Location: Choeng Mon  ID: 530
Type: New Development
Status: For Sale
Land Title: Chanote
Price: 6,324,000 Baht 

Amara Gardens & Pool is a brand new development of 29 luxury one, two and three bedroom townhouse apartments, set in lush tropical gardens with a massive 288 square metre pool, just 5 minutes walk to beautiful Choeng Mon Beach. What makes Amara Gardens and Pool so different..? Gated community minutes from the beach Amara Gardens and Pool is designed to be an exclusive, gated community, providing maximum privacy, tranquillity and 24-hour security. It offers an exceptionally beautiful place to live on Koh Samui and is just minutes from Choeng Mon’s famous beach. The development is also been designed to be self-sufficient with facilities that include a small club house and restaurant, gym, room service, laundry, airport transfer and car parking. The Pool The focal point and the most distinctive feature of this exclusive gated community is the signature pool. While other developments have pools that might best be described as “plunge pools” or “baths”, the Amara Gardens pool is, frankly, massive. It is one of the largest pools on the island and, without doubt, one of the largest pools of its kind for this type of development in the whole of Thailand. Set among lush, tropical landscaped gardens, with an integrated adult swimming area, lounge pool and children’s area, the pool covers a vast surface area of 288 square metres and contains a gigantic 360,000 litres of water. With pools of this enormous size, the heat of the sun would warm the water to the point where it is too hot to swim, without the use of specially designed surge tanks that help to control the temperature. The surge tanks required to ensure the efficient operation of the Amara Gardens pool and to keep it cool are constructed of reinforced concrete and have a capacity of 40,000 litres. Maintenance tunnels around the pool are large enough for people to walk in them! If the amount of water required for the pool is combined with the Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) potable water tanks and the 15,000 litre rain water retention tanks (for irrigation of the tropical vegetation), the total water volume on site is nearing a staggering half a million litres. Exceptional construction quality and immaculate finishing The high quality material specifications and attention to detail by Amara Properties is exceptional, far exceeding the general construction standard on the island of Samui. The experienced professionals of both Lynx Developments and Sterling Project Management are on site every day to ensure these standards are meticulously and consistently maintained. For this reason, developments bearing the Amara brand are considered the benchmark for construction quality. Lynx Developments build homes to last. The townhouse apartments of Amara Gardens and Pool are built with cavity walls of 10cm thick Dupont Thermalite insulated concrete with a high “U” value, which essentially means that it prevents heat transfer and keeps the houses cool. These townhouse apartments are also built with firewalls that extend all the way into the roof structure, while the roof structure itself is steel insulated with 25mm sprayed cool-cell cellulose Envirospray 300 insulation, which is not only fire resistant and treated against insect penetration. It also has a low “K” value of 0.029, which again means it helps to keep the house cool. Amara Gardens and Pool is the only development in Koh Samui to use this high specification insulation. In addition, all windows are fitted with shatterproof laminate safety glass that, due to its multi-layered structure, also helps to reflect the heat. Downstairs floors are RCI non-slip tiles, while purchasers can choose beautiful, hard-wearing, light coloured Teng Hardwood or RCI non-slip floor tiles for the upstairs floor. Bathrooms are fitted with designer sanitary wear with marble surrounds around the bath and basins. The large balconies are of sand-washed concrete with steel and hardwood rails. Even the soffits are finely finished in hardwood. Surrounding the pool is a sand-washed decking with terracotta inlay designed to prevent the underside of guest’s feet from burning as they walk around. This adds up to a superb construction quality and immaculate finishing that ensures purchasers receive excellent value for money in comparison with other projects and ensures that their investments are well and truly safe. As a reflection of their total confidence, Amara Properties automatically receive a 10 Year Guarantee on the Substructure and Superstructure, together with a 1 Year Defects Warranty. This means that in the highly unlikely event that anything goes wrong with your property, we put it right. Introducing the team of experts.. When buying property in Thailand, the wise investor must look beyond the glossy brochures. Making a wise property investment is more than looking at project plans and then comparing prices. More important is who is behind the project, construction quality and who is on site managing the project to completion. Investors must bear in mind that the critical element standing between themselves and a dream vacation home is the developer and the team of professionals working with them. The experience, expertise and financial standing of the developer and their team is therefore of crucial importance. The principals of Amara Properties and Lynx Developments have been working together for more than twenty years, bringing together a unique combination of over 100 years experience and expertise in civil engineering, real estate, construction and property development. Chairman Hywel Williams, for example, was senior partner of a land and property estate agent in the UK and then principal of a property development company before moving the operations of the company, including all the senior staff, to Koh Samui. It is an unparalleled concentration of professional expertise on the island. And with Lynx Developments, the executive staff not only principally own the company, they are hands-on professionals involved in the day-to-day operations of the company. In addition, while many developers are wholly dependent upon selling properties to finance construction and enable them to proceed with projects, the principals of Lynx