Understanding the market · 7

Freehold by the sea: what your budget buys on the waterfront

A foreigner can own an apartment a few steps from the sand, in their own name. We travelled Phuket, Hua Hin and then Pattaya, residence by residence, to see what €250,000, €500,000 and then a million euros buy when you want the sea as close as it gets. Units for sale on 7 November 2026.

Survey of 7 November 2026 · asking prices, median per development

CriterionCondominium apartments offered for sale within one kilometre of a beach in Phuket, Hua Hin and Pattaya, kept by our common price method (outliers removed). Freehold: a unit whose listing declares it under the foreign quota; a unit only described as "freehold" does not state the quota and is not counted. A budget is the target price, within twenty percent, at 38.374 baht to the euro. Distances as the crow flies, from the project to the nearest beach; the bands on the map are drawn from the outline of the beaches in OpenStreetMap. Medians: never below twenty residences. The cards are a selection, not a statistic: at each budget, the residences closest to the water, then by Reflexion score, one per developer; the million-euro scene in Pattaya shows ALL the residences in the city that qualify within two hundred metres. Asking prices, not sale prices. Survey of 7 November 2026.

Each dot is a development we track; its colour is its median asking price per square metre.

30,000 ฿/m²180,000 ฿/m² and above

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1 of 10 · Phuket · Hua Hin · Pattaya

Three coasts where a foreigner can own facing the sea

On each coast, one column per budget: the freehold residences within five hundred metres of the sea that offer a unit at that price. The higher the budget, the narrower the choice, and the larger the space.

at €250,000, median: 64 m²
at a million euros: 174 m²

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Median sizes: median of the residence medians, within five hundred metres of the sea. Asking prices.

Reflexion survey of 7 November 2026 · Reflexion — unit-by-unit survey of listed prices and declared tenure, accessed 7 November 2026 · OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), accessed 7 November 2026

2 of 10 · Phuket · Surin and Kamala

Phuket sells new builds, right by the sand

On the Andaman side, most freehold residences are off-plan or brand new: Biancana Title, in Surin, does not exist yet; in Kamala, MGallery Residences has just been completed. Sizes, though, are the smallest of the three coasts.

new or off-plan, at €250,000: 74%
median size at the same budget: 58 m²

Biancana Title

Surin · 14 m from the beach

off plan, completion due 2028 · 5 floorsReflexion score 76/100

MGallery Residences, MontAzure

Kamala · 83 m from the beach

completed 2025 · 6 floorsReflexion score 78/100

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New: sold off-plan, or completed in 2018 or later. Biancana Title is sold off-plan: its completion is the developer's promise.

3 of 10 · Hua Hin · Khao Takiab · €250,000 and €500,000

Hua Hin sells space

At the foot of the Khao Takiab rock, two towers from a time when apartments were built large. On the ground floor of Baan Sangchan, €250,000 buys the floor area of a house.

median size at €250,000, the largest of the three coasts: 76 m²

Baan Sangchan

Khao Takiab · 23 m from the beach

completed 1992 · 12 floorsReflexion score 82/100

Baan Lonsai Beachfront

Khao Takiab · 22 m from the beach

completed 2009 · 20 floorsReflexion score 68/100

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Median over Hua Hin's freehold residences within five hundred metres of the sea. On each tower, the ring marks the floor of the unit shown.

4 of 10 · Pattaya

Pattaya sells the water's edge

From Wong Amat to Jomtien, the bay lines up the longest row of freehold residences on the sand. The bands show the distance to the beach; each light is a residence.

residences within a hundred metres of the beach: 18
across the three coasts: 30

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Freehold residences offering a unit at one of the three budgets; straight-line distance to the nearest beach.

5 of 10 · Jomtien · €250,000

For €250,000, you live at the edge of the sand, facing the bay

View Talay 8 dates from a time when apartments were built wide. At this budget, three apartments: the most affordable, the largest and the highest. Their price is written at their floor.

the largest, 2 bedrooms: 145 m²

View Talay 8

Jomtien · 13 m from the beach

completed 2008 · 30 floorsReflexion score 66/100

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Chosen by rule among the 41 foreign-quota units offered at this budget in the residence. Asking prices.

