The Regent Pool Villa

The biggest research issue is the villa configuration. Regent’s current page describes a two-storey villa with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and more than 450 sqm across the ground and first floors. FazWaz’s project profile instead records two-bedroom villas of 388–405 sqm and a three-bedroom type of 459 sqm. Live resale inventory adds another layer: there are listings with three or four bedrooms at only 254 sqm of internal area. Those figures should not be blended into a single neat range. A sensible buyer should treat the selected villa’s measured area, registered documents and actual floor plan as the primary evidence.

Resale pricing is equally unit-specific. On 8 September 2026, the lowest active listing found during this review was THB 10,500,000 for a three-bedroom, 254 sqm villa. Another 254 sqm home with four bedrooms was listed at THB 12,000,000, while larger two- and three-bedroom homes in the same project were offered at materially higher figures. The low entry price is therefore only a market anchor. It does not by itself tell you whether the cheaper villa is better value, because tenure, renovation history, plot size, tenancy, furniture, maintenance condition and the rights being transferred can all differ.

Kamala is a practical west-coast base rather than a remote resort enclave. Regent gives 0.9 km to Kamala Beach, 1.7 km to Carnival Magic, 2.4 km to Café Del Mar, 8.6 km to Patong and about 25 km to Phuket International Airport. Other portals show slightly different beach distances depending on the point measured and the route used. What matters more for day-to-day ownership is that the estate sits within an established beach town with shops, restaurants, local services and direct road access to Patong and the rest of the island.

The project also has a mixed residential and hospitality character. Regent advertises daily and monthly stays, and the secondary market includes long-term rental stock. That can be useful for an owner who wants an established rental channel, but it also means the community should not automatically be assumed to function like a purely owner-occupied gated estate. A buyer planning to live there full time should ask how guest turnover is managed. A buyer considering rental use should verify the current management agreement, service scope, fees and any house rules rather than relying on the marketing page alone.

Tenure is a separate due-diligence track. Thai rules generally prevent a foreign individual from owning the land beneath a villa directly in their own name, although a foreigner may own a building and may use land through a registered lease where properly structured. Government and BOI material describes the usual registered lease ceiling as 30 years, with any further renewal depending on contractual arrangements and the lessor. The Regent Pool Villa listings are not uniform: one current three-bedroom resale is marked leasehold, some other listings refer to Thai or company ownership, and another current listing leaves both villa and land tenure unspecified.

Running costs should also be checked from current owner statements rather than copied from the legacy project profile. FazWaz quotes a common-area fee of THB 6 per sqm and a sinking fund of THB 200 per sqm, yet different parts of its pages are inconsistent about whether the calculation base is internal area or plot area. A sinking fund is normally associated with capital reserves and may already have been paid during the original transfer, so it should not automatically be treated as a new resale charge. The useful evidence is the latest management invoices, confirmation of any arrears, current estate rules and a clear split between shared costs and maintenance that remains the private owner’s responsibility.

For that reason, The Regent Pool Villa works best as a project where the buyer inspects the actual resale asset rather than purchasing the project name. The estate’s small scale, private pools and Kamala location are easy to understand. The difficult part is the variation between individual homes after almost a decade of ownership, rental use and possible reconfiguration. Before committing, the buyer should reconcile the physical villa with the title and building documents, confirm exactly what land right is being transferred, check outstanding estate charges, inspect the pool and building systems, and review any tenancy that survives the sale.