Mai Khao is Phuket's longest, quietest beach on the island's north-west tip — a protected, low-density stretch home to luxury resort residences and minutes from the airport.
Mai Khao trades nightlife for serenity and brand-name resort management; its scarcity, protected setting and airport proximity appeal to premium long-stay guests and lifestyle owners.
An empty sweep of sand, turtles nesting in season, world-class resorts, and a five-minute airport run.
Buyers who prize tranquillity, brand-name management and easy travel over a lively scene.
The rule is the same across Phuket, and it is the first thing to get straight before you look at anything in Mai Khao. 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 Mai Khao 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 Mai Khao 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 →Mai Khao is quiet and low-density but sits right by the airport and is well-connected to the west coast — its seclusion is the appeal, not a drawback.