Villa and Bungalows for Sale in Gili Air

About the location

• Forty metres to Gili Air beach
• Sunset Point, the island's most sought-after stretch
• Walking distance to beach bars, restaurants, dive centres and the boat landing
• West-facing, with the sunset over the water towards Bali

Why Investing in This Property

What makes this property interesting is not the villa. It is the five ares next to it.

Most small hospitality assets on the Gilis are finished things: a villa, some rooms, a pool, and no way to grow except by buying a neighbour who will not sell. Here you acquire a working business and, in the same transaction, the land to double it. Five hundred square metres forty metres from the beach at Sunset Point is enough for another villa, or three or four bungalows to add to the two you already have — on a plot you own, with a reception, a kitchen and a staff already in place to serve them.

That is the most efficient kind of expansion there is. Your fixed costs are already paid for by the existing units; every additional bungalow you build adds revenue against overheads you are carrying anyway. It is also the cheapest way to grow on an island where new beachfront-adjacent land essentially does not come up.

The existing set-up is well judged for the market. A four-bedroom villa with its own pool takes the group bookings — divers, friends travelling together, families, small retreats — which on the Gilis is where the margin is: one transaction, one price, no per-room platform commission. The two bungalows take couples and solo travellers at a lower price point and fill the nights the villa does not. The reception building means somebody is there to hand over keys, sell a dive trip and keep the place running. That combination is a small hotel rather than a holiday house, and it is why the property trades.

And the position does most of the work. Forty metres on an island with no cars is thirty seconds on foot. Sunset Point faces west across the water to Bali and the bars along it are where the island gathers in the evening. Guests who can walk out of the gate into that are guests who book again.

Additional information

• Land 1,200 m² in all: 700 m² (7 are) carrying the buildings plus 500 m² (5 are) of vacant land ready for development
• 4-bedroom villa with private pool and spacious living room — fully equipped kitchen — 2 furnished guest bungalows finished to a high standard — reception building — garden — storage room — car and scooter parking
• High-quality furnishings included
• 40 metres to Gili Air beach, at Sunset Point — walking distance to beach bars, restaurants, dive centres and boat access
• IDR 4,700,000,000 — leasehold to 2040, approximately 14 years remaining, with an extension option
• Currently operating