If you’re an expatriate living in Thailand, you may have some ideas and opinions about the kind of living options that are available to you. There are lots of beautiful properties in the country with manicured lawns and gardens; sunlight streaming in through large windows. When it comes to buying a property in Thailand, you can almost always find the property structure that you are looking for.
It’s not always an individual property that makes a perfect home, though. At least for Western expats, there’s a stereotypical suburban lifestyle that makes a property a home just as much as the actual structure does. Particularly, the “American dream” of raising a happy family in a clean house on a tree-lined street with friendly neighbors may not strike you as something that you can achieve in Thailand… but that’s about to change.
Suburban Living in Thailand
Beginning this year the search for the ultimate suburban oasis will become much easier for expats, as a new development company called Baan Siri will be taking its first step into the Thai marketplace with exactly the kind of properties mentioned above.
Boutique, distinctive and high-end properties will be the focus of Baan Siri Co. Ltd., which having recognized the lack of quintessential Western-style suburbs has decidedly created a uniquely tailored development; Primrose Hill, Pattaya.
What makes a suburb a suburb?
Location and use
Technically speaking, a suburb is an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one. The Primrose Hill is located less than 15 minutes from Pattaya, keeping the major city within easy reach while achieving a lifestyle that’s far from urban. The development is actually quietly nestled in a forest clearing near the foot of Chonburi’s mountains and will consist of only 27 one and two storey houses surrounding a large man-made lake, each featuring either a dock with direct lake access or stunning mountain-views.
Mid-range population and land plots
A suburb tends to have a low population density, which allows each property within the suburb to have land surrounding it, but not too much. Suburbs also allow for neighborhoods to form, which often fosters the development of a community. Primrose Hill will be a neighborhood in a suburb. A beautiful and clean area of 27 houses, located within a town.
Similar developments
Typical suburban planners and developers in the Western world, specifically in America tend to focus on crafting a perfectly desirable home, and multiplying it. The end result is many similar properties sharing the same road, which is typically designed in a way that the houses can maintain a sense of privacy while showing off their façades to their neighbors and other passerby. Baan Siri’s developer and visionaire, Raywat Willard spent over six months solely on conceptualizing the project, starting the process by designing the interior first, making sure each and every inch of space is usable and attractive.
Homogeneous demographics/community development
Suburbs became popular in America during the 20th century when living outside from the city became an asset. They became a way that people could still benefit from the employment and economic benefits of a city, while enjoying fresh air, large spaces and a calm atmosphere. Interestingly, because the suburbs tended to develop similar properties, different suburbs would attract very niche groups of people. Many families would have extremely similar incomes, and many would be from the same background.
A suburb built in Thailand will likely attract a group of likeminded people, or at least a group with similar lifestyles and values. The circular development of Primrose Hill that radiates around a lake will naturally foster a community.
How to secure one of Thailand’s suburban homes
The properties in Primrose Hill are currently available to buy presale, meaning that home-seekers or investors can simply contact Baan Siri to reserve one of the 27 properties. Buying at the presale stage allows purchasers to customize their future homes, as well as receiving a 3-8% discount.
To enquire about the Primrose development or presale purchases, please contact [email protected]
