Apartment Hotels in Phuket

In an ordinary condo, the owner decides whether to rent at all and can bring in any management company, or none. In an apartment hotel, hotel management is built into the project from day one: units are privately owned, but the building runs as a single hotel under one operator — shared front desk, bookings through hotel channels, and a mandatory management contract. Of the 19 projects here, 11 also appear in our branded residences collection — there, the operator is a recognisable international hotel brand rather than a local management company.

Schemes vary by project, but the common pattern is a contracted fixed income for 2–5 years (typically 6–7% a year — Sole Mio Condo, Sunshine Beach, Wyndham Grand Nai Harn, La Vita and MGallery MontAzure Lakeside all use this), followed by a shift to a rental pool where the owner's share ranges from 40% (MGallery MontAzure Lakeside — 60/40 in the owner's favour) to 90% (Wyndham Grand Nai Harn). The percentage in marketing material is a forecast based on pool occupancy, not a guarantee — only the fixed-rate period is contractually guaranteed.

Yes, but the mechanics depend on the model. Under a fixed-income contract (Sole Mio Condo, Sunshine Beach), owner-use days are usually deducted from the payout — you either collect the fixed sum or stay yourself and forgo income for those days. Under a rental pool, the logic is the same: every night the owner stays is a night that doesn't enter the pool's shared revenue. The exact allowance is set by each project's management contract — confirm it before reservation, not after.

Yes — legally, a condo-hotel unit is registered the same way as in an ordinary condominium: all 19 projects here state freehold within the standard 49% foreign quota on the building, and some also offer a leasehold option per unit. The hotel management contract sits on top of ownership as a separate document, not a substitute for it.

The collection's median is $142,602. The lower band is compact studios in Mai Khao and Chalong, from $32,739 to $97,547 (777 Beach Condo, Fantasea Chalong, Aceller Hotel & Residence, Mai Khao Beach Condotel); the upper band is branded residences in Bang Tao and Kamala, from $302,394 to $484,166 (MGallery MontAzure Lakeside, The Residences at InterContinental, Garrya Residences).

The collection has 8 completed projects (already running as a hotel, income possible from month one) and 11 under construction with a developer instalment plan. A completed project gives a real occupancy track record and lets you inspect the building in person; an off-plan one is usually cheaper to enter and spreads the remaining balance over a payment schedule, but the actual yield can't be verified until it opens.