3-Bed Mountain Villa

Most Lamai hillside villas sell you the view. This one sells you the setting. The plot is built around a natural stream and waterfall that runs through the estate, with granite boulders left in place rather than cleared, so the pool terrace sits against rock and running water instead of a retaining wall. It is a genuinely unusual thing to find on Samui, where hillside plots are normally levelled flat before anyone starts building. This villa is finished. It is complete, fully furnished and ready to move into, on a 564 sqm plot with 395 sqm of living space. The house is arranged with the living floor raised to catch the light: stairs bring you up into a single open volume holding lounge, dining and a fitted kitchen, wrapped in full height glass that slides away to the terrace. The elevation and the tree cover do the cooling, so the space stays comfortable without running air conditioning all day, and the sound of the water carries through the open rooms. Outside, a saltwater pool with an infinity edge runs along the terrace and looks straight out over the waterfall, with timber decking, a sala at the poolside and space to sit at the rock face. The planting has been left largely as it was found. The three bedrooms are all en suite, with a fourth bathroom serving the living floor, finished in pale timber and stone with floor to ceiling glazing to the treetops. Bathrooms are done properly, dark tile and glass with garden outlooks rather than the usual internal boxes. The practical side is resolved: a private deep well with its own water storage tank, three phase electricity, a lightning protection system, two covered parking spaces, an automatic gate with CCTV and wide communal roads through the estate. It is a small development of eleven houses rather than an estate, so the setting stays quiet. Other houses here are at varying stages, some complete and some still under construction; this one is finished. Lamai town, the beach and the restaurants are a short drive down the hill, with the airport and Chaweng within easy reach on the east coast road. Available freehold with Chanote title, or on a thirty year lease.