For Sale . . . 6 Rai, on a hilltop, surrounded by jungle.  Price: 6 million baht

6 Rai of Chanote* titled hilltop land.  The land overlooks the east coast and is surrounded on three sides by National Park.  This land is owned by a local who's family have been farming rubber on it for decades. The land has just been cleared as the trees are too old to produce rubber now. (This also makes it easy to see the land boundaries.)

There are no steep slopes on the land that would pose a problem to building work. The best views are to the east and south east. A bore hole is on the land, this water was used to irrigate the rubber plantation year round. If you're looking for land for a huge hideaway that no-one would ever find then this is it.  It's totally silent, and the bordering jungle means that no one could ever overlook your property and it isn't visible from the main road at all.  The front and the rear of the land both have views out to sea, other than that the views are just of the jungle clad mountains inland. 

However, access isn't easy as there isn't currently a road leading to the land.  A neighbour is willing to sell a strip of their land to allow private access to the property. We've met the neighbour who's a good friend of the owner of the plot for sale, she's fine with this arrangement.  So (I estimate) a maximum of 1 million baht needs to be set aside for this.  Electricity would also need to be connected.  The distance from the main road would mean that this would be another large expense, 100 - 250,000 baht depending on where the connection could be made. 

*The land doesn't yet have a Chanote title but this was applied for in Feb 2006, and the process takes around 6 months before approval.  The owner agrees that any sale would be linked to the land receiving a Chanote.  No Chanote = no sale.