1-Bedroom Condos for Sale in Kamala (2026)

Most Phuket areas differentiate by street or by distance to the sand. Kamala differentiates vertically, and the gap between the two halves is wide enough that a single average for the bay describes neither.

A one-bedroom is where the split matters most, because it is the format bought both to let and to live in. On the hill and on the flat, those two uses pull in opposite directions.

The hill and the flat are two products

	The hillside one-bedroom	The one-bedroom on the flat
What you are paying for	Elevation and the outlook	Proximity and the walk
Getting anywhere	A car or a reliable transfer, always	On foot, most of the time
Guest who books it	Couples, view-led, longer stays	Beach-led guests, families, shorter stays
Evenings	Quiet, and dark on the access road	Closer to noise, and to dinner
The seasonal question	Access and drainage in heavy rain	Beach conditions and crowding
Who buys it from you	Someone who wants that specific view	A wider pool who wants the location
Liquidity at exit	Narrower, more specific	Broader

The elevated flat is a specific product with a specific buyer. That is a strength while the view is genuinely good and a weakness when you need to sell in a hurry, because the person who wants a hillside one-bedroom in Kamala has to be found rather than waited for.

The flat below is the more liquid asset and usually the lower headline rate per night. It compensates with a wider audience at every stage: more guests, more tenants, more buyers.

The failure is not choosing wrongly. It is choosing without noticing, then being disappointed by whichever half you did not buy.

What Kamala one-bedrooms cost

Project	Status	Unit sizes in project	Project price range (THB)	Entry, approx. USD
The Element Condo	Off-plan	30-93 sqm	4,248,640 - 31,867,290	~$130,000
Citygate	Ready	34 sqm	4,273,840 - 9,072,858	~$131,000
CityGate De Phuket	Off-plan	46 sqm	6,210,000 - 26,740,000	~$190,000
MGallery Residences, MontAzure	Off-plan	65-72 sqm	10,535,275 - 15,414,400	~$322,000

Four schemes is a short list, and the spread across it is the point: the range covers both halves of the bay, so an average would be meaningless. Both the size and price columns describe whole buildings, so ask for a one-bedroom on a named floor in baht. The dollar column is a planning-rate conversion.

Elevation is a large part of what separates these numbers. Before comparing two flats on price per square metre, establish which half of the bay each one is in, otherwise you are comparing a view with a walk and calling it a discount.

Checking the half you chose

If you are buying on the hill:

Drive the access road at night and again in heavy rain, then reverse down it.
Establish who owns and maintains that road, and whether a right to use it is recorded against the title of the land it crosses.
Ask what sits below you, who owns it, and what may be built there. A hillside price is a price for an outlook, and an outlook is a claim on somebody else’s land.
Check the parking, and check it for the number of cars a household actually has.

If you are buying on the flat:

Walk the route to the sand in the middle of the day, in the heat, carrying something.
Sit on the balcony after dark before deciding what the noise position really is.
Check the ground-floor and lower-level position against drainage in heavy rain.
Look at what is under construction nearby, because on the flat a new building changes your outlook far faster than it does above.

Ownership

Foreign buyers take condominium units freehold within each building’s 49% floor-area allowance, confirmed on paper in square metres, dated, against the flat itself before any money moves.

One local point is worth adding. In a bay with few schemes, a building where the foreign side is full does not simply send you to the next tower, there may not be an equivalent one in the half of the bay you wanted. So establish the position before you commit emotionally to a particular flat, and be careful with a leasehold fallback on a one-bedroom: this is the format people live in, and a capped thirty-year term narrows your buyer pool to investors at precisely the moment you want it wide.

Buyer scenarios

Profile	What fits	The question that decides it
View-led owner-occupier	Hillside, with the land below checked	Who owns the plots below, and what may go on them?
Convenience-led owner-occupier	On the flat, near daily services	Have you walked to the beach in the heat?
Income buyer wanting liquidity	The flat, generally	Do you need a wide buyer pool at exit?
Income buyer selling a view	Hillside, marketed honestly on the view	Is the outlook genuinely good, or merely elevated?
Buyer wanting both	Neither half gives both	Which one are you actually willing to give up?

Insider tip: ask an agent to show you one hillside and one flat one-bedroom on the same afternoon, in that order, and end the day with the drive back up the hill at dusk. Doing both in one day is the only way to feel the trade rather than read about it, and the drive at dusk is the part that changes people’s minds, in either direction.

Before you commit

Which half of the bay the flat is in, stated plainly, before any price comparison.
On the hill: access road ownership, a recorded right of way, the road driven at night and in rain.
On the hill: ownership and permitted use of the land below the view.
On the flat: the walk to the sand done on foot in the heat, and the balcony after dark.
Parking, counted against real household needs.
Remaining foreign allowance in square metres, dated, for your unit.
The building’s monthly charge and reserve position.
Comparable resale times for the half you chose, not for the bay as a whole.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the hill or the flat better in Kamala?

They are different products rather than better and worse. The hill sells elevation and quiet and requires a car for everything; the flat sells the walk and gives up the panorama. The hillside flat has a narrower, more specific buyer at resale, and the one below is more liquid at a lower nightly rate. The mistake is not choosing one - it is paying the hillside premium while assuming the flat's convenience, or the reverse.

What should I check on a hillside one-bedroom?

The access and the land below. Drive the road at night and in heavy rain and then reverse down it, establish who owns and maintains it and whether the right to use it is recorded against the title of the land it crosses, and check parking against the number of cars a household really has. Then ask who owns the plots below your outlook and what may be built there, because a hillside price is a price for a view and a view is a claim on somebody else's land.

Why do the prices vary so widely in Kamala?

Largely because the range covers both halves of the bay. Elevation, outlook and the walk to the sand move the number more than finishes do, so a single average for Kamala describes neither half. Before comparing two flats on price per square metre, establish which half each sits in - otherwise you are comparing a view against a walk and mistaking the difference for a discount.

Does the choice affect how easily I can sell?

Yes, and it is the part buyers weigh least. A hillside one-bedroom is bought by someone who specifically wants that view, so the buyer has to be found rather than waited for and the sale is usually slower. A flat near the daily services appeals to a broader pool - guests, tenants and purchasers alike - and generally moves faster at a lower rate. Ask for comparable resale times for the half you are buying rather than for the bay.

Can foreigners buy a one-bedroom in Kamala freehold?

Yes, within each building's 49% floor-area allowance, confirmed in square metres and dated against your specific unit. With only a few schemes here, a building whose foreign side is full may have no equivalent alternative in the half of the bay you wanted, so check early. Be cautious with a leasehold fallback on this format: a one-bedroom is what people actually live in, and a capped thirty-year term narrows your buyers to investors.

What does a one-bedroom in Kamala cost?

The schemes here run from roughly 4,200,000 THB to over 30,000,000 THB, but those ranges cover entire buildings and both halves of the bay - the top belongs to the largest apartments in the most elevated positions. Ask for a one-bedroom on a named floor, quoted in baht, and treat the scheme's entry figure as the cheapest thing in the building rather than the price of the flat you want.

Related Guides:

Kamala Beach Property Guide, the bay split into its two halves
Best 1-Bedroom Condos in Phuket, how the areas compare on this format
Hillside Due Diligence, access, drainage and the ground
Phuket Rental Yield Guide, what a headline percentage leaves out
Off-Plan Property in Phuket, handover and developer risk