6 of 10 · Jomtien · €500,000

Same tower, same apartment: the floor has a price

At twice the budget, View Talay 8 offers its largest apartments on almost every floor. The same layout is listed far higher at the top than at the foot of the tower.

the same apartment, low and high: 228 m²
more at the top: 35%

View Talay 8

Jomtien · 13 m from the beach

completed 2008 · 30 floorsReflexion score 66/100

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The size most offered at this budget in the residence (25 units); its lowest and highest floor. Asking prices.

7 of 10 · Jomtien · €500,000

For the same budget: the space of the old, or the top of the new

A little further south, the newer Aeras sells its top floor for the price at which View Talay 8 sells its largest apartments. A choice of lifestyle more than of price.

Aeras, the top floor: 20.3 M ฿
View Talay 8, at the top: 21.1 M ฿

Aeras

Jomtien · 16 m from the beach

completed 2017 · 38 floorsReflexion score 77/100

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On each tower, the ring marks the floor of the unit shown, its size written alongside. Asking prices.

8 of 10 · Jomtien · three budgets

One tower, three budgets

Reflection Jomtien Beach rises higher than all its neighbours. Each budget buys its own floor and size there: one ring per budget, at its height.

Reflection Jomtien Beach

Jomtien · 66 m from the beach

completed 2014 · 55 floorsReflexion score 82/100

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One unit per budget: the one whose asking price is closest to the target. A selection, not a statistic.

9 of 10 · Pattaya · a million euros

A million buys the finest apartments, a stone's throw from the sand

In Pattaya, 5 freehold residences within two hundred metres of the beach offer a unit at this budget. They are all here, from Wong Amat to Jomtien, each unit's size written at its floor.

Reflection Jomtien Beach38.0 M ฿
The Cove42.2 M ฿
Ananya Beachfront36.0 M ฿
La Royale Beach32.0 M ฿
Saranchol40.2 M ฿

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Every Pattaya residence that meets the rule, not a selection; Ananya Beachfront, five floors, has no tower drawn: its size is written at ground level, the unit is on the ground floor. Asking prices.

10 of 10 · What each budget adds

Each budget buys square metres, not metres of beach

From one budget to the next, the beach comes no closer: the space grows, and the floor rises. The residences of the journey, by budget.

Around €250,000

Baan Sangchan152 m² · floor 1
View Talay 8145 m² · floor 2
Reflection Jomtien Beach102 m² · floor 25
MGallery Residences, MontAzure47 m² · floor 2

Around €500,000

View Talay 8228 m² · floor 2
Aeras135 m² · floor 38
Baan Lonsai Beachfront118 m² · floor 7
Reflection Jomtien Beach115 m² · floor 2

Around €1 million

Ananya Beachfront314 m² · floor 1
La Royale Beach268 m² · floor 16
The Cove237 m² · floor 11
Reflection Jomtien Beach217 m² · floor 10

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For each budget, the largest units shown in the guide, one residence each. A selection, not a statistic.

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Prices are asking prices, surveyed on 7 November 2026 in our database. For each development we take the median price per square metre of its unsold units; for an area, the median of those medians, shown only from 20 developments upward. A unit is set aside as an outlier below 10,000 ฿/m², above 1,000,000 ฿/m², above 500,000 ฿/m² on less than 30 m² or with no known floor area, above 500 M ฿, or with less than 10 m² per bedroom. The off-plan share counts developments whose status is known. Distances are measured as the crow flies. Euros are converted at €1 = 38.374 ฿ (13 September 2026).

These are listing prices, not sale prices. No figure on this page is a promise of return.

Sources specific to this guide:

Reflexion — unit-by-unit survey of listed prices and declared tenure, accessed 7 November 2026

This page is market information, not legal, tax or financial advice. The rules quoted are dated; check that they still apply with a professional before any decision.

Three coasts where a foreigner can own facing the sea

Phuket sells new builds, right by the sand

Hua Hin sells space

Pattaya sells the water's edge

For €250,000, you live at the edge of the sand, facing the bay

Same tower, same apartment: the floor has a price

For the same budget: the space of the old, or the top of the new

One tower, three budgets

A million buys the finest apartments, a stone's throw from the sand

Each budget buys square metres, not metres of beach

Your plans begin here

Method and sources

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