Condo Rental in Patong, Phuket: What a Sea View Costs

People come to Patong to live where everything is walkable: beach, market, mall, pharmacy, doctor and laundry within one walk. The bay sits between two headlands, about 35 km from the airport and 15 km from Phuket Town, and its condo market is the second largest on the coast after Bang Tao. Of the 2,927 unique long-term listings we pulled island-wide, 304 are in Patong. The median is 35,000 THB a month against 32,000 THB island-wide; half the flats ask 25,000–53,000 THB, and the cheapest was 10,000 THB.

Patong works the opposite way to Bang Tao. A studio costs 35% more than the island median and a one-bedroom 20% more, yet a two-bedroom is slightly cheaper than the island figure, 50,000 against 52,000 THB. Demand here is for small homes by the beach. Three-bedroom flats are a story of their own: just 21 listings, with a median of 145,000 THB.

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The words 'sea view' appear in the title or opening of 63 listings out of 304, one in five. Compared with flats of the same size without it, a view adds about 5,000 THB a month on a studio or one-bedroom and 14,500 THB on a two-bedroom, almost a third of the price. If a view is not essential for your family, it is the simplest saving in the area.

Check the claim against the field the owner fills in. Of 64 opened listings with it, the sea was ticked in 16, mountains in 23 and city in 24. If the description says sea view and the field says city view, ask for a balcony photo taken today.

Noise, not price, is Patong's main question. Bangla Road is the loudest street in the evening, and sound spreads several blocks from it; further away and higher up the slope it gets quieter. Buildings are low: of 60 flats with a floor number the median is the third, and only five sit above the seventh, so street sound carries well.

A flat facing the courtyard or pool is quieter than one on the street at the same price. View flats after ten at night, because Patong is quieter by day than after dark. And remember the season: from May to October the streets are much emptier, so a flat that seemed quiet in summer can sound different in winter. Kalim, the northern end of the bay, climbs the slope and is calmer, though a two-bedroom there is about 57,500 THB.

In 31 of 78 full descriptions there is a pool, in 22 a gym, in 21 security, in 18 internet and in 16 parking. A washing machine appears in only four, so ask straight away where the nearest laundry is. Almost everything is furnished. Pets are rarely accepted: 46 of 49 listings with the field say no, and three allow small cats and dogs.

Flats are roomier than newer complexes elsewhere: a one-bedroom is about 48 m² against 42 m² in Bang Tao, a studio about 40 m². A square metre costs about 560 THB a month, below the island's roughly 640 THB. The deposit, where named, was one month in 12 of 16 descriptions and two months in four.

No, and by a lot. On a short-stay platform, 30 nights in an entire studio or one-bedroom cost about 42,100 THB in October and about 114,200 THB in late January and February, against 27,000–30,000 THB a month on a one-year lease. Even in autumn the platform costs 40% more than a lease; in winter nearly four times as much. For stays longer than two months, look for a direct lease.

The season runs from November to April, when owners of small flats by the beach let easily by the night and have no reason to give ground on a year. From May to October tourists thin out and flats stand empty, the best time to sign for a year. For a winter stay, agree early, for six months, with the price fixed in the contract.