4-bedroom pool villa
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Private pool on absolute lagoon waterfront, on a plot of 675 to 735 sqm whose ownership structure is a separate question.
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Render. The living pavilion opening to the terrace, the pool and the lagoon. Images courtesy of Banyan Group (Render).
Banyan Group · Laguna · Branded villas, registered leasehold · Appointed sales agency
Lakelands Waterfront Villas
Lakelands Waterfront Villas is a gated development of four-bedroom pool villas inside Laguna Phuket on the Bang Tao shore, developed by Banyan Group, each villa 558 square metres built-up on a plot of 675 to 735 square metres, on absolute waterfront overlooking the lagoon.
Embark Estate is an appointed sales agency for Lakelands Waterfront Villas. →
Absolute waterfront on the lagoon, as Banyan Group states it in its Property Development Overview of 5 February 2026.
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This is lakefront rather than seafront; Bang Tao beach is elsewhere within the same estate.
Selling · within the Lakelands masterplan
What we have checkedThis building does not exist yet, so there is nothing to inspect. What we publish comes from the developer's own published material. Last checked 31 August 2026.
The unit mix
What is being sold, as the developer states it.
The same schedule, as a table
| Type | Size | What distinguishes it |
|---|---|---|
| 4-bedroom pool villa | 558 sqm built-up | Private pool, absolute lagoon waterfront |
| The plot beneath it | 675 to 735 sqm | The land, whose ownership structure is a separate question |
Both figures are stated in Banyan Group's Property Development Overview of 5 February 2026. The built-up area is given as a single number rather than a range, which suggests one villa type; the plot varies. Ask for the site plan, since which plot a villa sits on decides its frontage.
The facts
Laguna, measured out.
- The lagoonAbsolute waterfront
- Laguna Golf PhuketWithin the estate
- Bang Tao BeachWithin the estate
- Boat Avenue and Porto de PhuketJust outside the estate
- Built-up area
- 558 sqm
- Land area
- 675 to 735 sqm
- Format
- 4-bedroom pool villas
- Water
- Absolute waterfront, lagoon
- Estate
- Laguna Phuket, Lakelands
The lease, and what renewal actually means.
Confirming
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 in Banyan Group's Property Development Overview of 5 February 2026. This is villa and land product, which in Thailand is ordinarily offered to foreign buyers on a registered lease rather than freehold, because Thai law restricts foreign land ownership. We do not state which structure applies here until we have read the papers for this development. If it is leasehold, the term and the renewal mechanics are the first things to establish, and a renewal must be a binding contractual clause rather than a marketing statement. This is 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.
The project
What Lakelands Waterfront Villas actually is.
Lakelands Waterfront Villas is the house format in the Lakelands masterplan, and the only address in it where the word waterfront is used without qualification. Banyan states absolute waterfront, overlooking the lagoon: the water is the boundary of the plot rather than a view across other people's roofs.
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Each villa carries 558 square metres of built-up area on a plot of 675 to 735 square metres, with four bedrooms and a private pool. Those two numbers together are the thing to notice. A 558-square-metre house on a 675-square-metre plot is a house that fills its land, which buys interior volume and costs garden; the buyer who wants lawn should ask to see the site plan before the show villa.
Golf membership at Laguna Golf Phuket is included on Banyan's stated terms. The villas sit on the freshwater side of the estate, the part Banyan Group rehabilitated from a worked-out tin mine beginning in 1994, so the landscaping and the water system around them have three decades behind them rather than a completion date ahead of them.
The ownership question matters more here than on the condominium addresses in this estate, and it is not answered in the document we hold. Villa and land product in Thailand is ordinarily offered to foreign buyers on a registered lease rather than freehold, because Thai law restricts foreign land ownership. Establish the structure, the term and whether any renewal is a binding contractual clause before anything else.
Unit count, the completion date, the ownership structure and the price are not published in any document Banyan has supplied, so none of the four appears here.
Common questions
Lakelands Waterfront Villas, answered plainly.
What is being sold at Lakelands Waterfront Villas?
Four-bedroom pool villas of 558 square metres built-up, each on its own plot of 675 to 735 square metres, on absolute waterfront overlooking the lagoon inside Laguna Phuket. Banyan states that golf membership is included. Stated in Banyan Group's Property Development Overview of 5 February 2026. Unit count, completion date, ownership structure and price are not published and we do not estimate them.
Can a foreign buyer own a Lakelands villa freehold?
That is the question to settle before any other, and the developer's overview does not answer it. Thai law restricts foreign land ownership, so villa and land product is ordinarily offered to foreign buyers on a registered lease rather than freehold, commonly structured as a long initial term with renewal options. A condominium apartment is the opposite case: it can be held freehold within the 49 per cent foreign quota of a building's sellable area. If freehold ownership is a requirement, the condominium addresses inside this estate are the ones to look at instead. Ask for the structure in writing, and check whether any renewal is a binding contractual clause. This is general information, not legal advice.
How does absolute waterfront differ from a lagoon view?
By where the plot ends. Absolute waterfront means the land runs to the water. A lagoon view means the water is visible from the property, which can mean anything from a frontage to a glimpse over a neighbour's roof, and can stop being true when the plot in front is built on. Banyan uses absolute waterfront for these villas and the softer overlooking the lagoon for several of its condominium addresses in the same estate, which is a distinction worth holding on to when comparing prices between them.
How does this compare with the other Lakelands addresses?
It is the house, and the others are apartments. Lakelands Waterfront Villas are 558-square-metre four-bedroom villas on their own plots. Laguna Beach Residences Bayside runs 75 to 358 square metres on the beach side of the estate, Laguna Lake Residences Aster 55 to 113 square metres near the retail, both as condominiums. Banyan Tree Lake Residences Yara is the larger villa format, three to five bedrooms of 414 to 953 square metres. The ownership structure differs between the house formats and the apartment formats, which is the practical reason to decide between them early.
Facts on this page are current as of October 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.
Enquire
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Where we stand
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.
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.
We publish no yield or capital-growth figure for this project. The one market figure we quote is Knight Frank Thailand’s: typical Phuket condominium yields of 5 to 8 per cent a year and villas of 10 to 15 per cent (2024 year-end, before costs); a single building can do better or worse. Where an operator publishes audited numbers for a specific building we quote them with their date, because a guaranteed return is usually a price concession wearing a yield’s clothing.
More to consider
What else to weigh
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| Compared on | This pageLakelands Waterfront Villas | Banyan Tree Grand Residences | Banyan Tree Lake Residences Yara | Laguna Beach Residences Bayside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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