Beautiful pool villa for sale in Kep
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Might I ask why you chose to live here. Your post doesn't sound like you are brimming with enthusiasm.Doc67 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:33 am In a country with a nice climate it would be a nice place to live. Sadly, Cambodia's climate is either hot, very hot or very hot and wet.
The house has high ceilings and is open plan. It will cost you a bomb to keep it cool, which will probably be impossible given it's openness. Or you can sit there in 30+ degree heat for 9 months of the year.
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This is not the same building that was covered in that thread.offroadscholar wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 11:54 am IIRC, the build was well documented in a thread on this forum, or the other one.
What would it cost to buy a similarly located and sized piece of land in Kep now, and build the same house ?
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Sorry whiteribbon hijacking your post, and mods are welcome to delete/move but just out of interest; have you thought about solar panels? $1000-$1500 worth of panels should cover your pool pump bill easily. I know few people who have done it here.rubberbaron wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 2:55 pm I am wondering why he is selling it so shortly after completion. Maybe he is just testing the waters to see who might be interested and find out the current market prices. The location is a little far from town in a village called Kao Krasang. A French guy built a borey called Park View Villas with Western-style villas on small lots in the area. Don't know whether they ever sold all the units. That one was way back along a winding small dirt road. They sold for $350,000 a couple of years ago.
Prices for land are steadily rising and is bought by wealthy Khmer sitting on it for later sale. There is no market for villas like this. Khmer want 2-story not bungalow-style houses and Westerners here usually don't have this kind of money.
I have a similar house with pool I built myself on 875 m2 almost 3 years ago. The house is 170m2, 3 BR/baths, 1 guest bathroom. staff house, utility house, garage, modern kitchen, open floorplan, screened in terrace Florida-style. Location not too far from Kep market 25 m in on paved road. The land was $140,000, a neighbor is asking $250,000 for the same size land. A friend bought 2 lots of 1500 m2 together farther inside on dirt road for $260,000, cleared it, built a nice wall around it, planted some mango trees, and put in some sod. They had an offer for $400,000 from a Khmer from PP 2 months later.
I would price my house at about the same as whiteribbon's, but have no illusion of selling it at that price in the near future, plus I wouldn't know where to go live anyway. It's hot in Cambodia but we know that. Power bills are very high not because of A/Cs which we don't use that much anyway except in March, April May but running the pool pump for 12 hours a day. Fans and open doors usually cool it enough.
Villas like this in a resort town in Italy or Spain are twice or three times that much.
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The place certainly does look appealing , the gardens alone are attractive for me a retiree in mid 60's to potter around through the day and mow the lawns would be marvelous sound strange maybe but a task I've always enjoyed. The peace and serenity fresh air other pluses and I've given it some thought but not at near on half a million unless it came with some vendor finance possibly like lease purchase then one wouldn't need to put all ones eggs in ones basket.
On the down side I'd live in Kep possibly if nearer the beach not sure how long it would take to get to beach from there ?
Things I could see missing weekly shopping at Super Duper for all my bits and bobs.
Being single maybe get a bit too lonely I'd miss my weekly or so nights out in street 130 and 104.
at 64 one needs to consider the possibility of a heart attack as well if you had one living there is lights out or decent hospital within reach ?
Bit of weighing up to do to consider such a move.
Just thinking out loud here.
On the down side I'd live in Kep possibly if nearer the beach not sure how long it would take to get to beach from there ?
Things I could see missing weekly shopping at Super Duper for all my bits and bobs.
Being single maybe get a bit too lonely I'd miss my weekly or so nights out in street 130 and 104.
at 64 one needs to consider the possibility of a heart attack as well if you had one living there is lights out or decent hospital within reach ?
Bit of weighing up to do to consider such a move.
Just thinking out loud here.
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That's about 10 to 15 months of the cost of electricity for the pump. But basically a good idea, have to look into this.
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64 and ur worried about a heart attack> damOzinasia wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 4:24 pm The place certainly does look appealing , the gardens alone are attractive for me a retiree in mid 60's to potter around through the day and mow the lawns would be marvelous sound strange maybe but a task I've always enjoyed. The peace and serenity fresh air other pluses and I've given it some thought but not at near on half a million unless it came with some vendor finance possibly like lease purchase then one wouldn't need to put all ones eggs in ones basket.
