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Manick Hillside II: Phuket’s Gem-Like Pool Villa in Cherngtalay
There are perhaps a handful of villas on Phuket that genuinely earn the word rare. Manick Hillside II is one of them. A single ultra-boutique pool villa perched on the hillside terrain of Cherngtalay, one of Bang Tao’s most sought-after sub-districts, this is not a development measured in units sold. It is a single statement: one home, one buyer, one extraordinary address.
The name says everything you need to know. “Manick” derives from the Sanskrit word for jewel or gem, and this sequel to the original Manick Hillside project carries that philosophy forward in every design decision. This is not mass-market luxury. It is the opposite of mass-market anything.
At 45,000,000 THB, Manick Hillside II sits firmly in Phuket’s top-tier villa segment, a price point where buyers are not comparing spreadsheets, they are comparing lifestyles.
Location: Cherngtalay Hillside, Bang Tao
The hillside position of Manick Hillside II elevates the property, literally and figuratively, above the coastal flatlands. Elevated terrain in Bang Tao is genuinely scarce. Most developments in the area sit on level ground close to the beach, which means hillside properties here command both a premium and a degree of exclusivity that flat-land projects simply cannot replicate.
From an elevated vantage point in Cherngtalay, views typically sweep across tropical greenery toward the Andaman Sea on clear days. For a villa at this price point, the setting is the first amenity.
The area itself needs little introduction for buyers already familiar with Phuket. Boat Avenue is a 5-minute drive. Blue Tree Phuket, the island’s largest lifestyle complex, is close by. Nai Thon Beach and Layan Beach are reachable in under 15 minutes. Phuket International Airport is approximately 25 minutes north.
Villa: Ultra-Boutique Architecture
What “hillside villa” means in practice: the architecture typically steps with the land rather than fighting it. Split levels, cantilevered sections, and framed views become structural tools rather than decorative afterthoughts. The result tends to be a home that feels organically connected to its terrain, something flat-land villas can rarely achieve.
The pool villa format is standard for luxury Bang Tao, but at 45M THB, the pool, the landscaping, and the interior finish are expected to exceed standard. Based on the extensive interior photography (six interior views), the project has invested heavily in documenting its inside: a strong signal that the interiors are the competitive advantage here, not just the views.
Contemporary finishes, high-spec kitchens, and open-plan living areas that blur the boundary between inside and outside are the hallmark of serious Phuket luxury villas at this level.
Price and Payment Plan
There is no unit range here, no entry-level option. This is a single price for a single villa, which tells you something important about the buyer profile this project is designed for.
The 6-stage payment plan:
| Stage | % | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Reservation / Contract | 35% | ~15,750,000 THB |
| Foundation complete | 15% | ~6,750,000 THB |
| Structure complete | 15% | ~6,750,000 THB |
| Roof / MEP complete | 15% | ~6,750,000 THB |
| Fit-out complete | 15% | ~6,750,000 THB |
| Transfer | 5% | ~2,250,000 THB |
The 35% reservation is higher than many Phuket projects, typical of boutique luxury developments where the developer needs strong early commitment before beginning work. The final 5% on transfer is a clean, low-risk close for the buyer.
For buyers considering this in USD or EUR equivalent: at current exchange rates, 45M THB translates to approximately $1.25-1.35M USD, positioning it firmly in the lower-mid tier of international ultra-luxury but at the upper tier of the Phuket market.
Investment Considerations
Profile 1, The lifestyle buyer: Someone purchasing a primary or secondary residence in Southeast Asia. They want a private address in a prestigious part of Phuket that is genuinely different from the resort-style condominium crowd.
Profile 2, The ultra-premium rental investor: Villas at this price point can generate strong nightly rates through managed luxury rental channels, often in the 15,000-30,000 THB per night range for high-spec hillside properties in Bang Tao during high season. At those rates, even moderate occupancy can produce meaningful income.
Bang Tao continues to outperform most of Phuket in terms of land value appreciation. The combination of Laguna’s branded hospitality infrastructure, proximity to the airport, and Cherngtalay’s organic retail and dining ecosystem has created a self-reinforcing luxury destination effect that shows no sign of reversing.
No completion date is currently confirmed for Manick Hillside II. For a boutique single-villa project, this is not unusual, construction timelines for custom-grade hillside builds are inherently less predictable than multi-unit condominium projects. Buyers should treat this as a custom build timeline and factor in a buffer accordingly.
