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 9 Banyan Tree addresses at Laguna Phuket and 3 Angsana ones, out of 23 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 two are 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: 40 three-bedroom pool residences in 5 buildings, 348 to 493 sqm; 7 priced from ฿83.8M, 4 freehold
- Banyan Tree Beach Residences Varuna: Eight four-bedroom townhomes behind the Mazu villas, 539 to 638 sqm, rooftop pools; homes 3 and 4 priced
- Banyan Tree Beach Residences Nammu: Fifteen four-storey townhomes, 468 sqm on 165 to 215 sqm plots, rooftop pools; villa 13 available
- Banyan Tree Beach Residences Aegir: Ten four-bedroom pool villas, 793 sqm on 480 sqm plots, facing Bang Tao Beach; villa 6 available
- Banyan Tree Beach Residences Mazu: Five four-bedroom beachfront pool villas, 631 sqm on 560 sqm plots; villa 5 available
- Banyan Tree Beach Residences Nerea: 6 three-bedroom duplexes, 392 to 588 sqm, a private pool each; 4 priced from ฿100.7M, two freehold
- Banyan Tree Grand Residences: 19 pool villas, 3 and 5 bedroom
- Banyan Tree Lake Residences Yara: Twelve single-storey pool villas on the Banyan Tree Lagoon, 414 to 938 sqm; villa 1, three bedrooms, available
What is standing, and what is not. No Banyan Tree address is finished, though two are on site and rising. The build state of seven of the nine Banyan Tree addresses is unconfirmed, because no document we hold establishes it.
What tenure is stated. Three of the nine Banyan Tree addresses state both a freehold route inside the building's 49 per cent foreign quota and a registered lease, five state one route alone, and one publishes 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: 106 homes, 2-bed 121 sqm to 3-bed penthouse 408 sqm, freehold or leasehold, on the Laguna Golf course
- Angsana Beachfront Residences: 18 two and three-bedroom condominiums with private pools, 3 floors, resale only
- Angsana Oceanview Residences: 75 homes with private pools, 173 to 400 sqm, freehold or leasehold, on the Laguna lagoon
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. Two of the three Angsana addresses state both a freehold route inside the building's 49 per cent foreign quota and a registered lease, and one publishes 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