On the down side I'd live in Kep possibly if nearer the beach not sure how long it would take to get to beach from there ?
Things I could see missing weekly shopping at Super Duper for all my bits and bobs.
Being single maybe get a bit too lonely I'd miss my weekly or so nights out in street 130 and 104.
at 64 one needs to consider the possibility of a heart attack as well if you had one living there is lights out or decent hospital within reach ?
Bit of weighing up to do to consider such a move.
Just thinking out loud here.
Living in Kep is lets say... slow
much of ur western food shopping needs be done in Kampot, 16-20kms away>
night life>> NONE here
good dining options>> Nope
Local small hospital otherwise...off to PP 3 1/2 hours away
I am 6 1/2 kms from the beach ( soon to be only 4 kms) )
looking forward to a bigger beach ( kep beach is ONLY 350 m long) as on holidays an weekends its not enjoyable at all.
FYI; there is no reason one needs spend that kind of $$ to build / live here, i spent a Lot less < ( granted its smaller but who needs a 3 bedroom house and a pool when there are only 2 of ya an the beach is nearby)
as one ages its nice to downsize
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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64 and worried about heart attack ... yeah from a misspent youth and two mild attacks already caused by several snake bites but that is another story
Cooking's a no brainer but I do enjoy getting fresh supply weekly from my nearest super duper.
House I had a few years ago in Thailand had a pool never felt better got up to 50 laps a day now sitting here in PP almost zero exercise but even having a pool I love a swim in the salt water if its clean.
Zero nightlife could be a deal breaker I'd likely go stir crazy .
I need 3 rooms I have a live in personal assistant who pretty much runs my company and she has a kid .
They are great company but not the touchy feely type that I enjoy in PP from time to time.
Thanks for the reply appreciated I would think some of my needs and desires would also be those of others.
Cooking's a no brainer but I do enjoy getting fresh supply weekly from my nearest super duper.
House I had a few years ago in Thailand had a pool never felt better got up to 50 laps a day now sitting here in PP almost zero exercise but even having a pool I love a swim in the salt water if its clean.
Zero nightlife could be a deal breaker I'd likely go stir crazy .
I need 3 rooms I have a live in personal assistant who pretty much runs my company and she has a kid .
They are great company but not the touchy feely type that I enjoy in PP from time to time.
Thanks for the reply appreciated I would think some of my needs and desires would also be those of others.
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Sure, who needs three bedrooms. But people have family that come to visit, so there's that. I grew up in cramped spaces so now I need space.
As for sales probability, I had a similar villa on land three times the size of the one now in Stung Hao on the mouth of river before. I never believed I could or would sell that for nearly the price I wanted. Along came a wealthy Khmer who needed the land by the river plus my power boat with a ramp leading into the river. He paid a pretty penny, almost at the price we are talking about in this thread. Wealthy Khmer think differently. They really don't care what land values somewhere else are.+
As for sales probability, I had a similar villa on land three times the size of the one now in Stung Hao on the mouth of river before. I never believed I could or would sell that for nearly the price I wanted. Along came a wealthy Khmer who needed the land by the river plus my power boat with a ramp leading into the river. He paid a pretty penny, almost at the price we are talking about in this thread. Wealthy Khmer think differently. They really don't care what land values somewhere else are.+
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Bolded part (by me) is important. You can always find cheaper property in some part of world, but if someone wants/needs to buy in Cambodia, then you pay Cambodian prices. It makes me chuggle each time when someone post comment like "but in my country you can find same with half of the price" or "this is hong kong price".rubberbaron wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 6:40 pm Sure, who needs three bedrooms. But people have family that come to visit, so there's that. I grew up in cramped spaces so now I need space.
As for sales probability, I had a similar villa on land three times the size of the one now in Stung Hao on the mouth of river before. I never believed I could or would sell that for nearly the price I wanted. Along came a wealthy Khmer who needed the land by the river plus my power boat with a ramp leading into the river. He paid a pretty penny, almost at the price we are talking about in this thread. Wealthy Khmer think differently. They really don't care what land values somewhere else are.+
I'm pretty sure whiteribbon will find buyer.
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Is owner of Super Duper a BM here ? Maybe time to consider an outlet or franchise in Kampot
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