Who Is Manick Hillside II For?
It is not for first-time Phuket investors testing the market with a studio unit. It is not for buyers who need rental income from day one to service a mortgage. It is for the buyer who understands that scarcity itself is a form of value, that owning one of the very few hillside luxury villas in Cherngtalay carries intrinsic worth that no condo complex can replicate.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Manick is derived from the Sanskrit word for jewel or gem. The name reflects the boutique, precious nature of the project, a single ultra-luxury villa rather than a mass-market development.
Manick Hillside II is a single pool villa, ultra-boutique by design. There is one fixed price (45,000,000 THB) and one property. This is intentional positioning in the top tier of the Phuket villa market.
No official completion date has been confirmed for Manick Hillside II. For a custom-grade boutique hillside villa, construction timelines are project-specific. Contact our team for the latest build schedule update.
Yes. Foreign buyers typically purchase Phuket villas through leasehold (30+30+30 year structures) or via a Thai company structure for freehold ownership. Our team can walk you through the legal options specific to this property.
High-specification hillside pool villas in Bang Tao can achieve nightly rates of 15,000 to 30,000 THB or more during peak season through premium rental management platforms. The ultra-boutique nature of the property positions it well for exclusive rental audiences.
The plan starts with 35% on reservation/contract, followed by four construction milestone payments of 15% each, and a final 5% on transfer. This links buyer payments to construction progress, reducing financial exposure during the build phase.
Six villas, one price, 550 square metres each
The scheme is six three-bedroom villas of 550 square metres, each at 45M THB: roughly 81,800 THB per square metre.
Six identical houses at an identical price means the developer treats the plots as equivalent, and that is the one claim worth testing on the ground, because with the same villa at the same money the plot is the entire difference between them.
Walk all six. Note what each faces and what it backs onto, where the afternoon sun lands on the terrace, how far each sits from the entrance, and whether any is overlooked by neighbouring land or by something that could be built on it. If one is plainly better you are getting it at no premium; if they truly are equivalent you have spent an hour confirming the pricing.
Ask which have sold and in what order. On a six-villa scheme the sequence is the clearest available signal about which positions buyers who saw all six preferred.
550 square metres with three bedrooms
That is a very large three-bedroom, roughly the footprint many developers give a five-bedroom, and the space sits in the living areas, the terraces and the room sizes rather than in the bedroom count.
It is an excellent product for a couple or a small family in residence, and a more awkward one as a letting asset, because holiday villas are priced by capacity. A 550 square metre three-bedroom competes for bookings against 300 square metre three-bedrooms at similar nightly rates, since the guest counts beds rather than square metres, while costing considerably more to cool, clean and maintain.
So be clear which you are buying it for. As a home it is strong value per square metre. As a rental business the arithmetic is less favourable, and it is worth asking whether the layout could take a fourth bedroom without compromising the living space, a question far cheaper to answer before construction than after.
A hillside plot: the checks the position requires
Elevation is what makes the outlook and it is also what generates the maintenance.
Find out what is holding the slope up on either side of the villa, which engineer designed it, and, the question almost nobody puts, whose job it is to keep it standing once the developer has gone. On a small hillside estate that duty can sit with the individual owner, with the estate, or with nobody, and the estate documents rather than the sales conversation should answer it.
Ask for the drainage design: where a downpour is meant to go, and whether any of it crosses your plot on the way. Ask what the access road does in the monsoon, and drive it in rain if the season allows.
Then ask what the view depends on. An outlook over lower ground is held at the discretion of whoever owns that ground, so establish what the land between the villa and the horizon is zoned for and what height could lawfully be built there.
Ownership and running cost
Foreign individuals are shut out of freehold land here, which leaves two structures: a lease registered against the plot with the house titled to you, or a Thai company that owns the land and in which you hold shares. Registration runs to a maximum of 30 years in a single term; have counsel you appointed read what is promised beyond it and establish who is bound.
On cost, a 550 square metre house on a hillside plot funds alone what a condominium shares, and both the floor area and the slope push the figure up. Ask the developer for its annual estimate per villa, then ask an independent villa manager in Cherng Talay what they would quote for the same house. Ask separately what the six households pay between them for the access road, the gate, the lighting and the landscaping, and what the developer covers while villas remain unsold. On a six-plot scheme one unsold villa is a sixth of the budget.
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