Casa De Montevillas in Koh Kaew, Phuket

Casa De Monte is a villa community by Rhom Bho Property PLC in Koh Kaew, between Phuket International Airport and Phuket Town. The villas sit behind a single gated entrance styled after Tuscan hill houses, with arches and landscaped greenery on every plot. British International School Phuket is five hundred metres from the gate. Handover is due in the third quarter of 2029.

There is no compact house in Casa De Monte: every villa has either three bedrooms, from 297 to 374 square metres, or four, from 424 up to 450. Nothing here is built to be split into a rental studio or bought as a couple's first home — even the smallest plot is sized for a family, and the same is true next door.

If you are going to live here

A villa this size works as a full-time home: Rhom Bho's Tuscan-style clubhouse gives residents a lobby, a gym and a sauna, and the pool has a separate section for children. The international school is five hundred metres away, and a hospital and a marina both sit within three kilometres — none of it depends on future construction, since the school, the clinic and the marina are already open.

If you are buying to let

None of these formats are built for nightly letting — a house of 300 square metres or more is not what a two-week holidaymaker books. What Casa De Monte can support is a long lease to a family, most plausibly one whose children are already enrolled at a nearby international school: the developer points to that demand directly. Running a house this size for one tenant family is a different business from servicing short stays, and it is the one this project is built for.

If you are holding for capital growth

Handover is not due until the third quarter of 2029, so most of the construction-stage appreciation is still ahead rather than behind. The area is no longer raw land: an outlet mall, a marina and two international schools already operate within three kilometres, and that is what will support resale once the estate is complete. A gated community of villas from 297 square metres up stays a small, closed market by nature — liquidity will depend on finding the right buyer rather than a fast flip.