below are the purchase price of the unit; the government transfer fee, the monthly charge and the sinking fund are separate and listed under Investment.

Ownership & returns

An investment, by design.

5 - 10% netthe developer’s own estimate, daily lettings

That range is the developer's, not ours, and it is worth reading how they got there. Their model takes three real units, a sea-view studio at 6.03M, a pool-access studio at 4.85M and a pool-and-garden studio at 4.04M, assumes an average nightly rate of 3,250 to 4,500 THB, and runs occupancy from 40% up to 70%, which is below the island average they quote. After 15% for management, 10% for utilities and 25% income tax, the net comes out between roughly 5% and 10% a year depending on the unit and how full it runs. On a long lease rather than nightly bookings the same model gives about 4% net. The marketing flyer also carries the words 'guaranteed rental returns' and the brochure an '8 - 15%' estimate; neither is supported by anything in the documents we have, so we are not repeating them as a promise. Before reserving we would ask the developer for the rental management agreement in writing, with the split, the term, the notice period and what happens to the promised zero maintenance fee while the unit is in the programme, and for confirmation of how much foreign freehold quota is left in each block. Ask us and we will get it.

Entry price2,990,000 THB leasehold, 3,600,000 THB freehold, studio in block M
Availability52 of 321 units on the price list of 25 August 2026
OwnershipForeign freehold under the Condominium Act, or leasehold
Transfer fee1% to the government, on top of the purchase price
Monthly charge80 THB per m2 per month
Sinking fund800 THB per m2, paid once
LettingHotel-style management programme run on site by the developer
Long-let alternativeAbout 4% net on the developer’s own model
ApprovalsEIA, building permit and title deeds issued

Off-plan payment plan

  • 50,000 THBReservationOn signing the reservation agreement
  • 30% less the reservationSale and purchase agreement7 to 15 days after reserving
  • 40%Structure completeReached, on the developer’s schedule
  • 20%Interior fit-out startsFrom March 2026
  • 10%Transfer of ownershipFrom December 2026
  • 1%Government transfer feeAt the Land Office, on top of the price

Construction started April 2025 - structure completed late 2025 - interior fit-out from March 2026 - first ownership transfers from December 2026 - last transfers around April 2027, on the developer’s estimate

Location

Bangrak, Koh Samui.

Bangrak is the working end of the north coast: the pier that the Koh Phangan boats leave from, the Big Buddha on its little island, a beach that runs for a couple of kilometres with restaurants and small hotels along it, and the airport just behind. It is the most convenient corner of Samui to arrive in and the easiest to let, which is exactly why a rental-led scheme sits here rather than somewhere prettier and further out. Fisherman's Village and the Friday walking market are five minutes west, Choeng Mon and its calmer sand ten minutes east, and Chaweng with Central Festival about a quarter of an hour south. The blocks themselves are set back one road from the sand, behind the strip of beachfront plots, so the beach is a walk rather than a doorstep.

  • Bangrak beach2 min walk
  • Big Buddha and Bangrak pier5 min
  • Fisherman’s Village and Bophut beach5 min
  • Samui International Airport10 min
  • Choeng Mon beach10 min
  • Wattanapat Hospital Samui10 min
  • Central Festival Samui and Chaweng15 min
Aerial view near PALM 172 Approximate area shown. The exact plot and address are shared privately, at viewing.
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