Canggu is Bali's fastest-growing coastal district — a stretch of surf beaches, rice-paddy backroads and a dense café, co-working and wellness scene that has made it the island's digital-nomad capital.
Canggu pairs the island's strongest short-let demand with a young, international, year-round crowd, which keeps occupancy high across seasons. New villa and apartment supply is concentrated here, though rapid growth means location and access matter enormously.
Surf at dawn, work from a café, sunset drinks at a beach club — an easy, social, outdoorsy rhythm that appeals to a younger owner.
Investors chasing short-let demand and lifestyle buyers who want energy, surf and a built-in community.
The rule is the same across Phuket, and it is the first thing to get straight before you look at anything in Canggu. A foreigner can own a condominium outright, freehold, with the title deed in their own name — not a lease, not a company, not a nominee arrangement.
Land is different. Foreigners cannot own it, which is why villas here involve long leases or company structures that need proper legal advice. Each building may sell up to 49% of its floor area freehold to non-Thais; past that, units go leasehold. So the freehold stock in any given Canggu building is finite, and worth checking which you are being offered before anything else.
Your own lawyer — not the developer's — should verify the title and the remaining foreign quota before money moves. How foreign ownership works →
The asking price in Canggu is not the number to budget against. On completion you will meet a transfer fee, and depending on how long the seller has held the property, either specific business tax or stamp duty, plus withholding tax. These are usually split between buyer and seller by negotiation, so who pays what is worth settling in writing early.
Then there are the running costs that decide whether the numbers work: a service charge billed per square metre each year, a one-off sinking fund contribution for major works, utilities, and insurance. On a hotel-managed home the operator also takes a share of rental income.
Our Thailand transfer fee calculator works out the purchase taxes on a specific figure, and the rental yield calculator takes a gross rent down to the net figure once those costs are in. Both are free and need no sign-up.
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See if you qualify →Foreigners can't own freehold land in Indonesia, but can hold property through a long-term leasehold (commonly 25-30 years, renewable) or a right-to-use (Hak Pakai) title. We explain the structures on a call.
Canggu has Bali's deepest short-let demand and international appeal, though its rapid growth makes location, access and build quality especially important.