Villas and houses for sale in Hua Hin

A finished house or one still being built

132 of the 171 projects here are completed, which in Hua Hin usually means a house you can walk through, turn the taps on in and come back to after rain. That matters more than it sounds: our guide for retirees warns that ground-floor villas in low sois can pool water, something no render shows and a wet-season visit does.

The 39 projects still being built trade that certainty for a choice of plot and finish. Pay in stages tied to construction, keep a refund right if the build stops, and visit the developer’s earlier estates; only 85 of the 171 cards name a developer at all, so ask. This page shows the stage each project has reached, not a promised completion date; the developer’s current schedule comes with the price list.

Hin Lek Fai, Thap Tai, Nong Kae, Cha-Am or Pran Buri

Hin Lek Fai is where most of the new pool-villa estates go up, on flat land ten to fifteen minutes from the beach, built by national builders such as Supalai alongside small local firms. Thap Tai has among the cheapest estates and the largest plots, with a fifteen to twenty-five minute drive to the beach; on some outer sois the water comes from a borehole or a tanker, so ask before you buy.

Nong Kae, the southern half of town down to Khao Takiab, is the most built-up part of the resort and the closest to the beach on foot, with hillside estates behind the temple hill. Cha-Am to the north and Pran Buri to the south are separate towns: Pran Buri’s estates sit on the flat land at Wang Phong, twenty to thirty minutes from the centre of Hua Hin, and Sam Roi Yot beyond it is about forty-five minutes away, with thin services.

Time the drive at the hour you would make it. The retirees guide puts villas around Black Mountain and Soi 88 at twenty-five to thirty-five minutes from town in traffic.

An estate home or a small project of villas

Of the 171 projects that state a size, 43 have ten houses or fewer and 15 have a hundred or more; the median is 20. These are two different purchases. A large estate by a national builder is planned for Thai families and often quotes a freehold price, which applies to a Thai or corporate buyer; a foreigner takes the same house with the land on a lease. Resale is to the same broad market of Thai buyers.

A small project by a local builder is usually a handful of pool villas with more privacy and a bigger plot, sold by the owner or a single agent. Its record is whatever you can see of the builder’s previous houses, so drive out and see them.

Retiring into a Hua Hin house

Hua Hin’s pull for retirees is practical. It has Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin, run by Thailand’s largest private hospital group, and the smaller San Paulo Hospital; two well-known golf courses, Black Mountain and the Royal Hua Hin; and an active expatriate club. Hua Hin’s small airport has few scheduled flights, so most owners fly into Bangkok and drive the two and a half to three hours.

The visa and the house are separate. A retirement visa holder renews each year at the Hua Hin Immigration Office, under the financial conditions set out in the retirees guide. Buying a house gives no visa, and the visa does not let you own land.

What the lease on a Hua Hin house gives you

The house can be registered in your name, and the land under it is leased for up to 30 years per registration at the Land Office. Further terms written into a 30+30+30 contract are the developer’s undertaking rather than a right on the land, as our guide to retiring in Thailand explains, and the same guide is clear that a Thai company is the wrong answer for a retiree’s home. Check that the lease will be registered, that the renewal terms are written into the contract, and whether it can pass to your heirs.