An ultra-luxury villa estate on Cape Yamu designed by Philippe Starck and Jean-Michel Gathy — completed, no off-plan risk
The Cape Residences is an ultra-luxury villa estate on Cape Yamu, Phuket’s east-coast peninsula overlooking Phang Nga Bay. The architecture and interiors were created by Philippe Starck and Jean-Michel Gathy — the names behind Aman Resorts, Cheval Blanc, Armani and Four Seasons. Phase 1, 30 villas, is fully built and was completed in December 2015: finished housing, not off-plan.
Cape Yamu is a quiet east-coast peninsula lined with gated villa estates overlooking the limestone islands of Phang Nga Bay, rather than beach bars and the tourist density of the west coast. The cape’s own beach is about 50 meters away — direct water access; the HKT airport is roughly 20 minutes by car, the nearest hospital (Thalang Hospital) about 9.4 km, and Finnway International School about 5 km. In our catalog, on the same cape, there’s The Bay at Cape Yamu — a more compact and accessible estate by the same developer, Campbell Kane, plus ultra-luxury villas on the Cape Panwa peninsula in a similar price bracket, such as Garden Atlas Bayview.
The entry configuration is the 4-bedroom Naam Sawan villa (1,864 sqm interior on a 4,970 sqm plot) from ~$9,015,351. The line then grows with bedroom count and plot size: the 6-bedroom Ocean’s 11 from ~$8,500,000, the 5-bedroom Chloe from ~$9,005,880, and the flagship 7-bedroom Amarapura (2,650 sqm interior, 7,300 sqm plot) from ~$16,120,239. This is the catalog’s highest price tier: for comparison, the sister estate by the same developer, The Bay at Cape Yamu, starts from ~$2.2M with villas roughly half the size — The Cape Residences sells plot scale, privacy and signature architecture rather than an accessible entry price.
Villacarte cites a projected rental yield of ~4% per year with a payback of roughly 18 years — an agency estimate, not a developer guarantee, and at this price tier most buyers treat the villa primarily as a lifestyle asset with an optional rental angle rather than a yield instrument.
The project is fully built and was completed in December 2015 — there’s no off-plan risk here, but the villas are already 10 years old, so it’s worth carefully inspecting the roof, mechanical systems and facade finish on-site, given the wear typical of a tropical, salt-air climate. The developer, Campbell Kane (Thailand) Ltd., has a public track record on Phuket limited to two projects on Cape Yamu: The Bay at Cape Yamu (2010) and The Cape Residences (2015); no separately confirmed projects beyond this cape were found, which is worth weighing when assessing the developer’s long-term track record. For us that means a thorough check of the specific villa — finish condition, title registry, maintenance history — before any deal; we’ll send the current list of available villas and viewing terms the day you reach out.
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Single-storey villas with mountain views in quiet Thalang, away from the tourist crowds
Completed villas in quiet Thalang — a 30-year developer track record, a detailed staged payment plan
Private-pool villas near Laguna Phuket — phases 1–2 already completed and occupied
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From ~$9,015,351 per villacarte’s current price list for the 4-bedroom Naam Sawan villa; the top configuration (7 bedrooms, Amarapura) starts from ~$16,120,239.
Campbell Kane (Thailand) Ltd. — the same company that built the neighboring The Bay at Cape Yamu estate on the same cape.
Phase 1 (30 villas) was completed in December 2015 — this is finished, lived-in housing, not off-plan.
The villa building can be owned outright by a foreigner, with the land held on a long-term registered lease (villacarte lists “both” as the ownership structure).
Villacarte cites a projected yield of ~4% per year with an ~18-year payback — an estimate, not a developer guarantee.
Philippe Starck (design) and Jean-Michel Gathy (architecture) — the names behind Aman Resorts, Cheval Blanc, Armani and Four Seasons.
The Bay at Cape Yamu is a compact estate of 16 villas (2–5 bedrooms) from ~$2.2M. The Cape Residences is a bigger, pricier format: 30 villas of 4–10 bedrooms from ~$9M, with name-brand architecture and larger plots.
