Both projects regularly end up on the same shortlist with our buyers. Below is a side-by-side of Banyan Tree Grand Residences and Surin Heights on the key parameters — and our honest take on who each one fits.
Banyan Tree branded villas in Laguna: from lagoon residences to true oceanfront
A ready hillside villa community by Surin beach — one of the island’s first tropical-modernist projects
| Banyan Tree Grand Residences | Surin Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | from ~87.8M THB | from ~$2,373,532 |
| Area | Bang Tao · Laguna | Surin |
| Type | Villas | Villas |
| Status | Under construction | Completed |
| Completion | Oceanfront completed (2024), Beach Terraces — Q2 2026 | delivered, December 2007 |
| Ownership | freehold / leasehold | freehold / leasehold |
| Beach | — | Surin, ~500 m |
| Developer | Banyan Group | Malaiwana Park Development (Stephen Paine) |
| Sea view | ✓ | ✓ |
| Walk to beach | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rental program | ✓ | ✓ |
Surin Heights has the lower entry: from ~$2,373,532. Banyan Tree Grand Residences costs more, but compare price per sqm and stage — ask us for a unit-level calculation.
Surin Heights is completed — move in or rent out immediately, no construction risk. Banyan Tree Grand Residences is under construction: cheaper entry and instalments, but a horizon to handover.
The right answer depends on your goal: budget, purpose (yield or living), horizon. Message us — we’ll compare specific units of these projects on price per sqm, views and terms, and tell you honestly which to take.
