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Banyan Tree Lake Residences Yara
Banyan Tree Lake Residences Yara is a development of single-storey three, four and five-bedroom pool villas inside the Banyan Tree Grand Residences gated estate at Laguna Phuket, overlooking a lagoon and the Banyan Tree Phuket resort, developed by Banyan Group and launched in December 2023, with the three-bedroom villas managed by the resort and the four and five-bedroom villas kept as private residences.
Four developer names for one project: Banyan Tree Lake Residences Yara, Banyan Tree Grand Residences Lagoon Pool Villas, Yara Residences at Banyan Tree Phuket and Banyan Tree Yara. It sits inside the Banyan Tree Grand Residences gated estate, which has its own page here, and is a different product from the Beach Residences villas Aegir and Mazu on the sand.
Overlooking a lagoon and the Banyan Tree Phuket resort, inside the Banyan Tree Grand Residences gated estate, in the developer's words; “only steps away” from Bang Tao beach per the December 2023 release, through the estate. Not a beachfront address; the Beach Residences villas Aegir and Mazu are the ones on the sand.
Selling · launched December 2023; villa count and completion not published
What we have checkedWe have listed this project but have not inspected it. What we publish comes from the developer's own statements, which we have not checked independently. Last checked 23 September 2026.
Who sells Banyan Tree Lake Residences Yara?
Banyan Group sells Banyan Tree Lake Residences Yara through its own sales office. Embark Estate is one of the appointed sales agencies for it, appointed in writing by Banyan Group and confirmed on 24 August 2026, an appointment that is not exclusive. Ask us and you get the developer’s own current availability and pricing, dated.
The lease, and what renewal actually means.
- Format
- Single-storey pool villas
- Bedrooms
- 3, 4 and 5
- Outdoors
- Terrace, infinity pool, jacuzzi (developer, Dec 2023)
- Management
- 3-bed resort-managed; 4 and 5-bed private
- Launched
- December 2023
- Estate
- Banyan Tree Grand Residences, Laguna Phuket
We are confirming the structure with the developer before stating it. We would rather show you the gap than fill it with a guess.
Is renewal contractual or marketing? Not yet established. Until we have read the clause, treat any renewal you are offered verbally as a marketing statement rather than a contractual right, because that is the safer of the two assumptions and the difference is worth many years of ownership.
What to establish before committing
Not stated for Yara on any developer page (23 September 2026). Banyan's group-level guide of 30 June 2025 offers “freehold condominiums and leasehold villas” and describes villa leasehold as “a 30-year lease, which can be extended for two subsequent 30-year periods”; that is the group's general position, not a statement about these villas. A villa is house-and-land product and a foreign national cannot hold Thai land outright, so the structure offered on the plot, its term, and whether any renewal is a binding clause or a marketing line are the first things to read, with independent Thai counsel. General information, not legal advice.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Any lease should be read by independent Thai counsel before signing.
Prices, availability, construction progress and ownership wording all move; we refresh them before any reservation and would rather show you the date than let a stale fact look current.
What we think, including what we would question.
Who it suits
A buyer who wants a single-storey house with its own pool on the water inside Banyan's gated estate, with the Banyan Tree Phuket resort's services next door, and who has decided whether they want a hotel operation attached (three bedrooms) or not (four and five).
What it compromises
A lagoon, not the beach; the sand is “steps away” in the developer's words, through the estate. Villa product, so tenure on the land comes before finishes. Villa count, sizes, completion state and price are not published. Not for a buyer who wants a lock-up-and-leave apartment, or who needs to know today whether a specific villa is finished.
What we would ask first
Whether a villa can be walked today and which are unsold; the structure on the land in writing, its term and renewal wording; what the rental-management agreement on a three-bedroom obliges; sizes; the dated price list.
This is Embark’s opinion, not a sourced fact, and it is labelled that way deliberately.
Considering Banyan Tree Lake Residences Yara?
We will tell you what we know, what we are still confirming, and whether it fits what you are actually looking for.
Embark Estate is an appointed sales agency for this project, appointed by Banyan Group. We can put the developer's own current availability and pricing in front of you rather than a portal's.
What that means in practice
In practice that means we work from the developer’s own price list and unit schedule rather than from what has reached a portal. It does not change what we will tell you: an appointment is not a reason to recommend a building, and we will still say when this one does not suit the brief. Our Bangkok appointments are stated on the Bangkok branded-residences register. The developer publishes its own channel for this project at www.banyangroupresidences.com/thailand/phuket/banyan-tree-lake-residences-yara.
We publish no yield or capital-growth figure for this project, and no island average. Where an operator publishes audited numbers for a specific building we quote them with their date; otherwise we say nothing, because a guaranteed return is usually a price concession wearing a yield’s clothing.
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What Banyan Tree Lake Residences Yara actually is.
