Both projects regularly end up on the same shortlist with our buyers. Below is a side-by-side of Cohiba Villas Layan and Surin Heights on the key parameters — and our honest take on who each one fits.
A boutique 7–8 villa club community near Layan with its own tennis court and Elite Havens management
A ready hillside villa community by Surin beach — one of the island’s first tropical-modernist projects
| Cohiba Villas Layan | Surin Heights | |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | from ~$2,482,060 | from ~$2,373,532 |
| Area | Layan | Surin |
| Type | Villas | Villas |
| Status | Under construction | Completed |
| Completion | off-plan, targeted late 2026 (exact date not disclosed by the developer) | delivered, December 2007 |
| Ownership | mixed structure: leasehold + freehold share with a post-completion conversion option — verify with a lawyer | freehold / leasehold |
| Beach | Layan, ~1.4–2.3 km | Surin, ~500 m |
| Developer | AE Phuket (concept and co-ownership by Christian Scherff) | Malaiwana Park Development (Stephen Paine) |
| Sea view | — | ✓ |
| Walk to beach | — | ✓ |
| Rental program | ✓ | ✓ |
Surin Heights has the lower entry: from ~$2,373,532. Cohiba Villas Layan 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. Cohiba Villas Layan 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.
