1-Bed Apartment at Melia Phuket Karon Residences

Managed under the Melia hotel brand, Melia Phuket Karon Residences is a low-rise development on a forested hillside above Karon, and this one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment offers 56 sqm with garden, town and mountain outlooks.

The complex is being built with a rooftop pool, a fitness centre and yoga studio, a spa set against the rainforest, a restaurant, nature trails and a shuttle down to the beach. Karon itself is one of Phuket's longer beaches, quieter than Patong but within easy reach of it and of Kata and Rawai.

Ownership is flexible: foreign freehold, Thai freehold, leasehold or through a company. Owners can join the Melia-managed rental programme with a personal-use allowance, which points the unit at buyers wanting hands-off rental income plus their own weeks in the sun.