A horseshoe bay on the south coast of Lombok at dawn

Three countries, seven markets

Seven places worth owning in.

Different guests, different seasons, different reasons to book. When one source market softens, the others are still arriving.

Two kinds of site, and nothing in between

Location is not a detail of this business, it is the whole of it. A guest choosing between two handsome houses at the same price decides on distance — to a supermarket, to somewhere to eat, to the sand. It is the first filter they apply and most listings fail it.

Teak gate and black stone wall on a leafy village lane

Within easy reach

Homes where everything is walkable or a few minutes away. Supermarket, restaurants, beach. These fill reliably, turn over cleanly, and suit the traveller who wants a private house without giving up convenience.

A single villa on a high ridge with a long view to the sea

Remote, but only for a reason

We will take a site far from everything when what it offers cannot be found closer in — a mountain outlook, a stretch of coast with nothing else on it, a setting scarce enough that people will drive for it. Scarcity is what lets a remote house charge more rather than less, and it is what brings the guest who wants a month of quiet.

The house we will not buy is the one that is merely far.

Twenty minutes from anything, with an ordinary view. It has the drawbacks of remoteness and none of the reward, and it produces the lowest occupancy, the weakest rates and the hardest resale of anything in these markets. There are a great many of them for sale. We do not add to them.

Our sites fall across the range deliberately — houses high in the hills with long views, houses on the beach, and houses in the middle of town a short walk from the market. Different guests, different seasons, different reasons to book.

Not sure which market?

Tell us what you are trying to achieve — yield, use, a second base, a build on land you already own — and we will tell you honestly which of the seven fits it.

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