Aman Residences, Maldives
Sixteen houses, each with an island to itself, and, two years after the announcement, the price, the tenure and the opening year still to be confirmed.
Artist's rendering, Aman. A computer-generated impression released by the operator; the completed building may differ.
- Price
- On request
- Stage
- Announced
- Design
- Kerry Hill Architects
We tell you what is available and arrange the introduction.
The property
Aman Residences, Maldives will place sixteen private houses on Vaavu Atoll, in the central-eastern chain of the Maldives, beside an Aman resort on the same site. Aman describes the setting as "a secluded private atoll at the easternmost tip of the island state", which is the brand's phrasing rather than geography. Vaavu, also called Felidhu, is an inhabited administrative atoll rather than a privately owned one, and it is not the country's easternmost point. What the atoll is known for is diving.
Read the full picture
Each residence occupies its own islet, with a private beach, a 25-metre swimming pool and a personal landing jetty for every house, and sizes running from five to ten bedrooms, the widest span in the brand's residential pipeline. Kerry Hill Architects, a longtime Aman collaborator, is the architect.
Aman Maldives, the hotel on the same site, is a 52-key resort with standalone pavilions of one to three bedrooms, each with its own pool, sitting on the main island and a few on quiet outlying islets. The distinction is worth holding on to when reading the marketing: the pavilions are mostly on the main island, while the sixteen residences are the ones that each take an islet of their own.
Aman lists the project as Coming Soon with no opening year, deliberately, it seems, because the same Aman development page carries dated years for other properties, 2028 for Miami Beach and Beverly Hills and 2030 for Niseko. Construction is under way on the Vaavu Atoll site, so the project has moved past paper; the timetable is to be confirmed.
Pricing for the sixteen houses is to be confirmed, as is tenure. The generic Maldives leasehold terms that circulate for resort residences are not this property's terms, and we do not repeat them. The only route Aman offers today is an enquiry, which we make on a client's behalf.
- Residences
- 16 in total, of five to 10 bedrooms each
- Each house
- Its own islet, with a private beach, a 25-metre swimming pool and a personal landing jetty.
- Architect
- Kerry Hill Architects, a longtime Aman collaborator
- Location
- Vaavu Atoll, also called Felidhu, in the central-eastern Maldives, an atoll with a strong diving reputation
- Hotel on site
- Aman Maldives, a 52-key resort on the main island, with one- to three-bedroom pavilions each having a private pool and some on outlying islets
- Status
- Listed by Aman as Coming Soon with no opening year, while the same page gives 2028 for Miami Beach and Beverly Hills and 2030 for Niseko. Construction is under way; the year is to be confirmed.
- Price
- To be confirmed
- Tenure
- To be confirmed
Owning it
How title works here, what is on the market, what it costs to run and what happens when you are away. Open the one that is your question.
How ownership works here
To be confirmed. The generic 50-to-99-year leasehold framing quoted for Maldives property is not this property's terms, so it is not repeated here.
Leasehold or freehold: which is better?
Each has its advantages, and we would not steer a buyer to one over the other in the abstract. Freehold is title in perpetuity: the home is yours outright, it passes to your heirs without a clock on it, and it is the simpler asset to finance and to sell to the widest pool of buyers. Leasehold is normally structured to 90 years, as a 30-year registered term with two further 30-year terms written into the contract in Thailand, or as a 99-year term in markets such as Singapore, and it is the route to a villa on its own land where the law keeps freehold land in local hands. On resale a lease is assigned rather than a title transferred, which in Thailand means a fraction of the transfer fees and taxes a freehold sale attracts, and a well-run branded estate keeps its resale value on the strength of the operator and the address rather than the tenure. What matters is the specific home: the years left on the term, how the renewals are secured, and what the purchase pack says about assignment. We put those three questions to the developer or the seller's side before any offer, and we tell you what comes back.
What is available now
Announced September 2024 and under construction. Nothing is built and no residence has ever transacted, so no resale market exists. Aman runs no sales process beyond an enquiry; price, size and availability are to be confirmed.
Who is behind it
Architecture and interiors
Kerry Hill Architects
The hotel on site
Aman Maldives, a 52-key resort (coming soon) on the main island of the Vaavu Atoll site, with standalone one- to three-bedroom pavilions each having a private pool and some set on quiet outlying islets. The 16 residences occupy their own separate islets nearby.
Completion
Listed by Aman as Coming Soon with no opening year, while the same development page gives 2028 for Miami Beach and Beverly Hills and 2030 for Niseko. Construction is under way on the Vaavu Atoll site; the opening year is to be confirmed.
Where it is
Vaavu Atoll, Maldives. The project is announced rather than built, so the pin marks the district; the exact plot is confirmed with the developer.
Also in Maldives, and elsewhere by Aman
Soneva / Selling
Soneva Jani Private Residences
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From USD 6,000,000
Soneva / Selling
Soneva Fushi Private Residences
Baa Atoll, Maldives · 2 to 9 bed
From USD 4,900,000
Kandima Maldives / Selling
The Coral Residences at Kandima Maldives
Kandima Island, Dhaalu Atoll, Maldives · 2 to 3 bed
From USD 1,200,000
Aman / Completed
Aman Residences, Nai Lert Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand · 1 to 4 bed
From THB 82,500,000
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