Developments have both the confidence in their work and financial standing to start and proceed with projects without asking the purchaser to assume the usual risks of off-plan investments. The large team of award winning architects, surveyors and structural engineers have each been chosen for their experience and expertise. These leading professionals work closely with Lynx Developments on a daily basis to ensure that building quality and workmanship is first-class. It is also the reason why it is possible to build guaranteed homes. The project layout and structural design for Amara Gardens and Pool is by Connell Wagner, one of Asia Pacific’s largest and most respected structural consultants. Recent and current projects include the $2.5 billion EastLink project in Victoria (Australia’s largest road project), the $1 billion Darwin Waterfront Project in Kitchener Bay, and the design of the main terminal building fa.ade at the New Bangkok International Airport. The architectural design was created by award winning Woods Bagot, a leading international architectural team operating in Australia, Asia, the Middle East and Europe - the same firm associated with the Rolls Building and Trafalgar Hilton Hotel in London, Liverpool Central Village, the Nike super store in Melbourne, the Macquarie Investment Centre in Sydney, the Audi Centre in Brisbane, the United Arab Emirates University and Bahrain City Centre in UAE, the Emirate Twin Towers in Dubai, the Petronas Art Gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School and the Miramar Shopping Centre in Hong Kong. The mechanical and electrical engineering experts are Siam Cossine who have more than 10 years experience operating in Thailand and have recently been acquired by Connell Wagner (above). Sterling Project Management rounds off the team by providing the important role of daily on site inspection and professional project management. It is Sterling’s job to guarantee materials and workmanship are of the highest standard and that construction proceeds according to schedule. Sterling’s professional management includes weekly project meetings with the other team members and monthly project performance reviews. In sum, the team is unequalled in experience and expertise on the island of Samui. This is the reason why Lynx Developments are Samui’s most trusted developer. “In supervising the construction of Amara Gardens and Pool, we implemented rigorous inspections on site and meticulous testing of materials to ensure that all aspects of the building conform to industry best practices and exceed the highest international standards. Amara Gardens and Pool may well be the best quality buildings ever constructed in Samui” Tom Sterling, Projects Director, Sterling Project Management. Remaining Units 3 Bedroom – Type C ONLY 1 REMAINING (unit 2) Price THB 11,600,000 or as low as THB 8, 352,000 if part of the rental programme. Two storey townhouse apartments with 262 square metres of living area, and integral car parking. 2 Bedroom – Type B ONLY 4 REMAINING – (units 13, 22, 25, 27) Price THB 8,784,000 or as low as THB 6,324,000 if part of the rental programme. Two storey townhouse apartments with 156 square metres of living area. FINAL PHASE OF 1 BEDROOM LUXURY APARTMENTS JUST LAUNCHED 1 Bedroom – Type B 6 APARTMENTS NOW AVAILABLE – (Units 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b) Price THB 3,900,000 One storey townhouse apartments with 75 square metres of living area. Project Name Amara Gardens and Pool Residential type Approximately 29 luxury one, two and three bedroom townhouse apartments Site Location 5 minutes from Choeng Mon Beach, Koh Samui, Thailand Developer Lynx Developments Address 10/34 Moo 5, Bophut, Koh Samui, Suratthani 84320, Thailand Land Title Chanote, the highest and most secure land title in Thailand Build Permit No. 1779/2549 Project layout and structural design Connell Wagner Architectural design Woods Bagot Mechanical and electrical engineers Siam Cossine Project manager Sterling Project Management Anticipated date of completion February 2008 Guarantees and Warranties 10 Year Guarantee on the Substructure and Superstructure, 1 Year Defects Warranty Total Project Land Area 4 Rai (6,400 square metres) and land is not mortgaged Total land area used for buildings (excluding pool) 35% of total Pool size 288 square metres surface area, 360,000 litres. Facilities 24 hour security, small club house with restaurant and gym, room service, laundry, airport transfer, car parking. Access 5 metre wide concrete road Electricity 3 Phase Legal ownership Ownership of the townhouse apartments (under the “Land and Structure Sale and Purchase Agreement”) and 30+30+30 leasehold ownership of the land (under the “Land Lease Agreement”). Payment schedule Linked to stages of construction: Reservation/Earnest Deposit amount THB 200,000, 30% of the purchase price (less the Reservation/Earnest Deposit of THB 200,000) upon signing the “Land and Structure Sale and Purchase Agreement” and the “Land Lease Agreement,” 30 % of the purchase price upon completion of the foundation, ground and/or first floor structure and roof structure of the property, 30% of the purchase price upon completion of the roof tiling and masonry works, plastering of interior and exterior, the ceiling of the property, 10% of the purchase price upon completion and transfer of ownership of the property. Rental pool/furniture package Optional Maintenance fee per month 1 Bedroom Apartment 4,500 THB per month 54,000 THB annually 2 Bedroom Apartment 6,950 THB per month 83,400 THB annually 3 Bedroom Apartment 7,950 THB per month 95,400 THB annually Reserve or ‘sinking’ fund Lynx Developments will pay THB 1M from the developers own funds in advance into the reserve fund. Thereafter, 5% of the management fees go into the reserve fund. Contractual documents -Land Lease Agreement (for lease of the land) -Addendum to the Land Lease Agreement Structure Sale and Purchase (for purchase and ownership of the building) -Owners Charter (rules in relation to the property and common areas designed to provide owners with peaceful and quiet enjoyment of your investment property, and in the event you wish to generate a rental income, this also applies to your tenants) -Maintenance Agreement (rules covering the maintenance of the project)