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Balibiza Properties: Bali Villa Development and Management

Prepared by: NovAsia Editorial Team

Balibiza Properties is a villa business with three overlapping services: development and construction, holiday rentals, and ongoing property management. That combination matters to a buyer who intends to let a villa, because the construction agreement and the later operating agreement may involve different duties, costs and counterparties. A management listing alone does not prove that Balibiza built or sold the property. The company's own website places The Sixth Sense in Kerobokan and introduces Ocean Bay Villas in Cemagi as a more recent project. Those are identifiable references, not evidence that every unit has been handed over. Nor do the available pages establish the registered Indonesian entity that would grant the relevant land rights or receive a buyer's funds. The commercial brand and the legal contracting party still need to be matched.

NameBalibiza
BrandBalibiza
Identity evidence
  • This profile is based on the listed public sources; the company’s role in a specific contract must be checked separately.

Who appears in the public record

Balibiza Properties is a villa business with three overlapping services: development and construction, holiday rentals, and ongoing property management. That combination matters to a buyer who intends to let a villa, because the construction agreement and the later operating agreement may involve different duties, costs and counterparties. A management listing alone does not prove that Balibiza built or sold the property.

The company's own website places The Sixth Sense in Kerobokan and introduces Ocean Bay Villas in Cemagi as a more recent project. Those are identifiable references, not evidence that every unit has been handed over. Nor do the available pages establish the registered Indonesian entity that would grant the relevant land rights or receive a buyer's funds. The commercial brand and the legal contracting party still need to be matched.

What the sources support

The brand is not anonymous: the company website identifies its founder, shows team members, describes rental operations and links to two named development offers. These are meaningful starting points for enquiries, not substitutes for corporate records, plot title, permits or completion evidence. The older Sixth Sense page mentions an IMB building permit; the Ocean Bay brochure claims permits are secured but does not supply documents that can be checked against the specific plots. Indonesia's official building-permit system distinguishes construction approval (PBG) from a certificate of fitness for use (SLF), so the actual documents and their applicability matter.

There is also a material tenure inconsistency in the public information. Ocean Bay's own brochure describes a 25-year land lease and a potential 20-year renewal subject to future market terms. A third-party developer directory repeats a 30-plus-25-year structure for Ocean Bay, although Balibiza's website uses that latter formulation for The Sixth Sense. Neither advertising statement replaces the signed lease, its start date, renewal pricing mechanism or confirmation that the party granting the rights can do so.

For that reason, a numerical trust score would say little. The useful conclusion is narrower: Balibiza has traceable operations and marketing materials, while the documents that determine the buyer's enforceable rights remain unverified.

Developer evidence

BrandBalibiza
Identity evidence
  • Public materials and sources disclosed at the foot of this page.
Public record
  • Founder Uwe Kraus is a named person on the Balibiza website, which says his hands-on Bali building experience began with a private house in Pererenan in 2020. The site also describes his earlier real-estate and villa-management work in Ibiza. These are company accounts of the founder's background; they should not be converted into a verified tally of completed residential developments. The Ocean Bay Villas brochure sets out a small coastal scheme of eight proposed two-bedroom villas, each marketed with a private pool and a rooftop pool. It is useful for understanding the intended product, but it offers no independently verified handover record or as-built documentation. Balibiza's older The Sixth Sense project page is similarly informative on design while remaining unclear on today's status: it still refers to a September 2023 delivery target. Some Sixth Sense units appear in Balibiza's rental collection, which suggests a rental-facing operation but cannot establish that the whole originally advertised development was completed and delivered as contracted.
Unknowns
  • The legal entity, contracting party, land interest and terms of a selected property must be checked from documents before payment.

What is known and what to verify

What is known

  • Balibiza Properties is a villa business with three overlapping services: development and construction, holiday rentals, and ongoing property management. That combination matters to a buyer who intends to let a villa, because the construction agreement and the later operating agreement may involve different duties, costs and counterparties. A management listing alone does not prove that Balibiza built or sold the property. The company's own website places The Sixth Sense in Kerobokan and introduces Ocean Bay Villas in Cemagi as a more recent project. Those are identifiable references, not evidence that every unit has been handed over. Nor do the available pages establish the registered Indonesian entity that would grant the relevant land rights or receive a buyer's funds. The commercial brand and the legal contracting party still need to be matched.

What to verify for the address

  • The legal entity, contracting party, land interest and terms of a selected property must be checked from documents before payment.

