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Investing in Indonesia,
with the numbers in front of you

Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa: which island fits what you want, how the yields are worked out and which legal structure fits your plan. Written so you get to the purchase knowing what you're doing.

Returns · 6 min read

What MotoGP week does to Mandalika

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The 2025 numbers are public and measured: 100% hotel occupancy, 7,000 rooms booked days out. Here's what that means if you own — or are buying — a rental near the circuit.

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Aerial render of a small villa complex with pools, Cahaya (Kuta)
Edén Villa · Kuta centro
Investing · 7 min read

What is being built in Mandalika

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A MotoGP circuit, signed hotels and an airport with room to spare. Here's what already stands and what's coming, with the figures in front of you.

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Aerial render of villas going up on a hillside, Dolce Villas (Kuta)
Villa Vistas · Kuta centro
Returns · 6 min read

How to work out what lands in your pocket, in six steps

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Listings quote gross yield — here and across property everywhere. Six steps turn that into net, so you know exactly what you keep.

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Render of a one-storey villa with private pool among the trees, Cahaya (Kuta)
Oasis Villa · Kuta centro
Comparison · 8 min read

Bali, Lombok or Sumbawa which one is yours

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Bali has the proven occupancy and the liquid market. Lombok has an international airport, a highway and a circuit, at lower entry prices. Sumbawa has beachfront and land to build on. Three different purchases, not three versions of the same one.

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Untouched cove with white sand and green hills, Kertasari
EL DESTINO · Kertasari
Investing · 7 min read

Why Lombok and why now

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In Lombok the infrastructure arrived before the buyers: international airport, highway and circuit, with the land prices from before any of it.

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Bay with a fishing boat and the volcano behind, Kertasari
EL DESTINO · Kertasari
Areas · 3 min read

Container Villas A Sustainable Investment Opportunity in Bali, Lombok, and Sumbawa

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Explore how container villas offer a unique, sustainable, and cost-effective way to invest in Indonesia’s most desirable islands, blending innovation with environmental responsibility.

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Areas · 4 min read

Rote, Indonesia The Hidden Gem Beyond Bali and Lombok for Investors

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Rote, a remote island off West Timor, offers untouched beaches, luxury resorts like Nihi Rote, and a growing market for investors seeking alternatives beyond Bali and Lombok.

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Investing · 3 min read

Buying off-plan in Indonesia phases, guarantees and timing

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Almost everything on sale today in Bali and Lombok is off-plan. This is how the payments are split, what to ask for in writing, and what really happens when a build runs late.

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Investing · 3 min read

Buying a villa in Indonesia from Europe, step by step

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It can be done entirely from a distance, and many people do. What cannot be skipped are the land checks. These are the steps, in order, and who signs what.

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Areas · 2 min read

Investing in Sumbawa what is for sale today, and where

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The island next to Lombok has world-class waves, a mine that drives the western economy and land still priced like ten years ago. This is what is listed today.

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Areas · 3 min read

Where to buy a villa in Bali the areas, one by one

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South Bali is not one decision: the clifftop, the beach and the village are bought for different reasons. The areas with listed projects, and what each one costs.

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Investing · 2 min read

Villa builders in Lombok what to check before you sign

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Who builds your villa matters as much as where it stands. The five documents to ask any builder or developer in Lombok for, and how to follow a build from far away.

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Investing · 3 min read

Building a turnkey villa in Lombok how it works and what it costs

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Off-plan, with the developer building on land it already holds and payments in stages until handover. With the real prices of the projects listed on TANAH.

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Legal · 3 min read

Villa co-ownership in Lombok how buying a share actually works

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Two friends, a family or a group of investors can hold a villa in Lombok together. The three legal ways to do it and what needs to be put in writing.

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Areas · 2 min read

Sea-view villas in Lombok where they are and what they cost

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In Kuta Lombok sea views come from two places: the front line at Prabu or the hillsides above the village. Two listed projects, with their prices.

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Investing · 7 min read

What a villa in Lombok actually costs

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Six listed projects with their prices in the open. Three of the five villas sit under €100,000, and land drops to €34 per square metre.

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Render of a white villa with arched windows and palm trees, Kirana Villas (Prabu)
Kirana Villas · Prabu
Legal · 7 min read

How to check that a plot is clean

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Three checks your notaris runs and one you do yourself in an afternoon. With them, buying land in Lombok is an orderly piece of paperwork.

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Rice fields and palm trees with the hills behind, Kertasari
EL DESTINO · Kertasari
Investing · 6 min read

Lombok's tourism numbers and where they're heading

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The official figures are public and have been climbing for years. Here's what they say, and how to read them when you're running the numbers.

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Two palm trees over the sea at sunset, Kertasari
EL DESTINO · Kertasari
Areas · 6 min read

Where to buy in Kuta the areas, one by one

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Kuta is not one market. Beachfront, the town, the hills behind and the bays east all behave differently.

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Aerial view of the coastline: coves, headlands and reef, Kertasari
EL DESTINO · Kertasari
Legal · 9 min read

Leasehold, Hak Pakai or PT PMA which one is yours

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A foreigner cannot own land in Indonesia. And if you are going to rent it out, the question is not whose name the land is in: it is who holds the licence that operates the villa.

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Render of a row of terracotta villas with a path between them, Dolce Villas (Kuta)
Villa Privé · Kuta centro
And once you find yours

Now go and look at the land

Reading gets you the questions. The map gets you the answers for a specific plot.