Exceptional 3 Bedroom Riverside Villa in Ubud

About the location

• Central Ubud — 10 minutes by car
• A quiet riverside setting, jungle on all sides
• Ubud's restaurants, markets and yoga studios within the same ten minutes

Why Investing in This Property

The headline here is the land: 14.8 are — nearly fifteen hundred square metres — with a house on it, for two hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars. In Ubud that figure normally buys four or five are with a small villa. Understanding why it does not here is the whole of the analysis.

The lease has seventeen years to run. That is short, and it is exactly why the price is what it is. But the seller has already negotiated the extension: thirty further years at a price agreed in advance, written into the arrangement rather than left to the landowner's discretion in 2044.

That single fact changes the nature of the purchase. Most short-lease Bali property is a wasting asset — you buy seventeen years, you watch the value decline every year you hold it, and when you go to extend you discover the landowner has understood exactly how little leverage you have. Here the extension price is fixed in advance. You are not buying seventeen years; you are buying forty-seven at a known total cost, and you can calculate that cost today rather than guess at it.

With that established, look at what fifteen hundred square metres gives you that a normal Ubud villa does not. The house occupies 272 m², so more than eighty percent of the site is garden, jungle and river frontage. Land this size can take a second building — a guest pavilion, a studio, a yoga space — without crowding what is there, which is a development option most Ubud plots simply cannot offer. And it means your neighbours are far away on every side.

The separate studio is a detail of real value. It has its own kitchen and its own terrace, which means it lets independently: a long-stay tenant, a manager, a family member, or simply a second income while you occupy the main house. Two bedrooms plus a rentable studio behaves very differently from three bedrooms in one house, and it is worth more.

The mezzanine office matters more than it used to. Ubud's long-stay market is now built on remote workers taking three-, six- and twelve-month rentals, and what they filter for is a dedicated workspace and fibre internet. This villa has both, and the office looks over the river and forest. That is a marketing advantage worth real money in a town where most villas offer a dining table and a promise.

The riverside position is the part that cannot be bought later. A river boundary means nothing can be built against you on that side — Bali's setback rules see to it — so the jungle view is structurally protected rather than merely current. In a town where new villas appear constantly, an outlook that is guaranteed by geography rather than by goodwill is genuinely scarce.

The enclosed living areas, high ceilings and mature tropical landscaping have also settled: this is not a new build with a garden that will look good in five years. It is a maintained 2018 house with grounds that are already there.

Additional information

• Land 1,480 m² (14.8 are) — building 272 m² — 2 levels — built 2018
• 2 bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms + 1 studio room with its own kitchen and terrace + mezzanine office
• 3 ensuite bathrooms + 1 guest toilet
• Private swimming pool 13 m x 4 m running along the jungle edge
• Riverside plot — jungle and river views on every side
• Enclosed living areas with high ceilings — equipped kitchen — mature tropical landscaping
• Covered parking for 2 cars + motorbikes — maid's room and laundry area
• Electricity 5,500 VA — fibre optic internet — furnished interiors
• Leasehold until 2044 (17 years remaining) with a 30-year extension already negotiated at an agreed price
• 10 minutes from central Ubud