Yara is the lagoon villa address of the Banyan Tree Residences brand at Laguna Phuket. The developer's page describes single-storey villas in three, four and five-bedroom configurations, contemporary in style, overlooking a lagoon and the Banyan Tree Phuket resort. The December 2023 launch release adds the plan: open-plan living areas leading to large terraces with an infinity pool and a jacuzzi, inside the Banyan Tree Grand Residences gated estate, “only steps away” from Bang Tao beach in the developer's words.
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The mix splits by size, and the split decides what you are buying. Banyan states that the three-bedroom villas are managed as part of the Banyan Tree Phuket resort, for investment or lifestyle use, while the four and five-bedroom villas are private residences for a primary or second home. A three-bedroom here comes with a hotel operation attached; a five-bedroom does not.
Ownership carries Sanctuary Club membership, and the launch release listed golf membership at Laguna Golf Phuket, a Banyan Tree Private Collection membership and a ten-year Thailand Elite membership, with 24-hour concierge, maintenance and rental services provided by Banyan Tree. Each of those is on the developer's own terms, and a 2023 list may have changed; ask for the current one in writing.
How many villas there are, the developer does not say as a number. It has entered Yara in the 10 to 19 units category at the International Property Awards in 2024, 2025 and 2026, which is a category, not a count. Sizes, the completion state, tenure and the price are not on any developer page read on 23 September 2026, so none appears here.
On the July 2026 master plan Yara is number 47, on the lagoon inland of the northern beachfront cluster of Nammu, Banyan Tree Grand and Aegir. It has been Banyan Tree Grand Residences Lagoon Pool Villas, Yara Residences at Banyan Tree Phuket and Banyan Tree Yara in the developer's own releases; the same villas each time.
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| Compared on | This pageBanyan Tree Lake Residences Yara | Banyan Tree Grand Residences | Laguna Beach Residences Bayside | Laguna Lake Residences Aster |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shore | Laguna | Laguna | Laguna | Laguna |
| The water | Lagoon-edge | Lagoon-edge | Lagoon-edge | Lagoon-edge |
| Stage | Selling | Selling | Selling | Selling |
| Transaction | Branded villas, registered leasehold | Branded villas, registered leasehold | Branded villas, registered leasehold | Branded villas, registered leasehold |
| Ownership | Confirming | Confirming | Confirming | Confirming |
| Brand owner | Banyan Group | Banyan Group | Banyan Group | Banyan Group |
A marked cell matches this project. It is a marker of sameness, not a score: a different shore is often the reason to go and look.
Banyan Tree Lake Residences Yara, answered plainly.
What is Banyan Tree Lake Residences Yara?
Single-storey pool villas of three, four and five bedrooms inside the Banyan Tree Grand Residences gated estate at Laguna Phuket, overlooking a lagoon and the Banyan Tree Phuket resort, developed by Banyan Group and launched in December 2023. Each villa has open-plan living opening to a terrace with an infinity pool and a jacuzzi, per the developer's launch release.
Is Yara the same as the Banyan Tree Grand Residences Lagoon Pool Villas?
Yes. The developer's own page is titled Banyan Tree Phuket Grand Residences Lagoon Pool Villas under the heading Banyan Tree Lake Residences Yara, its awards entries call the same project Yara Residences at Banyan Tree Phuket, and the 2026 master plan says Banyan Tree Yara. One set of villas, four names. Banyan Tree Grand Residences is the gated estate they sit inside, which has its own page here.
How many villas are there at Yara?
The developer does not publish a number. It entered Yara in the 10 to 19 units category at the International Property Awards in 2024, 2025 and 2026, which tells you the band and nothing more, and we do not print a count from a portal. As an appointed sales agency for Banyan Group we confirm the current list, and which villas are unsold, at inquiry.
Is Banyan Tree Lake Residences Yara freehold or leasehold?
We are confirming it. No developer page states tenure for Yara. Banyan's general guide of 30 June 2025 describes its villas as leasehold on a 30-year lease extendable for two further 30-year periods, and that is the group's position rather than this project's papers. Because a foreign national cannot hold Thai land outright, the structure on the plot, its term and the exact renewal wording decide what you own; read them with independent Thai counsel before reserving. General information, not legal advice.
Are the villas hotel-managed?
The three-bedroom villas are, per the developer: managed as part of the Banyan Tree Phuket resort, for investment or lifestyle use. The four and five-bedroom villas are private residences, not part of the resort operation, though Banyan Tree provides property management, concierge and rental services on its own terms. Ask what the rental-management agreement on a three-bedroom obliges before treating it as an advantage.
Facts on this page are current as of September 2026 and are drawn from Embark’s own market briefing and the developer’s published materials. Where a fact reads as being confirmed, we are verifying it with the developer before stating it.
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