Andara Resort & Residences
Andara occupies a headland above Kamala Bay, and the group that built the estate still runs the hotel inside it.
Photograph, Andara Resort & Villas.
- Price
- From USD 800,000
- Stage
- Completed
- Bedrooms
- 2 to 7
We tell you what is available and arrange the introduction.
The property
The name in common use compresses two projects into one. Andara Resort Villas and Spa, 26 private pool villas and a spa, completed in 2008. Andara Resort Residences, the 37 suites and penthouses the property takes its name from, followed in 2009. The estate runs to 63 keys including those 26 villas, with the two phases treated separately. A third property, Andara Signature, added seven pool villas in 2015 and is a different product entirely.
Read the full picture
Developer and operator are the same party here. Paradise Group built Andara under Allan Zeman's Lan Kwai Fong Group, and Andara Hospitality Group lists development, hotel management and asset management as its own activities, with both Andara phases among its completed projects. That structure matters for anyone weighing Andara against a Four Seasons or Rosewood residence: those are hotel brands attached to a developer's building under licence, while Andara is a resort with residences inside it, owned and run by one group. No licence disclaimer of the usual kind appears anywhere, because there is no licence.
Pricing is to be confirmed's own sales arm. Residences start from USD 800,000 for a two-bedroom, USD 1.5 million for a three-bedroom and USD 4 million for a four-bedroom, with villas from USD 4.5 million, every one a 'from' price. There is no ceiling for the estate, and resale asking prices at the top vary widely, so we price a specific unit directly.
Tenure follows the standard Thai pattern: foreign freehold inside the statutory 49 percent condominium quota, leasehold beyond it, the default position for a registered Thai condominium rather than an Andara-specific guarantee, and one to be confirmed on the specific unit. A rental pool exists: residence owners may use it alongside the resort facilities, managed in conjunction with Andara Hospitality Group, and the terms of that arrangement are agreed directly.
Several basics are to be confirmed here. Entry sizes for the same accommodation are given differently in different places, so the floor area is to be confirmed. No architect is credited. The service charge is to be confirmed. Anyone going further needs the actual unit (its title, its quota position and its share of common costs) rather than the estate-level picture.
- Address
- 15 Moo 6, Kamala, Kathu, Phuket
- Estate size
- 63 keys, including 26 private pool villas
- Residences phase
- 37 suites and penthouses, completed 2009
- Villas phase
- 26 private pool villas and a spa, completed 2008
- Developer
- Paradise Group, under Allan Zeman's Lan Kwai Fong Group
- Operator
- Andara Hospitality Group, development, hotel management and asset management
- Entry price
- From USD 800,000 for a two-bedroom residence
- Unit schedule
- 12 types across terrace suites, pool suites, penthouse pool suites and pool villas of four to seven bedrooms
- Tenure
- Foreign freehold within the 49 percent condominium quota, leasehold beyond it
- Hotel standing
- Forbes Travel Guide "Recommended"; Preferred Hotels & Resorts member
The homes
Named exactly as the developer or the seller's agent names them. Sizes appear only where they are published.
Two-bedroom residence
2 bed
Floor area deliberately left out. The operator's two own sites publish different entry sizes.
Three-bedroom residence
3 bed
Four-bedroom residence
4 bed
Pool villa
4-7 bed
Pool villas belong to the 2008 phase; the official unit schedule runs them from four to seven bedrooms.
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
Foreign freehold inside the statutory 49 percent condominium quota, leasehold beyond it, the standard structure for a registered Thai condominium, and the default position rather than a guarantee attached to any particular unit. The quota position of a specific residence is checked before an offer.
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
Resale is the only route in. Somewhere between 14 and 28 units are on the market at any time, with asking prices spanning roughly THB 42.6 million to THB 532.6 million at the extremes, the rough shape of the market rather than a price. The developer's sales arm gives from-prices and states no ceiling; we price a specific unit directly.
Letting it when you are away
A rental pool exists: owners of Andara Residences may use the Andara rental pool services as well as the resort facilities, managed in conjunction with Andara Hospitality Group. The mechanism (deduction basis, owner-use allowance, minimum commitment and term) is agreed directly with the operator.
Who is behind it
Developer
Paradise Group, under Allan Zeman's Lan Kwai Fong Group (Hong Kong). Property registrations name the developing entity as Andara Resort and Villas Company.
The hotel on site
Andara Resort & Villas, the hotel on the same estate, managed by Andara Hospitality Group. The resort trades normally and takes 2026 bookings, holds a Forbes Travel Guide 'Recommended' rating and belongs to Preferred Hotels & Resorts.
Completion
Two phases, not one. Andara Resort Villas and Spa completed in 2008; Andara Resort Residences, the 37-suite phase the name usually refers to, completed in 2009.
Where it is
Kamala, Thailand.
Also in Thailand, and elsewhere by Andara
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The Ritz-Carlton / Resale only
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Mandarin Oriental / Resale only
The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok
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How this works
Via Privata is a travel advisory. We do not sell property and we are not the developer, the seller, or a licensed real-estate broker in any of the markets on these pages. What we do is introduce a buyer to the developer or to the agent selling a home, and stay alongside for the parts we are useful for. The sale is concluded directly between you and them.
Where an introduction leads to a purchase we may be paid a fee by the developer or its appointed agent, and we do not act for both sides of the same transaction.
Every price on these pages was verified by us against a live published asking price on the date shown. Asking prices and availability in this market move constantly, so treat every figure as indicative and as of its stated date, and expect it to be re-confirmed before anything is agreed. Where a figure is not published anywhere, we say so rather than estimate it. Ask us and we will tell you what is available today and arrange the introduction.
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