Villa La Richie in Naklua

About the project

Villa La Richie consists of townhouses, although in the catalogue the project sits in the villas section. The developer is Colorful Garden Real Estate 2018. It is a gated village of 46 townhouses. Each house has a small pool. Residents have a large shared pool, a fully equipped gym, a children’s playroom and a meeting room. There is also security and video surveillance.

The “from” price, handover date and status are shown in the card above. The manager will send the house areas, the number of bedrooms and the layouts. Ask right away how many bedrooms the house has, whether there is parking and what is included in the price: furniture, kitchen, pool.

Location

Naklua is the northern part of Pattaya. The Wongamat area, which is often named next to it, is by address also in the Naklua sub-district. There is no road along the beach in this part of the city, and the houses are reached from Naklua Road along side lanes. From the Wongamat houses to the Terminal 21 mall it is about 2.25 km in a straight line and 3.2 km by car, distances without traffic. The manager will confirm the distance from this village to the sea, so check it on a map. The neighbouring area is described on the page Wongamat.

For Naklua there is a press note about a road flooding in 2017. It cannot be read as a guarantee, so ask the village’s juristic entity whether water has reached the plots.

Who it suits

A townhouse gives you your own house and a small pool for less money than a detached villa, and the village’s common areas cover the need for a gym and a children’s room. It suits a couple or a small family for permanent living and wintering. For renting out, the costs of a house and a pool are higher than for a condo, so you need to run the numbers in advance. We can help with renting out, and we will do a preliminary calculation for the project separately.

What to check before buying

Form of ownership. A foreigner cannot buy land. Usually the plot is leased for up to 30 years, registered at the land office. How the house is registered separately from the land should be confirmed with a lawyer. A promise to renew the lease “30 plus 30 plus 30” is not a guarantee. Schemes with a Thai company in which a foreigner effectively owns the land are prohibited by law.

Village fees. If the village has a registered juristic entity, buyers pay contributions. If there is a debt, an official may suspend registration of deals on the plot, so ask for a certificate that there is no debt. Ask what the fee covers: security, cleaning of the shared pool, general cleaning.

Condition of the house. If the townhouse is already built, inspect the roof, plumbing and pool, and ask about the developer’s warranty and the age of the building.

Running costs of the house. Pool, electricity, minor repairs. We found no open data on the amounts, so ask the seller for an estimate.

Renting out. Renting for less than a month without a hotel licence is illegal according to the authorities, and the law does not name an exact limit in days.

A general overview of villas and documents is on the page villas in Pattaya, and other projects are in the section new developments in Pattaya.

How to view

We show the village and the area in person or by video. The manager will send the presentation and the houses still available. No commission for the buyer, we check the documents before the deal.