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Notes on buying, selling, and living in Phuket

Practical answers to the questions we actually get asked — ownership rules, rental yield, area comparisons, and what relocating to Phuket looks like once the honeymoon phase wears off. Written from real client cases, not developer marketing.

New posts get organised into topic guides as they publish, so if you already know what you're trying to figure out — freehold versus leasehold, which area suits your budget, whether the numbers on a rental actually add up — the topic pages below are often a faster route than scrolling every post. We'd rather answer the question properly in one place than repeat a shorter version of it across ten different pages.

Everything here is written by the people who actually do the work — Brett and Stephanie, plus whoever handled the specific deal a post is drawn from — rather than outsourced to a generic content mill that has never set foot in Phuket.

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Can foreigners own a villa in Phuket?
Phuket Area Guide2026-08-02

Can foreigners own a villa in Phuket?

A seller can say you're buying the villa in Phuket and still mean the building, a lease, or company shares. Check the title deed before paying a deposit.

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After Month 1 in Phuket: Hidden Relocation Hassles
Moving to Phuket2026-07-25

After Month 1 in Phuket: Hidden Relocation Hassles

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