FAQ

Who would actually sign an Ocean Bay Villas contract?
The available public pages identify the Balibiza brand but do not independently establish the Indonesian legal entity acting as seller or lessor for an individual villa. Ask for its registered identity and documentary connection to the land before paying a deposit.
Why do Ocean Bay's lease terms need a second look?
The project brochure states 25 years with a possible 20-year renewal at future market terms. A directory mentions 30 plus 25 years, the wording used by Balibiza for the different Sixth Sense project. The executed lease should settle both the duration and the price of any extension.
Does the rental portfolio prove that The Sixth Sense is finished?
No. Balibiza advertises Sixth Sense rental units, but the development page also retains an old September 2023 handover estimate. Without current completion and transfer documentation, the status of the whole project remains unverified.
Can Balibiza run a villa after purchase?
It advertises booking, guest services, housekeeping and maintenance. Whether those services are available for the chosen property, what they cost and what licences or restrictions apply to its letting should be established in a separate management agreement.
Public record
  • Founder Uwe Kraus is a named person on the Balibiza website, which says his hands-on Bali building experience began with a private house in Pererenan in 2020. The site also describes his earlier real-estate and villa-management work in Ibiza. These are company accounts of the founder's background; they should not be converted into a verified tally of completed residential developments. The Ocean Bay Villas brochure sets out a small coastal scheme of eight proposed two-bedroom villas, each marketed with a private pool and a rooftop pool. It is useful for understanding the intended product, but it offers no independently verified handover record or as-built documentation. Balibiza's older The Sixth Sense project page is similarly informative on design while remaining unclear on today's status: it still refers to a September 2023 delivery target. Some Sixth Sense units appear in Balibiza's rental collection, which suggests a rental-facing operation but cannot establish that the whole originally advertised development was completed and delivered as contracted.
Unknowns
  • The legal entity, contracting party, land interest and terms of a selected property must be checked from documents before payment.

Projects and buyer context

Balibiza's public offer is concentrated on individual villas and small villa compounds rather than a broad apartment pipeline. The Sixth Sense materials show two-bedroom, two-storey homes, while the Ocean Bay presentation sketches a compact eight-villa scheme. Both sources contain specification details worth checking against the actual unit: the older Sixth Sense page gives more than one built-area figure, and Ocean Bay's brochure alternates between 187 and 188 square metres.

There is no independently checked, current price list or inventory in the material reviewed. A 30% initial payment appears in The Sixth Sense's historical marketing page, but that is not a verified offer for a new Ocean Bay purchase. Buyers need the current price schedule, inclusions, construction specifications and payment milestones for the specific villa rather than figures carried over from an earlier campaign.

The two named development locations are quite different. Kerobokan is an established residential and rental neighbourhood, where the everyday road network and surrounding development deserve close attention. Ocean Bay is positioned in coastal Cemagi, where an attractive sea-facing design should be weighed against actual beach access, land-use permissions and the maintenance demands of an exposed location.

Balibiza also advertises managed or rented properties in places such as Umalas, Seminyak and Pererenan. That extends its service footprint, not necessarily its construction track record. The distinction matters when assessing how much experience can be attributed to the developer at either named project.

Delivery history
  • Founder Uwe Kraus is a named person on the Balibiza website, which says his hands-on Bali building experience began with a private house in Pererenan in 2020. The site also describes his earlier real-estate and villa-management work in Ibiza. These are company accounts of the founder's background; they should not be converted into a verified tally of completed residential developments. The Ocean Bay Villas brochure sets out a small coastal scheme of eight proposed two-bedroom villas, each marketed with a private pool and a rooftop pool. It is useful for understanding the intended product, but it offers no independently verified handover record or as-built documentation. Balibiza's older The Sixth Sense project page is similarly informative on design while remaining unclear on today's status: it still refers to a September 2023 delivery target. Some Sixth Sense units appear in Balibiza's rental collection, which suggests a rental-facing operation but cannot establish that the whole originally advertised development was completed and delivered as contracted.

Observable track record

Founder Uwe Kraus is a named person on the Balibiza website, which says his hands-on Bali building experience began with a private house in Pererenan in 2020. The site also describes his earlier real-estate and villa-management work in Ibiza. These are company accounts of the founder's background; they should not be converted into a verified tally of completed residential developments.

The Ocean Bay Villas brochure sets out a small coastal scheme of eight proposed two-bedroom villas, each marketed with a private pool and a rooftop pool. It is useful for understanding the intended product, but it offers no independently verified handover record or as-built documentation. Balibiza's older The Sixth Sense project page is similarly informative on design while remaining unclear on today's status: it still refers to a September 2023 delivery target. Some Sixth Sense units appear in Balibiza's rental collection, which suggests a rental-facing operation but cannot establish that the whole originally advertised development was completed and delivered as contracted.

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Sources

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  • Balibiza Properties
  • Balibiza Properties — About Us
  • Balibiza Properties — Meet the Team
  • Balibiza Properties — The Sixth Sense Villas
  • Ocean Bay Villas — project presentation
  • Balinsky — Balibiza developer directory entry
  • Ministry of Public Works of Indonesia — SIMBG guidance