Aman Residences, Nai Lert Bangkok

Aman Nai Lert Bangkok, the 52-suite hotel in the same building, opened in April 2025, so the operator is on site rather than lending a name. Hotel suites begin at 94 square metres. The building holds a three-storey, 1,500-square-metre Aman Spa with eight treatment rooms, a Banya Spa House, hydrotherapy and Medical Wellness by Hertitude Clinic, and rooms for eating and drinking that include Arva, the 1872 bar, Sesui omakase, Hiori teppanyaki, the Aman Club, the Aman Lounge and a cigar bar. A twelve-metre tree sculpture of 6,000 hand-crafted gold leaves, which darken into black as they ascend, rises through the building, and 3,000 hand-spun wooden tops hang in the lobby in the form of the Thai numeral one when seen from above.

The number of residences in the tower is not a settled figure. Aman's own materials give both 'no more than 34 residences over 18 floors' and '52 spacious suites and 39 branded residences', the launch numbers ran to 42 and 50, and the resale market carries 33, 42 and 50 at different times. Some of Aman's residence copy is also still written in the future tense ('each will offer', 'Most will feature private terraces and 3.2-metre ceilings') more than a year after the tower opened, which is the likeliest reason the figures disagree. We therefore give no unit count for the property, and this is to be confirmed at the point of an offer.

How the homes are held has never been set out in one authoritative place. The resale market describes the tenure as leasehold in some places and freehold in others, the original Aman and Nai Lert partnership was structured as a long-term leasehold, and Aman itself states no tenure. Thailand's framework permits either route in principle (a registered lease capped at 30 years, or freehold within the 49 per cent foreign quota of a condominium's registered floor area) so the answer cannot be inferred. A buyer needs the tenure, the term if there is one, and the transfer mechanics in writing from the developer before anything else is discussed, and that is the first document we ask for.

Everything on the market is resale, and we know of no unsold developer stock. Current asking prices run from THB 82,500,000 for a one-bedroom of 127 square metres to THB 162,000,000 for a two-bedroom of 337 square metres, which works out at THB 480,712 per square metre. A three-bedroom of 373 square metres is asked at THB 199,000,000, and a further home is on the market at a price on request. Ask us and we will tell you who holds each of them.

Aman Residences, Nai Lert Bangkok suits a buyer who wants a Bangkok home run by the operator in the same building and is buying the land and the brand rather than an income. Nai Lert Park is the argument in favour: seven private acres in the embassy district, held by one family since 1915, cannot be reproduced nearby, and a client can stay in the hotel before committing to anything. The arguments against are shallow resale depth, a handful of homes on the market at any one time, and the two questions that have to be to be confirmed, tenure and service charge. Via Privata introduces clients to the seller's side directly and holds no listing on this building.