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Banyan Tree or Angsana, address by address.
Banyan Tree and Angsana are two hotel brands of one developer, Banyan Group, inside one estate on the Bang Tao shore of Phuket: this register holds 7 Banyan Tree addresses at Laguna Phuket and 3 Angsana ones, out of 20 residential projects on the estate.
The formats separate them more clearly than the brands do: the Banyan Tree addresses are villas, townhomes and large-format beach residences, and the Angsana addresses are condominiums and pool residences at smaller sizes.
The two sides are at different stages of building. No Banyan Tree address is finished, though one is on site and rising; one of the Angsana addresses is finished and can be walked today. That is the difference that decides whether a buyer can walk the home before committing.
What the brand is Banyan Tree / Angsana
Banyan Tree
Banyan Tree is Banyan Group's founding hotel brand, operating at Laguna Phuket since 1994, and on this estate it names the largest and most private homes on the list, from pool villas to the one absolute beachfront building.
Where the addresses sit. On absolute beachfront, within reach of the beach and on the lagoon system.
The product.
- Banyan Tree Beach Residences Oceanus: 16 residences, 4-bed and penthouses, 416 to 768 sqm
- Banyan Tree Beach Residences Sirena: 3-bedroom condominiums and penthouses, 354 to 498 sqm, private pool to each
- Banyan Tree Beach Residences Varuna: 8 beachfront townhomes, 4 bedrooms on 4 levels, private lift, rooftop infinity pool
- Banyan Tree Beach Residences Nammu: 4-storey townhomes, 417 sqm built-up on 165 to 210 sqm plots, 3 bedrooms and 2 multipurpose rooms, rooftop pool
- Banyan Tree Beach Residences Aegir: 4-bedroom pool villas, west-facing, private pool, jacuzzi and rooftop deck
- Banyan Tree Grand Residences: 19 pool villas, 3 and 5 bedroom
- Banyan Tree Lake Residences Yara: Single-storey 3, 4 and 5-bedroom pool villas on a lagoon; 3-bedrooms resort-managed
What is standing, and what is not. No Banyan Tree address is finished, though one is on site and rising. The build state of six of the seven Banyan Tree addresses is unconfirmed, because no document we hold establishes it.
What tenure is stated. One of the seven Banyan Tree addresses states both a freehold route inside the building's 49 per cent foreign quota and a registered lease, and six publish no ownership structure we have read the papers for.
The service. Hotel service reaches these homes through the Banyan Tree resort inside the estate, and the Sanctuary Club owner programme, whose terms are set by the developer and are the document to read rather than the brochure.
Who it suits. A buyer making a legacy or trophy purchase who wants space, a private pool and distance from neighbours, and who is comfortable buying a home that in most cases is not yet built.
Angsana
Angsana is Banyan Group's second resort brand at Laguna Phuket, lighter in register than Banyan Tree, and on this estate it names condominium and pool-residence addresses beside the golf course, the lagoon and the beach.
Where the addresses sit. Within reach of the beach, on the lagoon system and golf-side.
The product.
- Angsana Golf Residences Topaz: 2-3 bedroom condominiums and penthouses, 121 to 408 sqm
- Angsana Beachfront Residences: 18 two and three-bedroom condominiums with private pools, 3 floors, resale only
- Angsana Oceanview Residences: 33 private residences with pools, 173 to 400 sqm
What is standing, and what is not. One of the Angsana addresses is finished and can be walked today (Angsana Oceanview Residences). The build state of two of the three Angsana addresses is unconfirmed, because no document we hold establishes it.
What tenure is stated. All three Angsana addresses publish no ownership structure we have read the papers for.
The service. The Angsana resort runs alongside these addresses inside the same estate, so the golf course, the beach clubs, the shuttle and the clinics are operating rather than promised.
Who it suits. A golfer, a retiree, or anyone who will not take construction risk: this is the brand with a finished building on the estate that a buyer can walk today.
The brand, service and buyer lines on this page are read from Banyan Group's own pages and from Embark Estate's file on the estate. Every count, name, setting, build state and tenure state is derived from the records at the moment the page is built. Checked .
Who each is not for.
Banyan Tree. Not for a buyer who wants a finished building to walk this month, an apartment rather than a villa or a townhome, or a small footprint to lock up and leave.
Angsana. Not for a buyer who wants absolute beachfront, a villa footprint, or the largest formats on the estate, none of which sit under this brand here.
Every address on the estate, with its setting, build state and ownership, is on the Laguna Phuket estate page. What leasehold and freehold actually mean for a foreign buyer on this island is set out in our article on tenure in Phuket.
Every fact we hold on this estate, one sourced and dated sentence at a time, is on the Laguna Phuket facts sheet
Tell us which of the two you are weighing, and we will send what the developer has actually cleared for those buildings.
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